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Berties real purpose
I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots who
messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? Pardon me, I've been gone for a week or so bringing my "new" boat home from Ensenada, stopping off for a night in Avalon to marry my darling Lady Sailor. Will post again about the interesting passage, but the boat and wife are safely home now. Mike |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 05:06:55 GMT, "Mike" wrote: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? No. I think it's just alt.sailing.asa's turn to have digital colon cancer. Either a surgeon(s) will show up with some big scalpels, or alt.sailing.asa will just puke it's guts out and die. Calling Doctor Warren.... Calling Doctor Warren..... two wheels Pardon me, I've been gone for a week or so bringing my "new" boat home from Ensenada, stopping off for a night in Avalon to marry my darling Lady Sailor. Will post again about the interesting passage, but the boat and wife are safely home now. Mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/NI+R8VGtldodrwkRAjXEAJsE9XQQVcgGlF3cfgqCwo7XPLZl3A CfXoSQ vQT8nQMwo33LCIOIy+iLKDo= =43fz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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"two wheels" wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 05:06:55 GMT, "Mike" wrote: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? No. I think it's just alt.sailing.asa's turn to have digital colon cancer. Either a surgeon(s) will show up with some big scalpels, or alt.sailing.asa will just puke it's guts out and die. Calling Doctor Warren.... Calling Doctor Warren..... two wheels you may very well be right. mike Pardon me, I've been gone for a week or so bringing my "new" boat home from Ensenada, stopping off for a night in Avalon to marry my darling Lady Sailor. Will post again about the interesting passage, but the boat and wife are safely home now. Mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/NI+R8VGtldodrwkRAjXEAJsE9XQQVcgGlF3cfgqCwo7XPLZl3A CfXoSQ vQT8nQMwo33LCIOIy+iLKDo= =43fz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 05:06:55 GMT, a team of surgeons from
alt.sailing.asa removed the following benign growth from Mike: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? Pardon me, I've been gone for a week or so bringing my "new" boat home from Ensenada, stopping off for a night in Avalon to marry my darling Lady Sailor. Will post again about the interesting passage, but the boat and wife are safely home now. Mike Troll. -- PJR :-) mhm34x8 Talk to me in Google Groups! http://groups.google.com/groups?group=alt.fan.pjr |
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Mike,
Yes, we have ****ed off Bunyimpotent and the various, dyslexic Bunyippies. We sail, and when you consider all that that implies, they are angry. they can't manage it, can't "get it up" so to speak. Imagine the frustration, the resentment. All they have is their computers. They live in them. I'm sure they know the 'ins and outs' of Usenet software better than most of us (I'm sure some here are holding back), but we don't care, so that ****es them off even more. Of course, many of us here know other software systems better than they; useful, productive systems, with which some of us have made small fortunes, programs like AutoCAD, Engineering programs, accounting/tax programs, medical administration programs, multi-media software, and specialty software. I, for instance, operate remote mechanical systems from my home, using software I programmed and equipment I installed. I can monitor and/or change the conditions at a nearby Nuclear Generating Station, hospitals, schools, office buildings, and factories; and I get paid nicely to do it. It's just a side business, but I made enough with it to put 4 people through college, buy a boat, a camper, 2 motorcycles, and 5 computers, all of which I networked in my home. I'm not bragging because I know others here have lots more (I've seen their boats to prove it!) But that's what I've invested my time in, instead of Usenet, and it's paid off. How much do you think these geniuses are making for their Usenet knowledge? Some people are making money with it for sure, but I doubt we are being bothered by those folks. Knowing this ****es them off some more. But hey, they know how to make virtual graffiti and then hide. wow. They remind me of a group of little kids I saw once, who were yelling "POOPIE PANTS" at passing cars and then ROFL. They thought it, and they, were great stuff, just like Bunyimpotent. The Bunyippies don't know where they fit in; they can't fit in socially, and I'm shouting the word IRONY when I consider the fact that they can't fit in this world either. And it ****es them off. Naturally, people tend to defend themselves when attacked, but that is not the same as saying they are interested in what Bunyimpotent has to say. He's got nothing going on, and he's damned angry about it. There's much commiseration going in within the Bunyippy culture. Some of the Bunyippies will mature I think, and I don't doubt they will become productive members of society as adults. Others will be destroyed by OCD, of which Usenet will be a part. More anger. They'd like to think of themselves as destroyers of the Universe. Instead, they must deal with the reality that they are more like gnats. A good breeze will carry them to some other place, and we will forget them, and that ****es them off a little more. I don't mind talking about them if another legitimate sailor prompts me, I just don't talk with them; that seems to **** them off a lot. In fact, they now respond for me, forging my name just so it looks like Scout is answering them. How pathetic is that? Hope that answers your question Mike. BTW - Lots of luck to you and your bride! Scout "Mike" wrote Did you guys **** him off? |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 09:05:20 -0400, "Scout" wrote: Mike, Yes, we have ****ed off Bunyimpotent and the various, dyslexic Bunyippies. We sail, and when you consider all that that implies, they are angry. they can't manage it, can't "get it up" so to speak. Imagine the frustration, the resentment. All they have is their computers. They live in them. I'm sure they know the 'ins and outs' of Usenet software better than most of us (I'm sure some here are holding back), but we don't care, so that ****es them off even more. Of course, many of us here know other software systems better than they; useful, productive systems, with which some of us have made small fortunes, programs like AutoCAD, Engineering programs, accounting/tax programs, medical administration programs, multi-media software, and specialty software. I, for instance, operate remote mechanical systems from my home, using software I programmed and equipment I installed. I can monitor and/or change the conditions at a nearby Nuclear Generating Station, hospitals, schools, office buildings, and factories; and I get paid nicely to do it. It's just a side business, but I made enough with it to put 4 people through college, buy a boat, a camper, 2 motorcycles, and 5 computers, all of which I networked in my home. I'm not bragging because I know others here have lots more (I've seen their boats to prove it!) But that's what I've invested my time in, instead of Usenet, and it's paid off. How much do you think these geniuses are making for their Usenet