================================================ Subject: Re: NCR - What's a troll? From: "Lee Reed" To: Date: Mon 25 Jun 2001 21:18:35 -0400 ================================================ LMAO, debbi---perfect timing... Lee > >From another list I'm on: > > http://tweety.bowlofmice.com/tweety/troll.html > >Define Troll, Somebody > >What exactly is a troll? In fantasy novels, it's a large, somewhat >stupid creature that rarely bathes with poor dietary habits. In >Everquest, it's a big cuddly critter easily mistaken for a sea turtle >roleplayed by people who are training for a job running a Muppet. In >nursery rhymes, it's a bridge dwelling monster easily outwitted by >goats. > >And on message boards, it is a faceless demon with a sign reading "Ban >Me" taped to its ass. Everyone knows you shouldn't feed the troll, and >everyone does it. If in real life, you meet a troll, you ignore the >moron and order another beer. But on a message board, everyone feels >some bizarre compulsion to respond, to edify, to enlighten. Six dozen >people take turns logically responding to the troll, and the troll >responds to every post with some long drawn out manifesto from hell. >When semantic nulls are removed from these documents, they boil down to >"nuh uh, you stupid poo poo head." Anyone who has ever attempted to >argue with a two year old or a congressman knows how futile the debate >has become when the poo poo head pejorative has been unleashed. The only >response to "nuh uh" is "shut up, you mouth breathing bottle baby before >I go back in time and give your father a condom" and then everyone feels >vaguely unclean. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp