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Re: Stephen Fry does something no human has ever done before
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Nov 23, 2012 6:07 PM
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On Nov 23, 11:19 am, "Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway" <LordAndroc...@November2012.org> wrote: > "Mahipal" wrote in message > > news:dcdef550-0647-444f-b412-8e4f1db2c3a6@n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com... > > On Nov 22, 2:23 pm, "Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway" > > <LordAndroc...@November2012.org> wrote: > > "Mahipal" wrote in message > > >news:b940b75a-e7ad-43fc-bb41-5b9dba48fb6b@l7g2000vbj.googlegroups.com... > > > On Nov 22, 2:51 am, "Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of > > Medway"<LordAndroc...@November2012.org> wrote: > > > "Mahipal" wrote in message > > > > On Nov 19, 6:58 pm, "Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway" > > > [trim] > > > > One simple question, why allow me to think that Pink Floyd is > > > "whatever you are talking about" as if you are unfamiliar with them? > > > Why mislead me so? Obviously you know of them. Was my capitalization > > > off or some such? > > > ===================================================== > > > As an erstwhile parent of teenagers I once reluctantly permitted a > > > recording > > > of some crashing and bashing to be played on my stereo during a party > > > many > > > years ago. That unpleasant experience is the sum total of my knowledge > > > of > > > said Pink Rock, and best forgotten. > > > Pink Floyd is not your Pink Rock. Let's just agree to that much. > > ================================================== > > I can neither agree nor disagree, I merely related to you the extent of my > > knowledge > > of your fucking ugly crap because you asked and which I said was best > > forgotten. > > <trimming your commercial plug for the crap you like, I'm not fucking > > interested in your noisy pink shit> > > Ok. There's no need to agree on tastes. Though I would love to, I > really do not work plugging for Pink Floyd. Besides we were discussing > our teenagers and experiences with them. > ====================================================== > There I do disagree. > "Pink Floyd is not your Pink Rock" is NOT discussing teenagers, it is an > attempt to discuss your ugly pink noise, whether you call it rock or floyd. > > > > > [trim] > > > > Why ever get mad at me?! There's no reason to do that. I rather enjoy > > > discussing the Universe with you John. Play nice. > > > ================================================================= > > > I don't get mad, I walk away. I appreciate sarcasm but only if I know > > > it. > > > And do not presume me to be nice, I have never claimed to be. > > > Understood, and mad was a poor choice of word by me. > > > [trim] > > > > Nice looking rock candy. Impressive extruded "MARGATE ROCK" writing. > > > Why can't it be Green though? > > > ============================================================ > > > Giuseppe Verde wasn't into rock, he preferred Oprah. > > > Opera I can listen too, don't even want to type the five letter string > > that you've written. Lord, I suspect your keyboard has been hijacked > > by autocorrect. Look behind you. Be safe. > > ================================================= > > Egads! I wrote earlier (which you snipped) > > A mere polite trim is no snip. We've discussed beyond the trims by > now. > ============================================ > I was merely stating fact, not commenting on your etiquette. > > > "Floyd Pink of rock candy (with "Margate" extruded all the way through it) > > cannot be disguised as Green Joe of Opera Winfrey" > > Virdy - Verde - Giuseppe - Joe Green - Opera - Oprah. YOU started the play > > on > > words, I suspect your brain has been hijacked by gottasnip. > > Very funny play on words. I get it, I think. I still cannot type the > end word in that sequence. > ==================================== > gottasnip = got to snip, an often impulsive need to remove words > unnecessarily (impossible on paper without censorship) and a new > practice made possible only by the computer. > In days of old when letters were bold and postage was invented, > Man sent mail on the back of a snail and had to be contented. > > Word play games existed before I was born. > Used to Gettting Punnished daily in every Media manifestation. As if > that's the only form of joking modern journalists and comedians -- > perhaps the two are one and the same behind the curtains -- available > to reach and keep Audience Kind. > > John do not take most trimming, especially mine, as rude snipping. You > erroneously called john, in another thread, a cretin after he had > liked your response by posting "Perfect!" regards your words. Your > reactions are staged to be confrontational, even where none is > required? > ========================================================= > Perhaps if you cited the "Perfect!" post I might see what point you are > making, after years of cynical experience with usenet I probably read it as > sarcasm. You've seen through me, I am confrontational. Here is my take on > snipping (or trimming as you prefer to call it). When a topic is exhausted > and agreement is reached (or agreement to differ, as we must when it turns > to