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Re: Testers WANTED :

#27975
From: Sloth
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 00:00
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On Sat, 17 Feb 1996, Johnathan J.Stavsky wrote:

< --------------- snip -------------------->

> > SIGN ME UP!
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> 
> Me, too, please..
> 
> 		Johnathan

Dear

 [ ] dummy       [X] useless SOB          [ ] pres...@whitehouse.gov
 [ ] newbie      [ ] ignorant AOL-type    [ ] False Prophet
 [ ] Pink Boy    [ ] ignoramus, misc.     [ ] (insert your name here)

   You are being sent this letter/flame because

 [ ] you posted some crap that doesn't belong in this group
 [ ] you posted a "test" to someplace other than alt.test
 [ ] you posted a request for an article which was posted three
     times in the past week
 [ ] you posted a request for a mythical gif
 [ ] I am sleep-netting again and am unaware of my actions
 [ ] you didn't look in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file before 
     posting your question
 [ ] you said something   [ ] pointlessly rude   [ ] incomprehensible
                          [ ] dangerously inaccurate
 [ ] you posted an inanely stupid and illegal 'Make Money Fast' article
 [ ] I left a terminal with my account logged in and someone found it
 [ ] you posted public request for adult FTP sites instead of email
 [X] you posted a [f]ollowup when you should have made a [r]eply
 [ ] your .sig is larger than anything you can think to say
 [ ] I don't like your dumb handle
 [ ] I don't like your face
 [X] you quoted an entire article when you didn't need to

   To clear yourself of this infraction, you must

 [X] ask me nicely to send you "EFF's Guide to the Internet"
 [ ] beat yourself soundly about the head and shoulders
 [X] go to news.answers and read everything you find there
 [ ] learn how to use control-k to edit
 [ ] pull your head out of your ass
 [ ] take a 1-week sabbatical from the keyboard
 [ ] take a 1-year sabbatical from the keyboard
 [ ] never come within 30 yards of another terminal
 [X] pay more attention to netiquette
 [ ] send $1 to The SubGenius Foundation, Box 140306, Dallas, TX 75214 
     and PRAY IT'S NOT TOO LATE ALREADY

   and don't do it again.  Lastly,

 [ ] good luck
 [X] get help
 [ ] get bent


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When you can't say 'fuck', you can't say 'fuck the government.'

				Sloth
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From: Sloth <cor...@wam.umd.edu>
Subject: Re: Testers WANTED :
Date: 1996/02/22
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