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Message no. 1
From: Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Continuing and Clarifying this Contention...
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1993 23:09:28 -0500
From Flare:

>1- There are NO innocents here.
>2- You're going to protect ME? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Nay, as has been stated previously, you are many things my friend, but innocent
is not among them. Contrariwise, I acquired the section of the line in
question from "Dragnet."

>You're way to carp-happy, Doomie ol' boy.

Force 1000 Void Elementals are carp worthy...without question.

]As you may recall, (or may not, as your mind is presently being clouded by
]Power Gaming thoughts) we demonstrated the inoperative nature of this
]proposal. Speak no more on't.

>A fine one to issue commmands you are. Ha!! This has gotten personal. You
>guys either make up or take it off the list.

Nay, 'tisn't personal, and should not be interpreted as such. Reverend came to
me with the purpose of 'livening up' the list. I was willing and able to
accomodate him. We both understood this to be purely for absurd purposes.

>1- I don't think, with the behaviour exibited here, that you have the right to
>refer to him as "mein Freund." He merely is modifying his position after he
[...]
>to the end no matter what (I'm not naming names here) he changes to reflect his
>state of knowledge.

And I do not feel that you understand the feeling of levity incorporated in the
previous exchanges betwixt The Reverend and myself. He is still my comrade and
friend, e'en were this conversation guilty of lowering itself to the base
depths of personality conflict, in ignorance of the real issues.

Moreover, dogmatic, absolutist defense and maintenance of particular positions,
dismissing all logic and rationality, are qualites better (yea, e'en BEST)
attributed to a certain female we both know.

Alternatively, sallying forth unto the park on a serene Autumn evening, taking
one's dogma for a walk can prove to be a most relaxing passtime.

Hhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

I sense an Occidental vs. Oriental debate evolving...definitely to be handled
off-list.

>2- Take my name in vain again, buddy, and I'll thwap you so hard you'll take
>rads from being in the same solar system as me.

Thine handle in vain? Mere mention of an individual qualifies not as to take
said handle in vain. Further, recall that you are a "god in your own mind" not
mine.

]A challenge??? It is to laugh. Although I would direct your attention to the
]fact that it appears that YOU are the one guilty of making the challenge.

>repartee, which it was until, you got ticked, Doomie.

Ticked? Nay...partaking in and enjoying non-serious pseudo-intellectual
repartee, not personal insult-swapping. This qualifies not e'en as a Flame
War, perhaps exchange...skirmish?

[This Flame Skirmish was brought to you by the Craftmatic Tendon-Puller...]

>what we felt (AS A GROUP) was too far from the rules. I did NOT say it merely
>to flay the skin off and take my pound of flesh, unlike some.

Nay, nay, once again you fail to divine my intent. Utilizing hyperbole and
sarcasm, I incorporated an earlier (well-ment) jibe, authored by you.

This is also due to my recent requisitioning a new, updated version of Sense of
Humor software, which I am presently beta-testing. Considering the degree of
mis-interpretation, perhaps I should return it to the manufacturer, with notes
as to is varying effectiveness.



Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.

Doom Technologies & Weapon Systems -- Dark Thought Publications
>>> Working on solutions best left in the dark.
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"We have secretly replaced the coffee normally served at this restaurant with
sand and ground-up clam shells. Let's see if they can tell the difference..."
Message no. 2
From: "Dark Thought Publications." <JEK5313@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Continuing and Clarifying this Contention...
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 11:02:11 -0500
The Doombot spake:

]Nay, as has been stated previously, you are many things my friend, but innocent
]is not among them.

Hey!! I only have +28 to my target number from defaulting from bike. I can
make it, with two dice!! Really, I can.

]>You're way to carp-happy, Doomie ol' boy.
]Force 1000 Void Elementals are carp worthy...without question.

I wasn't referring to that. However, if you will look carefully at the
sentence by me, you will notice that I make use of the Old English "to" meaning
"much less than expected considering the circumstances" rather than the Modern
English "too" meaning "excessive."

]Nay, 'tisn't personal, and should not be interpreted as such. Reverend came to
]me with the purpose of 'livening up' the list. I was willing and able to
]accomodate him. We both understood this to be purely for absurd purposes.

Shame you didn't let anyone else know. . .

]Alternatively, sallying forth unto the park on a serene Autumn evening, taking
]one's dogma for a walk can prove to be a most relaxing passtime.

As puns go, that one's a dog. Actually, a kennel full. *WOOF* :)

]I sense an Occidental vs. Oriental debate evolving...definitely to be handled
]off-list.

Great taste!!!!

]Thine handle in vain? Mere mention of an individual qualifies not as to take
]said handle in vain. Further, recall that you are a "god in your own mind" not
]mine.

However, attribution of certain past acts involving the aforestated party
without this party's previous knowledge as to intent _does_ qualify. Besides,
how do you _know_ I'm not ghod in your mind?

]>repartee, which it was until, you got ticked, Doomie.
]Ticked? Nay...partaking in and enjoying non-serious pseudo-intellectual
]repartee, not personal insult-swapping. This qualifies not e'en as a Flame
]War, perhaps exchange...skirmish?

No, no, no. You see, here we have a classic case of editing gliches. Note the
comma after the "until?" That means that there was a whole thought
accidentally removed by the editor. Really, there was. ;)

][This Flame Skirmish was brought to you by the Craftmatic Tendon-Puller...]
It slices! It dices! It circumsises!! (Just a little off the top, please.)

]This is also due to my recent requisitioning a new, updated version of Sense of
]Humor software, which I am presently beta-testing. Considering the degree of
]mis-interpretation, perhaps I should return it to the manufacturer, with notes
]as to is varying effectiveness.

Some amount of foresight could perhaps allow sufficient warning to be issued
that the rest of us could understand the debugging process at hand, rather than
believe that we receive the finished product. :)


]"We have secretly replaced the coffee normally served at this restaurant with
] sand and ground-up clam shells. Let's see if they can tell the difference..."

Great, salty aftertaste, with just a _hint_ of fish. I give it two pseudopods
up.


--Flare <NULLSIG COURTESY OF DOOM>

Dark Thought Publications & Doom Technologies, Inc.
>>> Working on solutions best left in the dark.

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