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Conference turris::womannotes-v1

Title:ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 1 --ARCHIVE
Notice:V1 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:873
Total number of notes:22329

352.0. "I meant a Bud Lite!" by NSG008::MILLBRANDT (Think Feisty) Thu Jun 25 1987 18:30

    	   Are the notes in this file just too deadly serious?
    
    Certainly this file's raison d'etre is a place for people to exchange
    views on the things that happen in their lives and in the world.
    
    But a person can have only so many crises at a time.  And besides,
    the note for my next crisis has probably already been entered.
    
    There's also always current events and long-standing injustices.
    Discussions on these topics are fine, but...yawn...saturation.

    And there have been several entertaining notes (short skirts) as
    well as some personal-foible notes that may have shared some useful
    info (future fathers of daughters, you too will face the Public
    Restroom Dilemma).
    
    So is it safe to enter light notes?  Can we spill out a stream of words
    that might be just entertaining or humorous or fun to reply to, instead
    of solving the world's problems?  A little humor, a little creativity,
    and you may find the next serious problem is a little easier to deal with.
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352.1Official ResponseRAINBO::TARBETMargaret MairhiThu Jun 25 1987 21:016
    um, if your "can we spill out..." means "may we..." or "is it okay
    to..." then yes, by all means.  Simply because life is often no joke
    doesn't mean we oughtn't to laugh whenever we can. 
    
    					in Sisterhood,
    					=maggie
352.2USFSHQ::SMANDELLYes, I *can* have it my way!Fri Jun 26 1987 08:485
    Re .0
    
    Wow!  What a novel idea!!!
    
    SM
352.6QUARK::LIONELWe all live in a yellow subroutineFri Jun 26 1987 12:223
    Kerry, nothing humorous of yours has ever been deleted from
    HUMAN_RELATIONS.
    				Steve
352.8may i ask ?PRESTO::MITCHELLLadyFri Jun 26 1987 12:284
    re .6
    
    How is humor determined ? Is it at the discretion of the 
    moderator ?
352.10Insults are not funnyQUARK::LIONELWe all live in a yellow subroutineFri Jun 26 1987 14:3219
    Re: .8
    
    The only notes which get returned to the author from HUMAN_RELATIONS
    are those which the moderators find inappropriate for the conference.
    These typically are notes that insult other noters.  Often those
    doing the insulting think they are being funny, and assume that
    if they put a smiley-face on a slur that they are instantly
    immune.
    
    HUMAN_RELATIONS has three active moderators, each with somewhat
    different views on life, and we prefer to try to work with noters
    to revise their contributions rather than simply deleting them.
    For most people this works well, for others it does not.
    
    I am sorry I haven't kept a history of those notes we've had to
    return to Mr. Faulkner so I could illustrate my point.  But I expect
    that as other notes read enough of his notes, they'll understand.
    
    					Steve
352.12Who B Der?NSG008::MILLBRANDTThink FeistyFri Jun 26 1987 16:4211
    Re: .9 and .11
    
    Hold on a minute!  I liked .9!  Keep "not recognizing" things,
    Renee.  Take things at the face value as you see them, make up your
    own mind about people and their contributions.
    
    What's intriguing about notes is figuring out who is behind those
    names in the upper left hand corner.
    
    						- Dotsie
352.13Hummm...interestingSTING::BARBERSkyking Tactical ServicesFri Jun 26 1987 17:146
    
     Gee ..you mean I can ask/ pose questions like the one I did
     about womens cold hands and feet and not get jumped on ..
     Sounds reasonable to me ....
    
                                 Bob B
352.14of course bob...NCVAX1::COOPERstudette in actionFri Jun 26 1987 17:214
    Mr. Barber, you can ask about t&a's for all i care.....
    
    
    then you might get jumped on :-)!!!!!
352.15we weren't born yesterdayNSG008::MILLBRANDTThink FeistyFri Jun 26 1987 17:2310
    re .13
    
    That was "take things at face value as you see them".  Leaves room
    for a little application of intelligence above a pure "face value".
352.16Reminds me of...SSTMV1::BONNIEBLA, not BRS or BLTFri Jun 26 1987 19:191
    Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone!
352.17hey, I like that :)CREDIT::RANDALLI'm no ladyWed Jul 01 1987 15:417
    re: .2 --
    
    SM, if that's a novel idea . . .
    
    maybe you should write a book!
    
    --bonnie :)