Re: of humor & smileys (was: -es vs -en in English)
From: | Charles <catty@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, December 7, 1999, 0:33 |
I accidentally neglected to delete names XXX'd below.
And Rosta wrote:
>
> > Charles
> > > How does one join the exclusive club that [XXX] referred to
> > recently?
> >
> > 1. You must be a flamer.
> > 2. You must never post anything interesting.
>
> I can't imagine how [XXX] satisfies either of these criteria; indeed
> he's on my never-delete-unread-no-matter-how-massive=the-email-backlog
> list.
Continuing in this fashion is *off-topic* and *flame-fueling*.
Worse, it's *boring*. I thought from your new topic you would
discuss smileys. AFAIK, smileys were invented by Kibo. IMO,
they have never performed a useful function other than being
humorous in themselves. I might go for a IJK = "I'm just kidding".