knowledge? Some people are making money with it for sure, but I doubt we are being bothered by those folks. Knowing this ****es them off some more. But hey, they know how to make virtual graffiti and then hide. wow. They remind me of a group of little kids I saw once, who were yelling "POOPIE PANTS" at passing cars and then ROFL. They thought it, and they, were great stuff, just like Bunyimpotent. The Bunyippies don't know where they fit in; they can't fit in socially, and I'm shouting the word IRONY when I consider the fact that they can't fit in this world either. And it ****es them off. Naturally, people tend to defend themselves when attacked, but that is not the same as saying they are interested in what Bunyimpotent has to say. He's got nothing going on, and he's damned angry about it. There's much commiseration going in within the Bunyippy culture. Some of the Bunyippies will mature I think, and I don't doubt they will become productive members of society as adults. Others will be destroyed by OCD, of which Usenet will be a part. More anger. They'd like to think of themselves as destroyers of the Universe. Instead, they must deal with the reality that they are more like gnats. A good breeze will carry them to some other place, and we will forget them, and that ****es them off a little more. I don't mind talking about them if another legitimate sailor prompts me, I just don't talk with them; that seems to **** them off a lot. In fact, they now respond for me, forging my name just so it looks like Scout is answering them. How pathetic is that? Hope that answers your question Mike. BTW - Lots of luck to you and your bride! Scout "Mike" wrote Did you guys **** him off? Well said, er..written. The main task is convincing anybody who comes here for actual sailing talk, to stop feeding the trolls--at least the x-posting trolls without boats. Trolls should at least have a dusty Sunfish in the garage, or something. Lurkers can punt. two wheels (punter) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/NP178VGtldodrwkRAm9QAJ9hXkVf6TGLe9D9RSpOYjuLhoEWPg CfbFsx tni4DG0Oe09xOu5NIys0Wx8= =t0Bn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Thanks for the clarification, Scout. I've been too busy lately to pay much
attention to my computer, and just remembered Bertie running Jaxass off the group way back when- a service I was very grateful for. Then I check in here and find a volume of off topic posts (well, x-posts) that boggles the mind. I figured it must be a war of some kind. I appreciate the background info on yourself, I've enjoyed reading your posts and find you a great addition to this crew on ASA. Anyway, thanks for the well- wishes, and I'm off to go to work...sailing! It's a shi**y job but somebody has to do it ;0) (and it's only for another couple of months anyway) Mike www.sailinglinks.com "Scout" wrote in message ... Mike, Yes, we have ****ed off Bunyimpotent and the various, dyslexic Bunyippies. We sail, and when you consider all that that implies, they are angry. they can't manage it, can't "get it up" so to speak. Imagine the frustration, the resentment. All they have is their computers. They live in them. I'm sure they know the 'ins and outs' of Usenet software better than most of us (I'm sure some here are holding back), but we don't care, so that ****es them off even more. Of course, many of us here know other software systems better than they; useful, productive systems, with which some of us have made small fortunes, programs like AutoCAD, Engineering programs, accounting/tax programs, medical administration programs, multi-media software, and specialty software. I, for instance, operate remote mechanical systems from my home, using software I programmed and equipment I installed. I can monitor and/or change the conditions at a nearby Nuclear Generating Station, hospitals, schools, office buildings, and factories; and I get paid nicely to do it. It's just a side business, but I made enough with it to put 4 people through college, buy a boat, a camper, 2 motorcycles, and 5 computers, all of which I networked in my home. I'm not bragging because I know others here have lots more (I've seen their boats to prove it!) But that's what I've invested my time in, instead of Usenet, and it's paid off. How much do you think these geniuses are making for their Usenet knowledge? Some people are making money with it for sure, but I doubt we are being bothered by those folks. Knowing this ****es them off some more. But hey, they know how to make virtual graffiti and then hide. wow. They remind me of a group of little kids I saw once, who were yelling "POOPIE PANTS" at passing cars and then ROFL. They thought it, and they, were great stuff, just like Bunyimpotent. The Bunyippies don't know where they fit in; they can't fit in socially, and I'm shouting the word IRONY when I consider the fact that they can't fit in this world either. And it ****es them off. Naturally, people tend to defend themselves when attacked, but that is not the same as saying they are interested in what Bunyimpotent has to say. He's got nothing going on, and he's damned angry about it. There's much commiseration going in within the Bunyippy culture. Some of the Bunyippies will mature I think, and I don't doubt they will become productive members of society as adults. Others will be destroyed by OCD, of which Usenet will be a part. More anger. They'd like to think of themselves as destroyers of the Universe. Instead, they must deal with the reality that they are more like gnats. A good breeze will carry them to some other place, and we will forget them, and that ****es them off a little more. I don't mind talking about them if another legitimate sailor prompts me, I just don't talk with them; that seems to **** them off a lot. In fact, they now respond for me, forging my name just so it looks like Scout is answering them. How pathetic is that? Hope that answers your question Mike. BTW - Lots of luck to you and your bride! Scout "Mike" wrote Did you guys **** him off? |
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You know what I do when I see "whatever you call'ems" like bunyip? I use
Internet Explorer and I click on their message, on my top toolbar I click Message, and then I click "Block Sender". It even asks if I want to remove the idiot's messages already downloaded. Now I don't even see bertie's garbage. |
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After a post like that, one can almost feel sorry for the poor
