Since it is Friday afternoon and in light of recent posts I thought I would send along this timesaving "flame" formletter that has been making the rounds of various lists and newsgroups, to add a bit of humor to the proceedings. Remember, it's just a joke folks ... ___________________________________________________________________________ Copied material follows: Considering recent events on ______-l, I thought that using this standard reply form which has been making the rounds of various newsgroups might save all of us some time and effort: STANDARDIZED BONEHEAD REPLY FORM (c) copyright 1994 by ? Dear (recipient) I took exception to your recent post to ______-l. Your attention is drawn to the fact that: (check all that apply) ___ what you posted has been said before. ___ not only that, it was also done better the last time. ___ your post/letter was a pathetic imitation of (net.personality). ___ the signoff address is [log in to unmask] ___ your post contained commercial advertising. THE FINE FOR THIS IS $20. Please remit immediately to: Usenet News Network Security & Standards Patrol (insert your address here) or your posting privileges will be cancelled. ___ your post/letter contained numerous spelling errors. ___ your post/letter contained multiple grammatical errors. ___ YOUR POST CONTAINED EXCESSIVE CAPITALIZATION AND/OR PUNCTUATION!!!!! ___ your post/letter was an obvious forgery. ___ and it was done clumsily. ___ you have a lame login name. ___ your machine has a stupid name. ___ you quoted an article/letter in followup and added no new text. ___ you quoted an article/letter in followup and only added ___ lines of text. ___ you quoted an article in followup and only added the line "Me, too!!!" ___ you asked for replies via email because you "don't read this group". ___ you flamed someone who has been around far longer than you. ___ you flamed someone who is far more intelligent and witty than you. ___ your lines are 80 columns wide or wider. ___ your .sig is longer than four lines ___ And your newsreader truncated it. ___ your .sig is ridiculous because (check all that apply): ___ you listed __ snail mail address(es). ___ you listed a nine-digit ZIP code. ___ you listed __ phone numbers for people to use in prank calls. ___ you included a stupid disclaimer. ___ your pathetic attempt at being witty in the disclaimer failed. ___ Miserably. ___ you included: ___ a stupid quote ___ a stupid self-quote. ___ a stupid quote from a net.nobody. ___ a Rush Limbaugh quote. ___ a Dan Quayle joke. ___ a reference to Beavis & Butthead. ___ lame ASCII graphic(s) (Choose all that apply): ___ USS Enterprise ___ (Continent of your choice) ___ Company logo ___ and you stated that you don't speak for your employer. Furthermore: ___ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of ______-l ___ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of the net. ___ You are a loser. ___ You must have spent your entire life in a skinner box to be this clueless. ___ This has been pointed out to you before. It is recommended that you: (Mark all that apply) ___stick to FidoNet and come back when you've grown up. ___find a volcano and throw yourself in. ___ get a gun and shoot yourself. ___ stop reading ______-l and get a life. ___ stop sending email and get a life. Have a nice day. .nl