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Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi

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From: Jim G.
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:21
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anim8rFSK sent the following on Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:21:47 -0700:
> In article <nsisj8t0bnd301tqqfu1nliis3mr21va5g@4ax.com>,
>  Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > Merrick Baldelli sent the following on Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:09:51 -0500:
> > > On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:33:24 -0600, Jim G.
> > > <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Soap is easy. Soap is padding. Soap is easy padding. Anyone who can
> > > >string together nouns and verbs can write soap. That's why it's so
> > > >common. But common isn't necessarily good, and padding is almost always
> > > >bad.
> > > 
> > > 	Yes indeed..  It's like tissues in a woman's bra.  Always a
> > > disappointment for the straight man who thought he was going to be
> > > getting more than a handful...
> > 
> > As a straight guy, I can assure you that that ploy only worked if the
> > girl in question *always* did that. But the girls who would even
> > *consider* doing that were all too stupid to realize that consistency
> > was important, so they'd go from an A cup to a B or C cup every once in
> > a while, which was always good for a laugh.
> > 
> > And while I don't know who forgot to lock up the RAThouse last night,
> > it's nice to know that it wasn't someone *too* crazy who found the front
> > door open. Or did you break a window in the back?
> 
> That's a particularly ugly, if likely unintended, euphemism.

Yeah, it was unintended. Get your mind out of the gutter, mister! :)

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From: Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid>
Newsgroups: aus.sf,rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv
Subject: Re: February sweeps and the continuing ghettoization of scifi
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:21:10 -0500
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