souls, their bodies riven by waves of impotent rage, their prepubertal minds knowing they're missing something, their fingers desperately typing crudities both of language and invention, barren of both invective and content. They hammer away at their long-suffering keyboards, seeking to validate their existence somehow, even if only in the nanosecond between the appearance of their posts and the contemptuous silences which follow them. They spawn more and more socks which only demonstrate their hopelessness as puppeteers. Indeed, it could almost be tragic, the true nature of the bunyip, for whom we once held such hopes, revealed as much by the actions of his followers as by his own doings. -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Learn what lies below the waves of cyberspace! http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com Scout wrote: Mike, Yes, we have ****ed off Bunyimpotent and the various, dyslexic Bunyippies. We sail, and when you consider all that that implies, they are angry. they can't manage it, can't "get it up" so to speak. Imagine the frustration, the resentment. All they have is their computers. They live in them. I'm sure they know the 'ins and outs' of Usenet software better than most of us (I'm sure some here are holding back), but we don't care, so that ****es them off even more. Of course, many of us here know other software systems better than they; useful, productive systems, with which some of us have made small fortunes, programs like AutoCAD, Engineering programs, accounting/tax programs, medical administration programs, multi-media software, and specialty software. I, for instance, operate remote mechanical systems from my home, using software I programmed and equipment I installed. I can monitor and/or change the conditions at a nearby Nuclear Generating Station, hospitals, schools, office buildings, and factories; and I get paid nicely to do it. It's just a side business, but I made enough with it to put 4 people through college, buy a boat, a camper, 2 motorcycles, and 5 computers, all of which I networked in my home. I'm not bragging because I know others here have lots more (I've seen their boats to prove it!) But that's what I've invested my time in, instead of Usenet, and it's paid off. How much do you think these geniuses are making for their Usenet knowledge? Some people are making money with it for sure, but I doubt we are being bothered by those folks. Knowing this ****es them off some more. But hey, they know how to make virtual graffiti and then hide. wow. They remind me of a group of little kids I saw once, who were yelling "POOPIE PANTS" at passing cars and then ROFL. They thought it, and they, were great stuff, just like Bunyimpotent. The Bunyippies don't know where they fit in; they can't fit in socially, and I'm shouting the word IRONY when I consider the fact that they can't fit in this world either. And it ****es them off. Naturally, people tend to defend themselves when attacked, but that is not the same as saying they are interested in what Bunyimpotent has to say. He's got nothing going on, and he's damned angry about it. There's much commiseration going in within the Bunyippy culture. Some of the Bunyippies will mature I think, and I don't doubt they will become productive members of society as adults. Others will be destroyed by OCD, of which Usenet will be a part. More anger. They'd like to think of themselves as destroyers of the Universe. Instead, they must deal with the reality that they are more like gnats. A good breeze will carry them to some other place, and we will forget them, and that ****es them off a little more. I don't mind talking about them if another legitimate sailor prompts me, I just don't talk with them; that seems to **** them off a lot. In fact, they now respond for me, forging my name just so it looks like Scout is answering them. How pathetic is that? Hope that answers your question Mike. BTW - Lots of luck to you and your bride! Scout "Mike" wrote Did you guys **** him off? |
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oops. Oh well, at least we're not sharing a computer in sin anymore...
Mike "Lady Sailor" wrote in message ... Thanks for the clarification, Scout. I've been too busy lately to pay much attention to my computer, and just remembered Bertie running Jaxass off the group way back when- a service I was very grateful for. Then I check in here and find a volume of off topic posts (well, x-posts) that boggles the mind. I figured it must be a war of some kind. I appreciate the background info on yourself, I've enjoyed reading your posts and find you a great addition to this crew on ASA. Anyway, thanks for the well- wishes, and I'm off to go to work...sailing! It's a shi**y job but somebody has to do it ;0) (and it's only for another couple of months anyway) Mike www.sailinglinks.com "Scout" wrote in message ... Mike, Yes, we have ****ed off Bunyimpotent and the various, dyslexic Bunyippies. We sail, and when you consider all that that implies, they are angry. they can't manage it, can't "get it up" so to speak. Imagine the frustration, the resentment. All they have is their computers. They live in them. I'm sure they know the 'ins and outs' of Usenet software better than most of us (I'm sure some here are holding back), but we don't care, so that ****es them off even more. Of course, many of us here know other software systems better than they; useful, productive systems, with which some of us have made small fortunes, programs like AutoCAD, Engineering programs, accounting/tax programs, medical administration programs, multi-media software, and specialty software. I, for instance, operate remote mechanical systems from my home, using software I programmed and equipment I installed. I can monitor and/or change the conditions at a nearby Nuclear Generating Station, hospitals, schools, office buildings, and factories; and I get paid nicely to do it. It's just a side business, but I made enough with it to put 4 people through college, buy a boat, a camper, 2 motorcycles, and 5 computers, all of which I networked in my home. I'm not bragging because I know others here have lots more (I've seen their boats to prove it!) But that's what I've invested my time in, instead of Usenet, and it's paid off. How much do you think these geniuses are making for their Usenet knowledge? Some people are making money with it for sure, but I doubt we are being bothered by those folks. Knowing this ****es them off some more. But hey, they know how to make virtual graffiti and then hide. wow. They remind me of a group of little kids I saw once, who were yelling "POOPIE PANTS" at passing cars and then ROFL. They thought it, and they, were great stuff, just like Bunyimpotent. The Bunyippies don't know where they fit in; they can't fit in socially, and I'm shouting the word IRONY when I consider the fact that they can't fit in this world either. And it ****es them off. Naturally, people tend to defend themselves when attacked, but that is not the same as saying they are interested in what Bunyimpotent has to say. He's got nothing going on, and he's damned angry about it. There's much commiseration going in within the Bunyippy culture. Some of the Bunyippies will mature I think, and I don't doubt they will become productive members of society as adults. Others will be destroyed by OCD, of which Usenet will be a part. More anger. They'd like to think of themselves as destroyers of the Universe. Instead, they must deal with the reality that they are more like gnats. A good breeze will carry them to some other place, and we will forget them, and that ****es them off a little more. I don't mind talking about them if another legitimate sailor prompts me, I just don't talk with them; that seems to **** them off a lot. In fact, they now respond for me, forging my name just so it looks like Scout is answering them. How pathetic is that? Hope that answers your question Mike. BTW - Lots of luck to you and your bride! Scout "Mike" wrote Did you guys **** him off? |
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Taddy,
Perhaps you will take pity on his tormented soul, actualizing Bunyimpotent's greatest fantasy, while gaining a major allegorical device for your opera. When you're famous, his name will live on with all the other greats in his stratum: Moby Dick, Pilgrim's Progress, The Scarlet Letter, and now Bertie the Bunyimpotent! Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote After a post like that, one can almost feel sorry for the poor souls, . . . it could almost be tragic, the true nature of the bunyip |
