Howdy y'all, Who's begging, bemoaning, bleeding for someone to return?
Before you think you know the answer, please re-read my original message. The "Mr. Smith" in my previous message ... is not referring to one particular person; it was an open "cattle call". Thank you for your assumptions. allenday --- David Kusumoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- Couldn't agree more. It's unbecoming to beg, bemoan and bleed for "Mr. Smith's" return. Equally so when "Mr. Smith types" -- publicly declare a hiatus or self-imposed exile BEFORE exiting the ship -- a phenomenon I've never understood as being necessary by ANY crew member -- unless there's unfinished critical business to resolve. Shelly's right, "Mr. Smith" has always, in my mind, demonstrated enough boldness, brashness and intermittent belligerence -- which some of us, myself included, also have -- that if he really wanted to, he could find a "workaround" to a forcefield that doesn't exist. It's not like we need to take a vote. A number of "Mr. Smith" types have previously stated their intent to leave or to stay quiet for awhile. But most never go away forever, choosing to lurk in the background or to rely on informants -- until they themselves feel ready to re-emerge. Some people just need a break from the group, and vice versa. And when self-exiles feel more comfortable, they sometimes find themselves sliding back into a discussion, just like before. Then they're chiming in every day, like our most recent "Mr. Smith" -- who I believe stated he had NO intention of leaving the ship permanently, but planned to stay quiet for a while. And that's fine. I know we haven't heard the last from him. He'll return when he's ready. -koose. --------------------------------- From: Shelly Whitworth-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Shelly Whitworth-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: Mr Smith Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:15:03 +0000 I don't think there's any 'force-field' stopping 'Mr Smith' coming back, other than one he may have created for himself. I'm sure he could get around it, if he really wanted to. Shelly ----Original Message Follows---- From: allen day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: allen day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Mr Smith Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:14:23 -0700 Howdy y'all, Anybody remember the TV show ... Lost in Space? A crew of space explorers (with a small family) facing a diff adventure every week which also had a character antagonist by the name of Mr. Smith. What little I do remember of the show ... Mr. Smith was a central figure, a guy that always seemed to push the envelope, a shit stirrer, a curmudgeon ... It would have been a pretty boring show without that fella ... huh? Hmmm ... anybody know a curmudgeon we can call? (I may regret asking this question). allenday Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com___________________________________________________________________How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
