Marc Goodman wrote:
> Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:07:54 -0400, "Bob (this one)" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a brilliant example -
>>
>> Who wants to explain the joak to Giant Brane Bob?

You know, over in misc.writing, they spell words funny on purpose, too.
The talk about "wrevels" and "poasts" and like that. They used to do
"cow orkers" and stuff like that until they realized that only lamers
would do that. No offense.

> I'll take a whack at this one.
>
> Dear Bob,
>
> This is a game called, "Who Controls Whom." Note the "m"
> on the end is very important, otherwise it wouldn't be writing
> with the good English.

Yes. I understrange. English has be a very hardly language, either.

> The winner of the game (henceforth to
> be referred to as "The Troll") is the player whom gets the
> other player (hencerforth to be referred to as "Bob") to get
> what her or him wants he or she to do.

You put the "m" on the end very well.

Um, in games, there are at least two sides pitted against each other.
They both have offensive and defensive moves. Sorry to have to get so
technical.

> In this round of
> the game, Kevin "Black Man" SWilson and oTTo "Bahn, James" Bahn
> are attempting to make you post humorless and/or clueless
> comments to the USERNET to make you look like foolish.

See, my youngest child already explained that to me, but there's a small
component you're missing. I mean beyond any missing sense of the
language or of rationality. It's this: In the course of all these
mountain-moving efforts by my close friends Kev and Otto, they seem to
be saying rather dumb stuff just to kindle response.

I understand the goal of generating responses and have done so on
occasion myself (I'm sure you're shocked by this intimate revelation),
but when the triggering comments are themselves rather pedestrian and,
between us, not clever, funny, interesting beyond the typing or of any
discernible wit, well, I'm sure you understand. Poor kids become fodder
for playing with. The game has changed to one they can't carry. Claiming
victory in a contest of such unbalanced competition marks them as a tiny
but archetypal granfalloon.

I understand that once the children begin the engagement, they can't
skulk off as the situation would warrant - I mean who wants the
embarrassment to continue ad infinitum, egos being what they are - poor
kids just have to keep trying, even if it's to set up a blunt instrument
of a failure like this one.

> On a scale from 1 to 10, I give them about a 5 so far
> (not their finest effort, but not completely unsuccessful).
> You, on the other hand, don't even seem to have any goal
> in mind, and you can't WIN THE GAME if you don't even
> UNNERSTAN the R00LS. Therefore, feeble as their trolls
> might be, they are still winning this particular battle of
> wits.

Pity you haven't read the posts. I'm sure if you could, you'd note that
the rather shallow act of merely trolling has given way to a kind of
picador repartee. Or more like "departee" from my close and dear
friends. They cling to each other like frantic swimmers out of sight of
land, knowing that merely screaming isn't getting the job done.

> All you have to do to turn the tables is decide what your
> goal is and to execute a successful plan to achieve this goal.
> I HAVE FAITH IN YOU BOB! I'm ROUTING for you!

<LOL> Not bad. As you say, probably not your finest effort, but worth
noticing.

> YOU ARE WELCOME!

I certainly am. Why just this morning that nice old lady at Walmart told
me that. And I believe her.

Pastorio