--- In [email protected], gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> I'll concede to 4 posts a day.
>
> Movement humor here, because a rumor went around about
> how MMY did that kind of negotiating when attempting
> to buy the College of Natural Law buliding in DC.
Did you ever see "Bad Santa" when the Store Detective negotiates with
the midget for a piece of the action and he won't budge from "half"?
Willie, Marcus and Gin sit in a booth.
GIN
Research, that's how. I'm a department
store detective Sherlock, that's
what I do. Seven cities in seven
years. Pretty impressive. The stores
change, your names change. You always
get away clean. Yeah, pretty darn
impressive. But let's face facts --
you all are a couple of half-bucket
small-timers. Because of your physical
attributes you've found a niche. I
respect that. But you've also been
caught. By me. So this is the way
how we gonna do things. I don't want
to take over, I don't even want to
change your scam. Whatever you guys
do, it works. All I want is a taste.
When the deed is done, we part ways.
I buy a ranch in Havasu, you take
your little medicine show back on
the road.
MARCUS
(sighs)
How much?
GIN
Half.
Willie bolts out of his chair and grabs Gin by the
neck.
WILLIE
Now you listen here, you --
Marcus pulls him off.
MARCUS
Easy! Easy! Just back off, Willie. I
can handle this.
After a hard stare Willie settles back into his seat.
Marcus
turns his attention to Gin:
MARCUS
Okay. Thirty percent. There's three
of us. Thirty percent. That's fair.
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
I meant thirty-three.
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
And a third.
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
Thirty-five.
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
Forty.
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
Forty-two?
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
Forty-two five.
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
Fooooooorty... eight.
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
Forty-nine?
GIN
Half.
MARCUS
Well...
Marcus sighs.
MARCUS
...what's one point.
GIN
Down the middle on the dough, and
any merchandise you take I look over
and cherry-pick.
MARCUS
No! Money's one thing, but --
GIN
It ain't Chinese menu, jagoff. I
tell yea how the way it's gonna be.
This is pricks ficks.
Gin leaves. Marcus and Willie stare at his retreating
back
as they talk:
WILLIE
...Pricks ficks?
MARCUS
Ah, he's a fuckin' moron.
WILLIE
Yeah, well I guess that's how you
got the upper hand.
MARCUS
Fuck you.
WILLIE
Negotiating.
MARCUS
Fuck you -- you don't like it, next
year, fuck off. I can always get
another box jockey.
WILLIE
Yeah, and I can get another midget.
>
> --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Let's negotiate this.
> >
> > You: 10; I say 40.
> >
> > 10, 40; 10, 40.
> >
> > How about 15? 15?
> >
> > Okay, how about 20? 20?
> >
> > No? Will you meet me halfway...27? 27?
> >
> > What about 30? 30?
> >
> > 35? No?
> >
> > 38?
> >
> > Surely, 38 1/2 is acceptable to you, no?
> >
> > 39? You won't even go down to 39?
> >
> > Okay, 40 posts a day.
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], gullible fool
> > <fflmod@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Speaking as a moderator, I am for raising the
> > limit to
> > > ten posts a day. Alongside this, we include the
> > same
> > > warning that all other forums have that personal
> > feuds
> > > and attacks have to be taken offline. A member
> > just
> > > commented how this is the only group he knows of
> > that
> > > has a posting limit. Now, why is that? A big part
> > of
> > > it is because we have allowed personal feuds and
> > > attacks.
> > >
> > > Some of us know where Rick has been coming from
> > all
> > > this time. When he began FFL as a place to discuss
> > any
> > > topic, he and many of the rest of us were trying
> > to
> > > break free from the censorship of the TMO. That's
> > why
> > > it took so long for even this little form of
> > > moderation. And that's been the extent of the
> > > moderation, too. There was talk of moderating
> > posts
> > > for content, but so far there has been none of
> > that,
> > > and I don't think anyone has been put on
> > moderation
> > > for going over the 5-post limit even.
> > >
> > > --- "new.morning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I can nod (in part) agreement to many of your
> > > > points. However,another
> > > > angle on all of this is that the 5-rule has
> > squashed
> > > > creative and
> > > > insightful back and forth discussion -- along
> > with
> > > > the positive trend
> > > > of reducing mind-numbing bickering. Both cases
> > are
> > > > where there is
> > > > "reaction to someone else's post".
> > > >
> > > > The problem is that we have a universal rule
> > that is
> > > > addressed to
> > > > solve a posting "abuse" regularly exhibited by
> > just
> > > > a few people.
> > > > While "new rules" are tedious, a suggestion is
> > to
> > > > increase posts to 10
> > > > a day -- or maybe 50 a week (I know, hard to
> > count
> > > > that far back) --
> > > > and turn off posting rights for 3-4 days for
> > those
> > > > that exhibit
> > > > chronic bickering syndroime (cBS). cBSers would
> > be
> > > > identified if 5
> > > > people write in offline notes, not posts, to a
> > > > designated moderator
> > > > that so and so is cBSing.
> > > >
> > > > While this is a simple plan, I realize it may be
> > to
> > > > complicated for
> > > > mass appeal.
> > > >
> > > > Its a thought to ponder.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB
> > > > <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > There has been some bitching about -- and
> > > > flaunting
> > > > > of -- the five-post-per-day rule here at
> > Fairfield
> > > > Life
> > > > > lately. Not to come off as a TB or anything
> > :-),
> > > > I'm
> > > > > gonna have to stand up as a Defender Of The
> > Faith.
> > > > >
> > > > > I *like* the five-post rule. It's like playing
> > a
> > > > raga,
> > > > > or writing a haiku. The rules or guidelines or
> > > > structure
> > > > > within which one writes does *not* have to be
> > > > perceived
> > > > > as a barrier to creative expression. ...
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