From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!sun!megatest!fortune!hpda!hplabs!hao!seismo!harpo!eagle!allegra!linus!genrad!wjh12!mjl Newsgroups: net.flame Title: Random Flamings in the Wee Hours Article-I.D.: wjh12.227 Posted: Wed May 11 03:08:54 1983 Received: Tue May 17 01:26:05 1983 It is now 3 a.m. and I have been here for 6 hours catching up on my news, reading the same pointless and endlessly repeated things for far too long. Accordingly... (check pilot) (open fuel flow lines) (ignition) (COMMENCE FLAME) I THINK ALL STUPID, TRIVIAL, SEEMINGLY INTERMINABLE, ENDLESSLY REPETITIVE ARGUMENTS, DISCUSSIONS, AND [META]*DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE CIVILIZED UNIVERSE AND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM SHOULD BE HUNG BY THEIR THUMBS, OR OTHER APPROPRIATE ANATOMY. (DISENGAGE FLAME) (commence cool-down) (close fuel lines)