In article et>,
"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > In article et>,
> > "Gregory Morrow"
> > <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article .com>,
> > > > "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > In article >,
> > > > > > jay > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > It used to be fun to drop in for a dose of Penmart01 aka
> Sheldon.
> > > > > > > What happened?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > j
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sign into the right threads..... ;-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Current one is "skate wings".
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Who knew that such an ordinary subject could morph into such fun?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ;-D
> > > >
> > > > Yep! ;-)
> > > > As you said in your last post "It's just usenet".
> > > > While I do learn a lot here, I mostly come to usenet for
> entertainment.
> > > >
> > > > Some people take life WAY too seriously!
> > >
> > >
> > > Yup, these days I look upon Usenet with a general air of
> bemusement...I've
> > > had enough of the "sturm und drang" bit.
> >
> > It's entertaining tho' to watch others do it.
> > I like to sit back, watch, and "keep score". ;-)
> > I appreciate a decent vocabulary that does not turn into
> > boring, traditional insults. Some folks can get REALLY creative!
> > Like telling someone that they need to do a cranio-rectal inversion
> > exercize. <lol>
>
>
> Is that a "Sheldonism"...???
>
> ;---p

Heh, no.
It came from one of the weightlifting lists. ;-D

>
>
> > That one cracked me up and I never forgot it!
>
>
> Lol...here's a thread from a few years ago started by someone who called me
> an "insect" and a "scum bunny", it was a regular food fight!:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/btppv
>
> Here's a ruckus I started on rec.travel.air years ago (I was called a
> "disgusting varment [SIC]" in this one :-) :
>
> http://tinyurl.com/923ya
>
> Here's another trollerizing thread I started on rec.travel.air(hey, I was
> still on WebTV at the time, I didn't *know* any better - honest!):
>
> http://tinyurl.com/dpasd
>
> Then there was the political thread I started on rec.travel.europe entitled
> "Boycotting French and German Goods", that thread eventually grew to over
> 1300 messages...if it's not the longest thread on that froup it's certainly
> the second longest. A record!
>
> Just call it "Usenet performance art" or "entertaining the troops" I guess
> ;-p

Indeed!
Thanks for sharing those!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson