On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:54 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
http://greatdance.com/thekineticinterface/2009/03/dance-wikipedia-html/
To quote the great philosopher St. Hubbins, There's a thin line
between stupid and clever.
(or was it Tufnel? Probably was)
--Oskar
...and please do not forget to quote Nietzsche as well, Dancing in all its
forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing
with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be
able to dance with the pen?
Fayssal F.
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009
2009/3/14 Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvards...@gmail.com:
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:54 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
http://greatdance.com/thekineticinterface/2009/03/dance-wikipedia-html/
To quote the great philosopher St. Hubbins, There's a thin line
between stupid and clever.
2009/3/14 Peter Coombe thewub.w...@googlemail.com:
The question is, do they include a dance interpretation of the GFDL as
they should? (I imagine it being a long, complicated dance, featuring
handcuffs and a lot of bumping into each other)
Interesting idea, but I don't think they are actually
Durova, perhaps taking some cue from Gwern, wrote some poetically
critical and even ugly things above. But while Gwern mostly attacked
the concept of poetry on wikien-l (oh-so-cleverly I might add), Durova
appeared to have made it personal, and, for lack of a better word,
ugly. I don't quite
Wow, hadn't realized this gave offense. It was simply a commentary on
doggerel and toilet humor. No intention to belittle, and apologies for
having inadvertently ruffled any feathers.
-Durova
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:43 PM, stevertigo stv...@gmail.com wrote:
Durova, perhaps taking some cue
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:03 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/14 stevertigo stv...@gmail.com:
All is now forgiven. We disembodied online beings can now go and do
other and maybe better things. With all apologies.. for the poetry.
Oh, I think it's a rich field with vast
stevertigo wrote:
Durova, perhaps taking some cue from Gwern, wrote some poetically
critical and even ugly things above. But while Gwern mostly attacked
the concept of poetry on wikien-l (oh-so-cleverly I might add), Durova
appeared to have made it personal, and, for lack of a better word,
Durova wrote:
There was no prior conflict as far as I know. Just good faith
misunderstanding.
Excellent
All in the pursuit of good doggerel.
Caterwaul in pursuit of doggerel bites its own tail.
Ec
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Let's stop fighting like caterwauls and doggerels. ;)
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote:
Durova wrote:
There was no prior conflict as far as I know. Just good faith
misunderstanding.
Excellent
All in the pursuit of good doggerel.
Caterwaul in
Durova, you forgot the cardinal rule of Wikipedia, which is that any semblance
of fun is strictly forbidden, on order of the cabal. I mean, seriously, why
would we edit it for FUN?
bibliomaniac15
--- On Sat, 3/14/09, Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Durova
This thread invited everyone
To wax poetic
Some cross words were exchanged and some
Apologetic
To those who'd try their hand at this
Be sympathetic
Though we all know that wiki rhymes
Can be pathetic
I know when I post doggerel
Some users curse
They may reach for their medicine
Or
Poets and the soldiery
Enjoy a certain property
When mixing company with whores
You're likely to inherit sores
This feature of the occupation
Stems from shared degradation
Now I rise to protest
This bad poetry contest
Will Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental
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