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- From: dunk@carson.u.washington.edu (John Dunkelburg)
- Subject: Various Thoughts....
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.235817.7733@u.washington.edu>
- Summary: Some various and deep (and some not so deep) thoughts...
- Keywords: various thoughts
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:58:17 GMT
- Lines: 46
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- B'Naal speaks up...
- Friend Taldin, when I was in Olympia, the form I wore was one
- that brought me some put-downs. You see, I decided to have some
- sideburns as a way of being original. As the clothing that I
- wore was not visually flashy but definitely not what the so-called
- 'in-crowd' wore, I sort of stood out. One day, somebody behind me
- called me Elvis. Now, while I might sort of like the music of
- Mr. Presley, I did not like being called something I was not. However,
- I decided that a response to such low-caliber minds was not necessary.
- A friend I had in Olympia had a problem with his last name. Quite
- often, he drew quite a lot of flack because of it (and some of it
- not very nice, to boot), and all of it because some small-minded
- individuals decided that they could entertain their small minds
- by making fun of another person. He got angry over this, and asked
- them to please stop it. This only caused them to double their
- efforts until he finally left. They tried following him, but he
- just ignored them. They grew bored of it after a short while, and
- left him alone.
- the reason why I am saying this, friend Taldin, is that quite often,
- confronting your hecklers will only tell them that they're getting
- to you, and provides stimulus for them to continue because they got
- a reaction out of you. If you just ignore them, after a while, they
- get bored with doing something that they get no pleasure from.
- The best way to handle a person like that is to pretend that they
- don't even exist. Pretty soon, they realize that they will get
- no entertainment from you, and try to bother someone else.
-
- BTW, I hear that this procedure works well on gossips, too.
-
- As far as my recent e-mail problems, I think I have them worked out.
- Try the MAX address, and see if that works. If not, let me know.
-
- Friend Speaker-to-Minerals, I hear that you know something of
- hyperdrive repair. Would you have some information on the
- repair of a HZQ-1000 hyperdrive space modulator handy?
-
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- John Dunkelburg, a.k.a. D'B'Naal, investigator of information
- My life isn't a soap opera, it's ANIME!
- "I only believe in my own power. Nothing else makes any sense."
- Zakath of Mallorea
- Fashion is for the sheep of the world.
- Style is for individuals. Which are you?
- DUNK@max.u.washington.edu
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