From: ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy)
Subject: Re: Fam Dolglgurg (Was: Huh? (Was: How old am I?))
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
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	<ATAYLOR.92Aug10165856@gauss.nmsu.edu>
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:00:51 GMT

<In article <1992Aug11.151419.5719@dg-rtp.dg.com> cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy) writes:
<   ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy) writes: 
<   | <In article <1992Aug9.213309.2862@dg-rtp.dg.com> cochran@spam.rtp.dg.com (A. Jing Hippy) writes:
<   | <   ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy) writes: 
<   | <   | In article <LARRY.92Aug7122519@peak.psl.nmsu.edu> larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way) writes:
<   | <   | 
<   | <   | [Some old sodkicker fusses about youngblondemung not knowing
<   | <   |  who Dan Fogelberg is. I asks:]
<   | 
<   | <   You asks? I'd'a thunk you *knowed* by now.
<   | 
<   | 	Nope. Got better thangs to do than try to figger
<   | 	out what hasbeen you is writin' about.

<   So, why did you *just* post something asking me again who he is?

	Because I had not read any answer from you?

	Y'know, Jing, when I ask a question it's usually
	so's I can get an informational answer. 

	Unfortunately for you, others have already responded
	to the question.

<   | <(Note: The above is phrased in such a way as to be best understood by 
<   | < someone at NMSU.  The translation is, roughly, "You are completely inept,
<   | < but probably can't even grasp *that* concept.")
<   | 
<   | 	Not even close, dude. Y'all back east don't
<   | 	talk to good, y'know?

<Damn, gotta get the updated revision of my "English/Clueless" dictionary.

	Please do at your earliest convenience. Your "clueless"
	text is most difficult.

	Consider writing in English, won't you?

<| <   | 	Not only do I not bother to keep up with every 2-bit
<| <   | 	flash-in-the-pan of *FAMEDOM* now, I formed that habit
<| <   | 	in Junior High School in self defense against classmates
<| <   | 	who read "Tiger Beat" out loud.
<| 
<| <   I hope you've seen the other post by now and realize that Mr. Fogelberg,
<| <   as a "flash-in-the-pan of *FAMEDOM*" had a composing/singing career that
<   | <   kept him on the air for 9 years.  
<   | 
<   | 	Gee, if he keeps it up another decade or so, Flang
<   | 	Bingleblort might have as long a "composing/singing"	
<   | 	career as, oh, Wayne Newton...and probably many of
<   | 	the same fans. You know, the spandex-pants-and-
<   | 	blue-hair brigade?

<   Yeah, the Stones, or the Grateful Dead, or any of another dozen artists
<   of the era who are still around.  

	Gee, Jing, din't you just write in another post that 
	Dingldorgle hasn't been heard from for 17 years? 

	And din't someone else fess up that he was "a 70's
	artiste"? 

	Now, just *when* did the Rolling Stones first cut records?
	Seems to me that the Stones & the Dead are quite a bit
	*older* than Dorfendung, which means they ain't from
	the same era, unless you are using "era" in geological
	terms.

	Furthermore, I hear cuts from the Stones and the Dead
	on the radio all the time....the fact that I *did* 
	*not* *know* who Dung Fungleborg is sorta points
	up just how long-lasting his "art" is, now don't it?

<Let's see where today's groups are in
<9 years.  Not only will the youth of that time be saying "Who is
<   Metallica?", but the people who are listening to them *today* will either
<   have forgotten or will be too embarrassed to admit that they actually
<   listened to them.

	All probably true. So what? How does the lousy quality
	of Metallica prove diddly squat about the "greatness"
	of Fand Bolbeborn?

<   | 	I'm sure that some of his "greatest
<   | 	hits" are available still, on CD's with titles
<   | 	like "Dentist Office Greatest Hits" and "Favorite
<   | 	Tunes of the Elevator", right?

<   Peeve: People who form opinions about things, attempt (in their own
<   little nugatory fashion) to blast them, after admitting that they know
<   absolutely nothing about them.



Peeve: people who are fans of losers and won't admit that they are.



