Re: Survival langauge


"R J Valentine" <rj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:02:09 GMT Purl Gurl <purlgurl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> } If a reader wants to argue numbers, have at it. You will face
> } a challenge convincing me one is not always one.
>
> There's a game for the annual convention: Complete the sentence "You will
> face a challenge convincing Young Kira that _________."

you are not attempting to be superior and only pretending to actually share
information and to profess a genuine interest in the subject, and even
prepared to be wrong as a result, while simultaneously acting snooty in
front of your ng 'familiars', with many a sly wink with exasperated public
sighing as would shame a Pharissee.

Whether this in fact reflects well upon the group, or upon her, is the
subject of an unasked question, though any intelligence in the exercise
resides in it.

Phil Innes


> --
> R. J. Valentine <mailto:rj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Are you one? Can one ever change?


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