On Tue 06 Sep 2005 08:15:07p, Gregory Morrow wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> cathyxyz wrote:
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>> I have started to think of Usenet like this: you pays your money and you
>> takes your chances We don't always agree with each other <ahem> but
>> that's the way it is...
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> Victorians would for laughs visit the Bedlam Lunatic Asylum. Whilst
> touring the vile place they would poke and prod some of the more
> disturbed inmates with sticks. That's how I like to think of Usenet
> ;-)
>

Bedlam, RKO Studios, 1946, Boris Karloff. Good example of your
description. I keep picturing Sheldon as Master George Sims, especially at
the end! :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four,
unless there are three other people.