crossposting never changes

but it's still funny

why is that

discuss? or not.

headkase

 

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
<psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
writing:

>but it's still funny
>
>why is that
>
>discuss? or not.
>
>headkase

How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.

--

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2

 

Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:

>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>writing:
>
>>but it's still funny
>>
>>why is that
>>
>>discuss? or not.
>>
>>headkase
>
>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.

I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.

So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.

 

On Nov 14, 3:19 pm, Wavy G <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote:
> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> >alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> ><psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >writing:
>
> >>but it's still funny
>
> >>why is that
>
> >>discuss? or not.
>
> >>headkase
>
> >How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>
> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.


off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already

and this is why i stand and applaud,,, COME ON PEOPLE APPLAUD...

headkase

 

On Nov 14, 2:40 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> writing:
>
> >but it's still funny
>
> >why is that
>
> >discuss? or not.
>
> >headkase
>
> How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.

you dig?

>
> --
>
> Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
>
> Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2

 

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:19:18 -0500, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, Wavy G
<imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> bloviated:

>Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>>writing:
>>
>>>but it's still funny
>>>
>>>why is that
>>>
>>>discuss? or not.
>>>
>>>headkase
>>
>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
>I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
>than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
>It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
>from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
>interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
>something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>
>So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.

That was a lot of words to say <AOL>

 

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:28:17 -0800, in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
<psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> bloviated:

>On Nov 14, 2:40 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>> writing:
>>
>> >but it's still funny
>>
>> >why is that
>>
>> >discuss? or not.
>>
>> >headkase
>>
>> How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
>you dig?
>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
>>
>> Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2
>

I dig them, then bury them, then dig them up and play some more...

 

"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>>writing:
>>
>>>but it's still funny
>>>
>>>why is that
>>>
>>>discuss? or not.
>>>
>>>headkase
>>
>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>
> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.

But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them into
nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?

 

Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:

>
>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>>>writing:
>>>
>>>>but it's still funny
>>>>
>>>>why is that
>>>>
>>>>discuss? or not.
>>>>
>>>>headkase
>>>
>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>>
>> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
>> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
>> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
>> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
>> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
>> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>>
>> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>
>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them into
>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?

My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
oldbie group to begin with?

You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I think
the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel the
glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to the
medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch of
uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
"rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative music
was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and a
few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
"alt.music.pink-floyd."

So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
"special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done our
job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of ice
over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we made a
*difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of them
never even had the nerve to thank us.

 

On Nov 15, 4:17 pm, Wavy G <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote:
> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:



>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
> >> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> >>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> >>><psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >>>writing:
>
> >>>>but it's still funny
>
> >>>>why is that
>
> >>>>discuss? or not.
>
> >>>>headkase
>
> >>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
> >> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
> >> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
> >> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
> >> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
> >> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
> >> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
> >> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>
> >> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>
> >But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them into
> >nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>
> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
> oldbie group to begin with?
>
> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I think
> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel the
> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to the
> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch of
> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative music
> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and a
> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
>
> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done our
> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of ice
> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we made a
> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of them
> never even had the nerve to thank us.- Hide quoted text -
>

who needs their thanks when yo have mine.

*tosses party like stuff in the air*

> - Show quoted text -

 

On Nov 15, 12:25 am, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:28:17 -0800, in
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> bloviated:
>
>
>
>
>
> >On Nov 14, 2:40 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> >> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> >> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >> writing:
>
> >> >but it's still funny
>
> >> >why is that
>
> >> >discuss? or not.
>
> >> >headkase
>
> >> How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
> >you dig?
>
> >> --
>
> >> Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
>
> >> Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2
>
> I dig them, then bury them, then dig them up and play some more...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

wonders who holds your leash
or are you one of them wild ones,
broken free, only home you got is the streets
of usenet and everybody and everything is fair game

"not that there is anything wrong with that"

headkase

 

Don't fight it, headkase...Just lie down and try to relax:

