I have a couple of questions

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First..what is a polly?

Second... I just stumbled on this room this evening and have read some of the posts and am fascinated that people really devote this much time to conspiring/obsessing over the 'Y2K' problem. My questions is what is the point of this board? What do you hope to accomplish by rambling on about every minute glitch that happens during the course of the day?(glitches happen every day of the year I might add).

The government has never lost checks before? Air travel has never been delayed for 2 hours coming out of NY/Boston? Power outages don't occur every day at various places throughout the world/nation? Never heard of system errors, system crashes before Y2K? hmmmm

It seems to me that a lot of people are jumping at every shadow that moves and see ghosts and goblins around every corner waiting to lurch out and strike them dead.

And I do believe a lot of hysterical people are hoping for at least one major disaster so they can declare: "I told you so. All those years of obsessing over this problem and the time and money I spent have not been been in vain !!!"

This is a case of people scaring themselves rather than being scared by any 'Y2K' glitch.

Why not just frighten yourself and work yourself into a hysteria over the possibility that someday you might get hit by lighting while trying to run from that meteor thats falling on you while you walk to the Powerball Lottery comission to pick up your winnings.

Hey, don't laugh. It might happen you know !

-- Joe (TheRebel12@aol.com), January 07, 2000

Answers

Joe,

You talked long enough to answer your first question. I have seen a Polly, and he is you.

-- No Polly (nopolly@hotmail.com), January 07, 2000.


Ahhh..so a Polly is one who thinks with a level head and doesnt fall prey to hysteria and neurotic fears?

-- Joe (TheRebel12@aol.com), January 07, 2000.

Hey, bud, get lost! Look my sig - this is MY turf, and I got here first. If you don't want a New Jersey welcome from me, take off NOW!

-- Joe (TheRebel1@aol.com), January 07, 2000.

You're a polly!

No, I'm not!

Yes, you are!

No, I am!

-- Joe (TheRebel2@aol.com), January 07, 2000.


Eat the peanuts out of my Polly

-- whatever (whatever@aol.com), January 07, 2000.


My mammy says I am the best French Kisser os them all

-- No Polly (nopolly@hotmail.com), January 07, 2000.

Does anyone know the web site for NAMBLA?

-- No Polly (nopolly@hotmail.com), January 07, 2000.

My prediction is Y2K will eventually end civilization as we know it. I give this world another year before Y2K slashes it with a thousand cuts and we all die in our own blood.

-- No Polly (nopolly@hotmail.com), January 07, 2000.

Mmm...NoPolly, you make it sound so good. ;-)

-- Ned Raggett (ned@kuci.org), January 07, 2000.

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