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- From: ogd@selway.umt.edu (ozymandias G desiderata)
- Subject: Re: The subject line.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.020749.11829@selway.umt.edu>
- Organization: ::AOAIOXXYSZ::
- References: <92322.161912IO10781@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 02:07:49 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <92322.161912IO10781@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Kind of a stupid game isn't it? <IO10781@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
- > As I have read in some postings a shenanigan is something that
- > a person does whereas the people who the shenanigna is done to have
- > one of three reactions.
- >
- > 1) They look at the shenaniganers oddly saying "Why bother?"
- > 2) They laugh at the shenanignaers and stand around to watch
- > the rest of the show.
- > 3) They laugh with the shenaniganers after being the brunt of
- > whatever the joke happens to have been.
- >
- > Keeping these pseudodefinitions in mind, I post this with all
- > the intentions of people ignoring it and moving on to the next
- > posting without a second thought. According to the first reasoning
- > this still counts as a shenanigan. Thanks. I'd like to be included
- > as the first person to pull off a one-person shenanigan. If you
- > think this is a little to forward of me, well ... maybe you're
- > correct. I just want a little piece of the action.
- >
- >
- > .------------------------------------.----------------------------------,
- > | Are humans nothing but the Earth's | Captain Ugh may be reached at |
- > | mid life crisis? You be the judge. | VB10781@Maine.maine.edu |
- > `------------------------------------^----------------------------------'
-
- What are you _talking_ about? I don't see what's so funny or
- weird about your posting. Did I miss something? I mean, besides you
- misspelling "shenanigan"? I guess that's sort of a subtle shenanigan
- in itself, but jeez, that doesn't even make me say "why bother?" I
- guess I just don't get it...
-
- confused,
- ozymandias G desiderata
- (ogd@selway.umt.edu)
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