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From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones)
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Subject: Re: net.doggerel
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 19:35:47 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 19:35:47 1985
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> I shot a query into the net.
> I haven't got an answer yet,
> But seven people gave me hell
> And said I ought to learn to spell;
> 
> A posted message called me rotten
> For ignoring mail I'd never gotten;
> An angry message asked me, Please
> Don't send such drivel overseas;
> 
> A lawyer sent me private mail
> And swore he'd slap my ass in jail --
> I'd mentioned Un*x in my gem
> And failed to add the T and M;
> 
> One netter thought it was a hoax:
> "Hereafter, post to net dot jokes!";
> Another called my grammar vile
> And criticized my writing style.
> 
> Each day I scan each Subject line
> In hopes the topic will be mine;
> I shot a query into the net.
> I haven't got an answer yet ...
> -- 
> Ed Nather

Your posting got at least this far
Before some system got bizzare
and promptly ate it bit by bit
digested and excreted it

Don't take offense, it happens often
As hardware breaks and software softens
I know it sounds quite paranoid
but my best postings went in the void

So persevere and don't lose hope
if you're at the end of you're ragged rope
Press on for you'll be vindicated 
Admired by many (though not syndicated)

But this just my own conjecture
So please excuse the tone of lecture
I thought I'd offer my opinion
Just a voice from the countless minions

-anon