From MohanR@STARS-SMI.com Mon, 07 May 2001 13:50:13 -0700 From: "Mohan, Ross" Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 13:50:13 -0700 Subject: RE: sorry, Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Folks, let's deal with this in the following fashion" 0) Whine and bemoan the loss of decency in everyday life, the callowness, the reprehensible lack of self-control, and the horrid manners of Robert Hutchins. 1) Send out a team to Robert's place of business and either stone the walls, picket on the sidewalk, or promise a boycott of all office products that will bring Staples to its knees in Chapter 13, forcing his management to fire him, leaving him jobless and loveless in a cruel, bitter world, finally so miserable that he commits suicide. 2) Pat ourselves on the back that 'we'd never do something that rude.' and wait for the next offender. OR 0) Go after the "idiot" directly, in full psycho, old world SA fashion. "You should know better", "Read the Trucking Manual", "Get off the list until you know better", etc. Drive him off the list in the way that only the members of an elite technocracy can. 1) Send out a team to Lando's place of business and apply the same methods as at Staples, mutatis mutandis, forcing Dulcian into Chapter 13. 2) Pat ourselves on the back, etc. OR 0) From now on, no matter who writes, on what topic, and regardless of content, we as a list respond with a flurry of emails that say only "Are you an idiot". This actually contains less letters than "Read the Freaking Manual" and has a certain personal flair in addition to its obvious social charms. 1) Wait until Jared, Bruce, Jesus, or whoever is REALLY in charge of the list kicks us ALL off the list, one by one. 2) But, immediately get a new account under a new name, and keep joining the list, and answering people's technical questions with "Are you an idiot?" For added value, send a bunch of technical questions of your own to the list-admin address, despite any corrections you may receive. OR We could just forget the whole damn thing. ( sung to the tune of "Potato, Potatoe,...Let's Call The Whole Thing Off") Yours in Joy and Cosmic Bemusement, etc. years. Finally, the list itself will turn || -----Original Message----- || From: Kevin Kostyszyn [mailto:kevin@dulcian.com] || Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 5:21 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: RE: sorry, || || || Amazing....yet true...... || || -----Original Message----- || Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 5:01 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || || || Boy, did I call that one, or what? || || Whoo-eee, here comes my career at Psychic || Friends Network, doing MS-product support! -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mohan, Ross INET: MohanR@STARS-SMI.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).