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Sorry to disagree Mike, but it was pretty obvious from the first
day that bunny**** showed up that this was the case. These guys are just a cancerous growth on usenet. They're really a bunch of low-life teenagers (at least mentally) who have nothing better to do with their pathetic lives. They're too chicken to actually use their real names, and they hide behind bs ISPs that don't have a semblence of morals or ethics. They, like their lamer users, are just a bunch of cowards and assholes. They claim that they allow large cross-posting policies to ensure "free speech," when in fact all they do is enable the opposite to occur. Fortunately, it's possible to filter them out if you know what's going on and you have a modicum of ability. Unfortunately, new people to the group won't know this, and this will probably mean that this ng will become less and less an interesting an informative (or at least a somewhat friendly) place to relax among aquaintences. The only way to deal with them is to ignore them completely in the newsgroup. Eventually, they'll get bored with the lack of or little response, and they'll move on to greener pastures. If you feel you absolutely must respond, send email to their respective abuse departments. What will probably happen is that they'll either ignore you or forward your email to the "victim" you're reporting. The former doesn't do anything, but the latter could have an effect if enough people complain, since the "victim" will start to get a lot of email.. it's likely that they'll just delete it, but perhaps this is a good use of "spam." "Mike" wrote in message ... I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? Pardon me, I've been gone for a week or so bringing my "new" boat home from Ensenada, stopping off for a night in Avalon to marry my darling Lady Sailor. Will post again about the interesting passage, but the boat and wife are safely home now. Mike |
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"Mike" wrote in
: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? nah, they invited me here. and I haven't changed, BTW Bertie |
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"Mike" wrote in
: "two wheels" wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 05:06:55 GMT, "Mike" wrote: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? No. I think it's just alt.sailing.asa's turn to have digital colon cancer. Either a surgeon(s) will show up with some big scalpels, or alt.sailing.asa will just puke it's guts out and die. Calling Doctor Warren.... Calling Doctor Warren..... two wheels you may very well be right. He might. It's seldom pretty but it often works. bertie |
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"Scout" wrote in
: Mike, Yes, we have ****ed off Bunyimpotent and the various, dyslexic Bunyippies. We sail, and when you consider all that that implies, they are angry. they can't manage it, can't "get it up" so to speak. Bwawhahwhahwhhahwhahwhahhwhahwhahwhha! jesus, you really are that stupid Bertie |
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"Lady Sailor" wrote in
: Thanks for the clarification, Scout. I've been too busy lately to pay much attention to my computer, and just remembered Bertie running Jaxass off the group way back when- a service I was very grateful for. Then I check in here and find a volume of off topic posts (well, x-posts) that boggles the mind. I figured it must be a war of some kind. War? Nope. bertie |
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"Scout" wrote in news:18CdnTFJNonpuaiiU-
: Thanks Lady Sailor - it's a pleasure to be here! snort! in your case I'm sure it is bertie |
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Flying Tadpole wrote in
: After a post like that, one can almost feel sorry for the poor souls, their bodies riven by waves of impotent rage, their prepubertal minds knowing they're missing something, their fingers desperately typing crudities both of language and invention, barren of both invective and content. They hammer away at their long-suffering keyboards, seeking to validate their existence somehow, even if only in the nanosecond between the appearance of their posts and the contemptuous silences which follow them. They spawn more and more socks which only demonstrate their hopelessness as puppeteers. Indeed, it could almost be tragic, the true nature of the bunyip, for whom we once Uh, yeh. Bertie |
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"Scout" wrote in
: Taddy, Perhaps you will take pity on his tormented soul, actualizing Bunyimpotent's greatest fantasy, while gaining a major allegorical device for your opera. When you're famous, his name will live on with all the other greats in his stratum: Moby Dick, Pilgrim's Progress, The Scarlet Letter, and now Bertie the Bunyimpotent! Snort! God you guys are dumb. Can't you even figure out somethng as simple as getting your asses kicked? Bertie |
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"Popeye" wrote in
: You know what I do when I see "whatever you call'ems" like bunyip? I use Internet Explorer and I click on their message, on my top toolbar I click Message, and then I click "Block Sender". It even asks if I want to remove the idiot's messages already downloaded. Now I don't even see bertie's garbage. good for you. Bertie |
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"Flying Tadpole" wrote
After a post like that, one can almost feel sorry for the poor souls, . . . it could almost be tragic, the true nature of the bunyip Scout wrote: Taddy, Perhaps you will take pity on his tormented soul, actualizing Bunyimpotent's greatest fantasy, while gaining a major allegorical device for your opera. When you're famous, his name will live on with all the other greats in his stratum: Moby Dick, Pilgrim's Progress, The Scarlet Letter, and now Bertie the Bunyimpotent! No (insert perfunctory apology of your choice here). You will note I used the word "almost", twice. Whether tragedy or comedy, the audience has to feel or be brought to feel a degree of empathy with the major characters, even the minor ones, otherwise there's no real meeting, and one might as well sink into a permanent playing of "space invaders" and its tedious descendants. Often, the more one knows of a character, or a person, one cannot help but develop a bit of empathy. "To know him is to love him" is an overstatement, particularly when the "him" is a Stalin or Mao, but generally, some empathy develops as one comes to understand. But in the case of Bertie and his mindless minions, the more one learns and understand, the less empathy remains, and he reduces to a cardboard cut-out. How can even towering genius work with such material? Or put it another way: I suppose I could work with such material, but why bother when there's far, far better material just about everywhere, ready to hand? BTW, I feel we need a better collective name for the Bunyippies. Bunyippie, itself a wonderful word creation, deals beautifully with the general mindlessness that goes with yippies. I can't help but feel, though, that it carries too many connotations of joy or delight, even if emptyheaded. Neither joy nor delight can possibly exist in the closed, grey, leaden existences which show through the dull, encrusted and cracked windows to their souls which the Bunyippies uninvitingly open to us via their posts. -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Learn what lies below the waves of cyberspace! http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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Flying Tadpole wrote in
