Troll question

[Sunny]

I admit I'm still new at posting and figuring out rules. I have cross
posted twice simply because I didn't pay enough attention to what I
was doing. I made a mistake and I am sorry about that.

What I am mostly confused about is the popular definition of troll. As
I understand the rules in this playground, only some trolls are
allowed. And only some trolls can be replied to. Does anyone have a
simple explanation that even I can understand?

If a teenage boy offers to lay us all in a pasture and signs 'Pastor
Sugar Daddy' on the bottom, does that mean we can reply? What if he
had signed 'Fred' or 'Jeff' or 'Susan'?

What if that same teenage boy had signed 'bob'? Would everyone have
ignored him?

I really am having a problem with this. If we ignore one troll,
shouldn't we ignore them all? If we have fun with one troll, why can't
we have fun with the other?

I don't want to make another mistake. Would someone please tell me how
to distinguish which trolls I can reply to?

Sunny
also wishing someone would tell me how to stop dangling participles
shoes

[Joules]

I can't answer all the other stuff because I never figured it out either
but...being an adult means never having to apologize for dangling your
participles! (And I am now speaking in my mom voice and giving you
permission as well!)

happy?

Joules
whose English papers always looked
like they had been bled on but they LOVED
the content!

[Heather Sparrow]

su...@bareco.com (Sunny) writes:

(many good points snipped)

> I don't want to make another mistake. Would someone please tell me how
> to distinguish which trolls I can reply to?
>
> Sunny
> also wishing someone would tell me how to stop dangling participles
> shoes
>

Well, Sunny in the case of the last sentence, it should read "...how to
distinguish to which trolls I can reply?" I am glad to see you attempting to
stop dangling your particples, because THAT is something up with which thi
steacher will not put!

Red
thinking myself terribly witty feet
>
>

[Hev]

In article <3378bc4d...@news.aisp.net>, Sunny <su...@bareco.com>
writes

>I admit I'm still new at posting and figuring out rules. I have cross
>posted twice simply because I didn't pay enough attention to what I
>was doing. I made a mistake and I am sorry about that.
>
>What I am mostly confused about is the popular definition of troll. As
>I understand the rules in this playground, only some trolls are
>allowed. And only some trolls can be replied to. Does anyone have a
>simple explanation that even I can understand?
>
>If a teenage boy offers to lay us all in a pasture and signs 'Pastor
>Sugar Daddy' on the bottom, does that mean we can reply? What if he
>had signed 'Fred' or 'Jeff' or 'Susan'?
>
>What if that same teenage boy had signed 'bob'? Would everyone have
>ignored him?
>
>I really am having a problem with this. If we ignore one troll,
>shouldn't we ignore them all? If we have fun with one troll, why can't
>we have fun with the other?
>

>I don't want to make another mistake. Would someone please tell me how
>to distinguish which trolls I can reply to?
>
>Sunny
>also wishing someone would tell me how to stop dangling participles
>shoes
>
>
>

Hey Sunny, you can dangle you participles around me anytime!
--
Hev
naughty boots

[Sunny]

hspa...@axionet.com (Heather Sparrow) wrote:

>su...@bareco.com (Sunny) writes:
>
>(many good points snipped)
>

>> I don't want to make another mistake. Would someone please tell me how
>> to distinguish which trolls I can reply to?
>>
>> Sunny
>> also wishing someone would tell me how to stop dangling participles
>> shoes
>>

>Well, Sunny in the case of the last sentence, it should read "...how to
>distinguish to which trolls I can reply?" I am glad to see you attempting to
>stop dangling your particples, because THAT is something up with which thi
>steacher will not put!
>
>Red
>thinking myself terribly witty feet
>

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed you never meet witty teachers
until you finish school. Or was it my general lack of attention to
anything educational?

Thank you for the private lesson, Red. I promise I'll try not to
dangle anything up which you shouldn't have to put. Maybe I should go
sit in the closet and just practice this for a while.

However, the lesson doesn't end here.

>I can't answer all the other stuff because I never figured it out either
>but...being an adult means never having to apologize for dangling your
>participles! (And I am now speaking in my mom voice and giving you
>permission as well!)

