The Amazing World of Books

"Francis A. Miniter" <miniter DeleteThis @attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Michael, are you crying "Fowl"?
>
>
> Francis A. Miniter




I'm not altogether sure you thought that up by yourself,
but neverthess, full marks for combining wit and brevity.



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"diane.walker" <diane.walker.DeleteThis@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3f5eed8e$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>...
 > Sometimes the book world completely amazes me. I'm selling a rare book at
 > the moment from 1628, it has no bids on ebay, and there appears to be very
 > little interest, will probably end up in the loft with the rest of the junk.

Can I have your junk?

 > At the same time I'm selling a number of carp fishing books that are about
 > 10 years old and the interest is incredible, they have only been on a day
 > and the prices just keep rising.

Or else it is carp fishing season in the British Isles.

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"Jon Fredrik Stuestol" <stuestoe.DeleteThis@online.no> wrote in message news:<bjnugt$efs$1@readme.uio.no>...
 > "John Yamamoto-Wilson" <john.DeleteThis@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote in message
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  > > Bob Finnan wrtoe:
  > >
   > > > Perhaps you will grace us with recipes for rat and other vermin too.
  > >
  > > It all comes down to habitat and diet. You have to make a distinction
  > > between the feral pigeon, also known as the rock dove
  > > (http://tinyurl.com/mvl7), and the woodpigeon (http://tinyurl.com/mvlf)
 > and
  > > stock dove (http://tinyurl.com/mvln). The latter two, while considered a
  > > poor cousin, can be eaten like other game birds (partridge, grouse,
  > > pheasant, etc.). The former, superficially similar to the other two, is
  > > considered vermin.
  > >
 >
 > *Lots of useful information snipped*
 >
 > Here in Norway, pigeons, or doves are hunted and eaten. They taste very
 > good, even if there is generally not so much meat in each. My little brother
 > actually goes hunting for doves with his new shotgun. And he eats them too.

Sure, clean pigeons compares well to other game birds and I've
tasted quite a few. Various species of Pigeons are raised for eggs
and occasional meat consumption in South East Asia and are considered
delicacies like quails in Western countries. There used to be a
well-known cafe in old Saigon which serves just one dish: Mi Bo Cau,
or Noodles with Pigeons. It is a variant on the Chinese egg noodle
with broth dish with pieces roast duck or soy chicken.

 > As for rats, the only rats I know of is lab rats. I guess theyre edible, but
 > they are so small. not much of a meal.

I haven't eaten rats yet, but have heard from friends who lived
in the country that field mice aren't bad...they taste like (yes, of
course!) chicken.

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"Bob F." <nospam DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "michael adams" <mjadams25 DeleteThis @onetel.net.uk> wrote
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> > I'm sorry?
> > Where are the smileys?
> > Is this supposed to be some sort of a joke ?
> > michael adams
>
> Anyone missing a stick?
> Adams has one stuck up his ass!

> What a humorless drudge!



The laughs on you, you dribbling retard!

Everybody except you I imagine, would have recognised
the irony in those remarks.

Why don't you just stick to the children's books you're
apparenly so fond of, which appear to be pitched more at
your intellectual level? And just leave the more complicated
stuff to the grown ups?

Do you know what numbskull? Its only when you actally come on
Usenet that you come to realise just how many incredibley
stupid people there are, walking about in the world.

Well congratulations bonehead, you go straight in at
number 6 on the list!

So how does that suit you, you moron ?



michael adams

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> Bob Finnan

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"Alfred Armstrong" <alfred.RemoveThis@oddbooks.co.uk> wrote in message
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> on 11 Sep 2003 in rec.collecting.books, michael adams chanted thus:
>
> > Everybody except you I imagine, would have recognised
> > the irony in those remarks.
> >
>
> Irony?
>
> >
> > Do you know what numbskull? Its only when you actally come on
> > Usenet that you come to realise just how many incredibley
> > stupid people there are, walking about in the world.
> >
>
> Ah yes, irony.
>
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Mr Armstrong, might I ask you to consider the following -


a) In the post you just quoted I was explaining to Mr Finnan
that the remarks in my original post were intended be ironical.

b) However, given that Mr Finnon's unsolicited response to my
original remarks was that "I had a stick up arse" I feel it
reasonable to conclude at that point, that Mr Finnon indeed
has no sense of irony.

c) So that in responsing to Mr Finnon's totally unsolicited remark
that "I had a stick up my arse" it would clearly be
counter-productive
to even attempt to engage irony for that purpose, as this would
clealy
be beyond Finnon's comprehension.


