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From: Sak Wathanasin on 2 Jul 2010 10:37 On 2 July, 15:28, Jim <j...(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-02, Pd <peterd.n...(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > > >> >> And if you're wondering why people are only saying these things to you > >> >> and not RM, it's because we've given up on him. It's up to you: you > >> >> can join Chris Holland and pursue your vendetta with RM through all > >> >> the newgroups or you can get a life and just accept that being abused > >> >> by RM is part of the initiation rite for this group. Either way, he > >> >> "wins". > > >> > Good points and i'll just ignore him then. > > >> Count yourself lucky - I got the buttered radish. > > > That was only so you could *apply* for initiation. The actual initiation > > rite won't present nearly so many possibilities for casual enjoyment. > > Oh............good................... You don't get to learn the secret handshake THAT easily.
From: Pd on 2 Jul 2010 10:38 Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > > >> Count yourself lucky - I got the buttered radish. > > > > > That was only so you could *apply* for initiation. The actual initiation > > > rite won't present nearly so many possibilities for casual enjoyment. > > > > Oh............good................... > > You don't get to learn the secret handshake THAT easily. Besides, it's not actually a *hand* shake. -- Pd
From: D.M. Procida on 2 Jul 2010 10:50 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: > > > > >> Count yourself lucky - I got the buttered radish. > > > > > > > That was only so you could *apply* for initiation. The actual initiation > > > > rite won't present nearly so many possibilities for casual enjoyment. > > > > > > Oh............good................... > > > > You don't get to learn the secret handshake THAT easily. > > Besides, it's not actually a *hand* shake. Also, 'shake' doesn't really do it justice. Daniele
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 2 Jul 2010 12:20 On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:43:04 +0100, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: >In article <f8nr26hfmfit1ovfdu2vpmk91hn1rlkjc6(a)4ax.com>, Jaimie >Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> Cheers - Jaimie >> >> Unix was written to play Spacewar and cheat at Scrabble, but Linux was >> created merely to prove that it booted. - AdB, ASR > >Jamie, Your sigmonster is priceless! >When I first saw unix it was hunt the wumpus. When I first saw it it was Xenix... but things got better from there! My sigfile is just standing on the shoulders of giants. Plus twenty years worth of me collecting quotes. Cheers - Jaimie -- "If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth. Particularly if the thing is cats." - Lemony Snicket, "The Wide Window"
From: Chris Ridd on 2 Jul 2010 12:43
On 2010-07-02 11:13:42 +0100, Chris Ridd said: > On 2010-07-02 10:55:19 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > >> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:13:02 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Some of them yes. There are, however, a few who openly admit to me >>> being some sort of trolll. Ian Piper it appears being one of them. >> >> That may well be because they've killfiled Rowland (plus all the idiot >> little hanger-on doodz), so your intemperate and sweary responses are >> now the worst language in the group that they see. > > Nod. > >> So of you don't make those responses, for example by killfiling >> Rowland if you can't help but get drawn in to a slanging match, and >> get back to conversations about Apple kit and accessibility, then >> we'll all learn more. > > I think James is also miscategorizing some other folks as trolls. I > don't know why. Ian (Piper) certainly isn't a troll, and nor is "Dorian > Gray" despite being a pseudonym. Peter D just pointed out it was *Ian* saying James was a troll, not the other way around. Sorry James. -- Chris |