On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:21:58 -0400, Yogi of Woodstock
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:18:14 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Wizard of Woodstock" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:11:15 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Careful, you're approaching the maximum allowable nom de plume characters
in
Usenet.

The King of Numb-de-Plums on Usenet was a guy whose original nick was
Smush. At one time he had used over 230 different and unique nicks and
every one of them was funny as hell and said as much about the subject
being flamed as the posts themselves. Guy was amazing.

Ah yes - those were the days when flame wars were exercises in
creativity and style - not this screaming choke fest you see nowadays.

Lots of the same old, same old in here. Very repetitions.

Back in the day, was there all the foul mouthed, family insulting, trash
talk? Or was it skillful use of language without all the garbage?

Master works of invective that were sheer works of poetry.

One, a guy who went by the name Deacon, was particularly skillful.

And of course, who could forget Gharlane of Eddore - there was a guy
who could write a sentence that would make your eyes water laughing as
he was slipping the shiv to somebody.

Good times - good times. :)

Yogi. That's as in Yogi and Boo Boo, right?