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Greg Clow
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Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:26:39 -0500 (EST)
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Re: (idm) gobble gobble gobble gobble, gobble gobble, gobble gobble gobble, gobble.
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Happy thanksgiving everyone! bb. On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Greg Clow wrote:
quoted 29 lines On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, ?T붡??m? lester wrote:> > > On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, ?T붡??m? lester wrote: > > > happy thanksgiving everybody! > > AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! > > When are you fucking Americans going to learn that: > > (A) You're the only country in the world that celebrates Thanksgiving > today, and one of only two countries that celebrates it at *ALL* (up here > in Canada, we had our's a month ago); and > > (B) The Internet is an international medium. > > Add up (A) and (B) and you should see why posts like this to public forums > are annoying to a good percentage of those viewing them. It's like if I > wished everyone a happy thanksgiving back on October 12th, or if a Brit > wished everyone happy Guy Falke's Day, etc., etc... > > (Sorry, but this is something like the 10th "happy thanksgiving!" message > I've received today from one mailing list or another, and I'm getting damn > tired of them.) > > > Greg > >
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