On Sep 22, 3:44?am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
This is the only newsgroup I've ever been in where a post meant to be
funny - penguin on a polar sleeping polar bear with cymbals, can turn
into a discussion about (1) penguins can't fly (2) penguins aren't
located at the North Pole (3) Pigs can't fly either.

~~ sheesh ~~

It's the local culture.

Due to the procalimed intent of certain posters, the negligence of a
few others, and miscommunication between most of the rest the
"interpersonal" cyber relationships between posters to rec.boats are
generally very tense indeed.

There's an element of trust that needs to be in place before humor can
evolve, especially when that "humor" involves personal remarks about
other posters. Not the case with the polar/penguin deal, but you
launched it into this environment and the result isn't all that
surprising.

This is a pretty funny group- that is if you consider watching people
beat each other up over everything in sight entertaining. Certain
people do, and their influence is pervasive here.