in article tm-4E15F9.18343713062004@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp, tm at
tm@tmoero.invalid wrote on 6/13/04 6:34 PM:

> Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
>> Michael Cash at buggeroff@fake.com wrote
>>> Ernest Schaal<eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp>
>>>>  Michael Cash at buggeroff@fake.com wrote
>>>>> Ernest Schaal<eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp>inscribed:
> 
>>>>>> Are you really so self-centered as to believe that your thoughts are the
>>>>>> only valid thoughts and that any disagreement is an abuse of free speech?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, he is. Those of us who remember him from years ago aren't in the
>>>>> least surprised by this.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> True, I respect you more than I do SuperOutland and Kaz, but that really
>>>>>> isn't saying much.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hadn't thought of it like that. But now that I do, I would have to
>>>>> agree that I respect Shannon more than I do SuperOutland and Kaz. But
>>>>> I *like* them more.
>>>> 
>>>> None of them are the type I would spending an evening with.
>>> 
>>> Given my druthers, neither would I. But I suspect that Outland and Kaz
>>> wouldn't be such terrible fellows to bend an elbow with. I think if I
>>> had to spend an evening with Shannon the only way I'd bend an elbow
>>> would be in order to place the muzzle firmly against my temple.
>> 
>> I don't know about bending an elbow with them, since I get the feeling that
>> they would be belligerent drunks.
> 
> Exactly. Belligerant drunks can be entertaining. Boring is just boring.

I respectfully disagree on this one. I get the definite feeling that Outland
and Kaz would be both belligerent and boring.