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Re: Timeout (was Re: "Some pigs...")
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:44:23 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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Larry’s so called bad joke was insulting to me, as well as other NILTC
members.
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I have refrained from entering this “discussion” but I feel I need to insert my
.02 and then back out again. Here is the deal:
Ken’s announcement was the joke; Larry only had the hubris to point it out.
Whoever wrote the announcement, while trying to be correct by inserting the “®”
symbol, made an even bigger gaffe by not capitalizing “LEGO” and by using a
plural form “Legos”-- neither of which are correct. The joke is that it
probably would have been better to eschew the “®” and just get the term correct.
It is a subtle distinction, but for pendants it is the spice of life. I reacted
the same way Larry did, although I didn’t bother to mention it. That Larry
mentioned it doesn’t take away from the fact that the “official” annoucement was
unprofessional, as any announcement that contains grammatical errors is.
This error happened to provide a new twist on the old brand-dilution debate, and
so it appears that Lar couldn’t resist pointing it out. Was it worth the
ensuing controversy? I doubt Lar would say so, but it doesn’t change the fact
that, in pointing out the error, he in no way made a “bad joke”.
A clear case of shooting the messenger in my view.
YMMV
JOHN
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| Now I understand that ken is bullheaded and may have justly received this timeout however I do agree that an apology is in order. Larry’s so called bad joke was insulting to me, as well as other NILTC members. Now I know ken could care less about an (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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