----- Original Message ----- From: "Bradford DeLong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 1:36 PM Subject: Re: I need a reality check on aisle 2
> >From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:23 PM > >Subject: Re: I need a reality check on aisle 2 > > > > > >> Brad said: > >> > >> > Why are you adding Iain M. Banks-style Culture shipnames to a BRIN-L > >> > post? > >> > >> Because I'm trying to get onto the All Time Bad Posters List, that's > >> why! It's just become so prestigious recently that I'd hate not to be > >> included. > >> > > > >Well, Sir > > > >We need a flame war... > > > >Dan M. > > Esteemed Sir: > > I find your suggestion completely absurd. The idea... the very idea > that BRIN-L--with its checkered past, its increasingly-large > proportion of listees who badly need their meds adjusted--that BRIN-L > needs a flame war is just stupid. Only a total moron who never thinks > about his posts would ever dare suggest such a thing! I am COMPLETELY > INSLUTED that you have made me part of this ridiculous > conversation!1! I have only one thing to say: YOU ARE A FUKCING > LOOSER!!11!!!1 > > > Brad DeLong > For those not in the know, this is pretty typical of humor on the Culture list. (And its a pretty good one Brad!!!) Over there this would be accepted with a few laughs and absolutely no serious comment. That bears repeating........N-O....S-E-R-I-O-U-S...C-O-M-M-E-N-T I have not read ahead to see if this has been responded to, but if anyone complains about Brads post it will only prove the oft repeated assertion that Brin-L is filled with the "humor-challanged". xponent No Joke Maru rob
