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Re: Calling it Quits
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:09:42 GMT
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> Honestly, I've never in my life heard of an April Fools joke played in
> March, except for the train hoax in .trains last year.
Being a week early made me think it was real.
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> > Now I can agree there, and its not as much fun for me anymore. But jokes
> > like this (appropriately timed) add to the flavor for me.
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> If it was a joke, I personally think it was in extremely bad taste.
I agree.
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> > The ONLY thing I think that was done to the extreme was the post to
> > .announce. That dilutes the purpose of the group. A post to people and a
> > followup to o-t.fun would have been better.
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> It was totally inappropriate for .announce if it was a joke. I seriously
> hope something like this never happens here again.
I agree again.
Has foot in mouth reached the states already?
Posting the message in the Top Stories was the main reason I thought it was for
real. (I missed the downward letters- not in the habit of reading that way.)
But then I thought "what could he be moving on TO that is better than LUGNET?"
:)
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| (...) I'll tell you both one thing. I happen to remember this: (URL) at the time shocked me but turned out to be true. When I read Mark Sandlin's post in .announce earlier, I had absolutely no reason to doubt it. (...) Honestly, I've never in my (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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