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Skriven 2005-03-29 08:09:35 av Roy Witt (1:10/22)
   Kommentar till text 8789 av SHANNON TALLEY (1:275/311)
Ärende: Fidonews Echo Rules
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Hello SHANNON.

28 Mar 33 21:04, you wrote to me:

 ST> This was pretty darn funny....  It's been quite awhile since I've
 ST> laughed at anything in this echo (besides David's posts -- but
 ST> that's because he just keeps putting his foot in his mouth).

LOL!

 ST> Did you write all this yourself or was from somewhere else?

It's a parody of the CHATTER echo rules...I had to edit them to make it
fit here.


 >>         THE NEW RULES FOR FIDONEWS..  ALL NEW for 2005!
 >>
 >> TAG           FIDONEWS
 >> TITLE         Mindless Chatter & Drivel Over Nothing
 >> DESC          A conference devoted to babbling on and on about utter
 >> DESC          nonsense, for those in the United States, Canada and
 >> all DESC          other parts unknown. People who post serious
 >> topics, DESC          personal messages, BBS ads, or advertising of
 >> ANY KIND DESC          will be verbally chastised by everybody in
 >> the whole DESC          dad-blamed echo.  THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING!
 >> DESC          Messages here will be are light-hearted, with no
 >> chance of DESC          accidental seriousness. A perfect place for
 >> stressed-out DESC          persons to find fast relief. Hershey Bars
 >> allowed. DESC          Meatloaf allowed. Aardvarks allowed.  Nose
 >> picking DESC          allowed. Cat jokes allowed.  Suspend your
 >> reality at the DESC          door and be ready to make fun of
 >> yourself.  No gross DESC          profanity allowed, unless
 >> expressed with force by the DESC          MODERATOR. Math proofs and
 >> box tops will help, but not DESC          much. MOD           Roy
 >> Witt, 1:387/22
 >> ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
 >> Ä An Explanation Of Implied Rules So That Even The Most Ignorant
 >> Person Has An Opportunity To Learn Them Painlessly Before We Kick
 >> Your Butt!
 >> ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
 >> Ä
 >>
 >> 1)  NO ADVERTISING! This includes BBS ADS, MLM ADS, ADS for lost
 >>    animals, ADS for humanitarian appeals, ADS for lost relatives,
 >>    living or dead, requests for parts or labor, K-Mart Specials,
 >>    Brown Sugar, slats, and old geezers playing Cribbage.  Don't mess
 >>    with me, I mean business here.. trust me!
 >>
 >> 2)  Don't even THINK about applying for Membership unless you are
 >>    willing to send $127.50 for Drivelling Papers, Phunny Hats,
 >> Decoder
 >>    Rings and any other souvenirs we might dream up.  And don't be
 >>    surprised if you don't RECEIVE any of the aformentioned items.
 >> We
 >>    make absolutely NO CLAIMS about our honesty here.. only that
 >> you'll
 >>    regret your visit.
 >>
 >> 3)  If you make comments to other peoples' messages, or are annoying
 >> in
 >>    any way, you are in serious danger of being drafted as the
 >>    Moderator. This is a PUBLIC ECHO. No private messages are
 >> possible,
 >>    encouraged or tolerated.  Any of these words you do not
 >> understand
 >>    will be painfully explained to you by the resident dwarves.
 >>
 >> 4)  Be it hereby known that we reserve the right to poke fun at
 >>    ourselves, Catholics, Protestants, JWs, Mormons, Jews, Muslims,
 >>    homosexuals, heterosexuals, androgenous people, asexuals,
 >> celebates,
 >>    televangelists, witches, cats, dogs, squirrels, fish, waterfowl,
 >>    boars, ethnical people, unethnical people, Gregorian Chanters,
 >> stone
 >>    masons, gondaloons, bedoobies and passflooses, or you'll be in
 >> for a
 >>    spankie. Any SERIOUS discussion of ANY kind will be met with
 >> LARGE
 >>    PILES OF PIGEON <SPACK> and last year's supply of boiled kale and
 >>    lutefisk.
 >>
 >> 5)  All things being equal, The Moderator shall reserve the power to
 >>    slap you around suddenly and for no apparent reason.. just for
 >> the
 >>    ugly thrill of it.  When YOU get to be Moderator, YOU can make
 >> the
 >>    rules.
 >>
 >> 6)  This is NOT the FLAME conference.  Mild, gentle flames are
 >>    acceptable for a Newbie who didn't bother to read these rules
 >> before
 >>    barging in without a BARGE license.  HOWEVER, blatent profanity
 >> or
 >>    prolonged abuse will NOT be tolerated under any circumstances. If
 >>    you MUST blow off steam, USE NETMAIL, or Lou Dripkin will teach
 >> you
 >>    the EWE DANCE.
 >>
 >> 7)  For heaven's sake, don't spout off about your political
 >>    observations. Nobody cares, least of all ME.  There are 900+
 >> other
 >>    places in FIDONET to go for that, which shall all remain
 >> nameless.
 >>    If you persist in this kind of behavior, we will send our cousins
 >>    (Nunzio and Guido, the Jewish Flatulators) over to your house to
 >>    perform rhinoplasty on your goiter, or some other such disgusting
 >>    and equally rewarding tripe.  We mean BUSINESS here.
 >>
 >> 7) <Sigh> Okay, Phil, this one's for you. NO PUFTAS!
 >>    (A concession to Phil Harris from Andy Peed; a tradition)
 >>
 >>
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Roy

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