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    Re: don't feed the trolls! —Bob Parker
   (...) Hmm - are you impling that only politicians fail to get your jokes? ;-) (...) Please elaborate on this item - I don't get the joke but I normally am not a troll although I assume that I have made "The List" since I'm a member of Jlug ;-) (18 years ago, 20-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)  
   
        Re: don't feed the trolls! —Richie Dulin
     (...) I think it's just a turn of phrase, Bob. (...) A member, yes, but do you grok the experience and journey? Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 20-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)  
    
         Re: don't feed the trolls! —Bob Parker
     (...) Not that phrases mean anything... (...) As well as can be expected from someone who is not member No. 6, but I have read the (URL) Building Roboctic Cat> thread (more than once!) (18 years ago, 20-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)  
   
        Re: don't feed the trolls! —Kerry Raymond
   (...) You're asking me about "etc"?! Etc is a popular abbreviation of etcetera, meaning a number of unenumerated things. I used it to avoid the combinatoric explosion that results from all combinations of "fail to get the joke", "take offence", (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: don't feed the trolls! —Bob Parker
     (...) My apologies sir - the winkie was supposed to mean that I don't really want you to elaborate on etc. since I am very familiar with it's meaning. :-) I was just trying to be funny. It appears that I have failed and now I probably must resign (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
    
         Re: don't feed the trolls! —Ross Crawford
      (...) Maybe you should become the first victim of Kerry's proposed ban :D ROSCO (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
    
         Re: don't feed the trolls! —Kerry Raymond
     (...) Thank you, dear lady! Kerry [Explanation: not being a man, I am taking humorous offence at the sexism revealed by the use of the term "sir" by the deliberate and unnecessary sex assumption in my reply] (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: don't feed the trolls! —Bob Parker
     (...) Sorry ma'am (or should I just call you k?) :emb. blush: Great - now I'm afraid that my ignorance may be surpassed by my lack of humor :-( Is ignorance one of the things we don't want around here?? :b: (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
    
         Re: don't feed the trolls! —Richie Dulin
      (...) It's not on the list, and besides, it seems pretty common around here to me. Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
     
          Re: don't feed the trolls! —Matthew Jeffery
      (...) It's like air, we live on it :) Cheers, Matthew extrodinairre* (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
    
         Re: don't feed the trolls! —Kerry Raymond
     (...) Ignorance is essential for the traditional Aussie sport of bullshitting; at least it's essential for one of the players. (URL) enough about trolls. How's everyone coping with the drop bears? They've been particularly bad this season here in (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: don't feed the trolls! —Richie Dulin
     (...) Here I was thinking it was an acronym for "Every Troll Counts" (or something similar, which I dare not post here). Thanks for the clarification, CL Kerry! Cheers Richie (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: don't feed the trolls! —Pete White
     (...) every teacher corrects eat tiramisu calmly everest tests climbers ever taste cat evil tempts christians (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: don't feed the trolls! —Allister McLaren
   (...) You named him!! Uh-oh. <goes to check lugnet.people.support> (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.au)  
 

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