From: henrydm@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU (Daemeon)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
Subject: another Omar-like clone
Date: 6 Nov 1992 17:26:52 GMT
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Reply-To: henrydm@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra.rose-hulman.edu




<KPS@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu Writes:

>Yeah, we had an Omar type around here, too.  The guy was totally oblivious
>to the world around him.  He was so insecure, it was funny.  Once, he
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>forgot to log off of the main computer system, so me and a few friends of
>mine decided to send e-mail to all of his teachers through his account, and
>curse them all out.  It was a blast!  It was even better that he didn't try
>to get revenge or anything.  What a sucker!
>He was so quiet, we decided to staple one of the dead cats from the bio
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>labs to his door.  He didn't notice a thing!  The best thing, though, was
>when we then faked a letter from the dean of students, telling him that he
>was being expelled for cruelty for animals.  What a riot.  He then
>committed suicide, but we were still able to play one last joke on him.  We
>posted his suicide note to alt.sex.bestiality!  It was a totally sappy
>thing on how he just wanted people to like him, but that he wasn't outgoing
>or anything!  What a loser!
>Yeah, too bad he isn't around anymore. We've thought up of a lot of new
>tricks to play on him.

>We're not bad guys, or anything, though.  We were just having some fun, and
>since he didn't say anything or resist, he was fair game.  Besides, he did
>some stupid things himself, sometimes.  Like that time he locked himself
>out of his room.  You think we shouldn't take advantage of that?


            Look, Dude, Person, whatever,  you obviously don't know Omar
	very well.  He isn't insecure.  He is really quite arrogant.
	Like the time he played for Engineers in Concert ( a musical
	showcase of students and professors of Rose-Hulman)  After the 
	show he said "engineers in concert would have been a flop if it 
	weren't for me.  When I finished playing, there wasn't a person in
	that auditorium who wasn't standing"  A pretty arrogant statement. I 
	was there and I was sitting reasonably near the back.  I can tell you 
	that I and a friend of mine were the ONLY people who gave the O-man a 
	standing ovation.  Omar doesn't live in this reality.  
		He isn't quiet.  He is obnoxious.   He walks into your room
	and borrows cds  without asking,  accidentally insults people simply 
	because he doesn't know the difference between what is an insult and
	what isn't.  He doesn't go to class.  He thinks he knows everthing.
	I could go on.
		The point is that Omar doesn't know that most people find
	him annoying.  Your suicide scenario is vastly overstated.  The pranks
	in your scenario are malicious.  We don't do anything to Omar that
	you wouldn't do to your best friend i.e. stacking encyclopedias, 
       (didn't hurt anyone), remotely logging him off ( a hilarious prank
	worthy of being retold)  The few pranks that are played are much more
	harmless than anything you would find in your average fraternity.
	If you want a cause to fight for, find a worthy one.  Don't spoil our
	harmless fun.