: "Flying Tadpole" wrote After a post like that, one can almost feel sorry for the poor souls, . . . it could almost be tragic, the true nature of the bunyip Scout wrote: Taddy, Perhaps you will take pity on his tormented soul, actualizing Bunyimpotent's greatest fantasy, while gaining a major allegorical device for your opera. When you're famous, his name will live on with all the other greats in his stratum: Moby Dick, Pilgrim's Progress, The Scarlet Letter, and now Bertie the Bunyimpotent! No (insert perfunctory apology of your choice here). You will note I used the word "almost", twice. Whether tragedy or comedy, the audience has to feel or be brought to feel a degree of empathy with the major characters, even the minor ones, otherwise there's no real meeting, and one might as well sink into a permanent playing of "space invaders" and its tedious descendants. Often, the more one knows of a character, or a person, one cannot help but develop a bit of empathy. "To know him is to love him" is an overstatement, particularly when the "him" is a Stalin or Mao, but generally, some empathy develops as one comes to understand. But in the case of Bertie and his mindless minions, the more one learns and understand, the less empathy remains, and he reduces to a cardboard cut-out. How can even towering genius work with such material? Or put it another way: I suppose I could work with such material, but why bother when there's far, far better material just about everywhere, ready to hand? You're not as dumb as you look1 BTW, I feel we need a better collective name for the Bunyippies. Bunyippie, itself a wonderful word creation, deals beautifully with the general mindlessness that goes with yippies. I can't help but feel, though, that it carries too many connotations of joy or delight, even if emptyheaded. Neither joy nor delight can possibly exist in the closed, grey, leaden existences which show through the dull, encrusted and cracked windows to their souls which the Bunyippies uninvitingly open to us via their posts. snort! I still win.. Bertie |
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Taddy,
I assure you, my previous proposal was completely facetious! I would be more than a little disappointed in you if the impotent one was given more than a mention. I do feel, however, that it would be harsh of you not to at least mention his name. It could be done appropriately if not tastefully (ugh). For instance, I once vomited while out at sea, and this is what it sounded like: bUnn' yip (with accent on first syl, and a heavily aspirated p); the next sound was my breakfast splashing into the green Atlantic. Here is an excerpt from a short story I wrote about 10 years ago. It's about a man who should never have traveled by sea, yet there he is. I've adapted it for relevance to our discussion. "Another blast of fumes swirled around him, induced by the eddy currents that had formed as the wind wrapped around the cabin. He staggered against the gunnel once more, leaning far enough over the side to catch a brief glimpse of his reflection in the sea water. He was unsure if the green tint highlighting his nauseated features was his own coloring, or if the sickly hue had been superimposed by the water itself. He could no longer fight the dizziness that raced from head to stomach and back again, and when the exhaust ports belched their foul mist once more into his grimaced face, he took firm hold of a wet cleat, leaned out a bit further, and returned the sentiments to the sea with a gut wrenching bUnn yip!" Ok, enough of that. Onward to the naming of the horde. I'll tell you why I like Bunyippies, but I am of course, open to suggestions. Bunyippies does conjure images of fun, (bunnies), or shouts of joy (Yippeee!) etc., but I went for verbal irony, and sarcasm is best served brief. They want to be evil, but achieve only ugliness, so I gave them a cute name. I chose a harmless sounding name, because I see them as essentially innocuous creatures, albeit misled. Kittens would be better, or perhaps ducklings, since they have firmly imprinted to our 'hero', but for that same reason, I wanted them to have his surname. Bunyippies does this and still sounds benign, very close to puppies. And fittingly so, as they are his bitches, his everything. I see them simply as mangy curs. Some writer once said that nothing perfect was ever written, only rewritten. So I'll keep an open mind, and if I think of, or hear from you or others, something that fits with a click, I'll be the first to say Yay! Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote in message ... "Flying Tadpole" wrote After a post like that, one can almost feel sorry for the poor souls, . . . it could almost be tragic, the true nature of the bunyip Scout wrote: Taddy, Perhaps you will take pity on his tormented soul, actualizing Bunyimpotent's greatest fantasy, while gaining a major allegorical device for your opera. When you're famous, his name will live on with all the other greats in his stratum: Moby Dick, Pilgrim's Progress, The Scarlet Letter, and now Bertie the Bunyimpotent! No (insert perfunctory apology of your choice here). You will note I used the word "almost", twice. Whether tragedy or comedy, the audience has to feel or be brought to feel a degree of empathy with the major characters, even the minor ones, otherwise there's no real meeting, and one might as well sink into a permanent playing of "space invaders" and its tedious descendants. Often, the more one knows of a character, or a person, one cannot help but develop a bit of empathy. "To know him is to love him" is an overstatement, particularly when the "him" is a Stalin or Mao, but generally, some empathy develops as one comes to understand. But in the case of Bertie and his mindless minions, the more one learns and understand, the less empathy remains, and he reduces to a cardboard cut-out. How can even towering genius work with such material? Or put it another way: I suppose I could work with such material, but why bother when there's far, far better material just about everywhere, ready to hand? BTW, I feel we need a better collective name for the Bunyippies. Bunyippie, itself a wonderful word creation, deals beautifully with the general mindlessness that goes with yippies. I can't help but feel, though, that it carries too many connotations of joy or delight, even if emptyheaded. Neither joy nor delight can possibly exist in the closed, grey, leaden existences which show through the dull, encrusted and cracked windows to their souls which the Bunyippies uninvitingly open to us via their posts. -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Learn what lies below the waves of cyberspace! http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
