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| SERIOUS ISSUES Dear PK Crew: I read the article Enough by The Doc, and I have to say that I agree with what was said. Grabbing someone’s rear end is just downright rude, not to mention highly unnecessary. It constitutes sexual harassment and can make the receiving party most uncomfortable and embarrassed. Maybe next time people will think before they act. I also thought the section on violent stories in the So Hot So Not section, was right on. Fantasizing about violent crimes and then writing about them does not promote a healthy society. Rape is not a sensual crime, it is not asked for nor deserved and it should not, in anyway, be glamorized. We don’t need to send a message that women or men fantasize about having someone violate them in a most heinous manner, because in actuality they get off on it. I don’t think so, and I’m sure if you asked any rape victim, they wouldn’t agree either. Thanks for addressing the serious issues in your magazine. Sincerely, Shunta PK sez: For us, every issue is an act of balance - while our main target is to entertain and we try to keep the tone light, there are certain things we feel we have to address. Sometimes we decide against an article - I once did research about rape/violence/child abuse in fan fiction and had to give up simply because I couldn't stomach the products of some people's imagination. We try to let a little bit of "food for thoughts" flow into PK, something which especially Pinkie has set her heart on, and we really, really appreciate it more than we can say that our readers accept this. |
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| NON-CONVENTION REPORT I couldn't agree with you more. I spent a lot of money to attend (from Canada) and was extremely disappointed with the con. I managed to see Michael Shanks and Anna Louise Plowman at least. I missed every other talk as they had me working the autograph line with no break as the replacement "team" did not show up. The only saving grace was I was working Michael Shanks' line and could see the screen for the others and kinda/sorta hear the talks. Patti (don't think I'll ever attend one of Wolfs events again) PK sez: You flew in from Canada? Oh gee - even worse that you got disappointed. So let's keep our finger's crossed young master Shanks will FINALLY show up at a convention in his own country. |
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| SLASH-ARTICLES AND FEEDBACK Doc wrote: "I just find much more fun and pleasure in having sex than in reading about it." LOL! I must admit I don't actually read or write slash to droll over the sex act descriptions, although occasionally they are damn good, but yeah, I can go with your sentence. Liked your article, in fact liked all three articles. So glad you didn't have anyone raving about how evil and wicked and corrupt us slash writers were because I can't hack that kind of objectionable ranting. Like you, I say live and let live. Very much enjoyed this edition, the stories, the articles and the lovely mugs shots of my favourite archaeologist certainly cheered me up. :-) Thanks for all your (and your teams) time and effort. Ali PK sez: Thanks a lot, glad to hear you had fun with the latest issue. Evil, wicked and corrupt slash writers - sounds like a great title for a movie ... "Evil, wicked slash writers: Plot Bunnies from Outer Space!" Considering that the oldest slash story I know off dates back to the 1920ies, slash is actually already part of the history, and all rant and rave will not change that. |
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| Hey Steph here! Remember me? Great issue! Congratulations! Absolutely DON'T agree with you on Matrix though: awesome movie, better than the first! But fully agree on "Signs" yerch!! Fell asleep! Will try out the cocktails and let you know the outcome yum! And beautiful pictures! And BOOOOOOOOOOH for David Boreanaz and his rat dog - ewww! Say what is it with Pink Khaki and men having a bath?!? I forgive you if you post a picture of Craiggy having a shower LOL! Again, awesome! PK sez: I'm afraid my opinion about "Matrix: Reloaded" will not change - in fact I still get a very strange feeling in my stomach every time somebody speaks French around here ... I blame it on the Merovingian ... Well, every gentleman's magazine does show wimmin under the shower, we are having men in the bathtub, it's nothing but fair. "Craiggy" having a shower - for this, we need to know who "Craiggy" is ... well, I just assume now that you are the same Steph that has written us before, so while we don't have any shower pictures of the man in question on stock, hopefully this after-shower-one will also do ... |
