I have a request of all of you and I think it will make things easier for all of us. When you respond to something, you dont have to quote the entire thing first, if we visit a "Re: something" we would have read the original. This makes everything confusing so please stop Thanks
Could you all please...
Jul 26, 2001, 10:55 AM ET40 posts by 23 posters
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Good Idea.
Ken
"Kenneth Gross" wrote in message news:9jpbl3$edt$[email]...
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I second that.
-=Wade
maus743 wrote:
I'll third it.
== Mike Reed
"Mike Reed" wrote in message news:[email]...
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Fourth!
"Anthony Regina" wrote in message news:sZ187.3568$[email]...
I'll fifth it, if you think about the irony...
*ahem*
(PS: Look at this entire post)
*ahem* Think about the irony...
"The Rack" wrote in message news:wt287.3526$[email]...
Are we going for irony here? Or is it just a funny side effect of the whole thing. Mmmmmmm.....irony.
Shawn
"Shawn Lucas & Christine Mullen" wrote in message news:...
We are going for irony here. Without horse testicles, BTW. And all of the posters who didn't catch on and participate, A POX ON THEM!
Aaron Hirshberg
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Heh. The ironing is delicious.
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The word is irony.
"Scott Vivian" wrote in message news:...
Go back to your TV set and learn more about the Simpsons.
Aaron Hirshberg
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Heh. How ironic, Aaron. That line WAS from the Simpsons :)
"The Rack" wrote in message news:...
I don't have time to write a long reply. I am sitting in front of my TV set, learning more about The Simpsons!
Aaron Hirshberg
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Those disingenious mountebanks.
"The Rack" wrote in message news:...
I think it's disingenuous. What kind of subliminal instruction tapes are you listening to? No more chicanery!
Aaron Hirshberg
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"Subliminally Sarcastic". Well... at any rate... more testicles mean more irony.
The Rack wrote:
Irony helps us play!
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"Gay" is not a synonym for "bad."
Remove "bination" to reply.
On 26 Jul 2001, Benny354 wrote:
It is common Usenet courtesy to point out what text you are replying to. ESPECIALLY if that text is very long and you just want to make a comment or two about what the previous poster wrote, i.e. not write about the *entire* post.
And secondly, it does *not* make everything confusing to quote previous posts. Rather, it makes everything clear. Let's say we're in a thread about Lisa's sax (for instance, someone posts: "What episode shows how Lisa got her first sax?"). Then, somwehere in the middle of it all, the conversation jumps to something else (let's say someone replies somewhere: "Oh yeah, and they showed a clip where she plays with Bleedin Gums Murphy". Someone else replies to this reply: "Whatever happened to that guy?". and someone else replies:"I never liked Bleeding Gums Murphy. Bill Clinton - now *there's* a sax player!"). Now let's say you want to reply to the Bleedin Gums-reply. Let's also say you don't quote any text. You write for example: "Isn't he dead?"
Okay. Now let's think about people who read your post. The topic is"Re:Lisa's Sax" and your post is "Isn't he dead?". Now you could be talking about Clinton as well as BG Murphy!
Not quoting text is just as bad as top posting. It's what I call a 'Jeopardy' effect. You read the answer, but you don't know the question being answered.
Once again; a bad simile from the master of making bad similes.
/ Kristian
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Exactly. No context, no meaning.
In addition, not everybody has read the original posts to which the other person is replying to. Or, if there have been twelve responses since then and you want to pick out one particular point in one particular response and elaborate, certainly you can't expect everybody to remember the content of all twelve posts and which people posted what. I kill enough brain cells on this newsgroup already.
I agree wole heartedly.
Seriously, now, you've really walked into this one, haven't you?
On 26 Jul 2001, Flareon805 wrote:
<SNIP past my delicate elaborations>
Yes, indeed-ily-doodily.
/ Kristian
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What's Top posting?
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:16:21 +0200, Kristian Ronge wrote:
I'll let you know when I see it.
/ Kristian
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On 27 Jul 2001, Betty wrote:
OK
"mmm... Erotic cakes"
in article [email], Benny354 at [email] wrote on 7/26/01 9:55 AM:
[email] (Benny354) wrote in message news:...
Well, that's one option. The other is for you to piss off.
No.
[email] (Benny354) wrote in message news:...
It's a good thing you didn't say: "No top posting!"
Aaron Hirshberg
what? Sincerely, Little Girl
[email] (Benny354) wrote in message news:...
One of these days they'll build a really big wall between AOL and the rest of the Internet...
Brandon
AOL is the crappiest service ever. Believe me, I know.
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Learn the Simpsons Geek Code or else you will die (not a guarantee).
"Jamie aka Claude Kane IV" wrote in message news:[email]...
And North Haverbrook's monorail is the crappiest monorail ever built.
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What about Brandon Foster-Gray? HE's one of the GOOD AOL users ;)
In , on Thursday 26 July 2001 10:55, Benny354 at [email] took its finger out of its ass and typed:
wrong, dildo. aol's newsreader is wrong. you are wrong. go away.
"Benny354" wrote in message news:[email]...
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Problem is, some newsreaders don't thread messages properly. Outlook Express is famous for putting the wrong response after a different post.
Plus, messages never make it to every newsserver. If you're missing the original, you're screwed. It's important IMO to include the most relevant info in the post, and also the poster's name and post ID.
That was the most brilliant thing I've ever read, but the rest of you are idiots. I can't agree with this statement more, though.
- The Alley Assassin
What's so brilliant? I have no idea what are you talking about.
in article 030820011349417507%[email], ali assa seen at [email] wrote on 8/3/01 1:49 PM:
Can you please post the text of the post you are replying to. I'm not sure what you are talking about.
Ken
"ali assa seen" wrote in message news:030820011349417507%[email]...
Mmm hmmm.... proving the point.
Ta da! The voices of experience are vindicated.
In article , Katijaikat wrote:
Now *I* can't tell if you people got the joke or really think I'm a moron. Serves me right for trying, I guess.
- The Alley Assassin