: "Mike" wrote in : : : :: :: "two wheels" wrote in message :: ... ::: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ::: Hash: SHA1 ::: ::: On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 05:06:55 GMT, "Mike" ::: wrote: ::: :::: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots :::: who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at :::: it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader :::: bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did :::: you guys **** him off? ::: ::: ::: ::: No. I think it's just alt.sailing.asa's turn to have digital colon ::: cancer. Either a surgeon(s) will show up with some big scalpels, or ::: alt.sailing.asa will just puke it's guts out and die. ::: ::: Calling Doctor Warren.... Calling Doctor Warren..... ::: ::: two wheels ::: ::: :: you may very well be right. : : : He might. It's seldom pretty but it often works. in fact it sometimes can get quite ugly. : : bertie -- Steve Leyland mhm32x16 Smeeter#35 flower: three 6 four 9 five 8 eight 9 Alcatroll Labs Inc (bongwater maintenance dept) http://www.insurgent.org/~alcatroll/ =^MEOW MEOW ARMY^= Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer. - Oscar Wilde ================================================== ==================== "Warning to all: Steve Leyland is a trolling **** of the highest order. Killfile the muppet now and move on. Even the briefest of searches on his past UseNet posts will reveal the truth. You have been warned. *plonk*" ******* Bear, uk.rec.motorcycles ================================================== ==================== "This sig is an abomination of all that is good and right about usenet. Do the entire world a favor and REMOVE YOURSELF FROM USENET ALTOGETHER, DUMBASS." miguel, soc.singles ================================================== ==================== "I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen; A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut And "Thou shalt not," writ over the door; So I turned to the Garden of Love That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tombstones where flowers should be; And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds, And binding with briars my joys and desires." William Blake. ================================================== ==================== "Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; until there is no longer any first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race -- until that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained." Haile Sellassie. ================================================== ==================== "First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me." Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945 ================================================== ==================== "When the Earth has been ravaged and the animals are dying, a tribe of people from all races, creeds and colours shall put their faith in deeds, not words, and make the land green again. They shall be known as Warriors of the Rainbow, protectors of the environment." Native American prophecy |\ _.-'~~""'~`'~) /, ~-,__,,,.'~ ,-;;--'' |,4) ./ ' ; ;/' '-~~;'@ ( ; ; _.--'' _.-_..' .;.' (,_..----''' (,..--'' Meow |
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"Steve Leyland" wrote in
: Bertie the Bunyip wrote: : "Mike" wrote in : : : :: :: "two wheels" wrote in message :: ... ::: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ::: Hash: SHA1 ::: ::: On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 05:06:55 GMT, "Mike" ::: wrote: ::: :::: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of :::: idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was :::: pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him :::: like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more :::: sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? ::: ::: ::: ::: No. I think it's just alt.sailing.asa's turn to have digital colon ::: cancer. Either a surgeon(s) will show up with some big scalpels, or ::: alt.sailing.asa will just puke it's guts out and die. ::: ::: Calling Doctor Warren.... Calling Doctor Warren..... ::: ::: two wheels ::: ::: :: you may very well be right. : : : He might. It's seldom pretty but it often works. in fact it sometimes can get quite ugly. : True, but it's got a funky kind of appeal at the same time. Bertie |
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"John Cairns" wrote in
: Well one good thing, they semed to have chased one of our most obnoxious posters. really? who? must of them seem far to dumb to actually quit, seemingly preferring to blather on about how they won. Bertie |
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John,
That's sort of like killing the bone marrow to save the patient. Sure, it can be done, but is it really worth it. "John Cairns" wrote in message ... Well one good thing, they semed to have chased one of our most obnoxious posters. If he can't be the center of attention, he goes of in a huff. A radical solution, but it does seem to be working. And this person claims to be a sailor. Anyways, good to see you back and try to post some pics. John Cairns "Mike" wrote in message ... I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? Pardon me, I've been gone for a week or so bringing my "new" boat home from Ensenada, stopping off for a night in Avalon to marry my darling Lady Sailor. Will post again about the interesting passage, but the boat and wife are safely home now. Mike |
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not bad!
Scout "two wheels" wrote {snip}. . . the yips. . . {snip} |
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Flying Tadpole wrote in
: Scout wrote: Taddy, I assure you, my previous proposal was completely facetious! I would be more than a little disappointed in you if the impotent one was given more than a mention. I do feel, however, that it would be harsh of you not to at least mention his name. Nah. Bertie arrived long after the high drama. And they've already milked him for what he was worth in that kid's show. Ok, enough of that. Onward to the naming of the horde. I'll tell you why I like Bunyippies, but I am of course, open to suggestions. Bunyippies does conjure images of fun, (bunnies), or shouts of joy (Yippeee!) etc., but I went for verbal irony, and sarcasm is best served brief. They want to be evil, but achieve only ugliness, so I gave them a cute name. I think it was CS Lewis who commented that true evil is most characterised by its uninventiveness and its sheer dreariness (or was he quoting)? I take your point, but "maters (sic) of the universe" or something equally portentous might serve better. Bunyippie is just too frolicsome, lending itself more to visions of a prepubescent children's party thatn to irony. (Yes I know, those who have had children are aware of the special hell a children's party creates...) I chose a harmless sounding name, because I see them as essentially innocuous creatures, albeit misled. Kittens would be better, or perhaps ducklings, since they have firmly imprinted to our 'hero', but for that same reason, I wanted them to have his surname. Bunyippies does this and still sounds benign, very close to puppies. And fittingly so, as they are his bitches, his everything. I see them simply as mangy curs. I have nothing better to replace the word with. Nor do I plan to spend time thinking about one. I've enjoyed this conversation a great deal, though, the more so as I was searching in Google for something else, and discovered both the BUnyip and his Bunyippies have had their snouts pressed despairingly to the window throughout, their cries for notice lost on the cyberwinds. snort! Yeh. Bertei |
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Second endings are all the rage in Hollywood these days.