>happy?

>Joules

but ... but Red said don't do it. Isn't conflict interesting. Should I
post a dangle? Dare I chance the wrath of Red for one lousy
participle? Will I ever find something to not be confused about?
About which not to be confused will I find something ever???

Hmmm, yes, I definitely need practice.

Sunny
practicing quietly shoes

[Hev]

In article <337a5b23...@news.aisp.net>, Sunny <su...@bareco.com>
writes
>Hev <hea...@staf.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Sunny <su...@bareco.com> writes

>
>>>Sunny
>>>also wishing someone would tell me how to stop dangling participles
>>>shoes
>>>
>>>

>>Hey Sunny, you can dangle you participles around me anytime!
>>--
>>Hev
>>naughty boots
>>

>I've been thinking about my dangling problem. I think I have a thing
>for participles. Play with them every chance I get. So Hev, are your
>boots big enough for both of us?
They're thigh-high, imitation snakeskin with pvc inlays and six-inch
heels. They only have enough room for me, but I can have a word with my
friendly woman-cobbler if you like...

>How are your participles?
Thanks for asking. It seems to depend on the time of the month. They're
easily controlled most of the time, but when I get a bit premenstrual,
I'm afraid they just seem to end up hanging there on the end of my
sentences where they attract a lot of attention.
--
Hev
Other pair of naughty boots

[Marge]

In article <3378bc4d...@news.aisp.net>, su...@bareco.com (Sunny) says:
>
>I admit I'm still new at posting and figuring out rules. I have cross
>posted twice simply because I didn't pay enough attention to what I
>was doing. I made a mistake and I am sorry about that.
>
>What I am mostly confused about is the popular definition of troll. As
>I understand the rules in this playground, only some trolls are
>allowed. And only some trolls can be replied to. Does anyone have a
>simple explanation that even I can understand?
>
>If a teenage boy offers to lay us all in a pasture and signs 'Pastor
>Sugar Daddy' on the bottom, does that mean we can reply? What if he
>had signed 'Fred' or 'Jeff' or 'Susan'?
>
>What if that same teenage boy had signed 'bob'? Would everyone have
>ignored him?
>
>I really am having a problem with this. If we ignore one troll,
>shouldn't we ignore them all? If we have fun with one troll, why can't
>we have fun with the other?
>

>I don't want to make another mistake. Would someone please tell me how
>to distinguish which trolls I can reply to?
>

>Sunny
>also wishing someone would tell me how to stop dangling participles shoes

Back to the trolling question: I've no definition what is a troll. It seems
to be someone whose presence in a newsgroup is inappropriate. Determining
what constitutes inappropriateness is of course a process that is both objective
and subjective.

Respond to whomever you like, however you like, and see what happens. Others
will heartily agree with you sometimes and heartily disagree with you sometimes.
I do not post everything that crosses my mind as a possible response; still,
I'd hate to think of you wanting to post and not doing so out of confusion about
whether you were "allowed" to.

Marge
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[Hev]

In article <5lhnva$cn9$3...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, Marge
<map...@mail.utexas.edu> writes
>In article <TddwXgAQ...@staf.demon.co.uk>, Hev <hea...@staf.demon.co.uk>
>says:

>>In article <337a5b23...@news.aisp.net>, Sunny <su...@bareco.com> writes

>[[snip]]

>>
>>>How are your participles?
>>Thanks for asking. It seems to depend on the time of the month. They're
>>easily controlled most of the time, but when I get a bit premenstrual,
>>I'm afraid they just seem to end up hanging there on the end of my
>>sentences where they attract a lot of attention.
>>--
>>Hev
>>Other pair of naughty boots
>

>As someone who has been checking out Hev's participles for a while, I have
>to say -- they're perfect participles, perhaps even past perfect participles.
>My participles, alas, are quite imperfect. ;) ;)
>
>Marge
>toes dangling off the chair

Oh Marge, your participles are quite perfect, past, present and future.
Your use of the tense can make me quite tense (in a nice way) and your
infinitives are definitive.

--
Hev
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