>On Nov 15, 4:17 pm, Wavy G <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote:
>> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >"Wavy G" <impreci...@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>> >news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>> >> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>> >>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>> >>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>> >>><psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>> >>>writing:
>>
>> >>>>but it's still funny
>>
>> >>>>why is that
>>
>> >>>>discuss? or not.
>>
>> >>>>headkase
>>
>> >>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>>
>> >> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
>> >> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
>> >> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
>> >> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
>> >> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>> >> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
>> >> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>>
>> >> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>>
>> >But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them into
>> >nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>>
>> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
>> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
>> oldbie group to begin with?
>>
>> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I think
>> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
>> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel the
>> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to the
>> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch of
>> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
>> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
>> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
>> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative music
>> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
>> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and a
>> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
>> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
>>
>> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
>> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
>> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done our
>> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of ice
>> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we made a
>> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of them
>> never even had the nerve to thank us.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>
>who needs their thanks when yo have mine.
>
>*tosses party like stuff in the air*

Thank you, "headkase." I appreciate your "thanks" and your carefully
worded input, but it is not *you* who I am "worried" about. I know
*you* appreciate my work, but it is "they"--those who post to such
egregious groups as "alt.punk," "alt.comedy.standup," and
"alt.music.pink-floyd"--who I am worried about, for they continue to
post, day after day, their ridiculous anecdotes and insights, despite my
****SEVEN**** years of trolling and haranguing them. Do they not
understand? Have my words fallen upon "deaf" ears (this is, of course,
a "figure of speech," for I know that "punk" enthusiasts, "stand up
comedians," and "Pink Floyd" fans must have proper hearing to
participate in their respective fields)? Have I wasted my time helping
them? Perhaps. But, being a fan of fantasy and speculative fiction, I
like to think that, maybe just wonce, they may heed my words. And I do
hope they understand that I do this because I love them.


>> - Show quoted text -

Hmm? What's this? There is no quoted text beyond this line. So why
would you intentionally point this out? Hmm? What's going on here?
Hmm? HMMMMM???? Do tell, "headkase." Do tell.

 

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:01:32 -0800 (PST), in
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
<psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> bloviated:

>On Nov 15, 12:25 am, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:28:17 -0800, in
>> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> bloviated:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Nov 14, 2:40 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>> >> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>> >> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>> >> writing:
>>
>> >> >but it's still funny
>>
>> >> >why is that
>>
>> >> >discuss? or not.
>>
>> >> >headkase
>>
>> >> How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>>
>> >you dig?
>>
>> >> --
>>
>> >> Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
>>
>> >> Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2
>>
>> I dig them, then bury them, then dig them up and play some more...- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>wonders who holds your leash
>or are you one of them wild ones,
>broken free, only home you got is the streets
>of usenet and everybody and everything is fair game
>
>"not that there is anything wrong with that"
>
>headkase

When ever I read the words "ran rampant" in the newspaper, I check my
personal log book.

 

"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
>>
>>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>>> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>>>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>>>>writing:
>>>>
>>>>>but it's still funny
>>>>>
>>>>>why is that
>>>>>
>>>>>discuss? or not.
>>>>>
>>>>>headkase
>>>>
>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>>>
>>> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
>>> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
>>> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
>>> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
>>> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>>> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
>>> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>>>
>>> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>>
>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them into
>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>
> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
> oldbie group to begin with?
>
> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I think
> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel the
> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to the
> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch of
> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative music
> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and a
> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
>
> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done our
> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of ice
> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we made a
> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of them
> never even had the nerve to thank us.

I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is the fun
in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all in the
name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?

Anyway...you seem to have fun with what you are doing and do provide
entertainment for the rest of us.

 

Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:

>
>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
>> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>>>
>>>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>>>> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>>>>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>>>>>writing:
>>>>>
>>>>>>but it's still funny
>>>>>>
>>>>>>why is that
>>>>>>
>>>>>>discuss? or not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>headkase
>>>>>
>>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>>>>
>>>> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
>>>> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY anyway.
>>>> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
>>>> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
>>>> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>>>> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
>>>> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>>>>
>>>> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>>>
>>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them into
>>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>>
>> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
>> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
>> oldbie group to begin with?
>>
>> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I think
>> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
>> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel the
>> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to the
>> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch of
>> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
>> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
>> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
>> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative music
>> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
>> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and a
>> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
>> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
>>
>> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
>> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
>> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done our
>> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of ice
>> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we made a
>> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of them
>> never even had the nerve to thank us.
>
>I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is the fun
>in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all in the
>name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?

Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
"newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks"). If
*they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.

People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
have cleared this up.


>Anyway...you seem to have fun with what you are doing and do provide
>entertainment for the rest of us.

