Re: Phil

On 31.03.2024 22.39, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]: 
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>> On 12.03.2024 14.30, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
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>>>> 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]
[Not so sure about that, but okay then. They could be monitoring all the
active 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.
Peasants never get invited to the parties...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 don't know, but there's bound to be at least one. Not to mention all
the underage people who shouldn't be on the internet anyway.

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

Finally - agreement.

-- 
BeH

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