>>for being arrogant and condescending. You mean for being a Sooner fan? :-)
Happy New Year to you too! -BadMan On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:12 PM, B. Lynn Benedict <[email protected]>wrote: > > My apology to the entire Gator World for being arrogant and condescending. > > Have a Happy New Years. > > Slugger. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of NZ Gator > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Lighten Up > > I seem to recall in the popular Dale Carnegie book, How to Win Friends and > Influence People, there is an entire section on how the best way to repair > a > poor first impression is to be arrogant and condescending in your second > attempt. Way to go! > > > > If you had come into my home and insulted me, then responded to my > objection > by telling me to lighten up and get a life, you would have received a much > less restrained response than you've gotten here. Well, this is our Gator > sports home. It's where a group of Gator friends come to talk about Gator > sports without having to debate fans of other teams or be told that we are > enjoying ourselves too much. It's where we don't have to be completely > reasonable in our criticism of our rivals or completely objective in our > support for the Gators. Win or lose, we make no apologies for being > passionate. > > > > If you are not a Gator, then you are our guest here and we expect our > guests > to conduct themselves well. Since you broke the rules that you had just > agreed to with your very first message, I think 'I apologize' would have > gone over much better than 'get a life'. I respectfully suggest that the > Swamp Gas forum at gatorcountry.com would be a better place for you to > bait > Gator fans before the game. This bridge may not be completely burned, but > it's charred and may not be worth repairing. > > > > Rob > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatortalk] Lighten Up > From: Slugger <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, December 30, 2008 7:34 pm > To: GatorTalk <[email protected]> > > > It appears that I have cause quite a stir in Gator Land...Yes, I am a > Sooner, born and raised in the land of wheat, oil wells and football. > I make no apology for my heritage and I wear it proudly as all native > Oklahomans do. > > In just a few days two teams who have earned the right to play for the > National Championship will meet to decide who is the better team. > Unlike what appears to be an abyss of Gator euphoria we Sooners know > that it is just a game. It is played and the better team wins. Yes, we > will like you yell and scream for our team and against yours, but in > the end it is still a game. Neither you nor I can do anything about > the outcome. Our job is to support our team. > > Now I appreciate the opportunity to have joined in your group for some > light hearted bantering but now is the time to stop chastising my > friend for asking me to join your group. I would hope that if you had > joined my Sooner group you would not have been so brazenly castigated > by the other Sooner faithful. > > Now lighten up all of you Gator faithful and get a life...because > after January 8th you will only be able to wish for what may have > been, could have been. > > Go Sooners > > OU 48 - Florida 24 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
