🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:54:19 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
wrote:

>In article <pa9r8vog12b20ao6a...@4ax.com>, 
>br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 11:01:02 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >In article <lduo8vk31ta6nqkdj...@4ax.com>, 
>> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:31:57 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >In article <ce6o8vcdolg8n6mb4...@4ax.com>, 
>> >> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> >> On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 02:21:29 GMT, "Bill Huffman"
>> >> >> <bhuf...@REMOVE-THISsan.rr.com> wrote:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> >"Brad Martin" <br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> >> >> >news:1lam8vgv0cm7pt23hfbb0t1u8rdlepc0nb@4ax.com...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> I'm in that blissful cocoon of anticipation,
>> >> >> >> the one that always gets smeared under the grinding boot of reality.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I don't really have anything to say except I thought this most wonderful
>> >> >> >sentence deserved further reflection and admiration.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Nice of you to say so  Bill, but in fact, I was talking out of my
>> >> >> arse, because the boot overstepped and a strikingly beautiful,
>> >> >> gossamer winged butterfly emerged.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> England won 2 - 0.
>> >> >
>> >> >I have watched several hours of this "sport" and have never actually 
>> >> >witnessed a goal being scored.  
>> >> 
>> >> We've been over this "Bret". I'm sorry if Football is a sport in which
>> >> the spectators actually require some knowledge of the nuances of the
>> >> game to fully appreciate the joys
>> >
>> >Question: is a line of men with their hands covering their crotches a 
>> >joy or a nuance?
>> 
>> I SAID, DON'T BOTHER.
>
>Nonsense, you are quite welcome.
>
>> >> and disappointments, rather than
>> >> just glancing up at the scoreboard to find out if they are enjoying
>> >> themselves.
>> >
>> >Does cricket fall into this category?  I rather enjoy cricket.
>> 
>> Not from where i'm sitting.
>> 
>> >> >Of course, until now I had completely 
>> >> >neglected to consider that scoring goals had anything whatsoever to do 
>> >> >with lepidoptera.  I shall pay more attention in the future.
>> >> 
>> >> I don't think you would ever learn to like it. Save yourself the
>> >> ennui.
>> >
>> >Hey, you took walk in the melon patch, so I figure it's only fair.  
>> >Besides, it's not so bad when I compare it to, say, chickenpox.  Or oral 
>> >surgery.
>> 
>> But I tried the Melon Patch in genuine good faith, whereas *you* just
>> want to mock me.
>
>Is that an important distinction?  I hope it doesn't have anything to do 
>with irony -- I've had enough of that for this week.
>
>> Never darken my instep again.
>> 
>> >> That all came out rather tretchily, so in the interest of
>> >> international relations, and coalition co-operation, i'd like to
>> >> finish like this:
>> >> 
>> >> ;-)
>> >
>> >8|8 (This is a butterfly, symbolizing my new-found respect for your 
>> >national sport).
>> 
>> Bollocks. (This is a swear word, and entirely free of symbolism).
>
>Oh, there you go being all inscrutible again.  It's one of your more 
>endearing traits.
>
>Seriously, though, congrats on the victory.  I am not completely 
>insensible to this sort of thing.

Thank you very much Bret.
(And if you were giggling when you wrote that then so help me...)

br d