AWARD NOTIFICATION - give me a break!

[Collins Richey]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 20:19:45 -0500
Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:

> In a 0.9K blaze of typing glory, Gary wrote:
> > Gentlemen,
> 
> Sir,
> 
> > This is now the 7th email, I believe, as a response to a spam posted
> > on this list earlier today. I must say that in all my years of being
> > on lists, I have *never* seen this kind of response from a simple
> > spam. Are you people that devoid of something else to do, or perhaps
> > boredom, or what is it. Must you rehash a simple spam to death,
> > wasting my time with this kiddie-crap responses. Have you never seen
> > a spam email before?
> 
> Please don't take yourself so seriously. They were having a little fun
> with the rare spam that actually gets through to the list. I don't see
> any harm in that. Or are you "that devoid" of a sense of humor that
> you're"wasting my time" with this self-righteous lecturing? Have you
> never seen a joke before?
> 
> > I thought this was a list about Linux.
> 
> It is. We tolerate a good deal of non-Linux posts and, once they go
> on too long, direct them to the general list. We're as much friends
> here as anything else, but, don't be deceived, some might bright
> Linux minds hang out here.
> 

Alma,

You probably missed the earlier thread about unsubscribing.  Gary was
doing a takeoff on an earlier post by dep, and it's outrageously funny,
most especially since you appear to have taken the bait <g>.

-- 
Collins - Denver Area - 
Gentoo stable kernel 2.6.2-rc1