FINALE: The singing is over. A pathetic looking character walks barefoot to center stage, he wears a plain, dull, and overly worn sock on each hand, and an equally pathetic but matching sock-hat on his head. They are an accumulated set, and a large portion of his amassed fortune. The audience can easily see that finding and matching all three, for him, is a crowning achievement. He lifts his left hand to hide his lips in standard ventriloquial form, but the smell of the putrid sock makes him retch. He regains his composure and attempts to animate its mate. This time the sock comes alive. And this is what it says to him: "You have ruined us, miserable puppeteer!" Years of knee-jerk replies leave him able to pull from his limited lexicon the following, meaningless reply, "Fjckwit!" He falls to his knees, covering eyes and nostrils with both hands, and retches harder. He looks up to the audience for a sign of compassion, and finding none, blurts into his socks, "bUnn yip!" CURTAIN. Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote Nah. Bertie arrived long after the high drama. |
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Scout wrote: Second endings are all the rage in Hollywood these days. FINALE: The singing is over. A pathetic looking character walks barefoot to center stage, he wears a plain, dull, and overly worn sock on each hand, and an equally pathetic but matching sock-hat on his head. They are an accumulated set, and a large portion of his amassed fortune. The audience can easily see that finding and matching all three, for him, is a crowning achievement. He lifts his left hand to hide his lips in standard ventriloquial form, but the smell of the putrid sock makes him retch. He regains his composure and attempts to animate its mate. This time the sock comes alive. And this is what it says to him: "You have ruined us, miserable puppeteer!" Years of knee-jerk replies leave him able to pull from his limited lexicon the following, meaningless reply, "Fjckwit!" He falls to his knees, covering eyes and nostrils with both hands, and retches harder. He looks up to the audience for a sign of compassion, and finding none, blurts into his socks, "bUnn yip!" CURTAIN. Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote Nah. Bertie arrived long after the high drama. What I said. Scout, you're expending too much effort on this one. Look us up a NY agent and we'll get him to sell another good idea for a musical. Bobsprit won't co-operate. -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Learn what lies below the waves of cyberspace! http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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Scout, it's _pathos_ we need, not bathos.
FT Scout wrote: p.s., as the curtain closes on the impotent loser, Little Anthony & The Imperials can be heard softly singing: "I'm on the outside looking in I don' wanna be, I don' wanna be left on the outside all alone Well, I guess I've had my day as you left me go my way Now it's me who has to pay" "Flying Tadpole" wrote BUnyip and his Bunyippies have had their snouts pressed despairingly to the window throughout, their cries for notice lost on the cyberwinds. -- Flying Tadpole ------------------------- Learn what lies below the waves of cyberspace! http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com |
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It's not so much a bathos as it is anachronistic. It's the petty loser
foreboding the real tragedy to come. The audience will wonder what kind of world could have produced this loser. But it's more of a one act play. It could work as an opener, a lead in. Ya know, have the curtain close behind the limp lamo, face down in his own vomit. Bob could still open your opera, I think he'd work with you on that. He comes out as the clean up man, throws some sawdust on the corpse, and with a stiff pushbroom, slowly sweeps the pile of Bunyip offstage (limp actor pulled with wires). Bob looks up and says to the audience, "What, you think this is tragedy? No no! Stick around friends." Oh ok, I won't try to force it. But truly, this is no effort at all, as it was already written for me. I'm enjoying it too much to call it work. Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote Scout, you're expending too much effort on this one. Look us up a NY agent and we'll get him to sell another good idea for a musical. Bobsprit won't co-operate. |
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Even no effort at all is too much in the present case. Besides,
we'd lose our "G" rating, again. Anyway, Seahag opening the show is much more balanced, really, and I'd hate the audience to confuse Bobsprit with the janitor. FT Scout wrote: It's not so much a bathos as it is anachronistic. It's the petty loser foreboding the real tragedy to come. The audience will wonder what kind of world could have produced this loser. But it's more of a one act play. It could work as an opener, a lead in. Ya know, have the curtain close behind the limp lamo, face down in his own vomit. Bob could still open your opera, I think he'd work with you on that. He comes out as the clean up man, throws some sawdust on the corpse, and with a stiff pushbroom, slowly sweeps the pile of Bunyip offstage (limp actor pulled with wires). Bob looks up and says to the audience, "What, you think this is tragedy? No no! Stick around friends." Oh ok, I won't try to force it. But truly, this is no effort at all, as it was already written for me. I'm enjoying it too much to call it work. Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote Scout, you're expending too much effort on this one. Look us up a NY agent and we'll get him to sell another good idea for a musical. Bobsprit won't co-operate. |
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They spawn more and more socks which only
demonstrate their hopelessness as puppeteers For years now, I've wondered about the disappearance of socks into my washing machine...a match goes in; one comes out. Thank you, Taddy, for clearing this up. My washing machine is spawning all this sock peppetry...I'm going down to the laundry room to blow it up now. -- katysails s/v Chanteuse Kirie Elite 32 http://katysails.tripod.com "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein |
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
