"John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:zb5Nf.68$nY7.11@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Lurk McBurk wrote:
>> "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:K2%Mf.20$mZ3.2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Lurk McBurk wrote:
>>>> "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>> news:_aKMf.969$GE2.605@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Lurk McBurk wrote:
>>>>>> "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:ugHMf.659$s25.579@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>> Lurk McBurk wrote:
>>>>>>>> "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:xvLLf.104$We5.19@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>>> Lurk McBurk wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:WopLf.26$AP3.24@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>>>>> Lurk McBurk wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sir Dynadan is known as a jokester, though the only joke that
>>>>>>>>>>>> is recorded is the following joke told to the High Prince, as
a
>>>>>>>>>>>> jest because the High Prince hated fish:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "It would appear you are a cousin to the wolves, not eating
>>>>>>>>>>>> fish but instead eating only flesh."
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> First, what does this joke even mean? Everybody laughed at
it.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Second, he told this same joke twice in a single week to the
>>>>>>>>>>>> same man. Would this joke be funny twice?
>>>>>>>>>>> 199. Two Brothers coming to be executed
>>>>>>>>>>> once for fome enormous Crime ; the Eldeft was
>>>>>>>>>>> firft turn'd off, without faying one Word :
>>>>>>>>>>> The other mounting the Ladder, began to ha-
>>>>>>>>>>> rangue the Crowd, whofe Ears were attentive-
>>>>>>>>>>> ly open to hear him, expecting fome Confef-
>>>>>>>>>>> fion from him, "Good People," fays he, "my Bro-
>>>>>>>>>>> ther hangs before my Face, and you fee what
>>>>>>>>>>> a lamentable SPECTACLE he makes ; in a few Mo-
>>>>>>>>>>> ments I fhall be turned off too, and then you'll
>>>>>>>>>>> fee a Pair of SPECTACLES."
>>>>>>>>>>> -- Joe Miller's Jests
>>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>>> the WITS Vade-me***
>>>>>>>>>>> MDCCXXXIX
>>>>>>>>>> Do you ever have anything valuable to add to this group?
>>>>>>>>> Frequently, for those who A) have done their homework and B)
have
>>>>>>>>> the wit to see beyond their noses.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yet again, a nonsensical comment. I have been the #1 contributor
to
>>>>>>>> this NG for the past year.
>>>>>>> Only if you lump all your alternate personalities together, in
which
>>>>>>> case I suppose you can be regarded as the #1 contributor of lies,
>>>>>>> nonsense, and phantasy, and perhaps the #1 reason for the general
>>>>>>> decline of posting.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I realize it's difficult for people like you to understand, but no
>>>>>>> one wants to watch you masturbate.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> How rude.
>>>>> You'd be surprised. Most people think it quite unexceptionable not
to
>>>>> want to watch a man masturbating in public.
>>>>>
>>>> Your rudeness confounds me. I am a great, heroic gentleman.
>>> I would remind you, "Sir Fauntleroy", to remember to alter your From
>>> address after "Lurk" has been using the computer. Remember, the
computer
>>> has no way of knowing which personality is in control at the time.
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> In case you didn't notice, you are still being rude to me.
>
> As a matter of fact, no, I am not. I am trying, as patiently and
politely
> as I can, to make it clear to you that in the real world, behavior such
as
> yours generally gets a man kicked down the nearest long flight of
stairs.
> You need to learn that there is a very wide gap between humor and
> flippancy, and that you're not one-half so clever as you think you are.
>
And what did I do that offended you so greatly that you would have me
kicked
down a flight of stairs? Also, what makes you think that usenet is the
"real
world?"


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