-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matt Johnson wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- From: Ron Johnson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: > debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, 22 August, 2006 > 2:30:54 AM Subject: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin > Laden Take Over List!) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > Matt Johnson wrote: >> ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Johnson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: >> Tuesday, 22 August, 2006 1:20:46 AM Subject: Re: Pumping Gas in >> Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!) >> > [snip] >>> The certifcation is stringent to say the least - and rightly >>> so. > >> Stringent certification to pump gas? > > No. Sorry. I was being churlish. A feeble attempt at irony to > jolt you guys into lightening up and perhaps smile at yourselves. > To the layman, the thread could be a comedy sketch - I'm > expecting John Cleese to pop his head round any minute.
Heh, the whole idea that grownups aren't competent to pump their own gas is pretty odd. Part of me keeps thinking that Paul is just jerking our chains. But he's been like this for years... >>> We've seen the back of sand on the forecourt. Thank goodness. >>> > >> Can you explain that to a backward provincial? > > Again apologies. We serve ourselves at petrol stations. And we > put sand on small spillages. And it's no effort. Really not worth > talking about. Ah, ok. Here we use kitty litter. The clay is supposed to be absorbent. > Er... and "damn" was also ironic. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE6tVES9HxQb37XmcRAtuoAJ49JSZmgWsY+PyHC6kvHbCrV2nEAACg3y7R 7QC5/QU979ntqVhkz0/Fj68= =CTuN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
