Weird similarities...

Dr Curious said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Dr Curious said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> ><snip>
>
> Sorry, I can't be arsed with this any more. I regret having got
> involved because it just wasted everyone's time. Maybe I wanted to
> change your behaviour, maybe I wanted to get rid of you, but,
> whatever, it was pointless trying.
>
> Your attitude needs changing, but I'm not the one who's going to try
> to do it.

That's it. Run away.

Indeed. Life's too short, and I have actually invested energy in
trying to sort out the problem you're causing to this newsgroup. I
don't have that much to spare.

You mean that your smear tactics, and innuedos proved largely
ineffective?

Yes well, you can hardly blame me for your own obvious ineptitude,
in that department, now can you, eh ?

Sending a boy on a man's errand is never a good idea at the best of
times.

Never mind someone such as yourself, with your money worries, and
the ever present possibility of running out of toilet paper hanging
over your head.

Hardly the most propitious of circumstances I'd have thought, under
which to be embarking on such a monumental enterprise.

Spelling corrections: 'innuendos' and 'university'

HTH

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Dr Curious said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> "Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> > "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> > ><snip>
> >
> > Sorry, I can't be arsed with this any more. I regret having got
> > involved because it just wasted everyone's time. Maybe I wanted

to

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> > change your behaviour, maybe I wanted to get rid of you, but,
> > whatever, it was pointless trying.
> >
> > Your attitude needs changing, but I'm not the one who's going to

try

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Quoted message said:

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> > to do it.
>
> That's it. Run away.
>
Indeed. Life's too short, and I have actually invested energy in
trying to sort out the problem you're causing to this newsgroup. I
don't have that much to spare.

You mean that your smear tactics, and innuedos proved largely
ineffective?

Yes well, you can hardly blame me for your own obvious ineptitude,
in that department, now can you, eh ?

Sending a boy on a man's errand is never a good idea at the best of
times.

Never mind someone such as yourself, with your money worries, and
the ever present possibility of running out of toilet paper hanging
over your head.

Hardly the most propitious of circumstances I'd have thought, under
which to be embarking on such a monumental enterprise.

Spelling corrections: 'innuendos' and 'university'

HTH

I can't find "university" and actually it should have been
"baseless innuendos" in any case.

Nighty night Ambrose.

Curious

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Dr Curious said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> just like those who make a point of posting from Academic Addresses,
> are simply demonstrating how desperate they are to imbue their posts
> with that aura of credibility\entertainment value, in which they
> are otherwise so obviously lacking.

It would be prohibitively expensive for me to post other than from an
academic address at work. Presumably you think I should use my mobile
as a GPRS 'modem' and do it that way.

Keep your hair on.

I'm talking about what people choose to put in their Organisation Field.
^^^^^^^
You don't put anything in your Organisation Field, do you?
^^^^^^^^

No. I don't have any organisation 🙂

Wouldn't stop him lying about headers - he's done it before.

(The switch from "Addresses" to claiming he was talking about Organisation
is almost certainly deliberate [censored], not accidental.)

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:59:33 +1000, "DRS"
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

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A quick look at his headers shows he's posting from a German
server (ie, [email hidden])

A lot of us do.

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

in message <[email hidden]>, Dr Curious

(') said:

... I'm paranoid, aggressive, and I've got an inferiority
complex. Oh and I'm a "[censored]" too.

Another Pirates of Penzance moment.

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X-no-archive: No, I'm not *that* naive.

in message <[email hidden]>, Ambrose Nankivell

(') said:

Dr Curious said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> just like those who make a point of posting from Academic
> Addresses, are simply demonstrating how desperate they are to
> imbue their posts with that aura of credibility\entertainment
> value, in which they are otherwise so obviously lacking.

It would be prohibitively expensive for me to post other than from
an academic address at work.

Keep your hair on.

I'm talking about what people choose to put in their Organisation
Field.
^^^^^^^
You don't put anything in your Organisation Field, do you?
^^^^^^^^

No. I don't have any organisation 🙂

Just for the record, the top twenty organisations currently posting to
URC are as follows[1]:

Top 20 organisations:

Position Posts Organization

000001 528 BT Openworld
000002 508 http://groups.google.com
000003 390 Disorganised
000004 368 gradually deteriorating
000005 306 The UK Branch of the Mafia
000006 272 blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder)
000007 182 University of Dundee
000008 154 AOL, http://www.aol.co.uk
000009 137 BHPC
000010 133 The University, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK.
000011 119 cyclingforums.com
000012 117 Ian G Batten speaking for himself
000013 114 NTL
000014 103 Customer of PlusNet
000015 100 ntl Cablemodem News Service
000016 99 University of Durham
000017 98 Customer of Plusnet Technologies Ltd
000018 84 The Univesity of Life
000019 82 The University of Life
000020 79 Home in Bristol, UK

Curiously, more than half the posts from the University of Life were
from people who couldn't spell it. Naming no names, of course.

