The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55349   Message #859555
Posted By: Amos
05-Jan-03 - 11:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Veterans Would Mudcat hook you in today?
Subject: RE: BS: Veterans Would Mudcat hook you in today?
Of course the productive course of action in such a situation is to whine about how bad it is instead of investing the effort in thinking of something that might be of interest. That would be just awfully hard, and male smoke come out of your various openings, so it's probably better you take on the important role of Critic. We all need that, don't we. And it isn't like just anyone can do it. No. It takes a certain sensibility to be a really good critic. I am sure you studies extensively and had to stay up late cramming for finals in such challenging courses as:
"Eastern and Western Styles of Bemoaning",
"High-Relief Carping in 20th Century English Speaking Peoples",
"Heavy and Light Counterpoint Whinging in Modern Groups",
"The Art of Shadowcasting" and
"The Future of Irreversible Glumness".   


Not to mention:

"Attributes of Discouragement and Its Promulgation"

and the lighterweight titles for extra credit like "The Invisible Bitcher" and "If You Can't Help Them, Rain On Their Parade: 101 Sure Fire Techniques for Making Anyone Feel Hopeless".

So you're obviously highly qualified and we should step back and let a small group of experts show us how it's done, right?

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