# Public Warning **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624 "2000-01-05T22:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Finder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@The\_Finder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Finder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/1 "2000-01-05T22:55:00Z")
Please advise and notify the administration of this service or the local authorities should anymore threats be made by FORMERAGENT. This person should be considered a threat to personal safety, and is in fact a technologically advanced, disgruntled former employee of a government agency. Do not attempt to engage in conversation or threaten or “dare” this person. I can attest to the fact that this matter is very serious, and the banning of FORMERAGENT by Mr. Edward Zotti, was the proper response after review. Once again, please avoid, and refrain from conversing with this person. Thank you Mark Waller ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/2 "2000-01-05T22:57:00Z")
Bah! Now you’re gonna go and screw up my bet in the pool. Waste Flick Lives! ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/3 "2000-01-05T23:00:00Z")
Well, since he’s been BANNED, you total moron, we don’t have to worry about conversing with him. Now go away, little boy, you bother me. * * * Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![Sake\_Samurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sake\_Samurai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sake_Samurai)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/4 "2000-01-05T23:02:00Z")
I double-dog dare FORMERAGENT to retaliate against me! This is an interesting study into the duality of man. And my friends say I’M psycho!!! hey, what’s that little red dot on me chest. . .AARRRGGGHHHHHHh * * * Hell is Other People. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Finder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@The\_Finder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Finder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/5 "2000-01-05T23:04:00Z")
Ma’m your attacks on me are growing offensive, and irritating. Your behaviour, for anyone of your supposed age is reproachable, let alone a fellow employee. I will ask you one final time to stop your commentary, before I will make request to the administrators of this “chat” group that you be temporarily suspended. May I add, that though he be banned, this person can, and more than likely will be back in the area on the internet, quite soon. Mark Waller ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/6 "2000-01-05T23:10:00Z")
I guess you don’t read so good. You’re bothering one of our favourite posters. Now you’re bothering me. Scram. * * * Stop telling God what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/7 "2000-01-05T23:10:00Z")
Forget the banned one. I double-dog dare “The Finder” to string two believable sentences into the same post. BTW, that’s the first time I have ever seen the adjectival phrase technologically advanced attached to an individual. Wow, he really **must** be dangerous. Too bad he wasn’t grammatically advanced. That would have put the fear of God into me. * * * - The best lack all conviction The worst are full of passionate intensity. \* ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/8 "2000-01-05T23:12:00Z")
Yeah yeah, sure sure, FORMERAGENT/MarkSerlin/Phaedrus/dlv/Contestant #3. Whatever you say. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/9 "2000-01-05T23:13:00Z")
I guess there’s no limit to how many hotmail accounts one can have. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/10 "2000-01-05T23:15:00Z")
You total idiot!! This is so amusing. What makes you think I am one of your “fellow employees”? If you knew the first thing about me, you’d know that I am not your fellow anything. If you hung around with any frequency, you might actually have a clue regarding what I DO do, which you obviously don’t, Spook-Boy. I fart in your general direction. * * * Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/11 "2000-01-05T23:17:00Z")
Oh, and one more thing: BAN ME!! GET ME BANNED!! HAVE ME THROWN OFF THE BOARD!! I dare you. HEY, ED!!! GET READY TO BAN ME DUE TO PRESSURE FROM THE LUNATIC FRINGE!! I’ll just wait here. * * * Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/12 "2000-01-05T23:18:00Z")
All together now, This is dedicated to FORMERAGENT and The Seeker, I mean the Finder Life During Wartime Talking Heads Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons, packed up & ready to go Heard of some gravesites out by the highway, place that nobody knows The sound of gunfire off in the distance, I’m getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, I lived in a ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin’ around No time for dancing or lovey-dovey, I ain’t got time for that now Transmit the message to the receiver, hope for an answer someday I got three passports, a couple of visas, don’t even know my real name High on a hillside trucks are loading, everything’s ready to go I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime, I might not ever get home This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin’ around This ain’t the Mudd Club, or CBGB’s, I ain’t got time for that now Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? Heard about Pittsburgh, PA? You oughtta know not to stand by the window, somebody see you up there I got some groceries, some peanut butter, to last a couple of days But I ain’t got not speakers, ain’t got no headphones, ain’t got no records to play Why stay in college? Why go to night school? Gonna be different this time Can’t write a letter, I can’t send a postcard, I can’t write nothing at all This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin’ around I’d love to hold you and I’d like to kiss you but I ain’t got time for that now Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock, we blend in with the crowd We got computers, we’re tapping phone lines, I know that that ain’t allowed We dress like students, we dress like housewives, or in a suit and a tie I changed my hairstyle so many times now I don’t know what I look like (!) You make me shiver, I feel so tender, we make a pretty good team Don’t get exhausted, I’ll do some driving, you oughtta get you some sleep Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? They won’t help me survive My chest is aching and it burns like a furnace, the burning keeps me alive ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/13 "2000-01-05T23:19:00Z")
I know government employees aren’t expected to know much, that’s why they work for the government, but is anyone else annoyed that Finder can’t seem to spell Ma’am correctly? He should have his secretary proof his posts before he hits the submit button. * * * “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy [The Kat House](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm) [Join the FSH Webring](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/fshwebring.htm) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Finder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@The\_Finder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Finder)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/14 "2000-01-05T23:20:00Z")
As I said, I believe Mr. Zotti is aware of the situation and handling it accordingly. Note that the strings are being closed and the last line of each is advising, caution. I can say happily, I’m glad that the administrators of this “chat” group, realize what a real threat some people pose. I thank those of you who cooperated for this. Thank you and good evening. Mark Waller ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/15 "2000-01-05T23:23:00Z")
Can’t let him have the last word . . . So, how 'bout them Seahawks? ---
**Author:** ![Felice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e4f/32.png) [@Felice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felice)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/16 "2000-01-05T23:24:00Z")
## Does that mean you’re leaving now? Bye. Felice “Everything, once understood, is trivial.” -WES ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/17 "2000-01-05T23:26:00Z")
Ed has asked me to moderate my comments so INSERT HEAPS OF SCORN HERE. Fortunately for me, I have to go anyway – off to another Super Secret Government Meeting. I hope this loser has wandered off or been banned by tomorrow. * * * Jodi _Fiat Justitia_ ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/18 "2000-01-05T23:27:00Z")
Wow, first it’s fundamentalists now it’s “government agents”…I think that I’ll move my sect to Montana. ---
**Author:** ![Court\_Jester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Court\_Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Court_Jester)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/19 "2000-01-05T23:59:00Z")
## Does anyone know what kind of aspirin Ed takes? I would like to buy stock in the company soon, I think they will have a record quarter. A hat with bells on is not funny, it is the jester underneath. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624/20 "2000-01-06T00:21:00Z")
Hey jodih! We’re in the Pit now! So let loose with that scorn, hon!! And Finder…I believe she, Waste, and I are still waiting for you to post where we are and what we do. So? * * * “You are sweet, kind, and considerate… Like a grown up boy scout with tits!” - Brian, aka SDMB’s one and only Satan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-warning/3624.md?page=2)