Win98 -- all kidding aside

Jimmy Montague rhetoric102 at iowatelecom.net
Fri Aug 1 19:42:27 UTC 2008


On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 15:33 -0400, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> 
> Jimmy Montague wrote:
> 
> >>     I had an English teacher who I liked who said people who cuss and 
> >> swear are lacking in the words to express what they want to.
> >>
> >>     It seems you are in that position.
> >>
> >> Karl
> >>
> > 
> > I taught college English for two years, myself. I never met but one or
> > two college English teachers who can write as well as I can, and I never
> > met even one who could write like Papa Hemingway or Private Joker
> > (neither of whom ever went to college). Who the heck cares what a
> > college English teacher thinks? Certainly his students do not. Nor
> > should they, for the most part.
> > 
> > At ease, Karl. I'm not sore at you.
> 
> I'd like to try one more time to at least clear the slate with you by 
> saying I'm sorry for whatever I exactly did to piss you off so much that 
> you can't find any form of forgiveness nor a reason to come to an 
> understanding.
> 
> Can't do anything other than that, and if you're the kind of person 
> who'd rather reply with hostility when someone is trying to make 
> amends...nothing I can do about that. I really don't understand what I 
> did that would deserve such rabid animosity from you.
> 
> Otherwise, have a good life and good luck.
> 
> -Bart

You keep saying goodbye to me but you never get around to leaving.
Please feel free to ignore me in perpetuity. I won't miss you at all.

I promise.

Jimmy





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