NP Re: Why Flaming Sucks

[Greg Montalbano]

So -- don't any of you people have JOBS?  Sure wish I could sit around all
day writing this stuff ... (...hey, wait a minute;  I do!)


"...and he said with a <grin>
    as he wiped off his chin..."


>> From: Henry Musikar <gravity at nicom.com>
>> 
>> Davemarc! Now you've really got me mad!<grin> If someone includes a 
>> "<grin>" in their text and you leave it out in your quote, it 
>> completely changes the meaning of what they wrote. I demand 
>> satisfaction. Choose your weapon: lawyers or giant foam rubber cocks.
>> 
>Henry Musikar!  I--along with the rest of the list--saw very clearly what
>you meant with that "grin" as well as the mockingly similar one I have
>decided, after serious reflection, to reproduce above.  I'm trying my best
>not to lose my temper, but if you continue to persecute me in this manner
>you will force me to write 1,000 lengthy posts to the Pynchon list
>defending myself and attacking your grammar.  I will also commit all of my
>professional life to researching the sources of everything you've ever
>written.  Furthermore, I will send you a
>cocky-pooh-pooh-wee-wee-goober-earwax award just to show you how righteous
>I am.  I happen to be very wise, so I can assure you that no such award has
>ever before been issued in the history of the Internet.  
>
>As for whether you're more likely to obtain satisfaction with lawyers or
>giant foam rubber cocks, that's more your business than mine, isn't it? 
>Satisfy yourself in any way you see fit.  Then we'll see what kind of grin
>you end up with.
>
><grin>
>
>davemarc
>
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