<   | <I've never been a *huge* fan of his
<   | <myself, because I went through a phase in which *any* artist that ever
<   | <got airplay on a pop station was beneath contempt, in my opinion, and because
<   | <he did mostly ballads and love songs 
<   | 
<   | 	HAH! I'm right and you're not! Ding Krommmlblort
<   | 	is one of them "sensitive" PreNewAge whiny dorks.
<   | 	I bet his stuff gets a LOT of airplay on the "mellow
<   | 	sound" or "gentle rock" or whatever the NewAge name
<   | 	for EZ Listening is.

<   Yeah, just like Peter, Paul and Mary, the Turtles, the Mamas and the Papas,
<   and a bunch of other no-talent, no-names that you've probably never heard
<   of.

	EARTH TO JING!
	EARTH TO JING!

	Are you implying that Don Finglegorp was a
	"colleague" of PPM, the Turtles and the Mamas
	and the Papas????

	If so, that means that either Dang Fangleblrg was a
	recording artiste in the 1960's or Cass Elliott
	was recording music 17 years ago......

	Either one of which indicates you should "check
	your medication"....and your calendar.

	And have a ham sandwich for lunch, OK?


<   | MEGAOBPEEVE: Easy Listening, Part II. Music for OLD people.
<   | 
<   | 	Music for old hippies to listen to, while they wonder
<   | 	where their Rogaine is. Music for ex-Boston fans
<   | 	to listen to while they sip the one glass of white
<   | 	whine (no, I did NOT misspell!) or one can of "lite"
<   | 	beer the Old Lady will let them have...and wonder 
<   | 	if they can get it up tonight (or this week).

<   Another Rogaine reference? 


	Yup. A generic one, addressed to "OCCUPANT". 
	
	Did you see your name on it?

	No? 

	Then how come you feel that letter is for you?


< I would say that you're slipping here, but it's
<  really no more than anyone would expect from you.  Oh, and the ploy of an
<  ad-hominem attack is just as good as admitting that the wet paper bag you've
<  been trying to fight your way out of has gotten the best of you.

	Funny, I don't recall directing the above text at
	you....however, if you feel it applies to you,
	well, strap on that Dr. Sholl's sandle, old shoe. 

<   | <while I was listening to "21st Century
<   | <Schizoid Man" through headphones while under the influence of something
<   | <that is yet another hot thread in this newsgroup right now. 
<   | 
<   | 	You were under the influence of a newbie from Mitre?
<   | 
<   | 	HOOOOOOEEEEEEE! That's a hot one!

<   Now *this* is funny!  

	Of course it is!

<Who told you what to write here?

	Sigh. I've explained before how these gems simply
	are born from my Zeus-like brow.....

ObPeeve: those who simply do not listen the first 4 times....


<   | <Still, to 
<   | <refer to him as you did above is to do the man a gross injustice.
<   | 
<   | 	Not gross enough. He's just another one of them 70's
<   | 	whiners. Did he get a job with "Prarie Home Compartment"?

<   How do you know?  


	How do I know what, that he's another 70's whiners?

	Because I now have heard one of his "recordings"
	offline...at the house of an individual who never
	throws anything away.

	Although he's tossing one record into the "flea market"
	bin ASAP...

	Guess which one?


<   | ObPeeve: the 70's pseudofolkies that mutated into NewAge.
<   | 
<   | 	 Their albums usually had names like "DayBreak"
<   | 	 or "SunGlow" or some such crapola, usually	
<   | 	 with some oh-so-sensitive narrow-ranged tenor
<   | 	 whining while accompanied by a guitar, flute
<   | 	 and synthisizer. 

<   I can go along with this, except for the "synthisizer" [sic] part.

	Synths have been around since the 1970's, Jing. 

	You remember the 1970's; back when Darn Flowerpot
	was popular?


<Don't know what this has to do with the subject at hand, though.

	It's rather obvious, if you can read and understand
	simple sentences.

<   |          Bah, humbug. 

<   OOOhh!  A *literary* reference.

	Yup. I often include them. Now, why didn't *you*
	notice them before?
From: reykja@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Reykja Sigurdsson)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 06:38:28 GMT
Subject: Re: The Great Brown Toilet Cone
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA