Re: Re: Olive FONTS???

From: Mikal <mikalm_at_ix.netcom.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:35:51 -0700

> > This is the geekiest thing I've heard of in YEARS.
> >
> > Next thing, you'll be telling me that they were raising FERRETS
> and naming
> > them after DR. WHO characters! :-)
>
> Hey, Mike--
>
> The pronoun would be "we." Not "they."

By "they" I meant Keith, Ari and John, who seemed to be the only folks
involved in this silly project.

> Just repeat after me: "Hi. My name is Mike, and I'm an olive."

Does that mean I have to admit I'm powerless over geekery? If so, what
Higher Power must I turn my life over to?

> Though I must confess I don't quite see the point of an olive font.
> Those symbols already had meanings, so why have them stand
> in for letters of the alphabet . . .?
>
Because the closed loop of nerdy self-referentiality had to be pulled in a
little tighter...
Received on 2002-06-26 12:36:32

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