🚀 go-pugleaf

Why, pratel, don't you know how to write "pray tell"?

I see this stuff all over Usenet...these 'technopropisms', like "For 
all intensive purposes" and "This is a phallacy" are unbelievable.

The worst part is, a good chunk of them come from .edu sites.

Sigh.

Robert Standefer

In article <Pine.BSI.3.94.960713233012.5312G-100000@xanadu.io.com>, 
penn@io.com says...
>
>On 28 Jun 1996 ebonwing@news.eden.com wrote:
>> 
>> Poor planning on your part won't make many people here feel guilty.
>
>having read the many notes on this (and agreeing, thus far with ALL of
>them, I think that ebonwing has summed it up the best...
>
>because of YOUR poor planning a dog has to die? 
>wow...I hope you can't sleep for a loooooong time....
>(and WHY pratel post it to ALL the groups?)
>
>I have been hunting for a second dog for several months and grow 
rapidly
>tired of twits like this..."Disposable" and "Pets" should never be 
used in
>the same idea...
>
>sigh- thanks for great reply.
>
>growf.
>
>Penn
>
>