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| I read your Pink Khaki #5. I'm crying... ... no not blubbering - with laughter. You lot deserve a medal. Here, this is one from me, and in fact have several! You personally deserve a mango for Orlando Broom - although I have this feeling he'd probably sweep me under the rug!!! Michael Shanks - well he's just SEX ON LEGS with a caffeine addiction - I'd make it simple, invite him for a coffee and a !"^*. As with your other shaggables, you really know your crumpets!! But wait, where's Mad Max's Mel Gibson, is he not worthy even if he does wax and wear make-up??!! THE FROG CONDOM??? Does its wearer croak??! Oh, and there's nothing wrong with having a crush on James Spader - I did, but my first crush was Donny Osmond of The Osmonds. I was only 4 for god's sake!!! But this I will never be forgiven for - I fancied Dirk Benedict in Battlestar Gallactica & The 'A' Team. I look forward with awe and hysterical desires to the next PK issue. Have Fun Selena PK sez: Thanks a lot for the medals - we will wear them in awe on every meeting of the editors! The Doc accepts the mango - it can't be worse than the dozens of Bloom-in-bathtub pictures that she got from upset Shanks-fans all over the planet. You are a cruel lot! Mel Gibson will be added to the m.o.t.e.m. list as soon as he attends a movie premiere wearing a green satin dress, high heels and a red wig. Hey - you gotta earn our favour! We don't know about the croaking, but one member of the team here could tell a most amusing tale about an incident involving a luminiscent condom. She could. But she won't. And Dirk Benedict is not that bad though personally, we worshipped Howlin' Mad. Not that this can be that much of a surprise ...! Thanks for reading, thanks for writing! |
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| The Doc sez: I've never seen the Shanks in a bathtub, so I can't compare. But there is nothing a bit of soap and a razor can't improve ... or pulling the stopper ... |
| Re: Doc's Motem's Another great issue of Pink Khaki, thanks guys! Doc, we love you. We really do and we love your websites. But HUH?!? ORLANDO BLOOM?!?!? He can't act, and look at this: you really think THIS MAN can beat Michael Shanks?!? Ewwww! You can't be serious!" Shanks #1 fan! |
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| Re: LOTR special Hello "Pink Khaki" crew I followed the link on ONE RING, and I just had to tell you what an entertaining, original and fun website this is. The cartoons are brilliant, the articles are fun to read but still well-researched, and offer a very different POV. You express your admiration for the actors without being lewd. I had a quick brush through the rest of the website, and found some very interesting articles making intriguing read. I've never seen "Stargate", but if this show deserves such an online publication, I might tune in. Best wishes from Wellington Martin (who was one of the Orcs in TTT, but NOT the one killing Haldir!) PK sez: wow - a man is reading Pink Khaki? That's kewl news! Thanks for your compliments - we actually have no objections towards Orcs reading our mag. Actually, some people suspect parts of this magazine are WRITTEN by an Orc ... ;-) |
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| Re: "Copyright and Copywrong" Rather than buy possibly bootlegged merchandise, please consider donating to charity in honor of the celebrity. Gilder/b9 *non-profit agency employee* PK sez: great idea! |
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| What? No JR Bourne nor Colin Cunningham in the Thunkables? Gilder/b9 PK sez: ehr ... no ... but then we're a little odd ... Paper Doc...Pinkie, no cariacature of Teryl? Surely you are up to the challenge... Gilder/b9 PK sez: Pinkie was, but the cartoonist wasn't. He exhausted himself by drawing poodles ... |
