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Re: double entendres (was Re: I've been out of action, and need to contact Melody Brown ASAP!
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Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:29:15 GMT
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Why is it these things all take three weeks before I know about them?
(Computer lost all data on hard disk, etc. - I know - have fun picking apart
*that* lot!!)

I put in a perfectly decent subject line, and someone I don't know except by
his reputation calls it a double entendre.  I think you're interpreting it
out of context - while I'm on the Internet I'm "in action", as I stated in
the quoted subject line above.

It has nothing whatsoever to do with Mrs. Brown, I'm quite certain she's got
enough things to worry about without other people's good-natured attempts at
humor coming up with stuff like this, and I'm equally certain she'd like the
subject to be dropped entirely.

I'm emailing a copy of this to Todd, I'm certain he would see my point of
view.  It's not quite the reaction I expected from a mature bunch of AFOLs.


--
Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde



"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:G7xHC4.8xG@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
In lugnet.loc.au, Geoffrey Hyde writes:

Hoo-eee Geoffrey, that's quite a note to drop in a newsgroup...

You got that right!

I'm glad that I'm not the only old geezer who spotted the double entendre • in
the subject line. (and yes, I've met Melody and had that been what • Geoffrey
actually meant, I would totally sympathise with the sentiment as... er...
well, I can't describe exactly what I would say and still remain within • the
bounds of chivalry and family ratings. But it wasn't what he meant, I'm • sure.)

++Lar



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(...) Yes, it is indeed interpreted out of context, that's what Richard and myself find so funny about it. The best double entendres are completely unintentional. I riff on slips I see all the time, nothing personal... but I ain't gonna stop any (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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  double entendres (was Re: I've been out of action, and need to contact Melody Brown ASAP!
 
(...) You got that right! I'm glad that I'm not the only old geezer who spotted the double entendre in the subject line. (and yes, I've met Melody and had that been what Geoffrey actually meant, I would totally sympathise with the sentiment as... (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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