On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 09:30:52PM -0600, District Webmaster wrote: > Even that may not work -- I'm pretty sure Wade still lurks here, despite > his ghastly treatment at the hands of the self-righteous and > self-appointed on-topic police (few though they may be). This is the > list that just keeps pulling you back . . . > > And since I've got the floor, as it were, am I the only one that wonders > what kind of ego you must need to think that a mailing list needs an > announcement that you're leaving and an explanation as to why? Does such > an ego think that the list (which is evidently not "off-topic" enough to > drive the rest of it's members away) will collectively rise up and say, > "Wait -- don't go!! We really weren't much of a community before you > came, and we just don't know what we'll do without you! If only we had > known how much being off-topic bothered you, we never would have done > it. Please -- PLEASE!!!! Give us the chance to change all of our > thoughts and opinions so that we may adhere exactly and precisely to > what you think is appropriate -- we live to bend to your whim, oh great > one! It's a good thing you warned us you were leaving and told us, in > detail, why -- it gives us all the chance to repent of our ways." > > Puhleeeeze.
Ah, good stuff. If there has been anything truly entertaining to come out of the offtopicness of late and the subsequent rebuke, it has been an enjoyable amount of farce. Let's rename the list alt.humor.uugcomedy, er ... whatever. (: Justin ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
