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- From: smith@ug.cs.dal.ca (Sean Smith)
- Subject: Re: FRATBOYZ (Was: A quick biology lesson)
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- Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- References: <Bx8y9x.20p@nic.umass.edu> <Bx96Lr.1K0@cs.dal.ca> <1992Nov6.174232.10154@igor.tamri.com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 22:41:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov6.174232.10154@igor.tamri.com> donb@igor.tamri.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
- >In article <Bx96Lr.1K0@cs.dal.ca> franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca (Steve Franklin)
- >writes:
- >>Well, I was reading through alt.peeves, trying to get a bit of a grasp of what
- >>it's all about when I encountered the following:
- >
- >Good luck, I'm sure that you'll eventually figure things out. In the
- >meantime, I suggest you keep quiet, lest somebody notice you and grind
- >you into an oily spot on the floor.
-
- Too late - Steve has terminal foot-in-mouth disease.
-
- >>In article <Bx8y9x.20p@nic.umass.edu> jennyg@titan.ucc.umass.edu
- >(Jenny Gutbezahl) writes:
- >>>Um, Dac, honey. My sense of humor actually gets sharper & nastier the
- >>>worse of a mood I'm in.
- >>
- >> The only excuse is that Jenny is euphorically happy. First date? Happy
- >>President "I'm-a-draft-dodging-butt-kissing-prez-who-will-turn-this-country
- >>upside-down" Clinton was elected? Tying your own shoes now?
- >> In any case, nothing in this whole world is worse than one who judges, yet
- >>can't meet their own standards...
- >
- >I just HAD to reply to this. You see, I'm happy that Clinton won. Moreover,
- >I helped him win! Other people in this newsgroup also helped him win too,
- >so your whiny political frothings probably won;t go over very well here.
-
- Hang your head in shame, Don. You just contributed to the downfall
- of the Free World. Shame on you! ;)
-
- >Do we care that Clinton dodged the draft? If I had been in his shoes, I
- >think I would've done the same thing. Personally, I need to hear a real
- >good reason before I'll travel halfway around the world and kill people
- >I don't know and "Because we say you have to!" doesn't quite cut it.
-
- Hey - it worked up to that point. And in Kuwait. Why stop now?
-
- >Maybe CLinton is going to turn the world upside down; maybe he's coming
- >at us with charged cardiac paddles. I still think that beats Bush, who
- >had a garotte around our collective necks and was slowly choking the life
- >out of this country.
-
- Hell, I wanted to see Perot win. Ah well. Anyone know if he's
- interested in moving north?
-
- >Do you have any more sage political comments to offer?
-
- Excuse me... (gales of derisive laughter) Sage? STEVE FRANKLIN????
- Oi. (wiping tears from eyes) I haven't had such a good laugh in a while,
- Don. Thanks. ;)
-
- Hell, we elected Brian Mulroney. Twice. "Those in glass houses..."
-
- Sean
-
- --
- Sean Smith - Dalhousie University Bill and Opus in '92 in the US!
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Don Cherry for Prime Minister in
- 01SSMITH@AC.DAL.CA or smith@ug.cs.dal.ca '93 in Canada!
- Disclaimer: These ideas are mine...ALL MINE!! 'Cause noone else'd want 'em.
-