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Read UPDATE at end of file...
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Bruce Bozarth
4623 Holt
Bellaire, TX 77401
Voice: 713-661-8544
Mail: GEnie D.BOZARTH
or these Houston BBSs
Beginner's RBBS 713-666-0035
Micro Archives 713-590-6267
Macaw's Roost 713-495-3730
The Abyss 713-324-2233
Tired of stealing taglines? Constantly editing out duplicates? Why sift
through hundreds of messages just to find one or two new taglines? As a
public service I have begun collecting, categorizing, and creating the
email "punch line". Please distribute freely. If you decide to distribute
your own tagline collection, please do not use the same name as this
version. You might adhere to the following name format so others will
know which files are which:
nnnnTAGS.nam
where:
nnnn = number of taglines
TAGS = convenient reminder
nam = 1st three characters of your last name or your initials.
You may copy and edit this documentation to fit YOUR tagline uploads. The
whole idea is to spread the wealth, increase the number of taglines, to
generally make taglines more important than the message attached, which
they usually are! Taglines are more than a revival of the "one-liners"
which made old time comedians like Henny Youngman famous. They offer an
insight into the BBSer's psyche, a nation's economic condition, the
moral values by which we live. Mostly, however, they reveal both the
humor and philosophy of humanity. There's a lot of truth in these little
gems.
My sources are from international nets and local Houston BBSs. I have
no way of verifying copyrighted material, so if it's in there, let me
know and I'll remove it from my listings.
The only editing I have done is to standardize spacing (double spaces
like this are unnecessary and consume real estate) and correct unequal
punctuation. Taglines in the poorest taste, whether sexually oriented
or ethnic, are not included. Taglines with four letter words that pass
the above criteria are modified with asterisks for vowels.
Copy nnnTAGS.nam to your mail reader's tagfile name. This file already
contains all taglines included in the shareware versions of OLX (Qmodem),
Silly Little Mail Reader, and WinQwk. If you've been collecting taglines
for some time, you might want to rename your old tagline file then compare
it to the new file.
Some taglines are suggestive. You might want to select your taglines
manually instead of accepting random selections from the reader. You can
edit out "offensive" taglines if you wish. Use an ASCII editor or any
word processor that will save ASCII files.
I hope you enjoy this collection. Now you won't have to be on the look out
for new taglines--and you can get back to reading and answering your mail!
-=Bruce
12/11/92
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UPDATE - 01/04/93
In addtion to my latest tagline thefts, I obtained 4500 taglines from
Canada today. After deleting the ones in French, the duplicates and the
near duplicates, TAGLINES has grown to nearly 7,000 entries. For the
most part Canadian humor is as American as apple pie and I think you'll
get a hoot from these new additions.
Tagline editors, please don't change taglines in miniscule ways. There
is no significant difference between the following:
To Err is human; to foul up requires a computer
To Err is Human, To Really Foul Up Requires A Computer.
If you're going to change it, change it big!
To Err is Human, what's your excuse?
UPDATE - 12/30/92
2415TAGS.ZIP replaces the following:
1159TAGS.ZIP
1523TAGS.ZIP
1719TAGS.ZIP
Several SYSOPS from across the country have written asking if I would put
them on a distribution list for TAGLINES. I am immensely flattered! However,
since TAGLINES is offered as a "public service" and is totally FREE, it is
not practical for me to do distribution mailings considering how frequently
the listing is updated. Besides programming, client support and building PCs
for sale, I process an average 5500 messages a week on local and international
nets. I'm just running out of time and I *kinda* have a life...
So, Sysgods, if you or one of your users could download from GEnie, or one
of the local Houston, Texas BBSs noted above, I would be grateful. It seems
that I'm generating a new listing every three to five days!
When downloading from GEnie, the following information may be useful:
IBMPC Roundtable Page 615;3
Windows Roundtable Page 1335;3
Address D.BOZARTH
Key words, TAGLINES
I try to include the date of the upload in the GEnie file listing.
Each edition of TAGLINES superscedes the previous. All taglines
in early compliations are included in the new one, so delete older
versions from your file directories.
TAGLINES is ever expanding (we've got a lot of real clowns out there!) and
it appears I might have to break the listing into several categories at some
time in the future. If you are a tagline connossuier, I would appreciate some
brief feedback along those lines. Categories I have in mind are:
Category Title Containing Purpose
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Every day life/strife General Comedy Normal communications
Gems of Philosophy Famous quotes, etc. For the snob in all of us
Suggestive Behavior Clean flirtations "Clean" sex; blonde jokes...
Program smash/bash Programmer/user insights For the technically minded
Rude/Crude/Lewd Strictly adult Down and dirty sex
Files can be recombined into larger files, or accessed separately via your
mail reader's files directory options (if available). Tailor your own
tagline files. Let me know by Voice, Mail or Email (see header) if you'd
like to see TAGLINES come in categories.
UPDATE - 12/27/92
It has come to my attention that the version of OLX with Qmodem 5.0 will
truncate taglines over 58 characters the first time it reads the file. I
am now providing two tagline listings. The file named LONG.TAG contains
taglines which are 59 characters or longer.