Anny Middon (AnnyMiddon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> "bill van" <billvan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:billvan-D1619B.14490609052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> In article <i7_Uj.3238$nl7.2302@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> "Anny Middon" <AnnyMiddon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Dennis wins. I'd give him some Opus Points, but that's so last
>>> year. Plus
>>> I never received any so I have none to give. (And please don't
>>> give me any
>>> Opus Points -- about the only thing that distinguishes me here
>>> is that I never got any.)
>>>
>> Don't sell yourself short. You seem to be someone who makes
>> friends much more readily than enemies, you have the good sense
>> to stay out of most (all?) of the stupid political arguments, you
>> contribute stuff that I read with pleasure, and your name reminds
>> me of an old flame from many, many years ago. Oh, and you're one
>> of those posters that people ask after when they're absent from
>> the group. Those are just my impressions, but they're all
>> positive. If you wanted Opus points, I'd give you some of mine.
>
> Thanks, Bill; you're making me blush.
>
> But I think my remarks came across sort of pathetic, which is not
> at all what I intended. When the Opus points started flying
> around like leaves in an autumn storm, well, I admit I felt a bit
> miffed at first that I wasn't getting any. Shortly after, I
> realized that I wasn't posting very much at the time, which was
> largely why I wasn't the recipient of bunches of points.
>
Sweetie, you were always worth Opus Points (TM). I was badly remiss
in not giving you any.
> Then it seemed like everyone but me had huge reservoirs of Opus
> points, at which point *not* having any seemed a mark of
> distinction. I've always liked to think of myself as a Thoreau
> pumpkin sort of person.
>
In that case, you are worth all the Opus Points (TM) I'm not giving
you. And then some.
--
Opus the Penguin
I admit, it hadn't occurred to me that either of them looked fat,
just that they had great sheep. - Veronique
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