It's nice to see my work not go unappreciated.

 

On Nov 16, 12:26 am, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:01:32 -0800 (PST), in
> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> bloviated:
>
>
>
>
>
> >On Nov 15, 12:25 am, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:28:17 -0800, in
> >> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> >> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> bloviated:
>
> >> >On Nov 14, 2:40 pm, Aratzio <a6ahly...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> >> >> alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> >> >> <psykoexgirlfri...@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >> >> writing:
>
> >> >> >but it's still funny
>
> >> >> >why is that
>
> >> >> >discuss? or not.
>
> >> >> >headkase
>
> >> >> How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>
> >> >you dig?
>
> >> >> --
>
> >> >> Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
>
> >> >> Aratzio - Usenet ruiner #2
>
> >> I dig them, then bury them, then dig them up and play some more...- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> >wonders who holds your leash
> >or are you one of them wild ones,
> >broken free, only home you got is the streets
> >of usenet and everybody and everything is fair game
>
> >"not that there is anything wrong with that"
>
> >headkase
>
> When ever I read the words "ran rampant" in the newspaper, I check my
> personal log book

very few other words appear

 

"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
news:v12pj35osi6okl5rcoabl2gq870ttu1med@4ax.com...
> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>
> >
> >"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
> >> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
> >>>> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
> >>>>
> >>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> >>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> >>>>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >>>>>writing:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>but it's still funny
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>why is that
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>discuss? or not.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>headkase
> >>>>>
> >>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
> >>>> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY
anyway.
> >>>> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
> >>>> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
> >>>> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
> >>>> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
> >>>> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
> >>>>
> >>>> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
> >>>
> >>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them into
> >>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
> >>
> >> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
> >> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
> >> oldbie group to begin with?
> >>
> >> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I
think
> >> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
> >> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel the
> >> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to the
> >> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch of
> >> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
> >> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
> >> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
> >> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative music
> >> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
> >> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and a
> >> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
> >> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
> >>
> >> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
> >> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
> >> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done our
> >> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of ice
> >> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we made a
> >> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of them
> >> never even had the nerve to thank us.
> >
> >I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is the
fun
> >in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all in
the
> >name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?
>
> Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
> somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
> "newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
> adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
> etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
> were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
> those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
> well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks"). If
> *they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.
>
> People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
> have cleared this up.

Don't be too sure of that, Wavy ol boy ol boy.

Smee
>
>
> >Anyway...you seem to have fun with what you are doing and do provide
> >entertainment for the rest of us.
>
> It's nice to see my work not go unappreciated.

 

Don't fight it, <pscissons@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
relax:

>
>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>news:v12pj35osi6okl5rcoabl2gq870ttu1med@4ax.com...
>> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>>
>> >
>> >"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>> >news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
>> >> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>> >>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>> >>>> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>> >>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>> >>>>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>> >>>>>writing:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>but it's still funny
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>why is that
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>discuss? or not.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>headkase
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people other
>> >>>> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY
>anyway.
>> >>>> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some input
>> >>>> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with specific
>> >>>> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>> >>>> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually say
>> >>>> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>> >>>
>> >>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them into
>> >>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>> >>
>> >> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
>> >> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
>> >> oldbie group to begin with?
>> >>
>> >> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I
>think
>> >> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
>> >> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel the
>> >> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to the
>> >> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch of
>> >> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
>> >> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
>> >> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
>> >> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative music
>> >> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
>> >> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and a
>> >> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
>> >> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
>> >>
>> >> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
>> >> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
>> >> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done our
>> >> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of ice
>> >> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we made a
>> >> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of them
>> >> never even had the nerve to thank us.
>> >
>> >I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is the
>fun
>> >in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all in
>the
>> >name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?
>>
>> Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
>> somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
>> "newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
>> adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
>> etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
>> were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
>> those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
>> well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks"). If
>> *they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.
>>
>> People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
>> have cleared this up.
>
>Don't be too sure of that, Wavy ol boy ol boy.

Are you going to tell me a story? You sounded like you wanted to tell a
story just now. Do you? It's just that, that's how I imagine a
grandfather would sound when he was about to tell me a story that
started out: "In my day..." or "When I was your age..." (I don't have
any grandfathers, so please correct me if this is wrong.) IWANT TO HEAR
A STORY~!!!!1!@!

