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Article #17177

Re: D'oh!

#17177
From: Zagadka
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00
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Richard Stevens <stv...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:7encnu$if9$1@newnews.global.net.uk...
> I think that the way a little propeganda can get a bunch of people talking
> about what is so obviously a forgone conclusion is great.  Thanks for your
> views - it was great to discuss how great Britain is with you guys.

                      STANDARDIZED FLAME FORM


I took exception to your recent  post to _AGTS_
(newsgroup)

It was (check all that apply):

X lame.
X stupid.
___ much longer than any worthwhile thought of which you may be capabbe.

Your attention is drawn to the fact that:

X what you posted/said has been done before.

    (Mark only if above checked)
    X Not only that, it was also done better the last time.

X your post/letter was a pathetic imitation of  a troll
___ your post/mail originated on FidoNet.
___ your post/mail originated on Delphi.
___ your post referred to the newsgroup as a Board, BBoard, BBS, Domain, or
Notesfile.
___ your post contained commercial advertising.

    THE FINE FOR THIS IS $20. Please remit immediately to:

Usenet Protocol Violations Committee
P.O. Box ____________
____________________

Furthermore,

___ your post/letter contained numerous spelling errors.
___ your post/letter contained multiple grammatical errors.
___ YOUR POST CONTAINED EXCESSIVE CAPITALIZATION AND/OR PUNCTUATION!!!!!
___ your post/letter was an obvious forgery.

 (Mark only if above checked)
    ___ It was done clumsily.

___ you have a lame login name.
___ your machine has a stupid name.

___ you quoted an article/letter in followup and added no new text.
X you quoted an article/letter in followup and only added _3_ lines of
text.
___ you quoted an article in followup and only added the line "Me, too!!!"
___ you predicted the "Imminent Death of the Net[tm]".
___ you asked for replies via email because you "don't read this group".
X you flamed someone who has been around far longer than you.
X you flamed someone who is far more intelligent and witty than you.
___ you posted someone else's email address and then referred to them as
your "friend".
___ your lines are 80 columns wide or wider.
___ you failed to check the "Followups-To:" line.
___ your .sig is longer than four lines.

    (Mark only if above checked)
    ___ And your newsreader truncated it.

X your .sig is ridiculous because (check all that apply):
    ___ you listed ___ snail mail address(es).
    X Other: It contains links to the single most annoying file type on the
planet:

                                   ******MIDI.*******

 (Mark only if above checked)
 ___ you listed a nine-digit ZIP code.
    ___ you listed ___ phone numbers for people to use in prank calls.
    ___ you included a stupid disclaimer.

        (Mark only if above also)
         ___ your pathetic attempt at being witty in the disclaimer failed.

         (Mark only if above also)
             ___ Miserably.

    X you included:

        (Mark all that apply)
         X a stupid self-quote.

  ___ a stupid quote from a net.nobody.
         ___ a Dan Quayle joke.
         ___ a reference to Beavis & Butthead.
         ___ lame ASCII graphic(s) (Choose all that apply):
             ___ USS Enterprise
             ___ Australia
      ___ The Amiga logo
             ___ Company logo

                 (Mark only if above also)
                 ___ and you stated that you don't speak for your employer.

             ___ Bicycle
      ___ Bart Simpson

Furthermore:

X You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of _AGTS - not that it
matters-_
(newsgroup)
___ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of the net.
X You are a loser.
___ You must have spent your entire life in a skinner box to be this
clueless.
___ *plonk*
X This has been pointed out to you before.
X It is recommended that you:

    (Mark all that apply)
    ___ stick to AOL and come back when you've grown up.
    X find a volcano and throw yourself in.
    ___ get a gun and shoot yourself.
    ___ stop reading Usenet news and get a life.
    ___ stop sending email and get a life.
    ___ consume excrement.
    ___ consume excrement and thus expire.

Additional comments:

I would have hoped that someone would bother to reply more than "Uh, uh, you
don't know what you're tlaking abot, so I won't reply to you with any
arguments of my own. Bye." As a result, I'm too lazy to even make my own
flame, so...

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                     Zagadka
           b...@pagecaster.com
            http://169.229.76.57
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From: "Zagadka" <b...@pagecaster.com>
Subject: Re: D'oh!
Date: 1999/04/10
Message-ID: <7enq97$5ak$1@agate.berkeley.edu>
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