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Re: .off-topic groups
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 04:49:56 GMT
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Ed Jones <edboxer@aol.com> wrote:
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Todd Lehman writes:

I suppose I'd be pretty content with anything ranking at a 3 or higher.
What d'y'all think?

I don't think we need a pun group.  I don't think, but I could be wrong,
that the original requestors were serious.  Puns are going to occur all over

You're wrong.  I was serious.

However, to your dissertation (that I snipped), I'd agree with:

off-topic.geek - computers, programming, font discussions, etc. needs its own
group - especially with the number of programmers, web designers, etc. on
LUGNET (not to mention that it bores us non-geeks to tears :') (my other half
is a geek).

Definitely a go.

off-topic.quotes - in fact I saw an incredible T-shirt today - "Hang out with
Jesus, he hung out for you" (several ways to look at this - bad taste,
hysterical, really week religious advertising, etc.)

Works for me.


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  Re: .off-topic groups
 
(...) I don't think we need a pun group. I don't think, but I could be wrong, that the original requestors were serious. Puns are going to occur all over the groups anyway. You'd be forced (by some disgruntled posters) to "police" puns in other (...) (26 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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