RFD the stuff that will never happen
Wm...
Hi all
I'd like to raise the issue of the thing that will never happen.
I don't know what the thing that will never happen is but it seems that
a lot of people want to talk about it.
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Geoff Berrow
<tcn...@blackhole.do-not-spam.me.uk> wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I'd like to raise the issue of the thing that will never happen.
>
>I don't know what the thing that will never happen is but it seems that
>a lot of people want to talk about it.
I think you raise a very valid point Wm and that there should be a
special rule to give the committee powers to act in case the thing
that will never happen, actually happens.
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Alan LeHun
blth...@ckdog.co.uk says...
> I think you raise a very valid point Wm and that there should be a
> special rule to give the committee powers to act in case the thing
> that will never happen, actually happens.
>
I think there is a greater need for some sort of contingency
plan in case it doesn't happen if you ask me.
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Alan LeHun
John Blundell
<blth...@ckdog.co.uk> writes
>On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:14:23 +0000, "Wm..."
><tcn...@blackhole.do-not-spam.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>I'd like to raise the issue of the thing that will never happen.
>>
>>I don't know what the thing that will never happen is but it seems that
>>a lot of people want to talk about it.
>
>
>I think you raise a very valid point Wm and that there should be a
>special rule to give the committee powers to act in case the thing
>that will never happen, actually happens.
Why doesn't anyone give a proper definition of the thing that never
happens? The committee won't tell us what really happened the last time
the thing didn't happen. I'm not trolling, I just need someone to
explain it to me every now and again, and again, and again ...
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John Blundell
Dick Gaughan
+0000, John Blundell <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote:
>Why doesn't anyone give a proper definition of the thing that never
>happens? The committee won't tell us what really happened the last time
>the thing didn't happen. I'm not trolling, I just need someone to
>explain it to me every now and again, and again, and again ...
<sigh>
Sheesh, how many times do we have to go over this?
OK, for the umpteenth time.
The last time the thing that will never happen didn't happen - and
the several times it didn't happen on previous occasions - the
lack of happening was not noticed by most of the community until
it became clear that something wasn't happening and a right royal
stushie ensued, with the longest thread ever seen in unn*.
Eventually a group of users that nobody had ever seen before
demanded that someone (else) should write an RFD to cover it,
pointing out that when the thing which will never happen didn't
happen it was clear evidence that more rules were required to deal
with just such an event and that t'Komitee should accept full and
complete responsibility for their appalling oversight in not
having legislated for this in the Guidelines when it was clear as
daylight that the problem would keep recurring unless Somebody did
Something.
Several regulars replied explaining patiently why this all went
against the spirit, if not the letter, of the third draft of
RFC9281713, paragraph 198 sub-paragraph xxvii clause 23c and that
the trusted nature of the hierarchy would be placed in jeopardy if
admins suspected we were flouting such a crucial principle.
Someone then demanded to know where this RFC9281713, paragraph 198
sub-paragraph xxvii clause 23c could be found and subjected to
open public scrutiny and was informed that an encrypted copy of it
was kept in a locked drawer in a hidden filing cabinet on Molly
Mockford's yacht last seen somewhere off the Galapagos in
preparation for the possibility that the thing which will never
happen would indeed someday not happen again.
However. Occasionally, when the night of the winter solstice falls
on a thursday, the ghost of Christmas-yet-to-come can be seen
stalking the deserts and jungles of darkest Dudley, wailing in
pidgin Welsh and waving a copy of an ancient tattered document at
the sky. It is believed that upon it is written a full description
of the thing which will never happen. But nobody has ever managed
to prise it from its icy grasp so the sekrit remains a sekrit and
we can only hope that the next time the thing which will never
happen fails to happen, the common sense of the community will
once again prevail and we can all safely return to our ancient
traditional hobbies of knitting, shove-ha'penny, trashing bus
shelters and mugging old ladies.
HTH
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DG
Wm...
uk.net.news.config Geoff Berrow <blth...@ckdog.co.uk>
>On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:14:23 +0000, "Wm..."
><tcn...@blackhole.do-not-spam.me.uk> wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>I'd like to raise the issue of the thing that will never happen.
>>
>>I don't know what the thing that will never happen is but it seems that
>>a lot of people want to talk about it.
>
>
>I think you raise a very valid point Wm and that there should be a
>special rule to give the committee powers to act in case the thing
>that will never happen, actually happens.
I tore one of my shoelaces yesterday. I demand immediate committee
action.
If the komite don't do something soon I'll behave badly on a bicycle or
watch television. You do *not* want me to watch television, I got upset
the last time.
Wm...
uk.net.news.config Alan LeHun <t...@reply.to>
I agree. We need a plan for the thing that isn't going to happen.
Wm...
uk.net.news.config John Blundell <m...@privacy.invalid>
>In article <6pfti597t81qtd44q...@4ax.com>, Geoff Berrow
><blth...@ckdog.co.uk> writes
>>On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:14:23 +0000, "Wm..."
>><tcn...@blackhole.do-not-spam.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>I'd like to raise the issue of the thing that will never happen.
>>>
>>>I don't know what the thing that will never happen is but it seems that
>>>a lot of people want to talk about it.
>>
>>
>>I think you raise a very valid point Wm and that there should be a
>>special rule to give the committee powers to act in case the thing
>>that will never happen, actually happens.
>
>Why doesn't anyone give a proper definition of the thing that never
>happens?
I think the correct answer is we don't know because it hasn't happened
yet.
> The committee won't tell us what really happened the last time the
>thing didn't happen.
