BS: Don't want to offend, but........

Subject: RE: BS: Don't want to offend, but........
From: Metchosin
Date: 10 May 00 - 02:04 PM

something in what you said regarding spelling reminded me of a post I made when I first arrived here McGrath, although this probably belongs on a Newcomers to the Formum Thread.

Metchosin enters the Tavern, tired after floundering about for the last couple of weeks, drags its great ponderous bulk to a corner and beaches itself upon two chairs, immediately starting a conversation with itself.

"Oh dear! …. Why did it come up like that?….all run together and stuff?" Metchosin asks looking dazed and confused

"Because you forgot the little "br" thingies again, you blithering idiot!" Metchosin admonishes itself.

"Oh……….Gee, how come I posted that answer to that question and it didn't show up until about thirty other people had answered and my answer didn't make sense anymore?" asks Metchosin, still looking dazed and confused."

"You fool! What do you expect when you leave the screen up, wander out of the room for half an hour and don't punch Send 'till you return!" says Metchosin, getting exasperated with itself.

"Ahhh I see….But its still not coming up like I sent it," Metchosin whines.

"For the umpteenth time Metchosin! Don't try and get cute and type the "br" thingies twice at the end of a line, once is enough already!"

"Oh, O.K… But those guys were sooo rude to me when I added my two cents worth to that thread," Metchosin blubbers.

"For gawds sakes Metchosin! Slow down and read what's being said, they weren't saying that your rant was too long and unreal, they were talking about something else entirely and to each other, not you," Metchosin admonishes itself again.

"I know how to spell those words, really I do. Did I really spell it like that? Oh I didn't spell it like that, surely! I thought I checked the spelling before I hit the button! oh jeeeez, I must look like an illiterate boob!" Metchosin cringes.

"Look you self centered twerp, nobody cares about your bleeding spelling. It's not a test! There is no Miss Worthington to tell you "your not very good with your hands, are you my dear". Stop this whingeing and get on with what you have to say! Substance over form my dear."

"But I'd like to join in on a chat in the pub too," pouts Metchosin.

"Just be patient Metchosin, you're still typing at minus twenty while looking at the keyboard and not the screen. You'll understand all the ins and outs of this site…Eventually….I hope," Metchosin trails off, "There, there, have a good belt of single malt instead" says Metchosin, trying to comfort itself.

"A Highland Park, please, please!" Metchosin implores.

"Are you buying?" Metchosin replies to itself indignantly.

"No, I thought you were." Metchosin looks stunned.

"In that case, we'd better make it a Blue."

Metchosin, seated on its three ample buttocks, sighs with resignation and stares off into space.

The "twerp" comment refres to myself only and not to others.

Subject: RE: BS: Don't want to offend, but........
From: Metchosin
Date: 10 May 00 - 02:43 PM

see, didn't prooof read and there's the proof in the last line.

Subject: RE: BS: Don't want to offend, but........
From: Peter T.
Date: 10 May 00 - 03:52 PM

Very funny, Metchosin, and alas all too true. I often reread what I have written during the pause between sending and accepting -- aaaaaahhhh!!!! I feel like running towards the telephone line and cutting down a pole or something. The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on, nor all your piety nor wit can call it back to cancel half a line....
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Don't want to offend, but........
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 May 00 - 08:09 PM

"The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on, nor all your piety nor wit can call it back to cancel half a line" - but sometimes Joe Offer can swoop in and clean things up a bit...

Subject: RE: BS: Don't want to offend, but........
From: kendall
Date: 14 May 00 - 08:23 AM

I believe it is LURE nor call..

Subject: RE: BS: Don't want to offend, but........
From: kendall
Date: 14 May 00 - 08:23 AM

LOL