Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)
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Matt Johnson wrote:
> ----- Original Message ---- From: Ron Johnson
> <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc:
> debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, 22 August, 2006
> 2:30:54 AM Subject: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin
> Laden Take Over List!)
>
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> Matt Johnson wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul Johnson
>> <baloo@ursine.ca> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent:
>> Tuesday, 22 August, 2006 1:20:46 AM Subject: Re: Pumping Gas in
>> Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)
>>
> [snip]
>>> The certifcation is stringent to say the least - and rightly
>>> so.
>
>> Stringent certification to pump gas?
>
> No. Sorry. I was being churlish. A feeble attempt at irony to
> jolt you guys into lightening up and perhaps smile at yourselves.
> To the layman, the thread could be a comedy sketch - I'm
> expecting John Cleese to pop his head round any minute.
Heh, the whole idea that grownups aren't competent to pump their own
gas is pretty odd.
Part of me keeps thinking that Paul is just jerking our chains. But
he's been like this for years...
>>> We've seen the back of sand on the forecourt. Thank goodness.
>>>
>
>> Can you explain that to a backward provincial?
>
> Again apologies. We serve ourselves at petrol stations. And we
> put sand on small spillages. And it's no effort. Really not worth
> talking about.
Ah, ok. Here we use kitty litter. The clay is supposed to be
absorbent.
> Er... and "damn" was also ironic.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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