Re: Phil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 31.03.2024 22.39, Merlyne wrote:
>> 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
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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]
[Which is how many? 10?]
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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...

the only reason a minion would get invited to a party is to work.

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 
They probably have a credit card at the bank of Mom and Dad.

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

I was being sarcastic. I guess you are in a position to take what you 
get.