[1] Data collated from 8119 messages received between 2004-06-23 08:05
and 2004-07-22 20:35

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Iraq war: it's time for regime change...
... go now, Tony, while you can still go with dignity.

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:35:01 GMT, Simon Brooke <[email hidden]>

wrote in message : said:

Curiously, more than half the posts from the University of Life were
from people who couldn't spell it. Naming no names, of course.

Chortle! Sounds like a [censored] to me ;-)

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

Greetings,
I in fact have two doubles, and have met one and seen
the other. The one I met is Irish (I'm originally English) and worked at
an office I worked at years ago. The second double is in fact related,
and appears briefly in the closing credits of the movie, `Attack of the
Killer Tomatoes' (1978), which was made by the San Diego branch of my
family. Have fun spotting him.
Regards,
Ray.

Graeme said:

It is said that everyone alive has a double, as in look-alike (not "make
mine a double"😉 and it seems there is a Usenet equivalent, the "write-
alike". As a fairly regular reader and sometimes poster to both aus.bicycle
and uk.rec.cycling there are threads on each group contributed to (or
rather, taken over) by "DRS" and "Dr Curious" respectively.

The styles of writing, at least in levels of confrontation, share a
remarkable similarity. The word "f***wit" also crops up quite regularly in
these threads too.

It's fascinating, and a little confusing at times, to follow these threads.
So are you two guys related in any way?

:-)

Graeme

Ray Peace <[email hidden]> wrote in news:4100428D.3060706
@jeack.com.au:

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I in fact have two doubles, and have met one and seen
the other.

I've not met any doubles of me. There is though a name-sake in New Zealand,
Lots of people have name-sakes, but with the way I spell mine I would have
thought it highly unlikely. I was Googling for my name one day (ego-surfing
I believe it's called) and got a hit for a Graeme Dods in a printing
company in New Zealand. Most "Dods" are spelled "Dodds" (for reasons I'll
not go into just now).

Graeme

Dr Curious:

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I can't find "university" and actually it should have been
"baseless innuendos" in any case.

" "

d.

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Top 20 organisations:

000001 528 BT Openworld

I'd just like to point out that I have /nothing/ in my organisation field as
far as newsreader settings are concerned but BT Openworld seems to
automatically appear there when posts come through on usenet.

d.

"Graeme" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've not met any doubles of me. There is though a name-sake in New

Zealand,

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Lots of people have name-sakes, but with the way I spell mine I would

have

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thought it highly unlikely. I was Googling for my name one day

(ego-surfing

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I believe it's called) and got a hit for a Graeme Dods in a printing
company in New Zealand. Most "Dods" are spelled "Dodds" (for reasons

I'll

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not go into just now).

I've got to try harder.. I had most of the top 10 google
spots sewn up but now my best rank is 3rd place and
I only have 5 or so entries in the top 10... very poor
performance. My main competitors seem to be a rector
(whatever that is.. sounds religious to me) and a Tuba
player 🙂

hippy

: "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:

: I can't see any other reason for considering that the fact that people
: choose to fill in their organisation field with the organisation they
: work for is showing off and an attempt to imbue their posts with
: authority, rather than just filling in a blank field with a fact.

Ah, the joys of Authority 🙂

As for the org thing: here at least, it's set that way by default.

Arthur

--
Arthur Clune http://www.clune.org
"Technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect"
- Paulina Borsook

Arthur Clune said:

: "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:

: I can't see any other reason for considering that the fact that people
: choose to fill in their organisation field with the organisation they
: work for is showing off and an attempt to imbue their posts with
: authority, rather than just filling in a blank field with a fact.

Ah, the joys of Authority 🙂

As for the org thing: here at least, it's set that way by default.

Here too.

Colin

"Arthur Clune" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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: "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:

: I can't see any other reason for considering that the fact that people
: choose to fill in their organisation field with the organisation they
: work for is showing off and an attempt to imbue their posts with
: authority, rather than just filling in a blank field with a fact.

Ah, the joys of Authority 🙂

< snip >

More especilly when the passage you just quoted was in fact written
by Ambrose Nankivell

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I can't see any other reason for considering that the fact that people
choose to fill in their organisation field with the organisation they
work for is showing off and an attempt to imbue their posts with
authority, rather than just filling in a blank field with a fact.

Perhaps if you have any problem with the stated views, you'd do
rather better raising the matter with the person responsible.

Rather than wrongly imputing them to me for the purposes of
making a pointed aside.

Childish insults are one thing; forged attributions are
quite another.