>
>Smee
>>
>>
>> >Anyway...you seem to have fun with what you are doing and do provide
>> >entertainment for the rest of us.
>>
>> It's nice to see my work not go unappreciated.
>

 

"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
news:m0dsj3ptun4j0itdgo72lp4uck9jhk7750@4ax.com...
> Don't fight it, <pscissons@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
> relax:
>
> >
> >"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >news:v12pj35osi6okl5rcoabl2gq870ttu1med@4ax.com...
> >> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >> >news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
> >> >> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
> >> >>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
> >> >>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
> >> >>>> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
> >> >>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
> >> >>>>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
> >> >>>>>writing:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>>but it's still funny
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>why is that
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>discuss? or not.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>headkase
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people
other
> >> >>>> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY
> >anyway.
> >> >>>> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some
input
> >> >>>> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with
specific
> >> >>>> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
> >> >>>> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually
say
> >> >>>> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them
into
> >> >>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
> >> >>
> >> >> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
> >> >> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
> >> >> oldbie group to begin with?
> >> >>
> >> >> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I
> >think
> >> >> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
> >> >> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel
the
> >> >> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to
the
> >> >> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch
of
> >> >> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
> >> >> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
> >> >> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
> >> >> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative
music
> >> >> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
> >> >> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and
a
> >> >> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
> >> >> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
> >> >>
> >> >> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
> >> >> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
> >> >> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done
our
> >> >> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of
ice
> >> >> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we
made a
> >> >> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of
them
> >> >> never even had the nerve to thank us.
> >> >
> >> >I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is
the
> >fun
> >> >in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all
in
> >the
> >> >name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?
> >>
> >> Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
> >> somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
> >> "newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
> >> adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
> >> etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
> >> were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
> >> those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
> >> well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks").
If
> >> *they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.
> >>
> >> People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
> >> have cleared this up.
> >
> >Don't be too sure of that, Wavy ol boy ol boy.
>
> Are you going to tell me a story? You sounded like you wanted to tell a
> story just now. Do you? It's just that, that's how I imagine a
> grandfather would sound when he was about to tell me a story that
> started out: "In my day..." or "When I was your age..." (I don't have
> any grandfathers, so please correct me if this is wrong.) IWANT TO HEAR
> A STORY~!!!!1!@!

Pay attention, Wavy!!

*smacks Wavy upside the head*

I'm a grandMOTHER, not a grandFATHER.

*throws noodles on wavy's head*

Smee
>
> >
> >Smee
> >>
> >>
> >> >Anyway...you seem to have fun with what you are doing and do provide
> >> >entertainment for the rest of us.
> >>
> >> It's nice to see my work not go unappreciated.
> >
>

 

Don't fight it, <pscissons@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
relax:

