Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!umix!honey From: honey@umix.cc.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Re**n: A SERIOUS DILEMMA FOR THE NET Message-ID: <4829@umix.cc.umich.edu> Date: 27 Sep 88 01:33:13 GMT References: <1768@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Reply-To: honey@citi.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman) Organization: Center for Information Technology Integration, Univ of Michigan Lines: 16 UUCP-Path: {uunet,rutgers}!umix!honey Patricia O Tuama writes: >Don't forget the famous north/honey thesis: > > Usenet is a slow-moving parody of itself > >and it's equally famous corrollary: > > Usenet is like walking into a crowded movie theater and > yelling, "ANYONE WANNA BUY A USED CAR?" yo, trish, don't forget the toronto variation: everyone stands up and shouts "WRONG THEATER!" peter ps: i made some minor corrections to trisha's note, begging your pardon.