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| Re: "Real People Fic" Hi Rizwaana Husaini, Doc and friends, 8-) Yes, looking back, I've written R.P.F. in a manner of speaking. It was to make a point - that one shouldn't do it! - and to raise money for the charities of which the particular real people are patrons. The case was this. I'm a Queen fan - have been since Live Aid. I've seen them twice at Wembley and at Knebworth. Brilliant!!! 8-) And I been to every Fan Club Convention so far, which is where I sold my fics. with the kind permission of the Fan Club Secretary. In November 1991, Freddie Mercury died. That meant it was open season on him by the journalists because they could now write what they liked, safe in the knowledge that, under British law, they could no longer be sued for libel. So a number of people brought out 'biographies' of Freddie, written in the guise of close and trusted friends, complete with photographs of the authors with Freddie - so what they wrote had to be true, didn't it? <rolls eyes> So I wrote three little 'biography' fics. (all I had time for before the Con.) by the subjects' "life-long friend and bosom buddy". Sex didn't get a look in anywhere BTW. A teen-aged Brian May (who in R.L. was offered a job at Jodrell Bank Observatory by Professor Sir Bernard Lovell - and turned it down to be a rock guitarist F.C.O.L.! <g>) had an alien spaceship land in his garden and was taken for a trip round the solar system - so absolutely true there then! <BG> Similarly, a young Roger Taylor (who read biology/dentistry at Uni.) combined Benj. Franklin and Frankenstein, tried to reanimate a dead cat with a kite in a thunderstorm, was carried aloft by the kite, caught by a roc and taken to its nest in the Pyrenees. Freddie had a fantasy adventure in India where he went to school. Having said that, I would never, ever write fics. about them, or any other celebrities that purported to represent them in their real lives. For instance, and taking in the thrust of the argument as it were <g>, I adore Jack and Daniel. They're characters, they're not real and they belong to us, the viewers - well okay, technically Gekko, M.G.M. yadda yadda... I'm happy to read - and write - slash fics. about those *characters*. I respect R.D.A and M.S. as actors immensely. As actors, they're public people and I'm happy to discuss them in performance. I do *not* know R.D.A. and M.S. as private people and have no interest in ferreting out information about their private lives. That belongs to them and is no business of mine. I think imputing activities to them, especially on a sexual level, is an invasion of privacy, very likely constitutes libel, and I want no part of it. Just my two penn'orth. Make that two quids' worth. <G> Best wishes, Sue PK sez: Thanks a lot for your letter, Sue! Looks like we're on the same page here. We would just like to point out that, up to our knowledge, there are NO RPF involving any of the Stargate actors / actresses. And if there should be, please nobody tell us ... |
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| Hallo zusammen Eine wirklich super-mega-tolle Seite, die ihr da habt... Wenn ich mal wieder eine Aufmunterung brauche surfe ich zu euch. Macht weiter so! Happy weekend und Grüessli us Sangallä Andrea Translation: Hello everybody A really super-mega-great site you got there ... If I should need a cheer-up again, I'll surf on in. Keep on going! Happy weekend and regards from St. Gall Andrea PK sez: merci! :-) gruess zrugg! |
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| I've never heard of Stargate, but DAMN! I envy your fandom for Pink Khaki! Had the laugh of my life! "Did you call me MITZI" - mwuahahahahaha! Thanks so much for this special. I find it much easier to live with the Alinghi-dinghi debacle now (still a shame, though!) Greetings from NZ Ani PK sez: thanks! good to hear we could do something to improve the diplomatic relationSHIP (no pun intended!) between Switzerland and NZ :-D |
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| Corinna I hate you! :-D She got to see Craig Parker!!! IN GERMANY! ARGH! This is not fair - I live in New Zealand and never met him! My day is ruined, lol! Great webzine, loved every letter of it (the Haldir article was superb!) - MORE MORE MORE! Steph PK sez: maybe we shouldn't mention that she not only got to SEE craig parker, but also managed to hug and kiss him ...? naw. better not ... ;O) |
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| Haldir's untimely death in the TTT is a crime against all Elven kind! Tamara PK sez: hear hear! where are AI if you need them! |
