knoxy wrote:
> In article ,
> cat@NOSPAMscientist.com says...
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>>knoxy said:
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>>>Barbara's Cat wrote:
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>>>>knoxy said:
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>>>>>Barbara's Cat wrote:
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>>>>>>knoxy said:
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>>>>>>>Barbara's Cat wrote:
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>>>>>>>>knoxy said:
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>>>>>>>>>I don't know how many times I have to say this
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>>>>>>>>42. The answer is 42.
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>>>>>>>They're really that slow?
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>>>>>>No, it takes them that many times to consider you
>>>>>>something other than background noise.
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>>>>>>>Do they know you have such a low opinion of them?
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>>>>>>Like I said: background noise.
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>>>>>Yeah, and that's why they keep replying to me,
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>>>>That is what you need, isn't it? Why else would
>>>>you be rattling like a string of empty tin cans?
>>>>But, hey, it's okay. No, really. If nothing else,
>>>>we here in the poetry groups are generous givers
>>>>to lonely souls and the synaptically impaired.
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>>>Well duh! Of course I want replies. This is usenet. If I didn't want
>>>anyone to reply I would be blogging instead.
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>>Then why the noisy complaints? So what if it takes
>>42 shirttail tugs before someone looks down at you
>>and says "What?" You eventually get what you need:
>>a reply confirming your opinion was heard.
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>>Cheeses coitus, some people just can't be pleased!
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> First it was background noise, now it's noisy complaints. Make up your
> mind. Why don't you just stick to being a poetry groupie, that's
> obviously what you do best.
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>>>>>they're too stupid to ignore background noise
>>>>>and so are you, obviously.
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>>>>You're just saying that to hide your love.
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>>>I wear my heart on my sleeve.
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>>Right next to the pack of Lucky Strikes, eh?
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> No, I smoke richmond.
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Well. No wonder.
(No, about /anything/.)
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>>>>>Was that the best you could do? You're no fun whatsoever.
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>>>>'Fun' costs. How much are you willing to pay?
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>>>As much as I'm paying for the newserver I use.
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>>Condensed language! You believe you're a poet too?
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> No, poetry bores the hell out of me.
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Well, no wonder you never read any of our novels.
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