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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 13 Apr 2000.
Re: Martians!

Re: Martians!

Peter Punk wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:49:37 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com>
> provoked the following text:
> 
> >> I and my wife both found the
> >> sojourner post funny and if you'd have seen MtM you'd know it's as
> >> conteporary now as it was when JRO first posted it.
> >It was funny - the first time I saw it, three years ago. It is still
> >funny - sitting on his homepage, but not when it's re-posted here for
> >the seventh time. If I want to read a good old book [see old pictures by
> >Artist X] I go to the library [Artist X' homepage]. If I want to read
> >today's news [see new pictures] I buy a newspaper [read a newsgroup].
> >Reading this newsgroup during the last few days has been like turning on
> >the TV to see the news and finding nothing but re-runs of "*M*A*S*H*" or
> >"Falcon Crest" or "Magnum" at the times and in the channels where the TV
> >guide says you're supposed to find today's news. There's nothing wrong
> >with those shows in themselves, but they are not news.
> 
> Then try to find a way more tactical way of saying just that instead of the
> insulting "yawn".


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