[Ravensfort] List Troubles

AMH/DBLJ orthart at earthlink.net
Sun Jun 17 22:22:10 PDT 2001


    How about as it was meant... as a joke.

Pax,
M

Charley Atchley wrote:

> AMH/DBJ wrote:
>
> >It's a subversive plot.
>
> I am dumb struck by the plethora of ways I could respond to this. I could
> take the "Miss read your letter approach." In which case I would reply:
>
>           How dare you call me a subverted pilot.
>           I have been in the SCA since 1923 and
>           I have worked hard to be drunk the entire
>           time. I haven't seen you at any work days.
>           If you think I'm flying, then think again!
>           I hate being called a pilot because I work hard.
>           Blah blah blah ...
>
> I could take the "compatriot in arms" approach. For which my reply would be:
>
>           You got that right! It's that drunk Baron's
>           fault. He's the one who is the list moderator.
>           I'll bet he thinks if he suppress the free
>           exchange of useless banter, that he will
>           be able to stay in charge forever.
>           Blah blah blah ...
>
> Or, How about the "any topic to advance my agenda" approach.
>
>           My mail keeps getting lost also, so lets
>             build a five star kitchen at the site. I
>           think that would help me to feel less
>           oppressed. Blah blah blah ...
>
> Ok, what about the "any topic to redress old slights."
>
>           This is as bad as the time I went to an event at
>           Bingo Bong Boy Scout Ranch, and the Baron
>           said the site was dry. The lying #@%&%.
>           It rained the entire time. And just to make matters
>           worse he kept sending the autocrat and a Boy
>           Scout over to bitch at me for drinking.
>           Blah blah blah ...
>
> What about "the totally off topic response."
>
>           Did you hear the one about the two SCA people
>           and the six pack of shaving cream?
>           Blah blah blah ...
>
> Or the "personal attack reply."
>
>          Doug, you lick your self instead of bathing,
>          you foul goat nibbling, yogurt culture,
>          toilet drinking, carrion biting,
>          dirt nibbling, chicken romancing,
>          sordid progeny of a zombie gorilla with
>          terminal mange and Bill Clinton's greasy tick
>          plagued loins. Blah blah ...
>
> Could also have done the "lets all be friends approach"
>
>          I love you! You should love everyone. This
>          stress is tearing our barony apart. Lets be
>          civil. Blah blah blah ...
>
> What about this approach?
>          Plot???? Subversive??? Well, I'm going
>          to sign off this list. Someone tell
>          me how to sign off. I can't do this without
>          help. I didn't save the letter that we got
>          when we singed on to the list. Saving e-mail
>          would use .00023% of my thirty gigabyte hard
>          drive. Blah blah blah ...
>
> Athaulf Sweinbrothar
>
> .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
> An Atom walks into a bar looking perplexed. He says, "bartender, I just lost
> an electron." The bartender responds, "are you sure?" The Atom says, "yup,
> I'm positive."
>
> So later this  same atom walks into the bar and the bar tender asks him "Hey
> why are you so down, still missing your electron?" The atom replies "Nope. I
> found it and another one just like it." "So why are you still depressed"
> asked the bar tender? "I don't know," replied the atom," but every since I
> found that extra electron I just feel so negative."
>
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