Re: Welcome Ursula, Bill's new dwarf. Was Re: When your literary characters run amok...

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>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Twinkles the alt.genius dwarf)
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>> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ursula) wrote in message
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>> >> >
>> >> > > > > Tough language, Dr. Zen, masking as it does a profound
>>  understanding
>> >> > > > > for what's going on around us. You're a kind, decent and
>> >> > > > > caring 
>>  man. I
>> >> > > > > like you, sir. I like you a lot.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Yes, but do you go on the first date? If so, you've got a
>> >> > > > date. 
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Zen
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Zen, I'm an old, wrinkled battle axe who has been fortunate
>> >> > > enough to have been given many productive years on this
>> >> > > planet. As the old saw goes, I try to comfort the afflicted
>> >> > > and afflict the comfortable. I choose my enemies carefully and
>> >> > > have a keen sense for those who do the same. You strike me as
>> >> > > that type of person, too. 
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I'm going to make a lot of enemies in here before I move on,
>> >> > > and I'm going to do it real quick. Instead of dealing with the
>> >> > > substance of what I say, the grammar police in here will start
>> >> > > crawling out of the word work. You just watch, my friend. But
>> >> > > let 'em have at it, because I'm ready for them. Let the games
>> >> > > begin! 
>>  
>> >> > > Ursula
>> >> >
>> >> > Isn't it nice to see that Bill has gotten over me leaving him
>> >> > and is getting on with life with his new dwarf, Ursula. He needs
>> >> > someone to pretend to like his posts and agree with his weird
>> >> > opinions and Ursula seems to be just the person, why, she even
>> >> > writes exactly like Bill. In fact, one could be forgiven for
>> >> > thinking that she was Bill. Couldn't one Bill?
>> >> >
>> >> > Twinkles - the alt.genius dwarf
>> >>
>> >> Hah, a lot you know, Twinkletoes! If you had a clue as to how to
>> >> check out posting data and ISPs, you'd know right off the bat that
>> >> you're dealing with two different geniuses. There aren't many of
>> >> us left, perhaps three or four in the entire United States, so
>> >> it's not that hard to track us down. But you are right on one
>> >> score: Geniuses of a feather do indeed flock together. A Karma
>> >> thing I suppose.  Ursula 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > I think you're overestimating the number of geniuses left in the
>> > United States by three or four.
>> 
>> Michael Stipe is Canadian?
> 
> Jeez, they revised the entrance standard for genius downwards then.

They had to.  Considering the country is run by someone a shrink's 
recommendation away from being a window licker, you need to keep things in 
perspective.