Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:06:42 -0600
From: Unka Bart <gatorojo-AT-earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: History


>I wrote

Yes, you surely did.  We noticed.  We are all immeasurably enlightened each
time you do, so please, keep it up.

>>> I corrected Unca Bart, or whoever it was
>>> that wrote the thing Bart sent, over his
>>> hazy grasp of American history;

>and Bart comments

>> You did nothing of the kind, sir.

>Yes I did.

Did not.  Nya nya nya...

>It is a statement of fact that I corrected you.

No, it was a *claim,* not a statement of fact.

>Whether I was right to correct you or not
>is a matter of opinion, but it is a statement
>of fact that I corrected you.

See above.

>> What you did was add a quantity of mixed
>> parenthetical information and opinion.

>Well of course what I wrote was a mixture
>of information and opinion. That doesn't
>make it  _wrong_ . If you think I was
>wrong, then you should try arguing with
>the facts which I put forward.

I didn't say it was wrong.  I said it was parenthetical, and opinion.

Beside the point, as it were.

That, sir, is a fact.

>And you are  NOT  my "unca bart".

Of course not.  I never claimed to be.

I am, however, yer kindly ol' Unka Bart.

>You never were.

Imagine my relief!!!

>That title is just the sort of pose that
>posers like you adopt to seek to impress
>the gullible with how old and wise you
>are. I never was impressed with your
>questionable "wisdom", and as it happens
>you are younger than me.

Gee Dave, not only are you humor-impaired, you either lack elementary math
skills, or suffer from incipient senility. As you know from our earlier
private correspondence, I was born in 1939.   You were born later.
Remember?

Junior.

There is one other difference between us, Dave, ol' rutabega.  Your
messages are full of you favorite subject, namely one Dave Coull.  Mine
very seldom contain any information about the writer.  They never have
contained any claim to wisdom, it being my opinion that such judgements are
to be made by the reader, based upon the reader's assessment of the content
of the message.

 Haven't you noticed that the first person to comment on something you said
in a previous message is usually one Dave Coull?  Perhaps you might wish to
consult your friendly neighborhood mental health professional about this
desperate need to be the center of attention.

They are doing marvelous things these days with the proper application of
therapy and drugs.

And if that fails, there's always the proctologist...

yer kindly ol' Unka Bart