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  From: Stephen Donaldson <steve@cyberqual.com>
  To  : David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:42:55 +0930

Re: HTML Mail

LOL dang thats cruel ;-)

David Lloyd wrote:

> LMAO
>
> <big snip>
> > Good, I try to get them back too :-)
> > Did you know that when newbies first post here, it's classed in business talk, as a
> > "Moment of Truth", it's when they gain an impression of the list, it's members and
> > it's culture.  If new people experience a Moment of Truth that is to them
> > unpleasant, they will take with them an impression that reflects on all of us.
> </big snip>
>
> Perhaps I should complain about shoddily formatted e-mail too ;-P
>
> **
> WARNING WILL ROBINSON
>
> The next two paragraphs are intended for fun and sample purposes only.
> They are not intended to be any hotter than an ice cube in the freezer.
> If it offends you, it's only because you don't have a sense of humour.
> If you don't have a sense of humour, then delete RIGHT NOW...
> **
>
> Maybe something to the effect of
>
> <bitch mode="on">
> If you silly, little QUAL, don't format your e-mail sensibly next time,
> I shall remove the CYBER and roast you alive. After, of course, causing
> you to suffer the first cardinal sin, GREED, because QUALs are just far
> too thin and have no meat on their puny bodies in the first place and I
> hate being hungry after a roast meal.
> </bitch>
>
> **
> END WARNING
> **
>
> Now, really, are we going to take that ridiculous example (READ
> __EXAMPLE__ FOR THOSE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND ALL LOWER CASE) as serious?
> It's just as ultimately ridiculous as asking somebody whose RFC name is
> "pegasus" to make my computer fly but it does make a point.
>
> Oh this is so droll and it's so way out of proportion to what actually
> happened that even I am having difficulty working out how to exceed its
> being out of proportion without mentioning Adolf Hitler...the Nazis...or
> anything to do with fascism ;-P
>
> DSL
> --
> "And the winner is
>    InUnifiedCanadianAboriginalSyllabics"
> - Larry Wall et al in Programming Perl

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