Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Five
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> HarryLime wrote: > >> NancyGene wrote: >> >>> HarryLime wrote: >>> >>>> HarryLime wrote: >>>> >>>>> HarryLime wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> NancyGene wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> HarryLime wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> NancyGene wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> HarryLime wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> MMP aka HarryLime aka Michael Pendragon aka Coco DeSockmonkey aka One Small Voice, etc. wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> [snip] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> DISCLAIMER - "This isn't history, Donkey, but folklore. It's the stories that have grown up regarding the members of AAPC over the years. They may or may not be entirely true -- THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE TRUE AT ALL." (Emphasis added) >>>>>>>>>> - MMP aka HarryLime aka Michael Pendragon aka Coco DeSockmonkey aka One Small Voice, etc., on his "A.A.P.C. Folklore" series. >>>>>>>>>> http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=632244559&start=120 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Based on the information PJR disclosed about himself, the description is pretty darned accurate. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Folklore is generally based upon a real person or event. In PJR's case, it's based entirely upon the information that he supplied. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> One supposes it possible that PJR could be a fictional persona for some computer nerd living in Kalamazoo, but there is certainly no reason to suspect such were the case. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> And even if PJR is a fictional persona, the folklore is based upon the persona, not on the man who created it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I personally believe that PJR is exactly who he said he is. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The Donkey frequently stuffed toilet paper up his nose when he was in that position, in order to be useful to PJR. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Will Donkey has always realized that PJR was one of his betters. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> He still speaks of PJR with a hint of reverence in his voice. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Reverence and fear, with a hint of Charmin'. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Donkey is always trying to bring PJR back, because he knows that I prefer conversing with PJR to him. When PJR is posting there's a good chance that he and I will be discussing literary topics (like the birth of written language in relation to Homeric Greece), and that the Donkey's much-spanked ass will get a much-needed break. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The Donkey is also said to have a thing for men in kilts. >>> >>> >>> >>> PJR was such a towering figure in the annals of A.A.P.C. folklore, that someone tried to cash in on his popularity by offering a Chia Pete. The enterprise proved to be a failure, although it did outsell both the Chia Donkey and the Chia Dunce. >> >> >> We can't see why those weren't a big success, although it looks like Chia Pete is growing bean sprouts out of his massively-inflated head. > > > > PJR has semi-retired from Usenet and spends his time somewhere outside of London tending his garden of Chia Petes. That sounds like PJR, to tend a garden of his own likeness. PJR was not for diversity. Are the Chia Petes in Grecian Urns? This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=709194379#709194379 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655