For the record, Brian Dorsey is one of the nicest, smartest guys on the face of the planet, and 'the' joke is meant affectionately due to his reputation.
As to the person who tried to steal a key off his keyboard, I *really* hope you weren't inspired by this thread. Its an old Chuck Norris joke for crying out loud. -Rob On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Ryan Kabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guys? Please, stop. > It's one thing to have a great long running joke where all parties are 100% > humored by it. I can't speak for Brian, but I'm going to toss it out there > that that's not the case here. > And independent of anything else, that possibility alone makes me > uncomfortable. > So unless it's made plain to me that *all* parties involved are completely > ok with the "great brian dorsey" as it has been developed up to and > including this thread - please stop it. Kill the meme. > From my perspective, it's bordering on harrassment, and it conveys a dismal > image of House to list lurkers or anyone not intimately aware of the joke. > The tone of the joke, in my (perhaps unpopular) opinion, crossed a line in > this mail thread. > Also, this list is a publicly indexed Google Group. I encourage you to > question whether you've posted anything on this thread that might cause > clients / colleagues / contacts to question your professionalism (outside of > House / Labs) if they saw the thread (bearing in mind that they're unlikely > to seek any further context). > I apologize if I'm being overly serious about a trivial joke. But I am > indeed serious in my request. Please stop. > > Ryan > On Sep 7, 2008, at 9:11 PM, "Calvin Freitas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Fun idea, but I wouldn't actually take the Ctrl key from his computer. > That's the kind of prank that could turn ugly and make people mad. And you > don't want to see The Brian Dorsey mad. > Cal > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Robert Eickmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> We should set it up with a bunch of true statements about The Brian >> Dorsey. >> >> There is no 'ctrl' button on The Brian Dorsey's computer. The Brian >> Dorsey is always in control. >> The Brian Dorsey didn't write Google, he is Google. >> The Brian Dorsey taught Donald Knuth all that he knows, and is ashamed >> the student hasn't surpassed the master. >> Faster than a speeding bullet ... more powerful than a locomotive ... >> able to leap tall buildings in a single bound... yes, these are some >> of The Brian Dorsey's warm-up exercises. >> Go, The Brian Dorsey computed out all of the moves. >> >> etc... > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
