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"Giles" wrote

Trolls have their own *clubs*? Yegads!


Ooh! Ooh! I got a shiny new nickel says you believe you just said
something. Right? I mean, I'm right.....right?

Fishing Clubs sounds like the title of a Richard Brautigan novel.

--oTTo--

I believe I've read all of Brautigan's published works. None of them
has a title that sounds much like "Fishing Clubs" as far as I can
recall.

Troll Fishing In America

YHBT. YHL. HTH. HAND.

--oTTo--

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On Mar 18, 8:43*am, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
"Marie" wrote

I WPTA fisting club but thats bc I have been talking to shelly.

Marie

Best typo I've seen in years.
Frank Reid

sure, as long as there are no pictures.......
Tom


The pictures in your MIND are the ones to worry about

Uh-oh Spaghetti-oh!

Or so I have been told

If the horse won't pull you got to carry the load.

--oTTo--

It's been a long while since we here in ROFF have been treated to such
a sustained volley of high caliber rapid fire wit. In which of the
groups these gems are being posted to might a boy expect to find you
savants practicing your craft on a regular basis?

g.

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"Giles" wrote

I WPTA fisting club but thats bc I have been talking to shelly.

Marie

Best typo I've seen in years.
Frank Reid

sure, as long as there are no pictures.......
Tom


The pictures in your MIND are the ones to worry about

Uh-oh Spaghetti-oh!

Or so I have been told

If the horse won't pull you got to carry the load.

It's been a long while since we here in ROFF have been treated to such
a sustained volley of high caliber rapid fire wit. In which of the
groups these gems are being posted to might a boy expect to find you
savants practicing your craft on a regular basis?

$20, same as in town.

--oTTo--

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On Mar 18, 9:10*am, "Shelly" wrote:
"Giles" wrote in message

...
On Mar 18, 4:57 am, "Dr. HotSalt" wrote:

burma shave- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, this just keeps on getting more and more illuminating.

Is there more?

I believe the discussion on Google Groups and Hide/Show quoted text is
over -- there. *Down the hall and the last door on the right. *No, your
*other* right.

Oh dear.

--
Shellyhttp://www.cat-sidh.net/blog

Impressive. Does such mastery require long study and practice, or is
it a gift?

g.

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On Mar 18, 9:27*am, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
"Giles" wrote





I WPTA fisting club but thats bc I have been talking to shelly.

Marie

Best typo I've seen in years.
Frank Reid

sure, as long as there are no pictures.......
Tom


The pictures in your MIND are the ones to worry about

Uh-oh Spaghetti-oh!

Or so I have been told

If the horse won't pull you got to carry the load.


It's been a long while since we here in ROFF have been treated to such
a sustained volley of high caliber rapid fire wit. *In which of the
groups these gems are being posted to might a boy expect to find you
savants practicing your craft on a regular basis?

$20, same as in town.

--oTTo---

Breathtaking.

g.

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"Giles" wrote in message
...

Impressive. Does such mastery require long study and practice, or is
it a gift?

So easy, even a five year old can do it. I know how to tie my own
shoes, too.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net/blog

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On Mar 18, 9:12*am, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
"Giles" wrote

Trolls have their own *clubs*? Yegads!


Ooh! Ooh! I got a shiny new nickel says you believe you just said
something. Right? I mean, I'm right.....right?

Fishing Clubs sounds like the title of a Richard Brautigan novel.

--oTTo--


I believe I've read all of Brautigan's published works. *None of them
has a title that sounds much like "Fishing Clubs" as far as I can
recall.

Troll Fishing In America

YHBT. *YHL. *HTH. *HAND.

--oTTo--

Justifiable pride. That's what you've got that the rest of us so long
for.

g.

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No cluons were harmed when Giles wrote:
Impressive. Does such mastery require long study and practice, or is
it a gift?

Yes.


Mark Edwards
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On Mar 18, 10:58*am, "Shelly" wrote:
"Giles" wrote in message

...

Impressive. *Does such mastery require long study and practice, or is
it a gift?

