jfh@killer.UUCP (The Beach Bum) (12/30/87)
In article <164@asuvax.UUCP>, kennedy@asuvax.UUCP (Ralph Kennedy) writes: > In article <2541@killer.UUCP>, [ I write ] > > > > Uh, I don't know. I think having a name like `Ralph' would be pretty > > bad. [ BTW - I had to pick _some_ name, Ralph is just easy to type and > > I can't think of any Ralph's on the net just now ] > > Oh I don't know, John, it's not really all that bad. I should > think it much worse to be a rude, insensitive boor such as yourself. > (Or aren't you? If not, you'd better start changing your act. Here's > your first clue: whether or not there are any Ralphs on the net just > now is entirely beside the point.) > > Ralph Kennedy uucp: ...ihnp4!mot!asuvax!kennedy [ Flame on ] Now, now, Ralph. Let's not get in a huff. And by the way, the last name is pronounced HOFF - like `off' with an `H' in front. Not, HAIG, HOGG, HUFF, HUGE, HALF. But then that is the point, or rather, was the point. Oh yes, and the first name is JOHN, not JACK for all of those J F Kennedy fans. What you or I might find insulting, like living in San Francisco, and not liking the city being called `Frisco', or being called an `Okkie', to someone else, is NOTHING. Maybe inconsiderate, but no big deal. Let's see, when was the last time you or a friend went to the `john'. Or, maybe in keeping with a few of the converations that have gone on in the past around here, went to a whore and were a `john'. What else can I think of - John Doe? Nice to know the default male name is `John'. Or how about the diminutive form? `Jane'. `Plain Jane'. Nice to know all us John's and Jane's are such wonderful and interesting people that they named toilettes after us. Does this all actually bother me? Fuck no. I've been called far worse and most of it I take as a compliment. I still think my favorite is `Nigger Lover'. That's real big in the south. But because your small little mind needs some desensitization, I will stop correcting people when they refer to their belches as `Ralphs'. [ Flame off ] And assuming you didn't just 'n' your way past this one, I did apologize for my using your name. But there is always one radical in a crowd, and this week, you're it! Of course, now I run the risk of being called a racist because I used that `N' word. - John. -- John F. Haugh II (jfh@killer) | "There are really not many jobs that actually HECI Exploration Co. Inc. | require a penis or a vagina, and all other 11910 Greenville Ave, Suite 600 | occupations should be open to everyone." Dallas, TX. 75243 | - Gloria Steinem
kennedy@asuvax.UUCP (Ralph Kennedy) (12/31/87)
In article <2611@killer.UUCP%, jfh@killer.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes:
% What you or I might find insulting, like living in San Francisco, and not
% liking the city being called `Frisco', or being called an `Okkie', to
% someone else, is NOTHING. Maybe inconsiderate, but no big deal.
%
% Does this all actually bother me? Fuck no... But because your small little
% mind needs some desensitization, I will stop correcting people when they
% refer to their belches as `Ralphs'.
%
% And assuming you didn't just 'n' your way past this one, I did apologize
% for my using your name.
%
% John F. Haugh II (jfh@killer)
Thanks for the apology, John. You are truly a gentleman and a scholar.
Ralph Kennedy uucp: ...ihnp4!mot!asuvax!kennedy
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Arizona St. Univ.
Tempe, AZ 85287