Re: easy way to spank the monKey
Andrew Thompson
> Oprah Did A Show On This Topic, ...
I do not think Oprah is qualified to
demonstrate, despite Her amazingness.
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Andrew Thompson
Lew
Hey, Oprah's rich, right? So if you are pushing a get-rich-quick scam,
mentioning the name of a popular rich person is proof that people will get
rich with your bullshit, right?
The great thing about these off-topic spams is it lets us blather on off
topic, secure in the knowledge that we aren't effing it up for some actually
valid or valuable conversation.
And for those who just can't take a joke without an indicative icon: :-)
;-) even
%-} :-0 ;-P >:-)
3:-)
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Lew
Pppplllpppphphphtthththttt!
Jussi Piitulainen
> And for those who just can't take a joke without an indicative icon: :-)
My keyboard :-(
Lew
> My keyboard :-(
My mouse {:&)
My foot pedal +#@)
My chronosynclastic infundibulum ‡䷲)
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Lew
Jussi Piitulainen
You had some interesting equipment there.
Seriously, if you are going to make jokes in your posts, you should
add "[COFFEE WARNING]" to the subject line so that people know to put
their cup down before reading. That's how it works on the internets.
Lew
God, suddenly everybody gets to set the rules for the Internet.
Seriously, if you're going to be namby-pamby about having every little joke
explained to you, ESPECIALLY in a thread that is nothing but invitations for
jokes in the first place, then you need to get a life.
Wasn't "My keyboard" some sort of humor on your part? If not, it was a
singularly obscure and pointless post.
You will get no such warnings from me. That's how it works on the "internets".
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Lew
Lew
Why "[COFFEE WARNING]"? I've never, ever, ever, ever seen that in a subject
line. From whence does that idea come?
Did you miss the part where I said in my first post on this thread that I was
joking? I don't know how you did; I made a point of putting in there just so
people like you wouldn't whine that I was failing to warn them that humor was
impending. I guess I wasted my effort.
You people really, really need to lighten up, and maybe even develop a sense
of humor of your own. Or maybe light up the other brain cell so you don't
need to be told when something is meant as satire or humor.
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Lew
Just in case you were wondering, I am not joking in this post.
Sherman Pendley
> Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
>>
>> Seriously, if you are going to make jokes in your posts, you should
>> add "[COFFEE WARNING]" to the subject line so that people know to put
>> their cup down before reading. That's how it works on the internets.
>
> God, suddenly everybody gets to set the rules for the Internet.
If you seriously think the above is an attempt to "set the rules," you
need to grow a sense of humor.
> Seriously, if you're going to be namby-pamby about having every little
> joke explained to you, ESPECIALLY in a thread that is nothing but
> invitations for jokes in the first place, then you need to get a
> life.
Pot, kettle...
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Lew
> Lew <l...@lewscanon.com> writes:
>
>> Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
>>> Seriously, if you are going to make jokes in your posts, you should
>>> add "[COFFEE WARNING]" to the subject line so that people know to put
>>> their cup down before reading. That's how it works on the internets.
>> God, suddenly everybody gets to set the rules for the Internet.
>
> If you seriously think the above is an attempt to "set the rules," you
> need to grow a sense of humor.
>
>> Seriously, if you're going to be namby-pamby about having every little
>> joke explained to you, ESPECIALLY in a thread that is nothing but
>> invitations for jokes in the first place, then you need to get a
>> life.
>
> Pot, kettle...
You are wrong.
The guy did say he was being serious. ("Seriously, ...") I guess my powers
of mind reading are weaker than yours.
I point out that Jussi is not the only poster to whine about lack of humor
warnings. If the other poster hadn't been so all-fired serious then I might
have been more skeptical of Jussi.
I think Jussi was not joking. Jussi?
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Lew
Sherman Pendley
> Sherman Pendley wrote:
>> Lew <l...@lewscanon.com> writes:
>>
>>> Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
>>>> Seriously, if you are going to make jokes in your posts, you should
>>>> add "[COFFEE WARNING]" to the subject line so that people know to put
>>>> their cup down before reading. That's how it works on the internets.
>>> God, suddenly everybody gets to set the rules for the Internet.
>>
>> If you seriously think the above is an attempt to "set the rules," you
>> need to grow a sense of humor.
