From: nemo@one.net (Joe)
Newsgroups: alt.life.sucks
Subject: Re: Nothing sucks like Electrolux
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 03:34:10 GMT


On Fri, 14 Nov 1997 14:19:33 -0600, moonhawk@mail.utexas.edu
(Moonhawk) wrote:

>In article <64gm25$en5@news-central.tiac.net>, paw@tiac.net (Whitey) wrote:
>
> >Little hint for y'all - when in New England make sure your car heater
> >works before the first snowstorm strikes. We're due to get screwed by
> >El Nino in the morrow, and I have no working heater in my 1986
> >Rustang. I've got this little electric box with about half the power
> >of your average hair dryer I've got to try and duct tape to the
> >dashboard to prevent glaciers from forming on my windshield while
> >driving around the urban shithole that is Lowell all damned weekend.
>
>I am so glad I am in Texas right now. It's cold, but nothing like the
>frozen tundra north of Oklahoma or thereabouts.
>
>The car heater in my 1978 Pontiac Grand Spam works when *it* wants to. I
>had allegedly turned the heater on as I was driving to work Monday. It
>didn't actually come on until Thursday night as I was driving home from
>work. It came on for ten seconds after I hit a bump in the road...I think I
>startled it, it woke up for about ten seconds and then promptly went back
>to sleep. Suck suck suck.
>
> >And while I am on the subject of shitholes and absolute suck, I really
> >must present the question to the group, what the fuck is that little
> >wienerboy gareth geek doing back here? Has he managed to somehow hold
> >on to the delusion that he is evolved enough to play around here with
> >the higher mammals? What, did the regional ritalin supply run out in
> >his hamlet? Damn. I picked a hell of a time to come back. This sucks,
> >and we've still got the goddam holidays to slog through. Lock and
> >load! LZ is HOT!
>
>(An inspired Moonhawk gives a lusty a.l.s. battle cry...something along the
>lines of "Fuck you, idiot lamers!", and attempts to explain the situation
>to Whitey.)
>
>Well, Gaweth and his pack of rabid dingoes have taken exception with us for
>daring to criticize their pathetic non-existence. As you may or may not
>know, Whitey, a certain denizen of alt.fan.karl-malden.nose known as Raoul
>(varying initial here) Xemblinosky showed up here, took a liking to the
>place, and has set up a bit of residence here. Said individual has
>comported himself admirably and (usually) in accordance with the a.l.s.
>FAQ, so we had no problem whatsoever with that. He even joined FOA, believe
>it or not.
>
>Okay. Fast-forward a bit. Joe (Nemo) and Raoul were joshing a bit about
>HFW's ineptitude (which, as we all know, is a subject of never-ending
>amusement), when Gaweth showed up and, in effect, issued an ultimatum to
>a.l.s.: shut Raoul up or face their "wrath". His demands amounted to giving
>HFW the right to control over content and expression on a.l.s. We warned
>him that we really didn't give a shit if he didn't like what people had to
>say about him; they weren't breaking any of the rules here in a.l.s., so we
>would allow it here, and in fact do whatever was necessary to protect the
>right to free expression in a.l.s. Gaweth responded to that logical
>decision, as usual, by going apeshit. Hence the current "invasion", which
>is no less amusing and pathetic than their previous one. 
>
>I believe I explained the adequately, but if not, my fellow a.l.s.'ers are
>welcome to do so. (I threw in the "my fellow a.l.s.'ers" bit to ward off
>Gaweth Golly Gee and his straggling band of carnival performers known as
>HFW from their usual laughable attempt to twist people's words.)

You summed it up quite well, Moonhawk.

I would add though that I didn't say *anything* that might be
construed as "derogatory" about HFW.  I did not attack them in any way
until Gareth issued his ultimatum and we reacted.  He will not have
*any* say in how this newsgroup operates, and that's non-negotiable.
It's none of his business.  He was only ever here to cause trouble,
from the first day we ran into him.  We can take care of ourselves
vis-a-vis the Nosers/Meowers, and neither want nor need his presence
here.  If Gareth were really smart he'd let the Nosers have us and
laugh about it afterwards.   With a healthy dose of "I told you so".

Joe
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