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- From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Selective Memory?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.202753.15536@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 20:27:53 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.101257.7714@penet.fi> <MUFFY.92Dec20104631@anableps.berkeley.edu> <BzL1F1.Bqv@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1992Dec21.200134.16944@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Dec21.200134.16944@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> arodgers@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Angus H Rodgers) writes:
- >
- >And do you know what? Somebody just posted here for the first time
- >yesterday. and *NOBODY HAS TRIED TO DE-MUFFIN HIM YET*! This is an
- >emergency! The honour of soc.bi is at stake! For all I know, people
- >might be getting all afraid of causing offence to newcomers. This
- >cannot be tolerated!
- >
- >So, if nobody else is going to do it, I'm going to have to start acting
- >out of character ...
- >
- >[Hitches up skirts invitingly. Attempts a sexy smile -- which comes off
- >as a leer. Daubs on some lipstick, inexpertly. Starts to totter around
- >on high heels, bandy-legged.]
- >
- >Muffin? Muffin! Where *are* you? ... Guy, I know you're around here
- >somewhere ...
-
- Oy! Cut that out! I'm not a muffin, though I think I may be a "biscuit"
- in soc.motss parlance. Kindly learn your netiquette!
-
- I knew I shouldn't post to other people's newsgroups...
-
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