Ah, but in the story Doyle has the hound covered with paint that glows in the dark, rather dowdy wouldn't you say? But then, it was effective dowdiness in the story.
Quality sarcasm, like quality haiku, or even quality dowdiness is often great entertainment. It adds to the page turning (screen flipping? or maybe just flippin') aspect of the milieu. A good jab now and then about, say someone having trouble with the quality of the results produced by low quality tools can be useful irony, if it is done well (the jab that is), and it is done with a smile. Has anyone on his list every taken themselves too seriously or forgotten to smile while sticking it to some poor slob whose been saddled with a collection of tools foisted upon them by a useless PHB? Oh certainly not. Dowdy dogs wail on scurrilous neighbors rake muck the very "high" heels laugh -----Original Message----- From: Joyce, Louis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:04 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Sarcasm makes this list great (Not) And i live roughly 20 miles away from where the hound of the baskervilles was set. I expect my badge in the post. Regards Mr Louis Joyce Computer Support Analyst Network Administrator BT Ignite eSolutions -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 08 January 2002 17:05 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Sarcasm makes this list great (Not) Which is a reference to the Hounds of Baskervilles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Di Nardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: RE: Sarcasm makes this list great (Not) > A dog the lives in a bog. > > bog (bôg, bg) n. > - An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow. > - Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog. > - An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:55 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Sarcasm makes this list great (Not) > > WTF is a bog dog??? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:22 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Sarcasm makes this list great (Not) > > > Did we hurt your wittle feewings??? Go find another list and see if you can > find the same quantity of knowledge. > > If you can't run with the bog dogs, get out of our house! > > D > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:18 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Sarcasm makes this list great (Not) > > > You've got to be kidding... > The excessive sarcasm is what ruins this list. > This list contains far too many wannabee comedians and scornful nerds.. > ----------------------------------------------------- > Previously from Thomas Nardo: > > > If you can't hack the sarcasm, you might consider a different list (maybe > the carebears one). The sarcasm is what makes this list great in my opinion. > Everyone who is anyone in the Exchange world is here. Did you run home with > your ball when the other kids noticed you had highwaters? > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > .+--xm > ,)按r( \檆b娽!驶 > 0 > &zǚ䠱r鮬:.˛ > m隊[hy愠\z[,潥)r㉄Z Zvh᳧+-i٢2鯞G( > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > .+--xm ,)桴r(亷 \b!娶 0 䧑&zǚᡱr庬:.˛ > m隊[hy\z[,散)rZZvh餧+-i٢2᳞G( > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
