OT (don't waste words) OT

[philo]

excuse me...
may i ask a question?


"Yes you may, but only one...and you've

just asked it!"

 

[DaffyD®]

what does "OT" stand for?
--
{ : [|]=( DaffyD®

If I knew where I was I'd be there now.

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> excuse me...
> may i ask a question?
>
>
> "Yes you may, but only one...and you've
>
> just asked it!"
>
>

 

[philo]

"DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23dknJRYrIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> what does "OT" stand for?



Hello Daffy:

OT stands for Off Topic.

The reason I put it there is because this newsgroup
has been created for the discussion of Windows 98.., folks here
need to be alerted that my post was not concerning the topic.

That way, if someone did not want to see a post
that was not concerned with Windows 98...
they could just quickly see the flag : OT
and just bypass it.

The only reason I posted it was simply because
there are so many times on Usenet (not necessarily here)
where someone posts and simply says...

"Excuse me, may I ask a question?"

My little poem (so to speak) was posted as light humor...
in a way saying that if someone asks..."May I ask a question?"

They have in fact just asked a question.

So just imagine that in life you were allowed to only ask one question...
and it could be as trivial or important as you wished...
and that you would be answered in a correct and intelligent manner.

Imagine if this was the way things were
and you could even ask (and be told) the cure for cancer...
or the solution for world peace.


Then you walked into the room and said:

"So I understand that I can ask a question here, is that right?"

And your answer would be, "Yes, and now you have just asked it."


So though questions on Usenet may not be of earth shattering importance...
they are all valuable.

 

[thanatoid]

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in
news:eGNjBzYrIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

>
> "DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23dknJRYrIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> what does "OT" stand for?
>
>
>
> Hello Daffy:
>
> OT stands for Off Topic.
>
> The reason I put it there is because this newsgroup
> has been created for the discussion of Windows 98.., folks
> here need to be alerted that my post was not concerning the
> topic.
>
> That way, if someone did not want to see a post
> that was not concerned with Windows 98...
> they could just quickly see the flag : OT
> and just bypass it.
>
> The only reason I posted it was simply because
> there are so many times on Usenet (not necessarily here)
> where someone posts and simply says...
>
> "Excuse me, may I ask a question?"
>
> My little poem (so to speak) was posted as light humor...
> in a way saying that if someone asks..."May I ask a
> question?"
>
> They have in fact just asked a question.
>
> So just imagine that in life you were allowed to only ask
> one question... and it could be as trivial or important as
> you wished... and that you would be answered in a correct
> and intelligent manner.
>
> Imagine if this was the way things were
> and you could even ask (and be told) the cure for cancer...
> or the solution for world peace.
>
>
> Then you walked into the room and said:
>
> "So I understand that I can ask a question here, is that
> right?"
>
> And your answer would be, "Yes, and now you have just asked
> it."
>
>
> So though questions on Usenet may not be of earth
> shattering importance... they are all valuable.


Wow. That is SOME reply.


--
Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite in so far, I mean,
as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas
most people deserve none at all and again in so far as it
demands that we should feign the most lively interest in people,
when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

 

[philo]

"thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns9A94CAE14D70thanexit@66.250.146.158...
> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in
> news:eGNjBzYrIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>
> >
> > "DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23dknJRYrIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> what does "OT" stand for?
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Daffy:
> >
> > OT stands for Off Topic.
> >
> > The reason I put it there is because this newsgroup
> > has been created for the discussion of Windows 98.., folks
> > here need to be alerted that my post was not concerning the
> > topic.
> >
> > That way, if someone did not want to see a post
> > that was not concerned with Windows 98...
> > they could just quickly see the flag : OT
> > and just bypass it.
> >
> > The only reason I posted it was simply because
> > there are so many times on Usenet (not necessarily here)
> > where someone posts and simply says...
> >
> > "Excuse me, may I ask a question?"
> >
> > My little poem (so to speak) was posted as light humor...
> > in a way saying that if someone asks..."May I ask a
> > question?"
> >
> > They have in fact just asked a question.
> >
> > So just imagine that in life you were allowed to only ask
> > one question... and it could be as trivial or important as
> > you wished... and that you would be answered in a correct
> > and intelligent manner.
> >
> > Imagine if this was the way things were
> > and you could even ask (and be told) the cure for cancer...
> > or the solution for world peace.
> >
> >
> > Then you walked into the room and said:
> >
> > "So I understand that I can ask a question here, is that
> > right?"
> >
> > And your answer would be, "Yes, and now you have just asked
> > it."
> >
> >
> > So though questions on Usenet may not be of earth
> > shattering importance... they are all valuable.
>
>
> Wow. That is SOME reply.
>



Hey, thanatoid...
is that OK if I ask you a question?


=================> SPLAT!!!!!!!!! !!! <G>!!!!


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[DaffyD®]

Thanks, Philo. And I like your poem, too.
--
{ : [|]=( DaffyD®

If I knew where I was I'd be there now.



"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:eGNjBzYrIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> "DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23dknJRYrIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > what does "OT" stand for?
>
>
>
> Hello Daffy:
>
> OT stands for Off Topic.
>
> The reason I put it there is because this newsgroup
> has been created for the discussion of Windows 98.., folks here
> need to be alerted that my post was not concerning the topic.
>
> That way, if someone did not want to see a post
> that was not concerned with Windows 98...
> they could just quickly see the flag : OT
> and just bypass it.
>
> The only reason I posted it was simply because
> there are so many times on Usenet (not necessarily here)
> where someone posts and simply says...
>
> "Excuse me, may I ask a question?"
>
> My little poem (so to speak) was posted as light humor...
> in a way saying that if someone asks..."May I ask a question?"
>
> They have in fact just asked a question.
>
> So just imagine that in life you were allowed to only ask one question...
> and it could be as trivial or important as you wished...
> and that you would be answered in a correct and intelligent manner.
>
> Imagine if this was the way things were
> and you could even ask (and be told) the cure for cancer...
> or the solution for world peace.
>
>
> Then you walked into the room and said:
>
> "So I understand that I can ask a question here, is that right?"
>
> And your answer would be, "Yes, and now you have just asked it."
>
>
> So though questions on Usenet may not be of earth shattering importance...
> they are all valuable.
>
>

 

[philo]

"DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message
news:uB6yOLzsIHA.5068@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, Philo. And I like your poem, too.


LOL

It was not really a poem
but I am glad you liked it.

I'll have to go through my archives and publish my real stuff
one of these days.
I came out with a book maybe 10 years ago...
and it somehow did not quite make the "best seller" list <G>