Re: Phil

On 12.03.2024 14.30, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]: 
> 
>> On 24.02.2024 21.56, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>
>>>> On 11.02.2024 15.49, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14.01.2024 16.02, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Snippage]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [slippage]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [shippage]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [scrippage]
>>>>>>>>>>>> [front page]
>>>>>>>>>>> [page 6]
>>>>>>>>>> [Is that the one with the barely dressed wimmen?]
>>>>>>>>> [Maybe in the past. I'm sure some femi-nazi made them
>>>>>>>>> discontinue that practice]
>>>>>>>> [I shall refrain from posting a link to the local 'page9' site
>>>>>>>> and its multiple galleries, then. To appease the femi-nazis]
>>>>>>> [You think they're watching?]
>>>>>> [They are *always* watching.]
>>>>> [Even now? I think no one is watching now]
>>>> [But they could be. Better safe than sorry]
>>> [Why? What do you think would happen?]
>> [They could find out I posted the link to the page9 site.]
> [Not from me, they won't]
[They could be monitoring all the newsgroups]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I can see myself stealing your snacks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> uh-oh!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are really itching for a trip to the dark pit, aren't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You wouldn't!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> No! It's cold and damp as well as dark in there. And you
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't get any coffee.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Great! I'll go through DTs and have an afro.
>>>>>>>>>> But nobody will see it. Because of the pit being very dark.
>>>>>>>>> Surely they'll see me when I return.
>>>>>>>> If. It's very cold and damp in the dark pit, and stealing my
>>>>>>>> snacks is a serious offence. I wouldn't do it if I was you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But, but...
>>>>>>> I'm your only friend in the whole world....
>>>>>> Undisputed rulers don't have friends - only minions and potential
>>>>>> usurpers. 
>>>>>>
>>>>> I don't want to be ruler. So there!
>>>> Thats what all the aspiring usurpers say.
>>>> Stealing snacks is more an usurper thing than a minion thing, soo...
>>>>
>>> I was hungry, You need to feed your minions more.
>> The minions are supposed to feed me - not the other way round. Along
>> with their other duties of course.
>>
> Being a minion isn't all it's cracked up to be.
At least they aren't peasants... It really is a privilege in many ways.

>>>>>>>>>>>> Waitaminute! Zombies don't become zombies by being infected.
>>>>>>>>>>>> They get bewitched by a Voodoo priest(ess).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Clearly not.
>>>>>>>>>>> The CDC told Rick Grimes that we all have the virus inside
>>>>>>>>>>> us. 
>>>>>>>>>> Thay must be talking about something else. Chicken flu maybe.
>>>>>>>>>> Or whatever is the cause of gambling fever.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I bet it wasn't.
>>>>>>>> That's just shoddy science, then. Either that or it's not proper
>>>>>>>> zombies at all but something else presenting as zombiefication.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> D'oh!
>>>>>>> You said 'gambling fever' so I said 'I bet'
>>>>>> So you have whatever is the cause of gambling fever. Which I
>>>>>> presume didn't turn you into a zombie, thereby proving my point I
>>>>>> think. 
>>>>>>
>>>>> My brane hurts!
>>>> Could be a symptom of the gambling fever. Maybe you should
>>>> isolate... 
>>>>
>>> <hides in basement>
>> Normally it's just 'stay home and wash your hands often', but whatever
>> you need to do I guess. As long as there isn't a gambling den in the
>> basement.
>>
> There's always a gambling den as long as there is an internet 
> connection.
I rather suspect one will also need a valid credit card or somesuch.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> I work with analysts and mathematicians. I am the cool kid
>>>>>>>>>>>>> :) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Cool. That explains all the zoom meetings, then.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I think the zoom meetings are a function of everyone working
>>>>>>>>>>> at home. 
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You're not what?
>>>>>>>> Working from home.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No Zoom meetings for you then!
>>>>>> Oh noes!!1! How will I survive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or we could have a usenet Zoom meeting to talk about brocolli.
>>>>>> There's nothing to discuss regarding broccoli. (Or brocolli for
>>>>>> that matter.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> the discussion could be how to spell brocolli or who makes the most
>>>>> typos.
>>>> I would rather not discuss anything relating to broccoli.
>>>>
>>> You talk about brocolli all the time.
>>> There are several threads about it.
>> Sometimes ones personal preferences has to yield to the obligation of
>> correcting something wrong being stated on the internet.
>>
> 
> Even if one posts something which is incorrect?

That is exactly the opposite of what I do.
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BeH

"No nation can be free if it opresses other nations"   - F. Engels