>
>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>news:m0dsj3ptun4j0itdgo72lp4uck9jhk7750@4ax.com...
>> Don't fight it, <pscissons@sbcglobal.net>...Just lie down and try to
>> relax:
>>
>> >
>> >"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>> >news:v12pj35osi6okl5rcoabl2gq870ttu1med@4ax.com...
>> >> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>> >> >news:v9mnj3dkh256bktb0vvi4ubr47manrppcq@4ax.com...
>> >> >> Don't fight it, Shirley...Just lie down and try to relax:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>"Wavy G" <imprecious@dontyouthink.co.zw> wrote in message
>> >> >>>news:hk0lj31m0cis39fj5fbe1pola23727kc9l@4ax.com...
>> >> >>>> Don't fight it, Aratzio...Just lie down and try to relax:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:03:03 -0800, in the land of
>> >> >>>>>alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk, headkase
>> >> >>>>><psykoexgirlfriend@hotmail.com> got double secret probation for
>> >> >>>>>writing:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>but it's still funny
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>why is that
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>discuss? or not.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>headkase
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>How else can you find the truly *unique* individuals of usenet.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> I think crossposting is good because you get input from people
>other
>> >> >>>> than your dumn friends who you already talk to EVERY SINGLE DAY
>> >anyway.
>> >> >>>> It's like, why would I want *their* opinions? I could get some
>input
>> >> >>>> from many disparate voices--like an unassuming netizen with
>specific
>> >> >>>> interest in one subject only, or a cranky oldbie with no sense of
>> >> >>>> humour, or perhaps some off-the-wall crackpot--who might actually
>say
>> >> >>>> something I *haven't* already heard a zillion times already.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> So to summarize, I think crossposting is good.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>But why do some crossposters find an oldbie group and hound them
>into
>> >> >>>nothingness...where is the fun in an empty group?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> My dear Shirley. My dear, dear Shirley. To discover the answer to
>> >> >> that, you must fist ask yourself another question: What fun was the
>> >> >> oldbie group to begin with?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You see, we are doing Usenet a service (or we *were*, rather, as I
>> >think
>> >> >> the "golden age" of trolling is finally behind us; we won, in case
>> >> >> you're wondering). To understand trolling, you have to first feel
>the
>> >> >> glee of subtly fingering the ironies and contradictions inherent to
>the
>> >> >> medium; such as a group called "alt.punk" being populated by a bunch
>of
>> >> >> uptight square people with a fervent and steadfast enthusiasm for
>> >> >> "rules"; or the humourless twits caught up in childish and pedantic
>> >> >> crossfires of personal attacks in "alt.comedy.standup"; or a
>> >> >> forty-year-old "rock and roll" band--whose radical and innovative
>music
>> >> >> was initially intended to subvert the musical landscape as we knew
>> >> >> it--being discussed to no end by a group of middle-aged yuppies and
>a
>> >> >> few burn-out leftovers of the hippy generation in
>> >> >> "alt.music.pink-floyd."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So, if we could make them step outside of their precious little
>> >> >> "special-people's clubs" for just a few moments in their overwrought
>> >> >> Usenet careers, and see how silly the whole thing is, we have done
>our
>> >> >> job. Just like driving a pick-axe into a thin, cracking sheet of
>ice
>> >> >> over an overly pretentious pond of emptiness and contrariety, we
>made a
>> >> >> *difference* in these poor, misguided people's lives. And some of
>them
>> >> >> never even had the nerve to thank us.
>> >> >
>> >> >I will grant you that trolling some groups may be fun, but where is
>the
>> >fun
>> >> >in harassing a group of people who are in their 70's and 80's....all
>in
>> >the
>> >> >name of fun. Don't trolls have some code of honor that they live by?
>> >>
>> >> Oh. Well, you see, "oldbie" does not mean an elderly person; it is
>> >> somewon who has been on the "Internet" a long time (opposite of
>> >> "newbie"). They are notorious cranks and seem to have a languid
>> >> adherence to a dizzying set of bizarre and convoluted practices and
>> >> etiquette standards set in place years ago, when A) connection speeds
>> >> were much slower, B) there were not many people on the Internet, and C)
>> >> those who were on the Internet were not the types of people who were
>> >> well-versed in common social order in the real world (IOW, "geeks").
>If
>> >> *they* don't deserve some harassing, I don't know who does.
>> >>
>> >> People in their '70s and '80s are not on the "Internet." I am glad to
>> >> have cleared this up.
>> >
>> >Don't be too sure of that, Wavy ol boy ol boy.
>>
>> Are you going to tell me a story? You sounded like you wanted to tell a
>> story just now. Do you? It's just that, that's how I imagine a
>> grandfather would sound when he was about to tell me a story that
>> started out: "In my day..." or "When I was your age..." (I don't have
>> any grandfathers, so please correct me if this is wrong.) IWANT TO HEAR
>> A STORY~!!!!1!@!
>
>Pay attention, Wavy!!

I *was* paying attention, Peggy. You seemed like you were poised to
tell me a story. So what's the problem?

>*smacks Wavy upside the head*
>
>I'm a grandMOTHER, not a grandFATHER.

Yeah, I know. So tell me a story about how you used to have to make
your own clothes, or about how the "Black Bottom" dance was considered
racy in your day, or about how you used to have to stretch your dollar
by adding oats to ground meat in order to feed your large family. Don't
you know that the beauty of a story lies not in the subject matter, but
in the delivery, and the way you command your audience? Sheesh.
SHEEEEEESH. Stories are stories, no matter how uninteresting the
subject matter. You're the grandmother; YOU should be the expert on
storytelling.

>*throws noodles on wavy's head*

Okay...so TELL ME A GOD DAMNED STORY ABOUT PASTA, IF YOU MUST.

I'm sorry, Peggy, but I get a little antsy when I'm expecting a story
and I get a routine runaround instead.

>Smee