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Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 05:04:38 GMT
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[could have posted this to .fun, it belongs in .rant, but whatever...]

In lugnet.dear-lego, Jasper Janssen wrote:

Like using your cellular during church service at the Notre Dame de
Paris or at the St Peter of Rome.

You could have stopped after 'service'.  Or any other public
gathering/performance.  Inconsiderate users of noisy devices bother me greatly.


Especially the ones that are about four feet tall, and live in my house.  Of
course, their devices tend to look like Star Wars toys...

Steve



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  Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
 
(...) Yeah. When in doubt, I usually go for thread cohesion over directing it every which newsgroup - and I was in doubt. (...) Oh, yes, I could have. But that wouldn't have been _bad_ enough to compare with whatever it was I was comparing to. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
 
(...) greatly. (...) Heh. The five-year-old in my life got the huge Naboo Royal Starship toy for Christmas. I was impressed that Kenner (or whoever owns that name, now -- Hasbro?) toned the volume of the electronic noises it makes down a very quiet (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
 
(...) It probably was sarcasm, but I still see it as highly inappropriate. Like using your cellular during church service at the Notre Dame de Paris or at the St Peter of Rome. (...) I agree. But why bother flaming the clueless ones? They don't (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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