So easy, even a five year old can do it.

That's right.

I know how to tie my own
shoes, too.

Mirabile dictu!

g.

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On Mar 18, 1:00*pm, Mark Edwards wrote:
No cluons were harmed when Giles wrote:

Impressive. *Does such mastery require long study and practice, or is
it a gift?

Yes.

Ambiguous. Delicious.

g.
who, admittedly, never saw anything like THAT coming.

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On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:56:24 -0700 (PDT), Giles
wrote:

On Mar 18, 9:27*am, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
"Giles" wrote





I WPTA fisting club but thats bc I have been talking to shelly.

Marie

Best typo I've seen in years.
Frank Reid

sure, as long as there are no pictures.......
Tom


The pictures in your MIND are the ones to worry about

Uh-oh Spaghetti-oh!

Or so I have been told

If the horse won't pull you got to carry the load.


It's been a long while since we here in ROFF have been treated to such
a sustained volley of high caliber rapid fire wit. *In which of the
groups these gems are being posted to might a boy expect to find you
savants practicing your craft on a regular basis?

$20, same as in town.

--oTTo---

Breathtaking.

Man, you've got some low standards.

BW

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On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:58:36 -0400, "Shelly"
wrote:

"Giles" wrote in message
...

Impressive. Does such mastery require long study and practice, or is
it a gift?

So easy, even a five year old can do it. I know how to tie my own
shoes, too.

I envy you. I've been trying to tie my shoes, but the velcro strips
are way too short, not to mention too thick.

BW

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On Mar 18, 1:55*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:56:24 -0700 (PDT), Giles
wrote:





On Mar 18, 9:27*am, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
"Giles" wrote

I WPTA fisting club but thats bc I have been talking to shelly.

Marie

Best typo I've seen in years.
Frank Reid

sure, as long as there are no pictures.......
Tom


The pictures in your MIND are the ones to worry about

Uh-oh Spaghetti-oh!

Or so I have been told

If the horse won't pull you got to carry the load.


It's been a long while since we here in ROFF have been treated to such
a sustained volley of high caliber rapid fire wit. *In which of the
groups these gems are being posted to might a boy expect to find you
savants practicing your craft on a regular basis?

$20, same as in town.

--oTTo---

Breathtaking.

Man, you've got some low standards.

BW

I don't have any standards at all. I'll talk to anybody.

g.

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No cluons were harmed when wrote:
I envy you. I've been trying to tie my shoes, but the velcro strips
are way too short, not to mention too thick.

I use rubber bands to hold the Velcro straps in place.


Mark Edwards
--
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wrote in message
...

I envy you. I've been trying to tie my shoes, but the velcro strips
are way too short, not to mention too thick.

Velcro is for four year olds.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net/blog

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"Giles" wrote

I WPTA fisting club but thats bc I have been talking to shelly.

Marie

Best typo I've seen in years.
Frank Reid

sure, as long as there are no pictures.......
Tom


The pictures in your MIND are the ones to worry about

Uh-oh Spaghetti-oh!

Or so I have been told

If the horse won't pull you got to carry the load.


It's been a long while since we here in ROFF have been treated to such
a sustained volley of high caliber rapid fire wit. In which of the
groups these gems are being posted to might a boy expect to find you
savants practicing your craft on a regular basis?

$20, same as in town.

--oTTo---

Breathtaking.

Man, you've got some low standards.

I don't have any standards at all. I'll talk to anybody.

Even a porpoise? I once asked one why it was wearing a lab coat.
It said, "Scientific porpoise."

--oTTo--

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On Mar 18, 2:16*pm, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
"Giles" wrote





I WPTA fisting club but thats bc I have been talking to shelly.

Marie

Best typo I've seen in years.
Frank Reid

sure, as long as there are no pictures.......
Tom


The pictures in your MIND are the ones to worry about

Uh-oh Spaghetti-oh!

Or so I have been told

If the horse won't pull you got to carry the load.


