On (12 Feb 97) Dianne Lindsay wrote to Rod Speed...



 RS> Oh well, you can always hide under the bed and have

 RS> someone pass your food in to you there if its too terrifying.



 DL> i can assure you it would take more than a backward race of red necks and

 DL> old refos from the depression and skinny weak computer nerds getting their

 DL> rocks off using words to bolster their supposed macho image to make anyone

 DL> in this house hide under the bed.



good style, nice, plenty of insults, lots of inflammatory

adjectives. If you can make your sentences 8 or 10 lines long

instead of 4, you'll fit right in here. (Seriously.)



 DL> This Aust Avtec is just a dirty old locker room for dirty minded

 DL> men..



The whole country is that.



(and it's AvTech, btw, for AudioVisual Technicians. Good spelling

is a prerequisite here, unless you're the moderator.)



 DL> and it doesn't deserve the reputation it has of being intimidating

 DL> it's just a big joke....



Quite accurate. Avtech was created because Z3Tech classified

chitchat as off topic. Jokes are quite common here. In fact, if

you're not careful, you could find yourself in a limerick...



  "An offended young chick called Dianne

   Objected to Avtech's great plan

   She ranted and raved..."



   (anyone wanna finish this one?)





 DL> probably if you were all pulled out from

 DL> behind your computer screens we could all share the joke.



But that's why this is fun. Anyone can say anything at you, but

there's no way they can force you to reply, you're free to ignore

them. People ignore Rod Speed in droves.



I could step out from behind my screen and yell at you, but I doubt

that you'd hear. Your suggestion is somewhat ridiculous.



Cheers



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