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- From: larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way)
- Subject: Re: Picnics
- In-Reply-To: baldwin@carina.unm.edu's message of Thu, 23 Jul 92 16:43:59 GMT
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- Organization: New Mexico State University, MetaPhysical Science Laboratory
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:22:36 GMT
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- In article <szgmgr=@lynx.unm.edu> baldwin@carina.unm.edu (Chris Baldwin) writes:
- I hate people who seem to be incapable of not saying something
- incredibly stupid, like your example, over and over again. As another
- example, it is impossible to use any form of the word "assume" without
- some dimbulb saying "When you assume..." Also, I like my steak very rare.
- Every time I have eaten steak in the presence of my mother for the past 23
- years, she says that I like it so rare that it is still mooing.
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- [Wow. You've been eating steak now for 23 years, Chris??]
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- Or, worse yet, the ignoramus who repeats his little trite funny two or
- three times for you, apparently thinking it will sink in momentarily and
- everyone will lapse into hysterical laughing.
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- (Ahhh.. Duhh.. Now we get it! Haw haw haw. Hey feller! Columbus kicked
- an Indian's butt for telling *that* joke..)
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- UnrelatedPeeve: Chewing the foil from a gum wrapper, when you have
- fillings.. Not the act so much as people who remind you
- about the experience. Yooww!
- L.
- "Yeh, Buddy.. | larry@psl.nmsu.edu (Larry Cunningham)| _~~_
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- Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are CORRECT, mine, and not PSLs or NMSUs..
- Oh sure, we could do it the _easy_ way. But it just wouldn't be the COWBOY WAY.
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