Dear Investigator Bacon,
Should I dare to mention that others are not
responsible for your follies? Must I remind you that
I, Ms. Emily Post, am the foremost authority on
etiquette today? How dare you even suggest that I
create such a faux pas?
Occasionally a blunder may occur in even the most
refined of characters. This is attested to by the
answers of your so-called suspects. You, sir, seem to
make a career of blunders.
Lame excuses are not socially acceptable methods
of apology; after all, apology is nothing more than a
word. Neither is submitting a bill of your damages to
an innocent party socially acceptable.
Viciousness and groundless accusations are not
proper procedures for handling an investigation.
Every interaction with our fellow beings requires
etiquette. Does it not occur to you that many doors
will open with a polite word, or do you enjoy being
one of the door slammers of society?
Truly,
Ms. Emily Post
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Blunders
6 messages in this thread |
Started on 2007-06-06
Blunders
From: Ms. Emily Post (iamemilypost@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2007-06-06 10:16:41 UTC-07:00
RE: [LbNA] Blunders
From: Pete Mandeville (fishthis@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2007-06-06 21:19:08 UTC
Ok, seriously, is there a point to all this ridiculousness or are you just
going to keep bantering on about how you're holier-than-thou when it comes
to this enigma of etiquette?
One might go so far as to say it shows a lack of etiquette by taking up
valuable room in my junk mail folder.
Fishman
From: "Ms. Emily Post"
Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Blunders
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:16:41 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Investigator Bacon,
Should I dare to mention that others are not
responsible for your follies? Must I remind you that
I, Ms. Emily Post, am the foremost authority on
etiquette today? How dare you even suggest that I
create such a faux pas?
Occasionally a blunder may occur in even the most
refined of characters. This is attested to by the
answers of your so-called suspects. You, sir, seem to
make a career of blunders.
Lame excuses are not socially acceptable methods
of apology; after all, apology is nothing more than a
word. Neither is submitting a bill of your damages to
an innocent party socially acceptable.
Viciousness and groundless accusations are not
proper procedures for handling an investigation.
Every interaction with our fellow beings requires
etiquette. Does it not occur to you that many doors
will open with a polite word, or do you enjoy being
one of the door slammers of society?
Truly,
Ms. Emily Post
____________________________________________________________________________________
Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo!
FareChase.
http://farechase.yahoo.com/
going to keep bantering on about how you're holier-than-thou when it comes
to this enigma of etiquette?
One might go so far as to say it shows a lack of etiquette by taking up
valuable room in my junk mail folder.
Fishman
From: "Ms. Emily Post"
Reply-To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Blunders
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:16:41 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Investigator Bacon,
Should I dare to mention that others are not
responsible for your follies? Must I remind you that
I, Ms. Emily Post, am the foremost authority on
etiquette today? How dare you even suggest that I
create such a faux pas?
Occasionally a blunder may occur in even the most
refined of characters. This is attested to by the
answers of your so-called suspects. You, sir, seem to
make a career of blunders.
Lame excuses are not socially acceptable methods
of apology; after all, apology is nothing more than a
word. Neither is submitting a bill of your damages to
an innocent party socially acceptable.
Viciousness and groundless accusations are not
proper procedures for handling an investigation.
Every interaction with our fellow beings requires
etiquette. Does it not occur to you that many doors
will open with a polite word, or do you enjoy being
one of the door slammers of society?
Truly,
Ms. Emily Post
____________________________________________________________________________________
Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo!
FareChase.
http://farechase.yahoo.com/
Re: [LbNA] Blunders
From: gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2007-06-06 23:00:40 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Pete Mandeville"
wrote:
>
> Ok, seriously, is there a point to all this ridiculousness
Yep !
> One might go so far as to say it shows a lack of etiquette by
taking up
> valuable room in my junk mail folder.
>
> Fishman
You have a choice to read, delete, change to "no email, or unsub.
What you think of as spam others may be able to view another way, or
rather other "ways".
Letterboxing is very much like an onion, start peeling away and you
get to many other levels. There are many ways to play the game, so if
you dislike this way then don't bother to play or comment.
No one is forcing you to read anything, but then again it might do
you some good, and maybe if you tried to figure things out you might
just 'get it'. I believe there have been sufficient notices given
that these posts aren't necessarily what they seem...or maybe they
are.
Uncle Don
>
> Ok, seriously, is there a point to all this ridiculousness
Yep !
> One might go so far as to say it shows a lack of etiquette by
taking up
> valuable room in my junk mail folder.
>
> Fishman
You have a choice to read, delete, change to "no email, or unsub.
What you think of as spam others may be able to view another way, or
rather other "ways".
Letterboxing is very much like an onion, start peeling away and you
get to many other levels. There are many ways to play the game, so if
you dislike this way then don't bother to play or comment.
No one is forcing you to read anything, but then again it might do
you some good, and maybe if you tried to figure things out you might
just 'get it'. I believe there have been sufficient notices given
that these posts aren't necessarily what they seem...or maybe they
are.
