Slow Leaner Intro (was

Dave Monroe davidmmonroe at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 28 13:39:37 CST 2002


No, by and large, I respond either only when you take
a sideswipe at me (and I've let a lot of those slide,
in the interests of, well, just not wanting to take
the time), or maybe when y'all high stick Doug (but
just wait 'til I make my way around the rink this
time, I will decidedly NOT be cute when I'm angry
...), or, most recently, and as is my unhallowed,
unappointed duty, when you occasionally leave
something unannotated or whatever (which is kinda
sorta what we do here from time to time) ...

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> Seems to me that you're the one who's complaining,
> "bitching", being "sniffy" (Etc. Ad nauseam.)
> whenever I post.
> 
> Nothing in my post below which was directed at you,
> to you, particularly for you.

I don't even have to beg to differ on that one, it was
handed to me in unmarked bills, cashier's checks, and
negotiable bonds ...

> If you didn't like it then why not just delete
> it, ignore it, refuse to engage with it. Etc. No
> reason at all to (continue to) attack me personally.

The usual moves here, the implausibly deniable swipe
followed by the hurt puppy face when called on it and
then the
let-me-get-my-last-shot-in-and-then-YOU-can-call-it-quits.
 No, you started this ...
 
> I'm more than happy to go back to ignoring you
> altogether, have been trying to, in fact, if only
> you'd do me the exact same courtesy.

Well, generally, I do, if only to avoid the
irritation.  But somebody's gotta keep you honest
around here from time to time, so ...

But, hey, you missed one here ...
 
> on 29/11/02 5:28 AM, Dave Monroe at
> davidmmonroe at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> Little Red Riding syndrome ...

And that was a gimme.  Goldilocks, of course. 
Typically, when one really didn't intend any offense
(unlike me, here, who really does, insofar as the
truth tends to hurt from time to time), one says, hey,
sorry, my bad, I misspoke, what I should have said
instead was, et soforthiam.  And then there's ...

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