From: hirschgm@cnsvax.uwec.edu
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Sioux -- my heart forever.
Date: 14 Dec 92 12:39:44 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

In article <MJD.92Dec13134135@saul.cis.upenn.edu>, mjd@saul.cis.upenn.edu ("[*] Sayushka Ivanov") writes:
> In article <1992Dec10.232540.2782@cnsvax.uwec.edu> hirschgm@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
>>   After all, some of the old-timers here
>>   aren't ever gonna have lives either.
> 
>     Joachim, before I toss you into my kill file, never to return, for
> the unpardonable sin of being boring, I'd like to ask a question.  I
> don't expect much of an answer, but it's only fair to give you a chance
> to explain yourself.
> 
>     Time and time again people tell me to `get a life'.
> 
>     You in particular.
> 
>     I am always perplexed as to what this could mean.  
> 
>     The command is nearly always flung at me by people whom I would
> think would have cause to envy me, and never from people I envy.
> 
>     I am not sure what magic qualities one must have in order to avoid
> the charge of `not having a life'.
> 
>     Since you are clearly the local expert, please post a list of such
> qualities, so that, once and for all, innocents like me can know what
> path to pursue to get a life.
> 
>     Must one have gainful employment?  A fat wallet?  A long-term
> relationship with another person?  Frequent travel to exotic locales?
> Friends who enjoy one's company and whose company one enjoys?  An
> interesting moment-to-moment existence, filled with myriad fascinating
> details and amusements?  Respect of one's peers?  Fulfilling studies?
> Plenty of head?
> 
>     Fire away; I'm all ears.  Tell me all about your `life'.  I'll let
> you make your list---be honest now, include not only the things that YOU
> have, but also the things you'd LIKE to have---and then we can score
> this `life' business objectively, and see who has more of one.
> 
>     You have *one* post.  I'd listen longer, but I have to get on with
> my life.
> 
> --
> 
> 	 The worst thing in the world is when records are destroyed
> Mark-Jason Dominus 	  			    mjd@central.cis.upenn.edu 
> 
>                                                       i bet he thinks it means
>                                                       a low purity test score
>                                                       or something

Ha!  Someone finally tries to pin it down.  About time.  I concede.  To be
quite honest, I don't claim to have 'a life' in the sense that most of my
accquaintances claim to, and I really don't WANT to.  From what I've seen they
spend most of their time trying to please everyone else so that everybody will
think they have a life.  It's a complete waste.  I'd rather not try to answer
this post, since there's really no right answer to it.  Anyone who's at all
worried about whether or not someone else thinks they have a life is never
going to have a life of their own, and that's really all I can say about it.
As far as throwing me into your killfile goes...  Well, if you find my posts
boring, so be it.  Anybody who wants to continue reading anything I may be
crazy enough to post here late at night...  Go for it.  What it comes down to
is, I'll be here, whether you read me or not.

For those of you who take this sort of thing seriously, I have three choice
words: GET A LIFE!

					--Joachim   
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