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Default annual Andy Remembrance

On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 10:21:40 AM UTC-6, MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 9:10:24 AM UTC-6, John Kuthe wrote:
> > On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 12:28:47 AM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > > On 1/6/2016 6:43 PM, rosie wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 10:39:09 AM UTC-6, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > > >> On 1/6/2016 10:22 AM, rosie wrote:
> > > >>> On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 11:40:06 AM UTC-6, tert in seattle wrote:
> > > >>>> another year has passed without anyone bothering to make the tv
> > > >>>> documentary, Andy Barns [sic]: The Untold Story
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> my wife was interrogating me about old things in the freezer and I said
> > > >>>> to keep the English muffin without a fleeting thought of Andy .... but
> > > >>>> then later I noticed
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Andy steadily fades into the past but doesn't vanish completely
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Always liked Andy, enjoyed his breakfasts, and he was never mean or nasty to me.
> > > >>>
> > > >> Breakfast with an ice cold glass of milk. He could be nice, but he was
> > > >> also (sorry if this is politically incorrect) a complete nut. It's a
> > > >> good thing he never looked up your phone number.
> > > >>
> > > >> Jill
> > > >
> > > > more than one f those nuts out there/
> > > >
> > > That's true. He's not the only person from an ng to ever call me. I
> > > don't mind as long as the person doesn't go overboard and start calling
> > > me every three hours. If I say I'm busy or don't feel like talking, I
> > > mean it.
> > >
> > > Jill

> >
> > That's why I love email and voicemail!! You can call or email anytime YOU want, but *I* don't have to listen or read it until *I* have time! That was the thing about the phone ringing that I never understood. At the very moment YOU decide YOU want to call me, what made you think at that moment MY phone rings that *I* have nothing better to do than answer it? Leave me a message and I'll listen to it when *I* choose!
> >

> How many times did you use the word, I? Too many to be worth counting.
> *I*'m very glad that in the real world, I have nothing to do with you.
> If you killed yourself, very few people would care.
> >
> > John Kuthe...

>
> --Bryan


You should have quoted the word "I". Object language vs. meta language, the basis of the need for quotations.

I was typing to try and inflect the verbal intonations I'd use if I was speaking the sentence.

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