: "Steve Leyland" wrote in : : : :: Bertie the Bunyip wrote: ::: "Mike" wrote in ::: : ::: :::: :::: "two wheels" wrote in message :::: ... ::::: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ::::: Hash: SHA1 ::::: ::::: On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 05:06:55 GMT, "Mike" ::::: wrote: ::::: :::::: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of :::::: idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was :::::: pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him :::::: like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more :::::: sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? ::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: No. I think it's just alt.sailing.asa's turn to have digital colon ::::: cancer. Either a surgeon(s) will show up with some big scalpels, or ::::: alt.sailing.asa will just puke it's guts out and die. ::::: ::::: Calling Doctor Warren.... Calling Doctor Warren..... ::::: ::::: two wheels ::::: ::::: :::: you may very well be right. ::: ::: ::: He might. It's seldom pretty but it often works. :: :: in fact it sometimes can get quite ugly. ::: : : True, but it's got a funky kind of appeal at the same time. I do so love to boogie to a funky tune. : : Bertie -- Steve Leyland mhm32x16 Smeeter#35 flower: three 6 four 9 five 8 eight 9 Alcatroll Labs Inc (bongwater maintenance dept) http://www.insurgent.org/~alcatroll/ =^MEOW MEOW ARMY^= There are two kinds of people in the world, those that think there are two kinds of people in the world, and those that know better. ================================================== ==================== "Warning to all: Steve Leyland is a trolling **** of the highest order. Killfile the muppet now and move on. Even the briefest of searches on his past UseNet posts will reveal the truth. You have been warned. *plonk*" ******* Bear, uk.rec.motorcycles ================================================== ==================== "This sig is an abomination of all that is good and right about usenet. Do the entire world a favor and REMOVE YOURSELF FROM USENET ALTOGETHER, DUMBASS." miguel, soc.singles ================================================== ==================== "I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen; A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut And "Thou shalt not," writ over the door; So I turned to the Garden of Love That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tombstones where flowers should be; And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds, And binding with briars my joys and desires." William Blake. ================================================== ==================== "Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; until there is no longer any first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race -- until that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained." Haile Sellassie. ================================================== ==================== "First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me." Rev. Martin Niemoller, 1945 ================================================== ==================== "When the Earth has been ravaged and the animals are dying, a tribe of people from all races, creeds and colours shall put their faith in deeds, not words, and make the land green again. They shall be known as Warriors of the Rainbow, protectors of the environment." Native American prophecy |\ _.-'~~""'~`'~) /, ~-,__,,,.'~ ,-;;--'' |,4) ./ ' ; ;/' '-~~;'@ ( ; ; _.--'' _.-_..' .;.' (,_..----''' (,..--'' Meow |
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"Steve Leyland" wrote in
: Bertie the Bunyip wrote: : "Steve Leyland" wrote in : : : :: Bertie the Bunyip wrote: ::: "Mike" wrote in ::: : ::: :::: :::: "two wheels" wrote in message :::: ... ::::: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ::::: Hash: SHA1 ::::: ::::: On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 05:06:55 GMT, "Mike" ::::: wrote: ::::: :::::: I used to think was to rid the internet, or at least usenet, of :::::: idiots who messed up newsgroups. I actually thought he was :::::: pretty good at it, and kinda cheered him on. I thought of him :::::: like a crusader bunyip. Lately he seems like he may have a more :::::: sinister agenda? Did you guys **** him off? ::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: No. I think it's just alt.sailing.asa's turn to have digital colon ::::: cancer. Either a surgeon(s) will show up with some big scalpels, or ::::: alt.sailing.asa will just puke it's guts out and die. ::::: ::::: Calling Doctor Warren.... Calling Doctor Warren..... ::::: ::::: two wheels ::::: ::::: :::: you may very well be right. ::: ::: ::: He might. It's seldom pretty but it often works. :: :: in fact it sometimes can get quite ugly. ::: : : True, but it's got a funky kind of appeal at the same time. I do so love to boogie to a funky tune. : And me Bertie |
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Flying Tadpole wrote in
: Scout, it's _pathos_ we need, not bathos. I wouldn't underestimate yourselves. Bertie FT Scout wrote: p.s., as the curtain closes on the impotent loser, Little Anthony & The Imperials can be heard softly singing: "I'm on the outside looking in I don' wanna be, I don' wanna be left on the outside all alone Well, I guess I've had my day as you left me go my way Now it's me who has to pay" "Flying Tadpole" wrote BUnyip and his Bunyippies have had their snouts pressed despairingly to the window throughout, their cries for notice lost on the cyberwinds. |
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"katysails" wrote in news:bh6ogf$uopj0$1@ID-
178897.news.uni-berlin.de: They spawn more and more socks which only demonstrate their hopelessness as puppeteers Aaaargh! Would someone here please look up the definiton of a sock in usenet? Bertei For years now, I've wondered about the disappearance of socks into my washing machine...a match goes in; one comes out. Thank you, Taddy, for clearing this up. My washing machine is spawning all this sock peppetry...I'm going down to the laundry room to blow it up now. |
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"Scout" wrote in
: Second endings are all the rage in Hollywood these days. FINALE: The singing is over. A pathetic looking character walks barefoot to center stage, he wears a plain, dull, and overly worn sock on each hand, and an equally pathetic but matching sock-hat on his head. They are an accumulated set, and a large portion of his amassed fortune. The audience can easily see that finding and matching all three, for him, is a crowning achievement. He lifts his left hand to hide his lips in standard ventriloquial form, but the smell of the putrid sock makes him retch. He regains his composure and attempts to animate its mate. This time the sock comes alive. And this is what it says to him: "You have ruined us, miserable puppeteer!" Years of knee-jerk replies leave him able to pull from his limited lexicon the following, meaningless reply, "Fjckwit!" He falls to his knees, covering eyes and nostrils with both hands, and retches harder. He looks up to the audience for a sign of compassion, and finding none, blurts into his socks, "bUnn yip!" CURTAIN. Scout "Flying Tadpole" wrote Nah. Bertie arrived long after the high drama. You think I read these? I'm just wondering. Bertie |
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