Re: Phil

Merlyne <[email protected]> Sun, 31 Mar 2024 20:39:13 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]: 

> 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]
[Doubt it. No one is 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. 
> 
Explain.

>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 wonder how many people with internet don't have a credit card.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

*rolls eyes*
Yeah.