They're a right bunch of bastards aren't they? I think I know what
happened but I'm not sure if my belief is true.
> I'm not trolling, I just need someone to explain it to me every now
>and again, and again, and again ...
Well, it goes a bit like this, what didn't happen didn't and what did
did.
Some people need a komite person to explain this to them. I am not
saying it is necessary for anyone following this thread to know that.
John Blundell
<d...@dickgaughan.co.uk> writes
But what is the definition? If I just did it slightly differently why
couldn't I do what all the rest of you can't do? Why can't you just come
to the point and tell us all what didn't happen? Why is everyone hiding
everything from me? It's all a conspiracy of the great Chiark. Infamy,
infamy, they've all got it in for me. I hate the committee and everybody
else, especially anyone who tries to be helpful.
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John Blundell
Dick Gaughan
+0000, John Blundell <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote:
>But what is the definition?
I respectfully draw the Hon Member's attention to the reply I gave
earlier, to wit,
"when the night of the winter solstice falls
on a thursday, the ghost of Christmas-yet-to-come can be seen
stalking the deserts and jungles of darkest Dudley, wailing in
pidgin Welsh and waving a copy of an ancient tattered document at
the sky. It is believed that upon it is written a full description
of the thing which will never happen."
So, as a devout seeker after Da Troofanstuff, all you have to do
is to place yourself contagious to the hamlet of Dudley next time
the winter solstice falls on a Thursday, mug[1] the ghost of
Christmas-yet-to-come and make off with the doc wherein all shall
be revealed. Innit.
[1] Be careful how you do this. A sharp crack on the head with a
string of garlic is usually effective but he gets most irate and
unpredictable if you kick him in the baas. His mammie was a Weegie
and played central defence for Partick Thistle.
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DG
John Blundell
<d...@dickgaughan.co.uk> writes
But on a Wednesday I could post to all the newsgroups, couldn't I? You
never thought of that. You are hiding it from everyone. Why can't you
come clean about this? Clearly it is a conspiracy against the great,
great me. I think you should explain this to me, 'cos I am worth it! I
don't have cycle-ogical problems, so there! Explain that.
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John Blundell
Jim A
>
> Hi all
>
> I'd like to raise the issue of the thing that will never happen.
>
> I don't know what the thing that will never happen is but it seems that
> a lot of people want to talk about it.
>
What I want to know is will anyone actually know when it has happened?
Or will it be like the tree that falls in the forest, or maybe the sound
of one hand clapping.
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Alan LeHun
not-spam.me.uk says...
> >I think there is a greater need for some sort of contingency
> >plan in case it doesn't happen if you ask me.
>
> I agree. We need a plan for the thing that isn't going to happen.
>
If each member of the committee were to draft 5 RFD's a day
each for the next 45 years then I am sure we could have every
possible scenario covered.
UKVoting may need to enlist some more votetakers.
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Alan LeHun
kat
Dick Gaughan <d...@dickgaughan.co.uk> said
> we can only hope that the next time the thing which will never
> happen fails to happen, the common sense of the community will
> once again prevail and we can all safely return to our ancient
> traditional hobbies of knitting, shove-ha'penny, trashing bus
> shelters and mugging old ladies.
>
That's sexist that is. I demand Somebody writes an RFD to include mugging
old men. Why should we women get all the fun?
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not speaking for the committee kat
>.^^.<
kat
John Blundell <m...@privacy.invalid> said
> In article <53sti5lbbvh5gdi1b...@4ax.com>, Dick Gaughan
> <d...@dickgaughan.co.uk> writes
>> In <GnEmG2GH...@ntlworld.com> on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:43:19
>> +0000, John Blundell <m...@privacy.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> But what is the definition?
>>
>> I respectfully draw the Hon Member's attention to the reply I gave
>> earlier, to wit,
>>
>> "when the night of the winter solstice falls
>> on a thursday, the ghost of Christmas-yet-to-come can be seen
>> stalking the deserts and jungles of darkest Dudley, wailing in
>> pidgin Welsh and waving a copy of an ancient tattered document at
>> the sky. It is believed that upon it is written a full description
>> of the thing which will never happen."
>>
>> So, as a devout seeker after Da Troofanstuff, all you have to do
>> is to place yourself contagious to the hamlet of Dudley next time
>> the winter solstice falls on a Thursday, mug[1] the ghost of
>> Christmas-yet-to-come and make off with the doc wherein all shall
>> be revealed. Innit.
>>
>>
>> [1] Be careful how you do this. A sharp crack on the head with a
>> string of garlic is usually effective but he gets most irate and
>> unpredictable if you kick him in the baas. His mammie was a Weegie
>> and played central defence for Partick Thistle.
>>
>
> But on a Wednesday I could post to all the newsgroups, couldn't I?
We'd not see it, it's fall foul of either crossposting or BI>20. And if it
didn't, well, my mammie was a Weegie, too.
jms
Is there a plan for you responding sensibly in a mature fashion?
Rusty Hinge
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:14:23 +0000, "Wm..."
> <tcn...@blackhole.do-not-spam.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'd like to raise the issue of the thing that will never happen.
>>
>> I don't know what the thing that will never happen is but it seems that
>> a lot of people want to talk about it.
>
>
> I think you raise a very valid point Wm and that there should be a
> special rule to give the committee powers to act in case the thing
> that will never happen, actually happens.
It will, though, even if it's never.
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Rusty
Rusty Hinge
that.
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Rusty
Rusty Hinge
> HTH
>
Ah, but that's not the point.
The real problem is all those things which haven't happened *SINCE* the
last time something didn't happen.
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Rusty