Re: lese majeste

craig king (ck31@ukc.ac.uk)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:27:47 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)

On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 23:57:24 +0100 Scottie Bowman 
<rbowman@indigo.ie> wrote:
> 
>     In the immortal words of Francisco Franco: 
>     'Ah yes, but I have a fifth column INSIDE Madrid...'
> 
>     I now find that in that very hour when I'm trying 
>     to uphold standards of decency in the outside 
>     world, one of my own kith, MY OWN, has been 
>     worming his way into the system & disseminating
>     stuff from my address under the name Archy.
> 
>     This is outrageous.  First the incident of the yellow 
>     dye marker, then the strawberries....  
>     Hand me the ball bearings.
> 
>     Scottie B.
>     
>        
> 


ballbearings and disseminations? intrusions and invasions? 
it seemed like such a calm and civilised mailing list and 
instead i find skulduggery and debauchery at every turn. 
first this hijacking, then what? regicide? challenge a man 
you may soon feel fit to challenge a king and after the 
king comes his keyring and with the keys gone the jewels 
will follow and those jewels have been in my family for 
years. i am shocked to find this level of de carre-like 
intrigue going on in the honest world of the literary 
newsgroup. please cancel my subscription to 'horse and 
hound' without delay.

in the words of karl's slightly more famous younger brother 
groucho, "i can't talk any more as i have to take dancing 
lessons for the next three days".

craig