Yes, all sizable lists have these "types" of people on them, and it's fun
to list them once in a while. Others include
* the charmingly grammar-challenged postaholic
* the
people whose otherwise
perfectly interesting and
normal posts are written
with oddball margins on
the left and right
or double spaced
for line after line...
* the Nine 1-Line Posts In A Row Creature
* Mister Hobbyhorse: no matter what the original topic is, he will
eventually work his way around to mentioning his slightly crackpot hot
button issue, in hopes someone will give it a buzz...
* Apology Person (sorry for mentioning her/him!) - every posting begins
"Sorry to [bring this up|waste list bandwidth|ask a stupid
question|interrupt everyone's reading|...], then mentions something
perfectly ordinary, then adds an "I know this is probably [off
topic|stupid|silly|too long|...]", then finishes the thought or request,
then closes out with "Again, sorry..."
* the Acronym Proliferation League [APL]: listmembers who won't rest until
every possible topic, concept, person, and potted plant on a list has its
own Fussy little Acronym [FlA] which must then be deployed in just the
right location and sequence in message Subject lines, body leaders,
signatures and so forth. At its apotheosis this lets you conduct entire
conversations in code without writing a word of English, rather like the
prison story where everyone knows the jokes so for a laugh someone just
calls out "36."
