From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 01:56:08 +0000

> > So I've read up on the mystical art of email-address scrying,
> > and deduced the following embarrasing facts:
> > ...he was using WINDOWS
> > ...on a BEIGE pc
> > ...in a chair which didn't SWIVEL
> > ...he used to own an ATARI 520ST
> > ...he eats CORNFLAKES for breakfast
>
>Even if true, none of those things typifies newbies and the clueless.

are you sure?

>If mainstream humor sites are making fun of AOL users, gee, maybe there's
>something to it...

I wonder if they know the commonly accepted definition of the word "wank3r"?

The site suggests that all AOL users are "ignorant"; and states that the
guys at slashdot are 'clueless idiots who spend too much time touching
their genitals'.

I'm not sure I agree with either of those comments.

> > I am still struggling to find anything on having "anti-spam"
> > in your email address that doesn't mean you are bald?
>I'm flattered that you're that interested in my physical appearance, but
>I've got a girlfriend. Sorry.

nice reframe :)

Well, if/when you/she moves on, maybe you will remember me?**

> > 2) hopefully by creating the illusion that someone is a
> > lesser human by analysing their email address carefully,
> > I can boost my own stance in society :-)
>
>Don't you mean in your "tribe"? I note that you are using webtribe.net, so
>I assume that your society is more primitive than ours.

LOL - I have found a fellow "wordsmith" :)

Do not mistake "primitive" or "childish" with "unspoiled" and "youthful"

>Regards,
> Fred Maxwell

Let it swing free,

BC

**that's working within the reframe, not a genuine offer, sorry :(
...and I do like that reframe, been one of my favourites for years :)
Received on 2003-10-28