OT RE: sorry,

"Are you an idiot?"

;-)

|| -----Original Message-----
|| From: Scott.Shafer_at_dcpds.cpms.osd.mil
|| [mailto:Scott.Shafer_at_dcpds.cpms.osd.mil]
|| Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 12:23 PM
|| To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
|| Subject: RE: sorry,
||
||
|| Why does it have to be an either/or choice? Lets do 'em all!!! ;-)
||
|| Scott Shafer
|| San Antonio, TX
|| 210-581-6217
||
|| > -----Original Message-----
|| > From: Mohan, Ross [SMTP:MohanR_at_stars-smi.com]
|| > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 4:52 PM
|| > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
|| > Subject: RE: sorry,
|| >
|| > 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_at_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!
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|| > Author: Mohan, Ross
|| > INET: MohanR_at_STARS-SMI.com
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