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  1.                   STANDARD AFU REPLY FORM
  2.  
  3. To  :_________________________
  4. >From:_________________________
  5.  
  6. I have read your recent post concerning________________________________.
  7. I regret that due to severe time constraints I am unable to respond to
  8. your posting directly.  However, I would like to advise you that I
  9. believe that your posting:
  10.  
  11. __contains the moronic phrase:
  12.                               ____"It could have happened so it must be true"
  13.                               ____"Can you prove it did not happen?"
  14.                               ____"Prodigy is stealing my data!"
  15.                               ____"Port Out Starboard Home"
  16.                               ____"A poor dieing boy named Craig is..."
  17.                               ____"How many pull tabs does it take to..."
  18.                               ____"Furrfu!"
  19.  
  20.  
  21. __violates commonly-accepted  ____.signature size
  22.   net standards concerning:   ____posting to subjects not of general interest
  23.                               ____editing of quoted material
  24.                               ____posting of copyrighted material
  25.                               ____posting several ULs as one GIANT UL
  26.  
  27.  
  28. __contains an unacceptable    ____logic
  29.   number of errors in:        ____fact
  30.                               ____spelling/grammar
  31.  
  32. __is based on stereotypes of: ____race, ethnic, national origin
  33.                               ____gender differences
  34.                               ____sexual orientation / preferences
  35.                               ____regionalisms
  36.                               ____employer and/or school affiliations
  37.                               ____religious affiliation/non-affiliation
  38.  
  39.  
  40. __is uninteresting because it ____has no UL content
  41.                               ____contains hackneyed expressions
  42.                               ____contains outright stupidities
  43.                               ____is inherently self-contradictory
  44.                               ____reflects inadequate intellectual
  45.                                   development or maturity
  46.                               ____reiterates points made better by others
  47.                               ____is a gratuitous attack on an obvious
  48.                                   provocateur
  49.  
  50. __reflects serious mis-       ____the basic functioning of AFU
  51.   understandings concerning:  ____the basic purposes of the INTERNET
  52.                               ____snuff films and/or Satanism
  53.                               ____the Weakly World News and other tabloids
  54.                               ____basic human nature
  55.                               ____the basic nature of computers
  56.                               ____other's interest in your thoughts
  57.  
  58. __is an unjustified, unprovoked and thoughtless response to my previous
  59.   posting, which was careful, moderate and well-reasoned.
  60.   
  61.  
  62. <insert 4 LINE signature here>
  63.  
  64. PS:  You are                  ____A St*p*d F*ck*ng B*st*rd
  65.                               ____not a TERRY
  66.  
  67. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  68.  
  69. Courtesy of Terry "Just another corporate stooge for Prodigy" Wood
  70. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  71.         INTERNET: tjw+@pitt.edu         BITNET: TJW@PITTVMS
  72. "Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!"                        - Lord "John" Warfin
  73. "There can be only one!"                                  - The Highlander
  74. "There should have been only one. I want my money back!"  - Terry
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