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Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 15 Jan 2001 19:14:54 GMT
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Lorbaat at eric@nospam.thirteen.net wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Alex Farlie writes:
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> > The whole purpose of the a 'speculative post is to encourage friendly
> > disscusion. Unlike one repsonse to this post :-(
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> Uh, if you mean Mark Sandlin's post... I think he was just having some fun
> with
> the name "Optrix" being very close to a children's sweetened cereal called
> "Trix". Maybe over in Merrie Olde England you either a) don't have Trix or b)
> don't have the same ad campaign, but for folks of a certain age group here in
> the States it's *impossible* not to have the phrase "Silly rabbit, Trix are
> for
> kids!" deeply, deeply ingrained in your psyche, like a horrible horrible
> scar[1]. I don't think he meant anything negative or hostile by it, although
> he can speak for himself.
<snip>
Yes, I was responding exactly as Eric said. I suppose it makes no sense if
you aren't from the US of A, but my FUT to off-topic.fun shows that I was
kidding anyway.
In any case, I apologize if there were any hurt feelings. It was unintended.
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) Uh, if you mean Mark Sandlin's post... I think he was just having some fun with the name "Optrix" being very close to a children's sweetened cereal called "Trix". Maybe over in Merrie Olde England you either a) don't have Trix or b) don't have (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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