It's been a long while since we here in ROFF have been treated to such
a sustained volley of high caliber rapid fire wit. In which of the
groups these gems are being posted to might a boy expect to find you
savants practicing your craft on a regular basis?

$20, same as in town.

--oTTo---

Breathtaking.

Man, you've got some low standards.

I don't have any standards at all. *I'll talk to anybody.

Even a porpoise?

Even you.

I once asked one why it was wearing a lab coat.
It said, "Scientific porpoise."

So, do you think it was stating that it IS a "Scientific porpoise," or
do you suppose that perhaps, given an understandable lack of expertise
in English, it was suggesting that wearing a lab coat was related to
some scientific purpose?

g.
who knows that the distinction, while perhaps appearing subtle, could
very well be important.

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On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:05:11 -0500, Mark Edwards
wrote:

No cluons were harmed when wrote:
I envy you. I've been trying to tie my shoes, but the velcro strips
are way too short, not to mention too thick.

I use rubber bands to hold the Velcro straps in place.

So you tie the rubber bands, not the Velcro?

BW

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"Giles" wrote

I once asked one why it was wearing a lab coat.
It said, "Scientific porpoise."

So, do you think it was stating that it IS a "Scientific porpoise," or
do you suppose that perhaps, given an understandable lack of expertise
in English, it was suggesting that wearing a lab coat was related to
some scientific purpose?

I'm not sure. As soon as it spoke, I was attacked by a
navy seal.

--oTTo--

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wrote

No cluons were harmed when wrote:
I envy you. I've been trying to tie my shoes, but the velcro strips
are way too short, not to mention too thick.

I use rubber bands to hold the Velcro straps in place.

So you tie the rubber bands, not the Velcro?

Yeah, it's easy. Even a drunkard could tie one on.

--oTTo--

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On Mar 18, 2:57*pm, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
"Giles" wrote

I once asked one why it was wearing a lab coat.
It said, "Scientific porpoise."


So, do you think it was stating that it IS a "Scientific porpoise," or
do you suppose that perhaps, given an understandable lack of expertise
in English, it was suggesting that wearing a lab coat was related to
some scientific purpose?

I'm not sure. *As soon as it spoke, I was attacked by a
navy seal.

And all of this activity took place so recently that you haven't had
time to give the matter any thought? Or are you suggesting that
you've been somehow intellectually impaired by what one suspects most
people would describe as a rather frightful set of encounters?

g.
who, famously patient, has not yet given up all hope that this could,
somehow or other, yet get interesting.

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On 2010-03-18, Shelly wrote:

wrote in message
...

I envy you. I've been trying to tie my shoes, but the velcro strips
are way too short, not to mention too thick.

Velcro is for four year olds.

Grown-ups use duct tape.


--
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of
the American public. [Mencken]

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Mark Edwards wrote:
I use rubber bands to hold the Velcro straps in place.

No cluons were harmed when wrote:
So you tie the rubber bands, not the Velcro?

Actually, I staple the rubber bands, and tie off the sutures.


Mark Edwards
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["Followup-To:" header set to alt.religion.kibology.]
On 2010-03-17, Otto Bahn wrote:
"Adam Funk" wrote

Trolls have their own *clubs*? Yegads!

Otto! Remember the first rule.

First, do no ham.

The first law of trollbotics?
A troll shall not ham a human, nor through inaction allow ham to come to
a human.


--
THEY'RE IN UR BED, EATING UR DREAMZ

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On Mar 18, 7:09*pm, Mark Edwards wrote:
Mark Edwards wrote:
I use rubber bands to hold the Velcro straps in place.

No cluons were harmed when wrote:

So you tie the rubber bands, not the Velcro?

Actually, I staple the rubber bands, and tie off the sutures.

Mark Edwards
--
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Gosh.

It's just one laser-edged quip after another after another after
another after another........with you people!

Chaucer, Shakespeare, Swift, Johnson, Wilde, Whistler, Clemens,
Bierce, Mencken, Shaw, Parker, Mizner, Levant, Cerf, Brown......****,
who needs 'em with you folks around?

g.
furiously jotting notes.

