Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2010/09

From: Eric Dannewitz <ericdano@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Internet anonymity
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:15:35 -0400

I don't think it really matters. If someone wants to be known, like Clark F=
obes, then fine. If someone doesn't......who cares? If the person is spewin=
g out false information, it's easy enough to make a filter on your inbox to=
banish that person to your trash folder....

Though these days the Klarinet list really doesn't have anything I save any=
more. I have archives from like 10+ years ago on topics that are interestin=
g......

On Sep 8, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Jennifer Jones wrote:

> Right. People develop personalities on mailing lists. Who needs the
> resume, unless you are an occasional poster. You get a sense for what
> sorts of things people know. Who are good for show, who are good for
> shadow cat stories and as stand in mothers, who are good for making
> you feel good. Who are pedantic and insist on strict logic, who lurk,
> who make shakespearean commentary on everything... With wonderful
> summaries accurate in spirit but not at all accurate literally.
> =

> =

> My friend just asked what a clarin is (looking for a root). As far as
> I know there is no such thing as a clarin; that clarinet comes from
> clarion (trumpet) and I referred him to Ambrose Bierce's devils'
> dictionary.
> =

> CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with
> cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a
> clarionet=97two clarionets.
> =

> Can anyone help me save the reputation of the clarinet?
> =

> -Jennifer
> =

NOT Sent from my iSomething

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