SEUSS NEWBIE STIFLED!

[Richard Dimock <red -at- ELSEGUNDOCA -dot- ATTGIS -dot- COM>]

For a few seconds.

Newbie:
Dang, Arlen! Lookit them all still flogging that
old flame. Barely a glimmer left!

(Newbie and Arlen gaze, bemused)

Arlen:
Kinda cute, how they all circled around the
tender newbie, horns outward, stomping challenges
at the wolf.

Newbie:
Psst. Hey Arlen. Watch this, see what happens.

(Newbie lurks a while, then quietly takes keyboard
down from wall)

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EEEEEE  NN      NN   UU      UU   FFFFFFFF   !!
EE      NN N    NN   UU      UU   FF         !!
EEEE    NN  N   NN   UU      UU   FFFF       !!
EE      NN   N  NN   UU      UU   FF         !!
EE      NN    N NN    UU    UU    FF
EEEEEE  NN     NNN      UUUU      FF         !!


LET IT DIE!,

Die, thread, Die!

Talk sentence structure! Talk Contract forms!
Talk software!

Come to your senses, peepul!!

LET IT DIE!



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(Newbie hangs keyboard back on its peg, stares expectantly
at mailreader.)


Arlen:
Ah, innocent newbie! Do you really think that will
save any bandwidth?

Newbie:
Well... I HOPE so, Arlen. A bandwidth is a terrible thing
to waste.  And ... if it does work, we can both cutnpaste it
to kill all overlong threads.

Arlen:
(Smiling indulgently)
Perhaps, newbie, perhaps... Let's wait and see. But have you
learned anything from this flame experience?

Newbie:
Yes sir. I will lurk longer before entering a STRANGE net.

Arlen:
EXCELLENT!  Then perhaps something good has already come from
this threadbare thread. Perhaps all those bandwidths did not
die in vain after all.

Newbie:
Gee, I sure hope so, Arlen.  But I gotta go now and check in
with rec.motorcycles. That net is a kinder, gentler group,
where I can rest for a while.

Thanks for your help, sir!

Arlen:
You are most welcome, new one.
Have a happy day!


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Dick Dimock, Grizzled Tech Writer
AT&T GIS
El Segundo, CA