reconsideration

W. Kiernan WKiernan at concentric.net
Sat Mar 27 19:41:44 PST 1999


digloria at mindspring.com wrote:
>
> Indeed, Gary (as Bruno s.) actually tried to engage doyle in
> conversation. This hardly constitutes a reason to be kicked off a
> list. Gary didn't just call Doyle an asshole and leave it at that.
> in fact, contrary to WDK, Gary never used any offensive language
> whatsoever.

Did I say that?

mr.stupid at concentric.net wrote:


> OK! At least we're not cussing, like doyle and your buddy Bruno from
> the Herzog flix (kin I have your autograph, Bruno? Sincerely, your
> fondest fan, WDK)...

Oops, I did. Sorry, I guess I mis-spoke. I WAS WRONG. Sorry.


> Doyle cussed like a sailor

Yeah man, he sure did!


> which Rakesh thought was so funny.

Me too! But that sort of thing is off-topic here. That's what alt.flame is for.

I once wrote elsewhere, and I'm so lazy I here reprint:


> ...Now imagine an experiment in a great big cage. In this cage are
> millions of chimpanzees. All the damn chimpanzees are tied up in
> chains, head to foot, so they can't actually reach out and grab and
> gouge or strangle one another, which, considering the nature of a
> chimpanzee's temper, is probably a good thing.
>
> Each chimpanzee is chained up, as I say, so heavily and securely that
> the only things he can move are 1.) his eyelids, and 2.) his right
> forepaw. And he can't move that forepaw all that much either. In
> each right forepaw is a long, thin stick. The stick isn't heavy
> enough that he can actually do any serious damage to anyone with it;
> the worst he can do is just reach out and slap another chimp with it,
> and sting him just a bit.
>
> Only seconds after the experiment started, all you could see was
> flailing sticks. All you could hear was the squeals of hundreds, no
> thousands, no now millions of outraged primates, and Whap! Whap! Whap!
>
> The cage is the ARPAnet, WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net

Quota, ladies and gentlemen! Good night. WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net



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