Date:         Sun, 17 Nov 1996 17:18:46 -0900
From: Chris Lott <fncll@AURORA.ALASKA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: INT: EmJays:Re: emjays or whatever

On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, Bill Lantry wrote:

> At 10:54 AM 11/17/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >Chris Lott writes:
> >>[...]
> >>
> >>Is everyone missing the simple fact that Scott and Zak are not-so-subtly
> >>campaigning for list curmudgeon?? :)
>
> Yes, Chris, based on the private mail I've been
> getting, it seems I have much competition this year, but I think there's
> some misunderstanding of the catagory. Some have written me asking
> why I desire to remain list curmudgeon. The only thing I can imagine
> is that they seem to be confusing 'List Curmudgeon'
> with 'List A**h***'
>
> There is a big difference. When I finally beat out Bill Sier for
> the honored crown, I took on the reponsability for being
> the grump of the list, not the one who's always making
> pointless, disagreeable trouble. There's a great difference
> between saying the equivalent of "Bah Humbug" and saying the
> equivalent of "F*** O**"

At the point I sent that message-- at THIS point actually-- I
hadn't/haven't seen anything near n F*** OFF message from Zak or Scott.
But then I have been deleting most of the EMJAY threads unread.

As far as I could tell Zak was doing a pretty good rendition of
curmudgeon.


c

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Chris Lott
fncll@aurora.alaska.edu