Re: [O=PG] difficulty: G? PG? R? X? XXX?

Ray Haddad <rhaddad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:40:25 -0700, I said, "Pick a card, any card"
and boots <no@xxxxx> instead replied:

There's a rating scale for movies that tells parents how raw the movie
is. Perhaps we need a rating scale for posts that tells the reader
how thoroughly obfuscated the post is. Words of more than 4 syllables
might knock a post out of the "G" rating, thoughts more complex than
"rock" might move it to "PG", etc. Maybe we also need a weasel index.

Whatchall think? I think it sounds like a lot of trouble. A nap is
far more appealing.

If you need help and advice for reading

I'm being disgustingly paternalistic as a result of boredom... doing
something useless while I wait for the cogs to turn... they do seem to
be turning, but very, very slowly.

how is it you're here on a
writers' newsgroup?

It's what I do when I'm feeling too pansy-assed (slang: "wimpy",
"wussy", etc) to participate in a manly-man newsgroup.

Speaking of "pansy", how long have you been out of the 'states, Ray
[just curious]?

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