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| Suilad and kudos to all at Pink-Khaki! Thank you so much for featuring Lord of the Rings as your latest special! This is some of the most original, creative, and hilarious material I've come across for a long time [in a world known as "Middle Earth Fandom"], and I and a whole Net-load of fans are eternally grateful for the same! The cartoons in particular are great, as is the "You Know Everybody Has Heard of The Lord of the Rings When" section ["Orlando Bloom will be knighted, and must now be addressed as Sir Orli" - priceless!] The writing style of this site is great, and I'll be sure to check out the rest of it, as well (though Stargate is relatively new to me) On a side note: the links in particular were wonderful! I was thrilled to see the list posted here for chief reference alone, as it was, simply because I've been to practically every site featured-and loved it! Two in particular-www.stupidring.com and www.theonering.net -have previously been regular "havens" of mine. Wonderful taste, guys! ; ) Thanks for all your given time and joint effort placed into creating this! Sincerely, Alquawen*** *** Which can be translated [in Elvish] as either of the following: "Swan-Maiden"or "Legolas-fan". Whichever you prefer. Also, extended greetings to the one editor "goes moo-moo eyes over Orlando Bloom": there are some really great sites out there to find info on everyone' fave Elf/Kent lad!] PK sez: wow gee - that's some kinda feedback! thanks a lot, glad to hear you enjoy our special. we actually know close to zilch about the "middle earth fandom", we're only innocent ::cough cough:: by-standers. so it's pretty darn kewl to hear we didn't fail completely. PS: the moo-moo eyed editor sends greetings back. we have locked up her computer and try to keep her away from all things bloomy, so don't encourage the woman, heaven know where this might end! PPS: moo-moo eyed editor here: just you wait and see - I will be right about the knighting bit! |
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| Legolas, son of Thranduil, King of Mirkwood: Interesting, therefore, that Legolas has more claim to royalty than Aragorn does when they meet up with the Riders of Rohan, yet Aragorn still merely introduces him as "Legolas of the Woodland Realm". Are we detecting a hint of jealousy? Well, Legolas does have nicer hair, after all. Haldir of Lothlorien: Indeed, Tolkien did NOT send him to Lothlorien, and I find it most distressing that Galadriel thought it alright to send him to bear Elrond's words. Wouldn't a less important, and less knowledgeable in the ways of go-go boots and hair straighters, be better? Of course, who I am to question the ways of the Lady Galadriel? In my mother's words, "Just wait - he'll probably come back from the dead in the next movie, like that Wizard guy." Jennie PK sez: we're pretty sure Aragorn envies Legolas for his discounts at "Lush". Coconut-scented bath bombs for half the price CAN make a man lose his objectivity, so let's not be too hard in our judgement ... as for Haldir: please say hello to your mother - if she should ever be in town, she's entitled to free cookies. |
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| I WANT THE IT-ELF!!! AND I WANT HIM NOW!! :) Thanks guys, you wrote exactly what I feel. I read it to my mum and now she understands. And you are right: HALDIR LIVES!!! Peggy PK sez: we are awfully flattered that we could, once again, bring light in to the darkness. Do not thank us - it's all in a days for the Pink Puff Girls. And now off, off to the Elfmobile! |
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| In her article, Pinkie states she would like to have coffee with David Beckham, as he is one of a group of men who has a lot to talk about!!!!! DAVID BECKHAM !! Is there a language barrier here !!, he may be quite fanciful, when he is not wearing a SKIRT ! But, every time the man opens his mouth I cringe, you could not pay me enough to have coffee with this man, now RDA well another matter entirely !! Denzel Washington, yum yum !! Pen Pinkie sez: Dear Pen, thanks for your mail. I can't see why you think that a conversation with "Becks" might not offer much. Personally I believe the man can talk about football, fashion, make up a.s.o. There is nothing wrong with that. You never know, on a bad day RDA may have a lot less to offer. And there is always the "let's skip the coffee" thing to talk about too.:) Pinkie - who will see the mighty BECKS play at Old Trefford in two days! |
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