From: egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson)
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: Re: Drivers from Hell
Date: 21 Aug 92 11:13:56 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <42000@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk> awrc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Al Crawford) writes:
=>In article <25056@castle.ed.ac.uk> egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk (JHenderson) writes:
=>>
=>> We're obviously two different people: you choose to live in Penicuik,
=>
=>"Choose" perhaps is not the word I would use. I prefer to think that, to
=>ensure a reasonable population density in Scotland as a whole, some people
=>*must* live in Penicuik and that I, selfless individual that I am, have
=>taken this heavy burden upon myself.

Well, judged by this emission, you certainly add to the denseness of Penicuik.

=>> you find computer science interesting, I find it mind-numbingly tedious.
=>
=>Ah, now this one is definitely open to debate. While I would stop short of
=>referring to my chosen discipline as mind-numbingly tedious, the word
=>"interesting" is, I feel, one that perhaps conveys too great a degree of
=>enthusiasm for my attitude towards this subject. It might be more accurate
=>to combine both descriptions and say that I find computer science
=>interesting, but in a mind-numbingly tedious manner.

So as well as living in a town which has been identified as a major cause of
suicide, and has been employed, contrary to all international standards of
human rights as a site of punishment by sensory deprivation, not to mention
being regarded by most people IN THE KNOW as being a less desirable place of
residence than Gorazde or Mogadishu, you are also devoting a good proportion
of your waking hours to a subject which you find uninteresting. You seem to be
admirable qualified to lecture us on the subject of masochism, but forgive me
if decline to avail myself of the opportunity to benefit from your views as
to how I should spend my leisure time.

=>Sir, [Brookside] is, by definition and the admission of its creators, a soap opera.
=>While I make no pretence of being anything other than than completely
=>subjective in my tastes in music, art and literature, it is a
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
        I think "ignorant" is the word you were looking for here, but pray continue..

=>scientifically proven fact that soap operas are, by their very design,
=>generally crap

Though doubting the applicability of the concept of "scientific proof" to this
evaluation, I wholeheartedly agree that most soap operas are crap. This does not,
however, imply that Brookside is crap. If you still find this concept difficult
to grasp, ask a small child to explain it to you with the aid of a Venn diagram.

=> the symptoms of a televisual dysentry designed to sate the
=>feeble desires of those whose lives contain no true meaning 

This from a resident of Penicuik, and collector of Visage lyrics..

=>> At its best, it is as powerful a drama as is seen on the Tube,
=>
=>I was never personally very keen on Paula Yates, although her cover version
=>of "These Boots Are Made For Walking" is highly rated amongst fans of the
=>truly excrutiating.

Interesting that we turn from a consideration of the universality of artistic
standards to a witticism depending upon an intimate knowledge of popular music.
I'm afraid that this has passed me by, as my allusion to Mr. Pynchon's Vineland
was lost upon your good self.

=>> So have your opinion if you wish, but please spare us from passing it off
=>> as established fact. If you have talents towards artistic criticism, we
=>> would be interested to see them - they have hitherto lain dormant.
=>
=>Might I direct your attentions towards the rec.music. hierarchy,

Deatiled study of that forum has failed to reveal any great evidence of insight
on your part, rather a well-honed fascination with the antics of the un-talented.

=>This would assuredly be a most difficult task, since I have certain
=>physical characteristics that would render accurate impersonation of your
=>parents somewhat tricky, such as a backbone, a fully developed nervous
=>system and a method of traction rather more sophisticated than psuedopods.
                                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^
    Dimly remembered Latin classes suggest that the plural should be "pseudopoda"

In your case, the main physiological difficulty in affecting an impersonation of
my parents would be your evident surfeit in the "face" department. You will
recall that yesterday you promised that you were "dropping out of sight". It was
perhaps optimistic to take you at your word, but even a brief disappearance would
have been enjoyed.

Disappointed of Edinburgh.
 



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