Date:         Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:53:30 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Impressions
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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We'd not only tell someone how to peel it, but bring in the FDA
regulations on bananas, argue about the time of perfect ripeness, bring
up the politics of the countries that export bananas and whether or not
more energy could be derived from eating a banana than growing one, and
what kind of moron would buy a banana in the first place, and whether a
banana should be fried in petro or synthetic oil.

Jim

On Oct 14, 2005, at 11:35 AM, John Bange wrote:

>> You know, it's not what people DO say on this
>> list that impresses me, it's that the other 800
>> people have the restraint to NOT say what
>> they're thinking.
>>
>
>
> Heh. I reckon it's like any other communication venue of the same
> semi-public nature. There always seems to be a small group of talking
> heads
> that supply most of the traffic, while the vast majority just sit and
> listen, occasionally throwing out a question or comment to rile them
> up, but
> mostly they just silently wonder what's wrong with those people. We'd
> tell a
> monkey how to peel a banana, if he said he was peeling one in a
> Vanagon.
>