Now is there anything in those three sentences that you wish to take
exception to, or would choose to disagree with ?

And if not, then are we both agreed that it would indeed have been
foolish thing to do, to attempt engage irony in response to Mr Finnon's
post.

Which is why I would be most grateful, if you would explain your
final remark -

> Ah yes, irony.

in response to a paragraph in my post.

Because the only possible conclusion any reasonable person could be
expected to draw from that remark, I would suggest, is that you yourself
expected that paragraph to be ironical, and that you were making a
pointed
reference to the fact that it claerly wasn't.

None of likes to be made to look foolish in a public forum, now do
we, Mr Armstrong?

Either by being portrayed as having a "stick up our arse" by the likes
of Mr Finnon, or of being shown up as being totally incapable of
defending the things we say.

Anyway, thank you for your decision to participate in this thread
Mr Armstong, and I await your answers to my questions with interest.


Unless of course, as seems rather more likely, you'd simply prefer
to run away.




michael adams

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Speaking of books, in Mary Poppins when they're feeding the birds, tuppence
a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag. Do you think they were fattening
them up for something ?
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"Alfred Armstrong" <alfred.TakeThisOut@oddbooks.co.uk> wrote in message
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> on 11 Sep 2003 in rec.collecting.books, michael adams chanted thus:
>
> > Anyway, thank you for your decision to participate in this thread
> > Mr Armstong, and I await your answers to my questions with interest.
>
> Where would my answering your tedious questions get us? Would
> the world be a happier, better-informed place?

....

It would prove to the world that you're not simply some pompous
smart-arse who can't even when challenged, actually defend his -
supposedly clever interjections at my expense.

It would prove to the world that you're big enough to admit it,
when you know that you've made a mistake.

Or maybe you would simply find that too damaging?

Otherwise who's really to know Mr Armstrong?

Are you simply just a stupid smart-arse whose been caught out?

Or in addition are you a snivelling coward who simply too scared
to admit it ?



michael adams

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"diane.walker" <diane.walker.TakeThisOut@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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 > At the same time I'm selling a number of carp fishing books that are about
 > 10 years old and the interest is incredible, they have only been on a day
 > and the prices just keep rising.

Or else it is carp fishing season in the British Isles.

Many Carp Fishing Books,especially the modern limited print runs, are highly
sought after in the UK but I prefer to keep such things quiet as it cuts down
on the competition!!

Stan

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"Alfred Armstrong" <alfred.RemoveThis@oddbooks.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Whatever you say, sweety. I'm just in wuv with your cute ickle face.
>


Pathetic.
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"michael adams" <mjadams25 DeleteThis @onetel.net.uk> wrote

> Pathetic.

Perhaps the most brilliant bit of self-analysis yet.
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"Bookman" <fwdixon.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "michael adams" <mjadams25.TakeThisOut@onetel.net.uk> wrote
>
> > Pathetic.
>
> Perhaps the most brilliant bit of self-analysis yet.

....

Ah look!

Another turd floats to the surface, for its moment in the sun.





michael adams

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"Bob F." <nospam DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "michael adams" <mjadams25 DeleteThis @onetel.net.uk> wrote
> > Ah look!
> >
> > Another turd floats to the surface, for its moment in the sun.
>

> You really shouldn't be so hard on yourself, you festering gob of
camel
> vomit, you lickspittle, you inane drone, you toffee-nosed twit, you
> suppurating pustule, you inflamed hemorrhoid, you turnip, you breath
of a
> thousand rectums, you burning discharge, why I oughta....

....

Oh look! Another fount of originality!

You've got a copy of "The Big Sissies Book of Getting Even" as
well then, have you?

How nice for you!

You must quite have worn it out by now! Shame you can't borrow
Mr Armstrong's. But guess what? His is worn out too!

Drop it you retards. You're fighting out of your class.
Way, way, out of your class.



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"Bob F." <nospam.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> sez:

>Anyone missing a stick?

Why, yes, Bob, I am indeed missing a stick. Now, where did I
put....Oh, never mind, I found it. It's stuck up Michael Adams' ass.



"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow
words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways
to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
--James D. Nicoll
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