The no-crying-troll rule is the best rule on the Dope, hands down. Sorry you got blindsided, Winston, but it was for a good cause.
But officer, the light was yellow. I didn’t see the stop sign. I though the speed limit was 65. My house is on fire. I’m late for work. He had it comin’.
Anyways. Listen: I know ignorance of the laws of the land doesn’t make it ok to break the laws. I suppose, in the back of my mind, I was/am aware of the No Troll calling rule. Nevertheless, this wasn’t a premeditated act, nor was it a felonious offence. You’ve read my posts. I’m well-behaved. Yes, I have perused the rules, but they seem pretty straight-forward, and for the most part I follow 'em. I had a momentary lapse of reason which (I think) is the social equivalent of telling an off-color joke at a party. I’m not trying to wiggle out of anything - hell, I think we’ll all agree that I’m not in that much trouble to begin with. I think I already said this in the Pit Thread, but it bears repeating: I’m just fascinated and amused that I managed to get myself into trouble here at the SDMB. It’s just (I think) completely out of character for me. I’m also astonished that this whole thing has garnered so much attention from the Mods (and sorry about that, btw, fwiw).
There’s things about me you don’t know, Jim. Things you wouldn’t understand. Things you couldn’t understand. Things you shouldn’t understand.
I’m a loner, Jim. A rebel.
Or as one of my idols once said:
I hope you took my post as friendly, it was intended as such. It can be good to be a rebel, I’ve never been a loner, so I don’t know about that part. I thought you were just another IT geek like me and many others on the board.
Jim
Stick it to the man. Power to the People!
In my defense, the OP of the thread in question asked for it. I still want to know if he was insulted with my fake outrage.
Course, he’s banned now so I’ll never know.
Heh. I know, mine, too.
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find out where the loner, rebel schtick comes from. IT Geek, eh? Sho’ nuff. Just got off the phone with BlackBerry Supprt, getting on the phone in a minute with EMC, and waiting for those bone-heads from Veritas to call me back. Yes, all these support calls mean things aren’t going well today. 
We’re solid, Jim, as far as I’m concerned. I think my usually feeble attempts at humor are even more than a bit off this week, though. Sorry.
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find out where the loner, rebel schtick comes from.
[QUOTE]
Will I find the answer in the basement of the Alamo?
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find out where the loner, rebel schtick comes from.
[QUOTE]
Will I find the answer in the basement of the Alamo?
[QUOTE=Staggerlee]
[QUOTE=Winston Smith]
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find out where the loner, rebel schtick comes from.
Yes! Classic.
Capital user name, by the way. I wanted to name my son Stagger Lee Smith, but SmithWife shot me down. That’s life, eh?
Ok, StaggerLee wins the cupee doll, but what does it mean,
Who actually said it and in what context?
Wow, once again I am a Major contributor to an ATMB thread heading off in an odd direction. Hopefully it is okay, but I am really curious now.
Jim
I should be a stickler, and make you work for it, but I’m in enough trouble with you Mods already, so I’ll give it up. It’s from the movie Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (Best. Movie. EVA.). Pee Wee said this to his “love interest” Dottie (he’d heard another character say it, and sort of adopted it into his own dialog, a la The Dude in The Big Lebowski.
Should I break some random rule to get the thread re-focused?
Thanks and my understanding of how ATMB works, is if we stay off target for too long, **Tuba ** will come in, and shut us down, suggesting we restart the none ATMB portion of the thread in MPSIMS or whichever Forum is most appropriate.
Jim {I think that qualifies as a legit ATMB post 
}
I think the key point everyone has been missing here is, with a username like Winston Smith, he of all people should be aware that Big Brother is always watching you!
It’s nice, though, having the SDMB Telescreen in my office.
Why is it that every time I look at a thread recently, I feel old?
You may have gotten the name Stagger Lee from Paul Reubens, but those of us with a few extra years upon our heads know it goes back much further than that.
Damn. I got all confused replying to Jim’s post. Stagger Lee is the very same you attached the link about. The other nonesense I was babbling about (Im a loner. A rebel. Etc.) was from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. I’m a mess this week.
The power of the Moderator Warning: it can make your life a mess for a week. Take heed! Do not underestimate the power of the Skip
No &%@!. Skip $%^#@ed me up bad.
Okay, now it’s just fun . . . which means you’ll have to take it elsewhere. 
TubaDiva