Re: (idm) gobble gobble gobble gobble, gobble gobble, gobble gobble gobble, gobble.

From Bryan Bickel
Sent Thu, Nov 26th 1998, 23:26


Happy thanksgiving everyone!

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On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Greg Clow wrote:

> 
> 
> On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, §T붡ñîmÉ 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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