Curious

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--
Arthur Clune http://www.clune.org
"Technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect"
- Paulina Borsook

Dr Curious said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Dr Curious said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> > "Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> > news:[email hidden]...
> > > "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> > > ><snip>
> > >
> > > Sorry, I can't be arsed with this any more. I regret having got
> > > involved because it just wasted everyone's time. Maybe I wanted

to

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Quoted message said:

> > > change your behaviour, maybe I wanted to get rid of you, but,
> > > whatever, it was pointless trying.
> > >
> > > Your attitude needs changing, but I'm not the one who's going to

try

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Quoted message said:

> > > to do it.
> >
> > That's it. Run away.
> >
> Indeed. Life's too short, and I have actually invested energy in
> trying to sort out the problem you're causing to this newsgroup. I
> don't have that much to spare.

You mean that your smear tactics, and innuedos proved largely
ineffective?

Yes well, you can hardly blame me for your own obvious ineptitude,
in that department, now can you, eh ?

Sending a boy on a man's errand is never a good idea at the best of
times.

Never mind someone such as yourself, with your money worries, and
the ever present possibility of running out of toilet paper hanging
over your head.

Hardly the most propitious of circumstances I'd have thought, under
which to be embarking on such a monumental enterprise.

Spelling corrections: 'innuendos' and 'university'

HTH

I can't find "university"

Keep looking, you'll find it.

--
Michael MacClancy
Random putdown - "He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness
in others." -Samuel Johnson
www.macclancy.demon.co.uk
www.macclancy.co.uk

"Michael MacClancy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Dr Curious said:

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:

> "Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> > "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> > > "Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email hidden]...
> > > > "Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> writes:
> > > > ><snip>
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, I can't be arsed with this any more. I regret having got
> > > > involved because it just wasted everyone's time. Maybe I wanted

to

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> > > > change your behaviour, maybe I wanted to get rid of you, but,
> > > > whatever, it was pointless trying.
> > > >
> > > > Your attitude needs changing, but I'm not the one who's going

to

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Quoted message said:

try

Quoted message said:

> > > > to do it.
> > >
> > > That's it. Run away.
> > >
> > Indeed. Life's too short, and I have actually invested energy in
> > trying to sort out the problem you're causing to this newsgroup. I
> > don't have that much to spare.
>
>
> You mean that your smear tactics, and innuedos proved largely
> ineffective?
>
> Yes well, you can hardly blame me for your own obvious ineptitude,
> in that department, now can you, eh ?
>
> Sending a boy on a man's errand is never a good idea at the best of
> times.
>
> Never mind someone such as yourself, with your money worries, and
> the ever present possibility of running out of toilet paper hanging
> over your head.
>
> Hardly the most propitious of circumstances I'd have thought, under
> which to be embarking on such a monumental enterprise.
>
Spelling corrections: 'innuendos' and 'university'

HTH

I can't find "university"

Keep looking, you'll find it.

No I can't. That was the point.

Talk about Dimboys. Jeez!

Curious

Univesity of Life

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--
Michael MacClancy
Random putdown - "He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of

dullness

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in others." -Samuel Johnson
www.macclancy.demon.co.uk
www.macclancy.co.uk

"Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:2mc3h3Fl5k5rU1@uni-
berlin.de:

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No I can't. That was the point.

Talk about Dimboys. Jeez!

Take a look at *your* Organisation, i.e. "Univesity of Life". I've
refrained from saying so before and tried to give you the benefit of the
doubt, but the others are right, you are a [censored].

Graeme

"Graeme" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:2mc3h3Fl5k5rU1@uni-
berlin.de:

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No I can't. That was the point.

Talk about Dimboys. Jeez!

Take a look at *your* Organisation, i.e. "Univesity of Life". I've
refrained from saying so before and tried to give you the benefit of the
doubt, but the others are right, you are a [censored].

Graeme

Check my posts Dimboy.

June 24th - July 5th - Organisation University of Life
July 5th - Present - Organisation Univesity of Life

I purposely changed it, so that a complete Numbskull like you could
come along and make a complet idiot of yourself in pointing out the
fact.

Go to the bottom of the class you Pompous Prat.

Nice to see you're such a Pathetic Tosspot that you can't even
think up an original insult of your own as well isn't it?

But then Total Buffoons like you never can can you eh?

Can you eh, Dopey Graeme ?

Curious

Univesity of Life

"Dr Curious" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:2mc58kFljbl7U1@uni-
berlin.de:

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I purposely changed it,

And purposely forgot it so you had no clue what was being referred to a
couple of posts back?

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you can't even think up an original insult of your own as well isn't it?

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Numbskull
complet idiot
Pompous Prat
Pathetic Tosspot
Total Buffoons
Dopey

All of which hardly show startling wit and originality. Oh wait, that was
your point, you were being ironic/sarcastic/condescending/whatever
behaviour you chose as your excuse.

Ho hum...

Graeme