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Mark Edwards wrote:
No cluons were harmed when wrote:
I envy you. I've been trying to tie my shoes, but the velcro strips
are way too short, not to mention too thick.

I use rubber bands to hold the Velcro straps in place.

....what does Barbara say when you do that?

Dave
--
\/David DeLaney posting from "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeableBLINK
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

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Mark Edwards wrote:
I use rubber bands to hold the Velcro straps in place.

No cluons were harmed when David DeLaney wrote:
....what does Barbara say when you do that?

I don't know - like so much else, her shoes are booby trapped.


Mark Edwards
--
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:33:42 -0700 (PDT), Marie wrote:

On Mar 17, 5:12*pm, "Tom Littleton" wrote:
"Frank Reid © 2008" wrote in ...



I WPTA fisting club but thats bc I have been talking to shelly.

Marie

Best typo I've seen in years.

Um...how do you know it's a typo...? Maybe this "shelly" and "Marie" are into
that sort of thing...not there's anything WRONG with that...

Frank Reid

sure, as long as there are no pictures.......
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tom

Well, now, hang on a sec - what does this gal look like...?

The pictures in your MIND are the ones to worry about

Or so I have been told

Lemme guess - by the voices in your head...?

Marie

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know,
R
....and given the, er, variety of groups to which this is cross-posted, I suspect
the responses will be interesting...

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On Mar 19, 8:10*am, wrote:


...and given the, er, variety of groups to which this is cross-posted, I suspect
the responses will be interesting...

They haven't been so far. But maybe the A-team is out on the road or
on vacation or something, and they'll be back soon.....before we all
get old and die of ennui.

g.
ever hopeful, if not exactly optimistic.

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wrote in
:

Um...how do you know it's a typo...? Maybe this "shelly" and
"Marie" are into that sort of thing...not there's anything
WRONG with that...

What happens in Facebook stays in Facebook. Just sayin'...

--
Shelly
http://cat-sidh.net/blog

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"Giles" wrote

I once asked one why it was wearing a lab coat.
It said, "Scientific porpoise."


So, do you think it was stating that it IS a "Scientific porpoise," or
do you suppose that perhaps, given an understandable lack of expertise
in English, it was suggesting that wearing a lab coat was related to
some scientific purpose?

I'm not sure. As soon as it spoke, I was attacked by a
navy seal.

And all of this activity took place so recently that you haven't had
time to give the matter any thought? Or are you suggesting that
you've been somehow intellectually impaired by what one suspects most
people would describe as a rather frightful set of encounters?

Lately I've been talking without a porpoise.

--oTTo--

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"Mark Edwards" wrote

....what does Barbara say when you do that?

I don't know - like so much else, her shoes are booby tapped.

IFYPFY.

--oTTo--

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On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:03:57 -0400, "Otto Bahn"
wrote:

"Mark Edwards" wrote

....what does Barbara say when you do that?

I don't know - like so much else, her shoes are booby tapped.

IFYPFY.

Aw, c'mon, I know they're starting to droop as I age, but not that
low. Yet.

BW

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"Shelly" wrote

Um...how do you know it's a typo...? Maybe this "shelly" and
"Marie" are into that sort of thing...not there's anything
WRONG with that...

What happens in Facebook stays in Facebook. Just sayin'...

Michael Phelps and a whole generation beg to differ.

--oTTo--

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On Mar 19, 11:02*am, "Otto Bahn" wrote:
"Giles" wrote

I once asked one why it was wearing a lab coat.
It said, "Scientific porpoise."


So, do you think it was stating that it IS a "Scientific porpoise," or
do you suppose that perhaps, given an understandable lack of expertise
in English, it was suggesting that wearing a lab coat was related to
some scientific purpose?

I'm not sure. As soon as it spoke, I was attacked by a
navy seal.


And all of this activity took place so recently that you haven't had
time to give the matter any thought? *Or are you suggesting that
you've been somehow intellectually impaired by what one suspects most
people would describe as a rather frightful set of encounters?

