| A day in the life of afp [message #288649] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 03:08 |
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I read the news today, oh boy,
All kinds of fluff and meta-threads again
And though the posts were rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
It was either that or barf
We blow our minds out in a thread
We never notice that the topic's changed
A crowd of people sit and read
They've seen it all before
But nobody is really sure
If today they might see something new...
I saw a post today, oh boy,
The afp in-crowd had just won the war
A crowd of lurkers turned away
But I just had to see
Having read the RFC...
Woke up, got out of bed
Found another monster thread
Lots of fighting about nothing much,
A bit of common sense from someone Dutch,
Americans wond'ring 'bout their pints of beer
Or pretending that soon they won't be here,
But everybody knows they're hooked,
And somebody looked at a spider for a scream
I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand trolls in afp today
And though their posts were rather small
I had to read them all
Now I know how many posts it takes
To fill the Wizards' Hall.
I'd love to have the time...
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
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| Re: A day in the life of afp [message #288652 ] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 03:22 |
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BRAVO! ENCORE, ENCORE!
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| Re: [I] A day in the life of afp [message #288690 ] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 11:52 |
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Richard Heathfield wrote:
> I read the news today, oh boy,
After this line, I read this to the tune of an old U2 song. You missed
the chorus, though. I'm guessing it should go something like this:
||||Afpee, bloody afpee||||
Good stuff, though. Reminds me I ought to dig out the "Some things you
can't leave behind" CD - I've never listened properly to that.
Orjan
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The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
Fiction, Thoughts and Software
http://www.cunobaros.com/
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| Re: A day in the life of afp [message #288698 ] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 13:05 |
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:08:55 +0000, Richard Heathfield wrote:
<cool poem snipped>
Nice job! :)
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| Re: [I] A day in the life of afp [message #288728 ] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 14:22 |
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[Thanks for tagging. I always seem to remember too late <sigh>.]
Orjan Westin said:
> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> I read the news today, oh boy,
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> After this line, I read this to the tune of an old U2 song.
Let me guess: "I can't believe the news today, Oh I can't close my eyes and
make it go away... How long, how long must we sing this song?"
But if that tune fits what I wrote, I'd be astounded.
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
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| Re: A day in the life of afp [message #288768 ] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 17:53 |
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Richard Heathfield <invalid [at] invalid.invalid> wrote:
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> I read the news today oh boy
> Four thousand trolls in afp today
> And though their posts were rather small
> I had to read them all
Claiming that there's so many trolls on afp is going to make people wonder
whether you see /them/ as a troll. But that was perhaps the intended
meaning of your... troll?
--
*Art
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| Re: A day in the life of afp [message #288774 ] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 18:23 |
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The time: 17 Jun 2006. The place: alt.fan.pratchett.
The speaker: Richard Heathfield
<invalid [at] invalid.invalid>
> I read the news today, oh boy,
Ooh, Beatlesfilk, my favourite.
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Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
Suggs against sexism. It's Madness gone
politically correct.
Jon Holmes, The Now Show 26/5/06
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| Re: [I] A day in the life of afp [message #288776 ] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 18:39 |
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On 17 Jun, Arthur Hagen wrote:
> Richard Heathfield <invalid [at] invalid.invalid> wrote:
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>> I read the news today oh boy
>> Four thousand trolls in afp today
>> And though their posts were rather small
>> I had to read them all
>
> Claiming that there's so many trolls on afp is going to make people wonder
> whether you see /them/ as a troll. But that was perhaps the intended
> meaning of your... troll?
>
"This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That's why everything is
exactly the wrong way around."
--
Brian Howlett - Email to From: address deleted unseen
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"What's the matter Colonel Sanders? Chicken?"
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| Re: A day in the life of afp [message #288778 ] |
Sa, 17 Juni 2006 18:52 |
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Richard Heathfield wrote:
<reluctant snip of classic filk>
Storms of applause!!
(Light showers to follow - further outlook unsettled).
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Regards
Nigel Stapley
www.judgemental.plus.com
<reply-to will bounce>
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| Re: A day in the life of afp [message #289243 ] |
Mo, 19 Juni 2006 01:22 |
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:08:55 +0000, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> I read the news today oh boy
> Four thousand trolls in afp today
> And though their posts were rather small
> I had to read them all
Funny, when I went back and re-played mine, this bit went something like...
I read the news today oh boy,
Four thousand afpers in a meet today,
Richard came with alot of pounds
And offered to pay our rounds
Sofie
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Please visit my deviantART page: http://sofen.deviantart.com/
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