From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec4ba2eeaa171f5f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-05 16:12:55 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.wellfleet.com!noc.near.net!ray.com!news.ray.com!news.ed.ray.com!swlvx2!jgv From: jgv@swl.msd.ray.com (John Volan) Subject: Re: Colin James the Third's horrible posts Sender: news@swlvx2.msd.ray.com (NEWS USER) Organization: Raytheon Company, Tewksbury, MA Message-ID: References: <199412031821.LAA27900@hops.entertain.com> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 23:00:38 GMT Date: 1994-12-05T23:00:38+00:00 List-Id: Colin James III writes: >This sort of public vomit hurts the Ada cause; Funny, the only person I see engaging in the technicolor yawn appears to be one Colin James the Third. >it reveals Robert Dewar as >undignified and his true colors as a ravenous Internet demon preying upon >casual posters. Funny, the only ravenous Internet demon preying upon casual posters that I see appears to be one Colin James (Third Edition). >and the content of his posts are *always* to show he is superior as the >respondor to the respondee. Funny, the only person I see using his posts to aggrandize himself at the expense of others appears to be one Colin James, Mark 3. >Aside from my embarrassment that Dewar's >(misplaced) last name gives Scots a bad name Funny, the only person I see giving Scots a bad name appears to be one Colin James Aye-Aye-Aye. >I am reminded of the >saying "jealousy is the homage that inferiority pays to merit". Funny, the only person I see demonstrating his own inferiority by using jealousy to pay homage to merit appears to be one Colin James in the Third Dimension. >Put another way, the mode >and content of Robert's posts reflect one who doesn't have too much to do, >and hence waste everyone's time. Funny, the only posts I see whose mode and content reflect one who doesn't have much to do except waste everyone's time (and bandwidth) appear to be those of one Colin James, Part Three -- The Final (?) Chapter. Mr. Colin James the Third, if you have any sons, please please please do them the inestimable kindness of refraining from naming any of them after yourself. In my experience, a man named after his father frequently suffers an inferiority complex from the burden of being "Junior". This only worsens with each passing generation that this unfortunate practice is repeated. Often, the only way such a pathetic child can prop up his congenitally low self-esteem is by attaching a ponderous Roman numeral to his name. But ironically (unless the boy happens to be a member of a royal family) this practice merely succeeds in casting his patent inferiority in sharp relief. Sincerely, -- John Volan (to my knowledge the first, and, I guarantee it, the last :-) (Apologies to all for wasting bandwidth with this post, but Robert Dewar deserves better treatment than this.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Me : Person := (Name => "John Volan", -- Company => "Raytheon Missile Systems Division", -- E_Mail_Address => "jgv@swl.msd.ray.com", -- Affiliation => "Enthusiastic member of Team Ada!", -- Humorous_Disclaimer => "These opinions are undefined " & -- "by my employer and therefore " & -- "any use of them would be " & -- "totally erroneous."); --------------------------------------------------------------------------------