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From: williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: This tired ol' body
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 14:16:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  2 14:16:34 1984
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	> I've been attempting to keep
	> up with the correspondence and
	> the replies I've seen on the
	> net to the whole William's
	> affair, . . .

	That's Williams, NOT William's. O.K., minor problem.

	> I made John look like a much
	> worse person than he is . . .

	I doubt that's possible.

	> John needed a guidance, not a
	> kick in the tail, . . .

	No I didn't. I knew what I was doing.

	> sigh. 		chuq

	Let me give you a clue. I am fictional. Anything I do 
which you might consider good should come to you as a pleasant 
surprise.

	I was presenting to you the images as they occurred to 
me. I was getting tired of all the `` honesty '', honestly. I was 
using sarcasm to present a distorted figure. I was being a clown.
If you are concerned about how my associations at work have been 
affected, you may stop. The people I work with know me well 
enough that they understand that my motivations are sincere, and 
they can count on me to do the best possible job in a given 
situation. BUT, net.singles is not WORK. It should be FUN. I was 
GIVING you something to laugh at. To keep you from taking all 
this too seriously. A pet monster. So, chuq, don't worry, I 
realize that this will backfire with some people. I don't feel 
there is anything for you to apologize for because I don't feel 
there is anything you should feel sorry about. I still feel that 
there are interesting topics to be discussed on this network, and 
I will probably participate in them. What I was offering was a 
little comic relief. Nothing more, nothing less.

	> As absurd as it sounds, folks,
	> I think this idiot enjoys all
	> of us flaming him in public. 
	> Since DEC won't fire this guy
	> (or at least break his
	> fingers, since his mind is
	> already broke!), howzabout we
	> make a little pact? 

	That sounds like a reasonable suggestion. You may 
conciously choose to ignore me, if that is your perogative. As 
long as you don't publicize it for pure spite. Or political 
manuever. I may or may not continue. I'm experimenting. There is 
one binding characteristic behind my sarcasm, and that is it's 
easy to reject.
	
	> Henceforth, I will immediately
	> skip any article written by
	> this jerk, and ( EOF : ed )

	I didn't get to see the rest of it. BTW, I'm what you 
might call an innovator. For a good reference, read `` In search 
of excellence ''. It's on the best seller list.

		DEC already knows I'm crazy.

	To the outside observer, it looks like Chaos.
	I feel right at home.

					----{ john williams }----

If you want to know a secret, you gotta promise not to tell
If you want to get to heaven, you gotta raise a little hell

			- Ozark Mountain Daredevils

P.S. I *STILL* hate scabs.

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