Announcing the Demise of Mindless Prattle

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From all appearances, Phillip Greenspun (one-time absentee landlord of Ask A Drunk) has lopped off the entire LUSENET from his web site. Those of us who still enjoyed the conviviality of the Mindless Prattle forum may now mourn its passing into the Great Beyond to join the late, lamented By-Gawd-All-Original-Accept-No-Substitutes-Apart-From-Those-Hosted-By-ILX Ask A Drunk forum.

The Mindless Prattle forum has entered that vestibule of oblivion known as the Google cache. Shortly it shall be interred in the Happy Acres Cemetary, Masoleum and Potter's Field, (subsection R6: reserved for Beloved Hamsters, Goldfish and Internet Forums), there to rest forever in a heap of mangled bits.

Adieu, Mindless Prattle. Vaya con queso.

Aimless The Unlogged, Tuesday, 24 August 2004 23:15 (nineteen years ago) link

But, but, but.......now what.

No! **** stomps left foot ****

You are a LIAR! **** points accusingly ****

I refuse to take the link out of my favorites!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is just a cruel trick to try to get rid of me..... **** pouts while grinding toe of tennis shoe into the dirt ****

еdë §téè£, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 00:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh my. I wondered what was going on. Is there nothing to be done about this?

"Houston? We have a problem!"

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 01:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes. No longer shall Mindless Prattle be #1 on Google for: British pulchritude. [sniff] It was so young and vital. It's too soon for it to die!!!

Of course, we were just uninvited squatters in Abbie's forum, on a creaky old server, at the suffernace of a superannuated Samoyed-hugger. We had a good run.

Aimless The Unlogged, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 02:14 (nineteen years ago) link

And I was just gathering my forces for a renewed onslaught. Honest. I was about to make a really, really, really witty observation, the like of which you’d not have heard since Freddie Starr went legit. Shan’t now. Bollocks.

Rex (Rex), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 02:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Does someone have the addys of the Mindless Prattlers who may not be aware of this forum? Perhaps this is "house cleaning". I hope THIS forum prevails: I HAVE MONEY INVESTED HERE!

I must go. I am crying like a child. Between the tears and the snot, my keys are slippery.

WAIT! It just occured to me, (I'm a little slow) that if we would not have come to this server, WE would be down the tubes too!

Oh, god. Could it be that we should be grateful to Sean? Naw. That was a dumb thought.

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 07:41 (nineteen years ago) link

*dons black armband, bows head*

I, who only recently discovered that venerable den of inconsequential muttering, am disconsolate. May flights of angels sing MP to its rest, though admittedly that doesn't sound too restfull. Much much cheese to you, MP.

Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Teensy point of order, if I may?

MP, albeit mysteriously absent for the last few days, now appears to have returned to us after its summer holiday

Weebleman (StillSimon), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link

HAH!

Mindless Prattle IS back on line. Um...Aimless? May I just make one little comment?

LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!!!

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link

...and he woke up and found it was all a dream! The End.

Although I am beyond such trifles, I hang my head in the simulacrum of shame. My evidence for believing MP dead and gone can be summarized briefly:

1)Phillip Greenspun's home page was up and running as smoothly as diarrhea through a POW at the same time as MP was tits up. 2) The site map available on Phil's page showed no trace of LUSENET anywhere. 3) The Search function of Phil's site, while apparently allowing the user to specify searches of 'discussion groups only', returned no results, whatever search key was used.

Aimless The Unlogged, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Properly placed sexual bribes can work wonders......

Zen you are gonna hate Thursdays!

еdë §téè£, Thursday, 26 August 2004 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Dude?

Are you "hacking" on me?

Although I am very good at sexual bribery, I think it was the mention of Thai sticks that brought Phil around.

This is all very simple. He left the house to get some cat food and forgot where he lived. While he was in Oregon trying to have sex with a beaver, the electric company shut him off. Everything is alright now. The power is back on, the cat has been fed and his wife has come to love beavers. (She was jealous at first but now realizes that besides satisfying her beloved husband's sexual needs, they have the potential to be a very warm coat.)

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Thursday, 26 August 2004 07:35 (nineteen years ago) link

Reports of the demise of Mindless Prattle have been greatly exaggerated.

C J (C J), Saturday, 28 August 2004 14:23 (nineteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...
Ah! But reports of the demise of Ask A Drunk are gaining credibility.

Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 23 September 2004 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Where am I?

As long as some of us are alive (You know who you are...)This forum, as well as others, will survive.

I live on the 'net.

If I didn't have these forums to play in, I would fuck my monkey one last time and cut my wrists with a sharpened credit card.

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Friday, 24 September 2004 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Hey Zen,

Before you do that messy wrist slitting thing, I have a favor to ask of you.....

Since you won't be around much after that, and the bills that come in afterward won't matter anyway......

How about you put that credit card to good use and max it out ordering fun stuff for me like alot of new computer parts, blank DVD's, blank CD's, a case of Jack Daniels, a case of Bacardi 151, a case of Wild Turkey, one of those Strawberry wine cooler things for the wife. Oh, a bag of pretzels would be nice too if it's not too much trouble.

THANKS!

See ya on the other side.......

еdë §téè£, Friday, 24 September 2004 01:40 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm sorry Dude.

I've called "Dial a Date" and spent all my money on three whores to fuck my brains out. Due to my limited brain power, that won't take long. I should have just asked for one. Oh, well...the other two can watch while I cause their friend to be breathless, totally overcome by lust while I competely dominate her body and soul.

I am an incredable person.

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Friday, 24 September 2004 12:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm sorry I never gave you credit for being so incredable.

Michael White (Hereward), Friday, 24 September 2004 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link

I maintain a benevolent eye on proceedings, back shortly.

Matt (Matt), Friday, 24 September 2004 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Michael...

I'm sorry that you are sorry.

I wish that I could be more like Matt.

He is a fucking genius. I know he is. He said so.

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Saturday, 25 September 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Sounds better than being a celibate genius.

Michael White (Hereward), Sunday, 26 September 2004 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link

You're darn tootin'

Matt (Matt), Sunday, 26 September 2004 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link

I just killed a moth. It had a six foot wingspan. After shooting it with my shotgun it STILL was crawling towards my light. I finally beat it death with my hardbound copy of "Atlas Shrugged".

Hah! Stupid insect. Never underestimate John Galt.

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Monday, 27 September 2004 09:20 (nineteen years ago) link

"You're darn tootin'"

Matt thinks he's John Wayne. That's a step up, actually. He used to think he was Shirley Temple.

I think if I would have heard him sing "The Good Ship Lollipop" one more time, I would have screamed.

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Monday, 27 September 2004 09:31 (nineteen years ago) link

You love me.

Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 00:26 (nineteen years ago) link

The obvious response is......

Me love you, Long Time.

еdë §téè£, Wednesday, 29 September 2004 00:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes, Matt, I DO love you but I beg of you...Just write...Don't sing.

Many people throughout history have gone mad hearing squeaky wheels and confused it with Siren songs.

Your adoring servant, Mary.

(I hope it is obvious to everyone by now that еdë §téè£ is a Bangkok street whore pretending to be an inhabitant of Ohio.)

Zen Clown (Zen Clown), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 09:10 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...
I heard a rumor that mindless Prattle was dead a gone

Dr, Tuesday, 23 May 2006 06:44 (seventeen years ago) link

The tragic news has been slow in reaching you.

Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

I try to deny it every day. I click the link in my favorites. And I weep to the tragedy of my lost love, Mindless Prattle.

((Censored)) ((Censored)), Friday, 26 May 2006 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link


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