Material Fellow wrote in message <355DF295.A8E at pacbell.net>...
>Looks as if two were fooled.
Fooled is a strong word here. You made a whimsical post to which I
responded with another whimsical post. I'm much too cynical to be concerned
with anybody else's "rules"; unless I happen to agree with them in which
case the "rules" would be unnecessary.
I like React's posts because they show some intestinal fortitude and, imo,
many of them articulate an accurate depiction of our society.
>The way it is usually employed is to call a bit of a break in a tense
>situation, and everyone usually knows that it is a humerous but well
>proven method to call for some verbal cool-down.
Understood, I use the same tactic in "real life". Sometimes it works,
sometimes it gets me a sore nose :-).
>If you like the "Jerry Springer" newsgroup show, why don't you grab a
>chair and hit somebody?
That would be below me :-). Besides, it's too damned time consuming.
Entertaining yes, but not very productive. That's a problem I have with
usenet. It can be fun and productive but it's easy to get sucked into these
ideological marathons that accomplish squat. Now back to that paper I've
procrastinated writing.
Peace,
mike
