Re: OT: Martin gets trouted, read all about it.

2004-06-29 Thread Iain D. Brown
Leif Gregory wrote: Well, I searched high and low and just couldn't find a trout worthy of the moderators, so I decided to make one myself. I promised Martin the first Moderator Trout Smiley whether he deserved it or not, snip So here you go Martin You are the first to be trouted with

Re: OT: Martin gets trouted, read all about it.

2004-06-29 Thread Martin Webster
Hello Leif, On 29 June 2004, 17:00 -0600 (29/06/200400:00 local time) Leif Gregory [LG] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LG Well, I searched high and low and just couldn't find a trout worthy LG of the moderators, so I decided to make one myself. You went the extra mile for me? That shows

Re: OT: Martin gets trouted, read all about it.

2004-06-29 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Iain, Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 7:46:08 AM, you wrote: Iain Okay, it's been puzzling me for ages and I've now I've got to ask Iain ... Why call such moderator messages a 'trout'? IIRC it started on FIDONet as The moderator / SYSOP slaps *SOME NAME* with a trout! as a means of lighthearted

Re: OT: Martin gets trouted, read all about it.

2004-06-29 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Leif, On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:54:02 -0600 GMT (30/06/2004, 00:54 +0700 GMT), Leif Gregory wrote: Iain Okay, it's been puzzling me for ages and I've now I've got to ask Iain ... Why call such moderator messages a 'trout'? LG IIRC it started on FIDONet as The moderator / SYSOP slaps *SOME

Re: OT: Martin gets trouted, read all about it.

2004-06-29 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Thomas, Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 1:22:02 PM, you wrote: Thomas Do you know Asterix Obelix? The fish seller, called Thomas Verleihnix in German (don't know the English name) slaps Thomas people with one of his dead fish when he gets angry. Those Thomas fish apparently are trouts. The joke is

OT: Martin gets trouted, read all about it.

2004-06-28 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Martin, Well, I searched high and low and just couldn't find a trout worthy of the moderators, so I decided to make one myself. I promised Martin the first Moderator Trout Smiley whether he deserved it or not, although I'm sure he's done something bad recently so it's probably all good.