Re: Smartass Assholes on this list.
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:38:50 +1000
Thanks for the tip off. As a new 'un it's impossible to know these things.
Can't we just kick people like that off the list somehow ?
I'll check the FAQ to see if you're right about the Holden thing
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
THE ARTS HOLE
@ http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
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> From: Luke Seemann <lukeseem@stardot.com>
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
> Subject: Re: The Catcher in the Rye movie
> Date: Saturday, 28 March 1998 10:58
>
>
> According to IMDB, there is no such movie.
>
> Mr. Hamilton (chamil78) has a record for "clever" stunts like this. His
> introduction to the list was by pretending to be J.D. Salinger. The
> cookie-cutter stunt is twofold. For the people who believe him, he gets
to
> say, "You're so stupid." For the poeople who refute him, he gets to say,
> "Monkeys always look."
>
> In other words, he is the funniest, smartest, coolest person in the
world,
> and the "trick" was so "funny" the first time that it must be repeated
> every few months, lest we forget what a "cool guy" he is. Don't worry,
> though. Tricks like this are a common and expected step in the maturation
> of every list.
>
> And I think we've discussed who would play Holden. Is it in the FAQ? But
> don't let that stop anyone from giving the dead horse a few good whacks.
> Seriously.
>
> "Luke"