Some time back, I commented on the level of intelligence in our local
newspaper's "Letters to the Editor" page. This was after someone else
doubted that such people existed :-).
Well, there have been quite a few since, but one in this morning's paper
is worth quoting. The writer was defending the Catholic Church's position
against female priests.
"The priest represents Christ,the church represents the bride of Christ.
Female priests would equal a homosexual relationship ..."
My wife wanted to know why there were coffee spots on the newspaper :-).
And then there was the writer who claimed the Earth couldn't be over
10,000 years old because at the rate the sun was shrinking, it would have
been large enough to swallow the Earth that long ago :-).
I don't need no dumb blonde jokes :-).
Swingman wrote:
>
> Seems that most papers are now taking "Letters to the Editor" via e-mail and
> as a result the degradation, in all senses, is apparent to any observer with
> a bit of perspective.
>
> Just think, until the last 50 years of so the evidence of that kind of
> stupidity generally died inches from the lips and only polluted a few ears
> within hearing ... now, just another reason to appreciate more the "good old
> days".
>
Heh. Yes, back in the GODs, when we said something moronic, if we were
lucky, only a good friend heard it, and promptly, and politely, forgot
it. Of course, some of the time, it was an old enemy who heard the
pronouncement from on high, and we got to live with evidence we hadn't
evolved much anyway. Today, email something stupid to a newspaper, or
to almost anyone, and you're pretty much assured a place in a pantheon
of gibbering idiots. For really widespread infamy, though, pop your
thoughts into a Google-ized NG.
Ain't progress great?
You are reading too much into my question. I have not read much on
this NG in a while and I notice that the ratio of woodworking to OT
threads has gotten much worse since I stopped participating. The twin
demons of OT posts and incivility have just about rendered Usenet
useless for a lot of folks.
You want humor? I called my 81 year-old father yeasterday and asked
him how he was doing. "Not so good," he responded. "I've been on the
pot playing peek-a-boo with a turd all morning."
Ya'll have fun now.
Larry Blanchard wrote:
> Thanks for answering for me Lew, but I actually posted it both to respond
> to those who doubted me, and because I thought both letters, especially
> the first one, were hilarious.
>
> Apparently humor is out of place here according to Dick :-).
I viewed it as a slow day in the newsroom or maybe in your case, the shop.
Just remember, nobody gets out of here alive.
If you can't have some fun along the way, you are one sick puppy IMHO.
Lew
"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
> Some time back, I commented on the level of intelligence in our local
> newspaper's "Letters to the Editor" page. This was after someone else
> doubted that such people existed :-).
>
> Well, there have been quite a few since, but one in this morning's paper
> is worth quoting. The writer was defending the Catholic Church's position
> against female priests.
>
> "The priest represents Christ,the church represents the bride of Christ.
> Female priests would equal a homosexual relationship ..."
>
> My wife wanted to know why there were coffee spots on the newspaper :-).
>
> And then there was the writer who claimed the Earth couldn't be over
> 10,000 years old because at the rate the sun was shrinking, it would have
> been large enough to swallow the Earth that long ago :-).
>
> I don't need no dumb blonde jokes :-).
Seems that most papers are now taking "Letters to the Editor" via e-mail and
as a result the degradation, in all senses, is apparent to any observer with
a bit of perspective.
Just think, until the last 50 years of so the evidence of that kind of
stupidity generally died inches from the lips and only polluted a few ears
within hearing ... now, just another reason to appreciate more the "good old
days".
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On 13 Nov 2005 16:43:14 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
"Olebiker" <[email protected]> quickly quoth:
>Larry, is that you, Larry?
>
>Dick Durbin
Newp, but I'd be happy to piss you off, too. Under what subject would
you like the OT comments? "Whining about posters" or something else?
LJ--at your cervix.
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On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:49:49 -0800, Larry Blanchard
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Some time back, I commented on the level of intelligence in our local
>newspaper's "Letters to the Editor" page. This was after someone else
>doubted that such people existed :-).
>
>Well, there have been quite a few since, but one in this morning's paper
>is worth quoting. The writer was defending the Catholic Church's position
>against female priests.
>
>"The priest represents Christ,the church represents the bride of Christ.
>Female priests would equal a homosexual relationship ..."
>
>My wife wanted to know why there were coffee spots on the newspaper :-).
>
>And then there was the writer who claimed the Earth couldn't be over
>10,000 years old because at the rate the sun was shrinking, it would have
>been large enough to swallow the Earth that long ago :-).
>
>I don't need no dumb blonde jokes :-).
Larry, Larry,
As much time as you spend in this NG, you should find nothing
surprising about the folks in the article. Sometimes I have to print
up a thread and take it to the office just to show them I'm not making
this stuff up. They have decided it must be the chemicals from
finishing and gluing that make woodworkers think they know everything.
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:09:14 +0000, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Olebiker wrote:
>> Any particular reason you are posting this to a woodworking site?
>>
> Absolutely.
>
> Just to piss you off.
Thanks for answering for me Lew, but I actually posted it both to respond
to those who doubted me, and because I thought both letters, especially
the first one, were hilarious.
Apparently humor is out of place here according to Dick :-).