Re: Pendragon the folklorist / GJD

[email protected] (Will-Dockery) Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:37:11 -0400
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> HarryLime wrote:
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>> Will-Dockery wrote:
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>>> HarryLime wrote:
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>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>> Pendragon the folklorist
>>>> 
>>>> One Michael Pendragon, in mockery,
>>>> Would lie all the time about Dockery.
>>>> When called on each lie
>>>> He'd whine and he'd cry:
>>>> "That wasn't a lie -- it was folkery!"
>>>> 
>>>> - gjd26
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> As I've previously pointed out elsewhere, all of the folklore has some basis in truth, and a high percentage of it is historically accurate.
>>> 
>>> The idea that A.A.P.C. had developed its own folklore came from MummyChunk.  I find this premise, that a folklore could develop around an Usenet group and its members, to be worthy of further exploration.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Too bad you've ruined it with childish name-calling, lies and misrepresentations, Pendragon.
>> 
>> 😏
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> The names are an integral part of the folklore.
> 
> You should appreciate this, as it helps to distinguish the folklore of Will Donkey from the real-life person of Will Dockery.
> 
> Folklore is a fictional story that grows around a real-life person, place, or thing.
> 
> When I speak of "Will Donkey," I'm speaking of the character in the folklore.  When I speak of "Will Dockery," I'm comparing the known facts regarding your life to the tales about Will Donkey that were inspired by them.



In that case, perhaps "Voodoo Boy" (as Zod used to call you), "Nasty Gene" and "Senile Senetto" would be better "folklore" names for you three main troll characters?

😏 


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