The Pitfalls of Flamewars?
Mar. 26th, 2003 09:08 amThe following message appeared on the "Tony's Tips" Message Board and should be a warning to all involved in flamewars...
"Well what weve feared has come to pass Due to all of your impassioned messages concerning the war Tonys Message Board has run out of punctuation And what do we have in a world without punctuation question mark Chaos comma thats what If the trend continues by August the projected shortfall will include all vowels and the letter m
"I understand that in these confusing times emotions can run high but I begged you board members to conserve punctuation Did you listen no
"Thanks a lot you hogs
"Rick
"P S As far as I know this does not yet affect wingdings thank God"
It's a good thing I keep a stockpile of colons around for such an emergency. :)
"Well what weve feared has come to pass Due to all of your impassioned messages concerning the war Tonys Message Board has run out of punctuation And what do we have in a world without punctuation question mark Chaos comma thats what If the trend continues by August the projected shortfall will include all vowels and the letter m
"I understand that in these confusing times emotions can run high but I begged you board members to conserve punctuation Did you listen no
"Thanks a lot you hogs
"Rick
"P S As far as I know this does not yet affect wingdings thank God"
It's a good thing I keep a stockpile of colons around for such an emergency. :)