| From: | Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | IN CELEBRATION OF AN ANNIVERSARY!!! HEAR YE, HEAR YE!!! |
| Date: | Fri, 22 Oct 1993 14:20:41 -0500 |
Today is a very special day...
Today we celebrate the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the venerable THWAP...
As a short profile, included below is a "sneak preview" of the THWAP's profile
to be integrated into the ShadowRun Lexicon on the FAQ sheet:
THWAP
The term was first used in the latter part of the year the list became
operational, when our Fearless Leader, Robert Hayden, was experiencing
considerable problems with his mailer, such that all were receiving
several copies of EVERY posting he dispatched.
Howls of discontent were heard across the node. Tempers were raised.
Flames were exchanged.
On Thursday, 22 October 1992 (21:03:17 CET), Hayden, in an attempt to
soothe the raising ire of the other members as well as offer an
apology, infused a bit of levity in his requesting pardon for the
inconvenience, to wit:
"You can thwap me with a wet carp if it will make you feel better."
And thus the concept was born. Immediately many list members latched
upon this rather novel idea. The first actual THWAP was invoked by
Doctor Doom on 22 October 1992, 15:31:00 CST, rapidly followed by
Harlequin and Flare. A legend was begun...
Since then, its has been used so frequently that the idea took on a
life of its own, and it is now a legitimate term, even if only jargon.
Thwaps are generally brought to bear upon especially bizarre, silly, or
Munchkinous ideas, although their invokation usually indicates a degree
of levity and good-spiritedness. Thwaps are not meant for spite--that
purpose is served by flames.
I thank you for your time...
And for those of you who shall be going out this evening, do raise a glass in
the memory, in celebration of, the THWAP...
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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