Lately I've been talking without a porpoise.


So, you're saying that you are VERY young?

g.

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Giles wrote:
wrote:
...and given the, er, variety of groups to which this is cross-posted, I
suspect
the responses will be interesting...

They haven't been so far. But maybe the A-team is out on the road or
on vacation or something, and they'll be back soon.....before we all
get old and die of ennui.

Note: Giles has proved to be terminally bored. I picture him as languishing
on a chaise longue, and every so often slowly consuming a chocolate trifle.

Dave "we are not engaging his interest. except he keeps telling us and telling
us that we're not engaging his interest. maybe he was trying for the video
dating section?" DeLaney
--
\/David DeLaney posting from "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeableBLINK
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

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On Mar 19, 9:25*pm, (David DeLaney) wrote:
Giles wrote:
wrote:
...and given the, er, variety of groups to which this is cross-posted, I
suspect
the responses will be interesting...

They haven't been so far. *But maybe the A-team is out on the road or
on vacation or something, and they'll be back soon.....before we all
get old and die of ennui.

Note: Giles has proved to be terminally bored. I picture him as languishing
on a chaise longue, and every so often slowly consuming a chocolate trifle.

Sadly, ennui is not fatal.

Dave "we are not engaging his interest. except he keeps telling us and telling
*us that we're not engaging his interest. maybe he was trying for the video
*dating section?" DeLaney

Gossamer and Kontext-Away sashay into the sunset, hand in paw...


Dr. HotSalt

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Dr. HotSalt wrote:
(David DeLaney) wrote:
Giles wrote:
.....before we all get old and die of ennui.

Note: Giles has proved to be terminally bored. I picture him as languishing
on a chaise longue, and every so often slowly consuming a chocolate trifle.

Sadly, ennui is not fatal.

It was for Neville!

Dave "we are not engaging his interest. except he keeps telling us and telling
us that we're not engaging his interest. maybe he was trying for the video
dating section?" DeLaney

Gossamer and Kontext-Away sashay into the sunset, hand in paw...

Dave "feeling faint" DeLaney

PS: Also, he apparently has a Condition that has extended his ellipses by
nearly 70 percent! The horror.
--
\/David DeLaney posting from "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeableBLINK
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

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On Mar 19, 11:25*pm, (David DeLaney) wrote:
Giles wrote:
wrote:
...and given the, er, variety of groups to which this is cross-posted, I
suspect
the responses will be interesting...

They haven't been so far. *But maybe the A-team is out on the road or
on vacation or something, and they'll be back soon.....before we all
get old and die of ennui.

Note: Giles has proved to be terminally bored. I picture him as languishing
on a chaise longue, and every so often slowly consuming a chocolate trifle.

"I ain't dead yet."

Dave "we are not engaging his interest. except he keeps telling us and telling
*us that we're not engaging his interest. maybe he was trying for the video
*dating section?" DeLaney

Attention and interest are not synonymous. Many a researcher has made
a career of watching to see whether something interesting might
happen.

Sometimes it does.

But we don't hold our breath.

g.

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On Mar 20, 2:30*am, "Dr. HotSalt" wrote:
On Mar 19, 9:25*pm, (David DeLaney) wrote:

Giles wrote:
wrote:
...and given the, er, variety of groups to which this is cross-posted, I
suspect
the responses will be interesting...

They haven't been so far. *But maybe the A-team is out on the road or
on vacation or something, and they'll be back soon.....before we all
get old and die of ennui.

Note: Giles has proved to be terminally bored. I picture him as languishing
on a chaise longue, and every so often slowly consuming a chocolate trifle.

* Sadly, ennui is not fatal.

Nor is it as sad as being the root thereof.

Dave "we are not engaging his interest. except he keeps telling us and telling
*us that we're not engaging his interest. maybe he was trying for the video
*dating section?" DeLaney

* Gossamer and Kontext-Away sashay into the sunset, hand in paw...

Well.

Gosh.

g.