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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/07/05 04:05
In article <MPG.1daf4b6b19b1f2f5989925@news.individual.net>,
Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 09:47:43 -0400 in alt.video.dvd, Allan favored us
>with...
>> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
>> because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
>> -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
>> - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
>
>Great line, and oh so true!
>
>Viz a recent thread in rec.arts.tv where some morons insisted that
>Carlos tampering with Gabby's birth control pills on /Desperate
>Housewives/ was rape. Their justification was that it was more
>serious than jaywalking, or something.
>
>It's right up there with Heinlein's "Never try to teach a pig to
>sing. You'll only waste your time, and annoy the pig."
>I'm going to pinch it.
Or try this:
It was early last October
And I was far from sober
As I staggered down the street with great pride
My feet began to stutter
So I lay down in the gutter
And a hog walked up and laid down by my side
As I lay there in the gutter
My heart was all a flutter
As a lady passing by was heard to say.
You can tell a man who boozes
By the company he chooses
So the hog got up and slowly walked away.
BIll
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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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