mere opinion such as your pink flood) then snip, the topic is closed. > Differing opinions by their very nature cannot be resolved to either party's > satisfaction. However, it is often the case (and I'm not accusing you of > this) that some newsgroup contributor makes a non-factual opinion as though > it were fact that is so outrageous I'll snip anything following it without > bothering to read the rest and challenge him immediately. For example: "The > universe is finite", or "aether permeates all of space", or "God made > everything". Or I may killfile him immediately, depending on my mood. But > for the most part, I do not snip, I'm open to discussion either to have my > own mind changed or to change the mind of the other correspondent. There are > occasions when I'll say "Yes, that's a very good point, I hadn't thought of > that" and learn something. For example, Henry Wilson pointed out an apparent > time contraction and expansion which I had previously overlooked. See if > this fascinates you and try to explain it:http://www.britastro.org/vss/gifc/00918-ck.gif > > Know your friends despite the abundance of abusive > discussion killing UseNutters just waiting, at their fancy latest > greatest Black Friday cheap bought keyboards, to pounce. > > > > > You are forever an Asian Yankee. > > > > For the sake of discussion, if I migrate out of USA tomorrow, a strong > > > possibility given the recent wave of reverse migrations across Earth, > > > will I still be this Asian Yankee, because of History? If I just move > > > South, like to Florida, since I like warmer weather, will I then be a > > > Asian Confederate? > > > > I am forever sure I am not fond of being labeled in any way at all. > > > ======================================================= > > > Can't be helped. I'm labelled a Limey because British sailors ate limes > > > to avoid vitamin C deficiency and scurvy. > > > Go to Texas instead, they are more likely to secede from the union than > > > any other state. Florida is made of retirees, no industry there except > > > golf. > > > It's golf and tennis weather in Florida. I could live with that. > > =================================================== > > It's golf and tennis weather in Texas. You could live with that too. > > <shrug> > > Sure, Italy or France would be nice too. London weather, not so > suitable, the whole year round. Presently I remain grounded in > Maryland. > ================================================= > I found the contrasting weather (cold in winter, hot in summer) of the > North Eastern USA preferable to the constant heat of Florida, where there > are only three seasons: summer, rainy season, summer, short spring. > London is even worse, the temperature can be 40 degrees in January > or July and the sun not appear for weeks at a time. But I'm not here > for the weather or golf or tennis, I have an electric wheelchair and a > free bus pass, the buses have electrically operated wheelchair ramps. > > > [trim] > > > > That's funny. Give me back the tea! I want to take home my colonies > > > too! > > > ===================================================== > > > AFAIK it's still at the bottom of Boston harbour. Perhaps it was > > > Japanese > > > tea. > > > Tea is biodegradable. It's there only in spirit. But you knew that. > > ======================================================= > > So are taxes. > > Taxes may readily be in coins. > ========================================================= > Pay up and you can collect your tea, it grows on trees (well, bushes). > > > > Siobhan is a beautiful name, meaning God's grace. I did look it up but > > > also had met a nice young waitress who has that name and she shared > > > its origins. At the same bar from where the blimey Police entrapped me > > > for my pending DUI charge. Good news, I have got my driving privileges > > > restored. If I drank only tea, I would not be in this legal mess. > > > What's funny is, of the strange country this, is they keep drilling > > > into my head that it's the "Land of the Free" and yet it does not feel > > > like it. Is that blatant DoubleSpeak or what?! Feels more like a Human > > > Farm. Always forced to contemplate, what means this Free? > > > > =================================================== > > > Freedom of speech is guaranteed in the bill of rights. All men are born > > > free and equal except African slaves. All women are equal but Hillary > > > Clinton is more equal than others. > > > <http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2033771,00.html> > > > Yankee squaw speak with forked tongue. > > > > -- This message is brought to you from the keyboard of > > > Lord Androcles, Zeroth Earl of Medway > > > The Bill of Rights? Is all capitalization universally at risk > > suddenly? > > >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/22/cop-quits-assassinate-obama_... > > > same ashttp://tinyurl.com/bls9cvdwhichreinforces what I've > > expressed before... beware of Law Enforcement. Beware of Job > > Enforcement as well. > > ====================================================== > > And you want to go to Florida for the weather? > > Well, the news article just happened to be in Today's Media. > > [trim, my words only. Ok? Ok.] > > Enjo(y)... > -- > Mahipalhttp://xmahipal7638.wordpress.com/meforce/
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