NEW SERIES: Stupid Doomer Tricks #1

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As I had hoped, doomers have provided hours of typing and entertainment to at least one polly - me. They have done this in most inventive and sometimes inspired ways, and this new series will celebrate these attempts at getting pollies to cease their posts reminding doomers of how silly they were to fall for the meme in the first place.

So, enjoy! If you've been following my postings around like a lost puppy (I can relate to Mr. Yourdom's statement about you people, by the way...) then you are certain to see your efforts appreciated in this or an upcoming Stupid Doomer Tricks!


For our first installment, let's examine the a portion of the response to Quotably Quoted #1. I realise it seems an eternity has passed since these began, but the very first QQ was posted on 000505.

The first doomer to post (brace yourself...you may not believe this for it is truly shocking...) posted anonymously! (I know it is difficult to believe, but I am not making this up - follow the link above and see for yourself...) This properly ashamed doomer utilised my very favourite tactic: quoting one's past statements. I attempted to follow the links, but someone had inserted the following code in response to these old messages:

<%
history.go(-1)
%>

This scriplet caused the message to execute a "Back" browser command - bouncing me back to the linking page. I suppose, technically, this constitutes Stupid Doomer Trick #2, but I choose to include it as a subset of SDT#1.

Vindicated Regards,
Andy Ray



-- Andy Ray (andyman633@hotmail.com), June 28, 2000

Answers

Andy Ray,

Not only are we getting this wonderful Teal color, but you are now giving it to us bolded.

-- (Sheeple@Greener.Pastures), June 28, 2000.


The first doomer to post (brace yourself...you may not believe this for it is truly shocking...) posted anonymously! (I know it is difficult to believe, but I am not making this up -

STOP IT YER KILLING ME HERE, Andy !! :-)

-- (doomerstomper@usa.net), June 28, 2000.


Oh goody, a new series! Something to fill our (and yours) empty days.

BTW, is Andy Ray your real name? Then you ARE that British toilet cleaner person. That explains alot.

-- (nemesis@awol.com), June 28, 2000.


A stupid doomer trick? I don't see why a doomer would try to prevent those threads for being read. I could see why Andy Ray might not want them read, though....

-- Tricks (are@for.kids), June 28, 2000.

Does this new series mean you'll be taking time away from all 300+ promised installments of Quotably Quoted? I hope not. You were off to such a good start with the first 40 or so installments of that series that I'd hate to see it end so soon.

If at all possible, could you do both series at the same time? Believe me, if you come up with 300+ Stupid Doomer Tricks to add to the 300+ Quotably Quoted you promised us, then I could really have something to look forward to!

BTW, have you had any luck locating a publisher for this stuff, yet?

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), June 28, 2000.



Attn: FAWNING DOG: He founde a "publisher" already: HOUSE OF GREENSPUN

-- cpr (buytexas@swbell.net), June 28, 2000.

Brian, if you think his post are so interesting and humorous then why don't you just publish it yourself?

-- He ain't laughing with us, he's laughing at us. (Brian@can't.see), June 28, 2000.

Dear Andy Ray,

Thank you for your programming idea "stupid doomer tricks". We have discussed this at Staff and decided it was BORING. However, we have thought of a new segment called "Stupid Boomer Schticks". This sketch would highlight stupid bits by people aged 54 to 37. Dave thinks that your act would be perfect.

-- (Maria@DAVE.comm), June 28, 2000.


>> Brian, if you think his post are so interesting and humorous then why don't you just publish it yourself? <<

You clearly haven't "got it", yet. These posts are interesting and humorous because they were written by people who were wrong about Y2K. That, in itself, makes them funny.

For example, if I wrote in 1999: "I think the Y2K bug may have the potential to cause me problems, because it might affect computers that control services I use and cause them to malfunction", can't you appreciate the delicious humor of it?

I mean, this is funny stuff! Especially if you scrunch up your face and say it in a funny accent: "MAEEELFOOOONCTION". Or something like that. You could probably sell that to Saturday Night Live, now that they've loosened their standards a bit.

-- Brian McLaughlin (brianm@ims.com), June 28, 2000.


Remember that clown that turned the top level page to a DINGBAT font on the old forum?

Gee Andy, you sure do know a bunch of HTML tricks. Not that I'm saying it was you, that is the DINGBAT, but you were found in discussions on how to disrupt the forum...

Do you have a degree in HTML, Andy? What is that one, a "Certified Author of HTML" aka, a C.A.H.?

<:)=

-- Sysman (y2kboard@yahoo.com), June 30, 2000.



Andy Ray

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00365D

-- (z@zz.zzz), June 30, 2000.


<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
alert("Urgent message for Andy Ray \n GET A LIFE!")
</script>

Say.. I don't like to be a party pooper, get@life.andy. I am sure you had the very best of intentions. But an alert window match is going to get pretty annoying.

-- aqua (aqu@fin.a), June 30, 2000.


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