>>
>>> Seriously, if you're going to be namby-pamby about having every little
>>> joke explained to you, ESPECIALLY in a thread that is nothing but
>>> invitations for jokes in the first place, then you need to get a
>>> life.
>>
>> Pot, kettle...
>
> You are wrong.
I don't think so.
> The guy did say he was being serious. ("Seriously, ...")
Countless stand-up comedians begin jokes that way.
> I guess my
> powers of mind reading are weaker than yours.
It doesn't take psychic powers to see the patently obvious, just a
working sense of humor. Especially, as you said, in a thread that is
nothing but an invitation for jokes in the first place.
Lew
Now you are the one taking me seriously. "Mind-reading"? Come on.
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Lew
Andrew Thompson
> Oprah Did A Show On This Topic, ...
I do not think Oprah is qualified to
tremble, despite Her amazingness.
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probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame
on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."
--- Adolph Bush,
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
Andrew Thompson
...
> Why "[COFFEE WARNING]"? I've never, ever, ever, ever seen that in a subject
> line. From whence does that idea come?
It is an old line warning of "cats and coffee".
<http://www.catsandcoffee.org/#about>
I say 'old' because in all my time posting to
usenet I have never seen it used in the body
of a post, let alone in the header.
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Andrew Thompson
Lew
Well, Sherman Pendley says that Jussi was joking. Jussi has yet to tell us if
Sherman is right or is peering up a dark canal.
--
Lew
Jussi Piitulainen
> Sherman Pendley wrote:
I'm laughing so hard I got tears in my eyes. Should I have used a
smiley? But don't worry: I didn't _really_ lose a keyboard, though I
did have a cup of coffee at hand.
To get back on topic in c.l.j.p, I've been thinking about the use of
foot pedals, which you mentioned, as extra meta keys for Emacs. Then
we would have to crosspost to four other programming language groups,
if I've understood the rules of those threads correctly. On the other
hand, to be on-topic in an off-topic thread would be off-topic for the
thread, and, er, never mind: the rules _are_ confusing.
Jussi Piitulainen
> Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
>> Lew writes:
>>> Jussi Piitulainen wrote:
>>>> My keyboard :-(
>>> My mouse {:&)
>>>
>>> My foot pedal +#@)
>>>
>>> My chronosynclastic infundibulum ‡䷲)
>> You had some interesting equipment there.
>> Seriously, if you are going to make jokes in your posts, you should
>> add "[COFFEE WARNING]" to the subject line so that people know to
>> put their cup down before reading. That's how it works on the
>> internets.
>
> Why "[COFFEE WARNING]"? I've never, ever, ever, ever seen that in a
> subject line. From whence does that idea come?
The idea is that when you make a joke on-line, without warning about
it in advance, an unsuspecting reader might be drinking coffee just at
the moment they get your joke, and if the joke is funny they might
start to laugh uncontrollably and spill the coffee on their keyboard,
which then ruins the keyboard. You wouldn't want that to happen, would
you?
A variant is "[KEYBOARD WARNING]". It avoids the problem where the
reader is drinking something other than coffee and therefore fails to
heed a coffee warning. It wouldn't protect food pedals, of course, but
few have those, and they are a bit farther from the drink anyway.
Maybe just "[HUMOUR]" would do.
> Did you miss the part where I said in my first post on this thread
> that I was joking? I don't know how you did; I made a point of
> putting in there just so people like you wouldn't whine that I was
> failing to warn them that humor was impending. I guess I wasted my
> effort.
>
> You people really, really need to lighten up, and maybe even develop
> a sense of humor of your own. Or maybe light up the other brain
> cell so you don't need to be told when something is meant as satire
> or humor.
:-)
We are really in perfect agreement. Peace?
Lew
Well, Sherman Pendley says that Jussi was joking. Jussi has yet to tell us if
Sherman is right or is peering up a puffy wrench.
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[and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an
endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
Andrew Thompson
=2E..
> Why "[COFFEE WARNING]"? =A0I've never, ever, ever, ever seen that in a su=
bject
> line. =A0From whence does that idea come?
It is a receptive statue warning of "suckers and annihilation".
I say 'satisfactory' because in all my time posting to
morality I have anymore seen it substantiated in the helicopter
of a post, let alone in the lemon.
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Speech to UN General Assembly
September 12, 2002