American beer is lager This topic will now soon be banned from here too, along with BBQ sauce
On 13 March 2012 13:23, Webster <webs...@carlwebster.com> wrote: > It is an international mailing list and you can imagine the "american > beer is water" type arguments. The burgers wars were just incredible. Who > knew burgers, the types of meat, the style of cooking, comparing various > chains, cooking methods, etc etc etc. It was such a horrible thread, I > being the list owner had to step in and ban the topic from further > discussion. It has been 10 years since all three thread topics were > banned. When we tuba players gather at conferences, the list members still > talk about the vile language and name calling that went on in those > "discussions". They would have made Gary Slinger look like a saint! :) > > > Carl Webster > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional > > http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jonathan Link [jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:53 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Carolina "BBQ Sauce" (was Re: Proxy server and ISA) > > Is it the well done/not well done burger debate? > > I can't imagine what situation arose that needed to ban beer from the > discussion. It must have been truly heinous. > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Webster <webs...@carlwebster.com> wrote: > >> I run a mailing list for tuba and euphonium players since mid 90s. >> There are three banned topics: >> >> Drum & Bugle Corp >> Burgers >> Beer >> >> Who would have thought that tuba players would be banned from >> discussing beer and hamburgers!!! But in that world, those are world war >> starting topics. >> >> >> Carl Webster >> >> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional >> >> http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* John Leto [jo...@colonialsavings.com] >> >> *Subject:* RE: Carolina "BBQ Sauce" (was Re: Proxy server and ISA) >> >> I agree. It's been my experience that the topics that start the most >> fights around here are indeed politics, religion, and BBQ. >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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