Dear Mr. Follett,

It grieves me to see the way you are being disrespected on uk.misc. If
I were as famous as you I would not put myself up for this kind of
treatment. Indeed, I am much less famous than you and adopt, like most
of the subscribers to UKM, a non de plume whilst frolicking about the
usenet.

Wouldn't your good name be safer if you called yourself something
obscure (eg "One Foot On Finsbury Park") when getting your laughs
exchanging banter with the good folk of this newsgroup in particular?

For all I know you may be doing so already but, anyway, I wish you
well -- and am a fan of your literary work.


Yours sincerely,

A Well Wisher.

No, you're meant to support him in private e-mail!




Grk.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:11:47 +0000, well wisher wrote:

> Dear Mr. Follett,

This is a newsgroup, not email.

But I think you know that.

> It grieves me to see the way you are being disrespected on uk.misc. If
> I were as famous as you I would not put myself up for this kind of
> treatment. 

Famous [1] or not, we have a saying here: if you don't like it, fuck off.

The solution seems quite simple, does it not?

But for those who do stick around, the "rules" apply across the board, 
and without prejudice.

Really.  Nobody gives a fuck who you are or where you come from, only
for the quality of your ASCII.

[1] Exactly *which* episode of Tenko was it?

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well wisher <well.wisher@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> For all I know you may be doing so already but, anyway, I wish you
> well -- and am a fan of your literary work.

Jings, I think that should be submitted for the OBN. Isn't the point of
the Great Man's posts that he wants people to know that he is he?
Anyway, he's just jealous of Pterry who has a more interesting disease
collection and whose posts to Usenet are actually worth reading rather
than being pompous declarations of self-value.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:11:47 GMT, well.wisher@invalid.invalid (well wisher)
wrote:

>[I] am a fan of your literary work.

He doesn't need you to be.  He has an enormous (the world's biggest)
fan-base of one already.
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In uk.misc,  (well wisher) wrote in ::

>Dear Mr. Follett,
>
>It grieves me to see the way you are being disrespected on uk.misc. If
>I were as famous as you I would not put myself up for this kind of
>treatment. Indeed, I am much less famous than you and adopt, like most
>of the subscribers to UKM, a non de plume whilst frolicking about the
>usenet.
>
>Wouldn't your good name be safer if you called yourself something
>obscure (eg "One Foot On Finsbury Park") when getting your laughs
>exchanging banter with the good folk of this newsgroup in particular?
>
>For all I know you may be doing so already but, anyway, I wish you
>well -- and am a fan of your literary work.
>
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>A Well Wisher.  

Several posters here wish JF were in a well.
-- 
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Anglicanism, in general, is the Salk vaccine of Christianity.  
Once you've had a dead god, you end up with immunity to a live one.
   - Doug Wickstrom.

Hypodeemic Nerdle <grk@ku.gro.assednacni> wrote:

>No, you're meant to support him in private e-mail!

It's an open email -- I don't like talking behind people's backs.

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:08:42 GMT, well wisher wrote:

> It's an open email

What exactly is "an open email"?


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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:15:41 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:08:42 GMT, well wisher wrote:
> 
>> It's an open email
> 
> What exactly is "an open email"?

In this case, a Usenet posting addressed to an individual.

HTH, HAND, HORSE.

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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:40:10 GMT, Fevric J Glandules wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:15:41 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:08:42 GMT, well wisher wrote:
>> 
>>> It's an open email
>> 
>> What exactly is "an open email"?
> 
> In this case, a Usenet posting addressed to an individual.
> 
> HTH, HAND, HORSE.

So USENET posts are emails?


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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:45:43 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:40:10 GMT, Fevric J Glandules wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:15:41 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:08:42 GMT, well wisher wrote:
>>> 
>>>> It's an open email
>>> 
>>> What exactly is "an open email"?
>> 
>> In this case, a Usenet posting addressed to an individual.
>> 
>> HTH, HAND, HORSE.
> 
> So USENET posts are emails?

It's a letter, it's electronic, it's published openly, if he / she / it
wants to call it an open email, I am not going to crucify him / her / it.

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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:58:27 GMT, Fevric J Glandules wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:45:43 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:40:10 GMT, Fevric J Glandules wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:15:41 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:08:42 GMT, well wisher wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> It's an open email
>>>> 
>>>> What exactly is "an open email"?
>>> 
>>> In this case, a Usenet posting addressed to an individual.
>>> 
>>> HTH, HAND, HORSE.
>> 
>> So USENET posts are emails?
> 
> It's a letter, it's electronic, it's published openly, if he / she / it
> wants to call it an open email, I am not going to crucify him / her / it.

I think that you need to resit basic training with the threadmaster.

"It's an open email"

An "open email"?

It is not an email.

It is a post to a newsgroup.

He (presumably - and no, I don't know why) is a twat.

And he is wrong.


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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:17:11 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:

> I think that you need to resit basic training with the threadmaster.

I think you need to sit down with a nice cup of tea and a bourbon.

I'm referring to the biscuit.

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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:38 GMT, Fevric J Glandules wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:17:11 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
> 
>> I think that you need to resit basic training with the threadmaster.
> 
> I think you need to sit down with a nice cup of tea and a bourbon.
> 
> I'm referring to the biscuit.

Mummy?


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Fevric J Glandules wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:17:11 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
>
>> I think that you need to resit basic training with the threadmaster.
>
> I think you need to sit down with a nice cup of tea and a bourbon.

And pick some more nits.

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:38 GMT, Fevric J Glandules wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:17:11 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
> 
>> I think that you need to resit basic training with the threadmaster.
> 
> I think you need to sit down with a nice cup of tea and a bourbon.

Yup - I'm losing it quite badly at the mo'.

 
> I'm referring to the biscuit.

In a very real sense, aren't we all...


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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:44:29 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe wrote:
<snip>

> In a very real sense, aren't we all...

PS: Richard Thompson - Beeswing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K18xQgDS3U

So good that it hurts.


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