From: mattb@ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: DYNASTY-Pens
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:24:49 GMT
Reply-To: mattb@olympus.ctron.com (Matt Brown)
Organization: Cabletron Systems INc.

First, before quoting and commenting, I just want to say two things:
1) Michael, if you want to continue arguing, let's take it to email or alt.flame   I doubt this is interesting or amusing to the other hockey fans. Alternative-   ly, we can quit this thread now.  I will try not to further provoke you with
   the response below, but if you're having fun, I will oblige you elsewhere.

2) I thought my last response was more conciliatory than it appears Michael
   did.  Sorry, folks, for provoking this response. 

(Michael David Slater) writes:
>(Matt Brown) writes:
>>(Michael David Slater) writes:
>>>Yes, everyone, Make Way! Make Way!  Our liege has a proclamation from the
>>>mighty citadel of @balldog.
>>Just friendly advice, Michael, instead of a mean-spirited "Crawl home and
>>finish your CS101 homework" or something more obscene.
>MMM... I doubt I could deal with a mean-spirited insult from you, it
>would utterly crush me.  I thank you, great-one, for not destroyng me with
>a single word.  

I didn't insult you. I didn't write it to you.  My comment was that I have
seen nastier stuff directed at college student posts.

>> I am inviting Gary 
>>to continue the conversation.
>MMM...  Ok, father; I am sure the rest of the USENET love-trust appreciates
>your de facto moderation.  I am certainly sure that 'Gary' appreciates
>being allowed to continue speaking.  I know I am grateful for the time
>you took to admonish me on USENET love-trust ettiquite.  

There is a difference between an "invitation" and "being allowed".  Ask Gary.
I just pointed out that you misread my meaning. 

>> Would you like to play too? Calm down first.
>I am afraid your poor attempt at pigeon-holing failed, wise_on@mountain.

Let me rephrase that.  Michael, how about posting something interesting on
hockey. Your post on Ulf was funny.  So was the follow up. Now you have
flamed somebody.  Let's move on, and get back to hockey.

>>>>   draw major flames.  So don't be surprised at the response, and recognize
>>>>   it for what it is: the sour grapes from the rest of us who don't have
>>>Sour grapes from those of you without a Stanley Cup....
>>I said that, in a sense, and in fact my statement talking about sour grapes
>>was a sour grape in and of itself.  Not as sophisticated as your posturing,
>>I grant, but the best I could do.
>no! no! I insist -- eminently elegant.  You must be an english major, 
>explaning both your brilliant rhetoric, calmness, and hatred of freshman
>CS majors(of which neither label fit, father).

Ex. Now people pay me to write, rather than the other way around.
Don't hate freshmen or CS students. Glad you liked it.

>>>>   the honor of living in the Steel City or environs.  All that smoke, and
>>>>   the Stanley Cup, too. I know I couldn't stand that much happiness.
>>>Afraid you've grown near-sighted from Citadel Balldog.  Pittsburgh is an
>>>awesome city, and I know, because I have been to enough others to have
>>>something to compare it to.   The smoke disappeared years ago.
>>>Sorry my Lliege.
>>Sorry for resorting to stereotypes.  It's just that they so effectively 
>>raise the ire of the natives. I would be the first to admit that I'd prefer
>OH! NO, I understand... you're a Time-Lord from another plane, sent here to
>observe and interact 'with the natives' or perhaps you are Michael Knight,
>Man-Without-a-Past? 

Jeez. I try to cut you some slack and you drag this in?  I don't like people 
messing with my secret identity. Desist, or I will destroy your planet. 

>>a different black and gold team had scoffed one of those cups, but jivin`
>certainly, humble_one@lectern
>>with Pens fans (both fun and serious discussion) beats no hockey talk at all.
>Yes, vitriol amuses me as well. 

Clearly.

>>Looking forward to something beyond cheerleading from ya' Mike.
>I da' kna' wha' the fuck ya' talkin' 'bout, Matthias

Oops. Must have mistaken the Ulf post and your defense of Gary's Pens stuff
as Pittsburgh cheering.
How about a serious hockey article,  Mike.  Or an original comic gem. Lots of
potential for humor concerning the Penguins this year. (Before you read that
as an insult to the Pens, don't you think that there are some possibilities
this year, unlike last year, where Bob Johnson's sickness and death made for
less humor?)	

>>Actually, I already gave you grudging credit for the Ulfinator (body armor)
>mmm.. and gratefully received, I assure you, your highness. 

>>post and followup. You do better in "obtuse to the world" humor-mode than
>Great, never have I been so thrilled then to have Obtuse-Laureate status.

>>in "pretend fawning pimp courtier" humor-mode.
>again, in your coolness, no one knows what the fuck you are speaking of...

Speak for yourself. Take the words one at a time, and only the "pimp"
part should be difficult. That refers to your responding for Gary, but not
to my reply to your Ulf post. In other words, pretending to suck up with
a Renaissance motif.
 
I was referring to the phony Lliege (sic) stuff, which you have continued
in this post, with only slight variations.  It isn't as funny as your post 
and follow-up on Ulf, and I find it repetitious, speaking only for myself..

>>and what is 'tamu'
>Texas A&M University, thank you very much.

No, thank you for answering. Made the whole reply worth reading (almost). 

Matt