Turq, um, seems to me you just promised to remain the same fucked up, conniving, shit-for-heart, bastard. You reserved the right to do whatever you want whenever to whomever, so your "new year's resolution" comes off as the Turq-smarn we've all come to know.
If you can be silent about Judy or myself, I'll be VERY VERY impressed. Consider this the last time I ever post anything about you until you once again mention me by name or indirectly by your usual "someone here who's name I shall not mention but you all know who I'm trying to piss off" tactic. The contest is on, and I'll win it easily. Mention me again, and you lose, got it? Don't bother replying to this post -- either you shut the fuck up or you don't. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > It's now summer here in Sitges, even if the rest > of you have to wait until the Solstice for it to > be official in your part of the world. The skies > are blue, the sun is out, and it's starting to > get not just comfortably warm, but occasionally > uncomfortably hot. The tourists are starting to > arrive in droves. > > Unfortunately, so are the mosquitoes. Comes with > having a big garden and liking to keep my patio > doors open during the day to feel the breeze. The > little bastards sneak in during the day and like > to try to torment me during the night. I'll be > in bed, just about to drop off into sleep, and > I'll hear this BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ as one of them > dive-bombs my head. > > I spent some time in "defend myself" mode, cruis- > ing the house with a flyswatter before going to > sleep, but it never helped. They just hid; they're > that smart. So I wound up taking the opposite > approach with them. I started dropping garlic > tablets before bedtime and spraying myself with > an herbal mosquito repellent. Works like a charm; > I haven't been bitten since. > > The mosquitoes understand that they can no longer > actually land on me and feed, and it makes them > CRAZY. They persist in dive-bombing my head while > I'm sleeping, trying to disturb my peace of mind. > But they don't. I've learned to ignore them as > the petty pissants they are. > > There is a similar situation here on Fairfield Life. > > A number of posters on this forum -- like mosquitoes > -- seem to feed off of the other posters. Whereas > the mosquitoes are *needy* and must suck blood to > live, the mosquito-posters on FFL are equally needy, > but suck attention. They live to force their way > into other posters' attention and get them to focus > on them. These mosquito-posters don't seem to care > what the nature of the attention is; be it positive > or negative, it doesn't matter as long as they're > getting attention. Ignore them, and they keep buzz- > ing past your head, hoping that you'll get up and > chase them with a verbal flyswatter again. > > No more. > > I've started taking my metaphorical garlic pills, > and hopefully they'll work as well on these vampires > as they do on the mosquitoes. And yes, I *know* that > they'll keep buzzing me, trying to get my attention. > > But I don't have to give it to them. > > I've been taking this approach with Willytex for > some time, and it's seemed to work. He rarely even > tries to get my attention any more. It's worked to > some extent on ed11; he/she rarely bothers to buzz > me any more, except to play "pile on" to others' > attempts at buzzing. A good start. > > Now comes the real experiment. If I consign Judy > and Edg to the same genus of bothersome insectae > and ignore their needy asses and desire to suck > attention, what will happen? > > My bet is that they'll react just like the Sitges > mosquitoes. They'll redouble their efforts at buzz- > ing me, trying to get me to get up and try to chase > them with a flyswatter. But if I don't, what will > they do then? Will they *still* keep buzzing me? > Will they continue to act so needy even when it > becomes apparent to everyone on this forum *that* > all that's being played out is their own neediness? > > We'll see. > > A new experiment. Gulp...down the FFL garlic tablets. > Spritz...spray on the herbal mosquito repellent. Now > kick back and wait for the buzzing to begin. And > ignore it if I can. > > They can't bite me and feed on the attention they > need to survive unless I allow them to. That I know. > But like the mosquitoes they'll try their best to > make my life miserable *because* they can no longer > feed. My only recourse at this point seems to be to > do what I did with the mosquitoes and ignore their > needy asses. > > P.S. I might still swat at them from time to time, > just for the fun of it, but on my own terms, not > on theirs. It's weak of me I know, but I do the > same thing with the mosquitoes. A big fat one lands > on the wall while I'm sitting on the sofa, and lured > into a sense of complacency since I don't get up > and chase them at night, just sits there thinking > it's safe. Swat. Big bloody smear on the wall, Yes, > I have to get up and clean the wall afterwards, but > it's worth it. >
