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From: Champ on 30 Jul 2010 09:28 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:19:02 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > > ROT13! I'd almost forgotten about that! >> >> > "This post double ROT13-encoded for security". >> heh >You may laugh, but I was asked a question "in an email from a lurker": >"What", she asked, "Is all this rotb stuff?" > >I had a moment of utter blankness, so I requested context. > >"You know, when the words don't mean anything but everybody seems to >understand them". > >Baffled, I was. > >"They call it ROTB, but I thought it was polite not to shout so I >called it rotb" > >Light dawned. I passed on the enlightenment ... in the course of >another six or so emails before I got the message across. This 'lurker' - it was Elly, wasn't it? -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: SIRPip on 30 Jul 2010 10:03 Champ wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:19:02 +0000 (UTC), "SIRPip" > <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > You may laugh, but I was asked a question "in an email from a > > lurker": "What", she asked, "Is all this rotb stuff?" > > > > I had a moment of utter blankness, so I requested context. > > > > "You know, when the words don't mean anything but everybody seems to > > understand them". > > > > Baffled, I was. > > > > "They call it ROTB, but I thought it was polite not to shout so I > > called it rotb" > > > > Light dawned. I passed on the enlightenment ... in the course of > > another six or so emails before I got the message across. > > This 'lurker' - it was Elly, wasn't it? Ryyl? Certainly not. -- SIRPip : B12
From: Salad Dodger on 31 Jul 2010 08:25 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:51:54 +0100, Owen <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> wrote: >Where abouts did you snap the praying mantis? On the wall next to the kitchen window.
From: Owen on 31 Jul 2010 12:27 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:25:35 +0100, Salad Dodger <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: >On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:51:54 +0100, Owen <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> >wrote: > > >>Where abouts did you snap the praying mantis? > >On the wall next to the kitchen window. Hmm, I meant which part of France, how far south, I have a child that wants to know? -- Owen
From: Salad Dodger on 31 Jul 2010 12:52
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:27:07 +0100, Owen <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> wrote: >On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:25:35 +0100, Salad Dodger ><salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote: > >>On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:51:54 +0100, Owen <pericles(a)ntlXXWorld.com> >>wrote: >> >> >>>Where abouts did you snap the praying mantis? >> >>On the wall next to the kitchen window. > >Hmm, I meant which part of France, how far south, I have a child that >wants to know? Ah. Baigts-de-B�arn, nr Orthez. Pyrenees Atlantiques. N43 31.715 W0 50.092 (ish) |