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Article #17177Re: D'oh!
From: Zagadka
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 00:00
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$1@agate.berkeley.edu> X-Deja-AN: 464806338 References: <36E59D12.1646DA64@pagecaster.com> <7798A64FAA2808AC.8D4439A49745C5E0.C7740399DFE4ECC6@library-proxy.airnews.net> <7ehu62$a1v$1@newnews.global.net.uk> <7eihf1$a1m$1@agate.berkeley.edu> <7encnu$if9$1@newnews.global.net.uk> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Organization: University of California, Berkeley X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Newsgroups: alt.games.command.and.conquer,alt.games.command-n-conq,alt.games.tiberian-sun MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit