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If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it does it make "sound"? Very good, sir! Ah, a little higher, if you please...
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I brought this thread up in light of a recent posting flood here that highlights the wisdom of a mantra heard throughout Usenet:
DON'T FEED THE TROLL.
It's good advice, people.
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The Troll's Bane Song
(Don't Feed The Troll)
~Author Unknown
[Enter a group of Bards that surround the Stupid Troll, then singing in close harmony, do-wop style, snapping fingers and acting silly, keep the Troll distracted until it's too late!]
Don't feed the troll !
You don't know where it's been be-fore;
It might not be ... sanitary, so
Don't feed the troll !
Please don't feed the troll !
They're very unpredictable, you know.
You might just lose a finger, so
Don't feed the troll !
Don't argue with a troll,
Because..
It does no good at all.
(hummm.... do-wah..)
They have very little sense;
All they can do
Is drive.. you.. up.. the wall...
So, don't feed the troll;
Those nasty suckers have a lot of germs.
Don't feed the troll...
Unless you have a pocketful of worms.... (eeuw!)
Oh, don't feed the troll !
Because you'd have to stoop way too low!
Keep a hand on your knife,
And an eye to your back,
But just let the vermin go. (Oooh -- do-wah!)
[Exit the Bards, leaving a puddle of gooey troll, since we all know that a Troll's Achilles Heel is anything sung do-wop style. Silly Trolls never seem to learn, do they!]
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That one's a real keeper! Thanks.
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I don't post to any other "boards" and I belong to only two list.servs and I don't really know what the UseNet is ... so it is unsurprising that I have never heard the maxim "Don't Feed the Troll" as it relates to flame wars. But it strikes me as one of those homely expressions which carry an enormous amount of wisdom in a few simple words and a single simple image.
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