Re: A.A.P.C. FOLKLORE, Part Five

> NancyGene wrote:
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>> HarryLime wrote:
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>>>> HarryLime wrote:
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>>>>>> HarryLime wrote:
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>>>>>>> NancyGene wrote:
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>>>>>>>> HarryLime wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> NancyGene wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> HarryLime wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> MMP aka HarryLime aka Michael Pendragon aka Coco DeSockmonkey aka One Small Voice, etc. wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> 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
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>>>>>>>>>> Based on the information PJR disclosed about himself, the description is pretty darned accurate.
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>>>>>>>>>> Folklore is generally based upon a real person or event.  In PJR's case, it's based entirely upon the information that he supplied.
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>>>>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>>>>>> And even if PJR is a fictional persona, the folklore is based upon the persona, not on the man who created it.
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>>>>>>>>>> I personally believe that PJR is exactly who he said he is.
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>>>>>>>>> The Donkey frequently stuffed toilet paper up his nose when he was in that position, in order to be useful to PJR.
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>>>>>>>> Will Donkey has always realized that PJR was one of his betters.
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>>>>>>>> He still speaks of PJR with a hint of reverence in his voice.
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>>>>>>> Reverence and fear, with a hint of Charmin'.
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>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> The Donkey is also said to have a thing for men in kilts.
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>>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>> PJR has semi-retired from Usenet and spends his time somewhere outside of London tending his garden of Chia Petes.
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> That sounds like PJR, to tend a garden of his own likeness.  PJR was not for diversity.  Are the Chia Petes in Grecian Urns?




Yes.

In fact, I've got a Chia Pete Grecian Urn sitting on my desk.


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