Uncle Don
RE: [LbNA] Blunders
From: xxxxxxxx (BrighidFarm@comcast.net) |
Date: 2007-06-06 18:18:28 UTC-05:00
"One might go so far as to say it shows a lack of etiquette by
taking up valuable room in my junk mail folder."
I took this from fishman to mean that fishman knows exactly what's going on.
I didn't get the idea that fishman was cluesless.
~~ Mosey ~~
On the other hand, for those who aren't interested at all in reading this
story (like me), it might not be a rude idea to consider sticking to 2 or 3
subject lines rather than changing the subject so that it's easier to
recognize what one (like me) wants to delete without opening. But I know
that to suggest that would merely instantly result in the beginning of a
dozen more subject lines.
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of gwendontoo
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:01 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Blunders
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Pete Mandeville"
wrote:
>
> Ok, seriously, is there a point to all this ridiculousness
Yep !
> One might go so far as to say it shows a lack of etiquette by
taking up
> valuable room in my junk mail folder.
>
> Fishman
You have a choice to read, delete, change to "no email, or unsub.
What you think of as spam others may be able to view another way, or
rather other "ways".
Letterboxing is very much like an onion, start peeling away and you
get to many other levels. There are many ways to play the game, so if
you dislike this way then don't bother to play or comment.
No one is forcing you to read anything, but then again it might do
you some good, and maybe if you tried to figure things out you might
just 'get it'. I believe there have been sufficient notices given
that these posts aren't necessarily what they seem...or maybe they
are.
Uncle Don
Yahoo! Groups Links
taking up valuable room in my junk mail folder."
I took this from fishman to mean that fishman knows exactly what's going on.
I didn't get the idea that fishman was cluesless.
~~ Mosey ~~
On the other hand, for those who aren't interested at all in reading this
story (like me), it might not be a rude idea to consider sticking to 2 or 3
subject lines rather than changing the subject so that it's easier to
recognize what one (like me) wants to delete without opening. But I know
that to suggest that would merely instantly result in the beginning of a
dozen more subject lines.
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of gwendontoo
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:01 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Blunders
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Pete Mandeville"
>
> Ok, seriously, is there a point to all this ridiculousness
Yep !
> One might go so far as to say it shows a lack of etiquette by
taking up
> valuable room in my junk mail folder.
>
> Fishman
You have a choice to read, delete, change to "no email, or unsub.
What you think of as spam others may be able to view another way, or
rather other "ways".
Letterboxing is very much like an onion, start peeling away and you
get to many other levels. There are many ways to play the game, so if
you dislike this way then don't bother to play or comment.
No one is forcing you to read anything, but then again it might do
you some good, and maybe if you tried to figure things out you might
just 'get it'. I believe there have been sufficient notices given
that these posts aren't necessarily what they seem...or maybe they
are.
Uncle Don
Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [LbNA] Blunders
From: Mark Pepe (mjpepe1@comcast.net) |
Date: 2007-06-06 19:23:54 UTC-04:00
Uncle Don
Looks like you're stealing my letterboxing onion metaphor!
;)
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of gwendontoo
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:01 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Blunders
Letterboxing is very much like an onion, start peeling away and you
get to many other levels.
Uncle Don
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Looks like you're stealing my letterboxing onion metaphor!
;)
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of gwendontoo
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:01 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Blunders
Letterboxing is very much like an onion, start peeling away and you
get to many other levels.
Uncle Don
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [LbNA] Blunders
From: gwendontoo (foxsecurity@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2007-06-07 02:09:43 UTC
Once it gets posted in public, it becomes public!
Now this reminds me of a story about a Foo Bird. If the discharge of
a Foo bird gets dropped on anyones skin it would create horible pain
if mixed with water when it is washed off. Thus the saying "If a Foo
sh*ts...wear it.
Plus the onion so aptly fits.
Uncle Don
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Pepe" wrote:
>
> Uncle Don
>
>
>
> Looks like you're stealing my letterboxing onion metaphor!
>
> ;)
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-
usa@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of gwendontoo
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:01 PM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [LbNA] Blunders
>
>
>
> Letterboxing is very much like an onion, start peeling away and you
> get to many other levels.
> Uncle Don
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Now this reminds me of a story about a Foo Bird. If the discharge of
a Foo bird gets dropped on anyones skin it would create horible pain
if mixed with water when it is washed off. Thus the saying "If a Foo
sh*ts...wear it.
Plus the onion so aptly fits.
Uncle Don
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Pepe"
>
> Uncle Don
>
>
>
> Looks like you're stealing my letterboxing onion metaphor!
>
> ;)
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com [mailto:letterbox-
usa@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of gwendontoo
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 7:01 PM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [LbNA] Blunders
>
>
>
> Letterboxing is very much like an onion, start peeling away and you
> get to many other levels.
> Uncle Don
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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