"Message to Clyde" (Stumped by the Censure)

[Robin Blankenship]

Robin,
Give  'em hell, Robin.
Robin (not only merely male, but really most sincerely male) Blankenship

PS to Conrad,
My ex-wife also shaved every day. You have my most sincere empathy.
----- Original Message -----
From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: "Message to Clyde" (Stumped by the Censure)


> Robin,
> At 22:51 03/06/2000 +1030, you wrote:
>
> >Now... being a "Red Blooded Male" I thought that I should visit Clyde at
his
> >Computer and quietly explain to him that "Boys are spelt Robin, and Girls
> >are spelt Robyn"
>
> Kind Sir,
>
> As my father would have said, he (actually we) is (are) more to be pitied
> than censured.   We in this country are thoroughly confused by many names.
> After all, in a country which has dropped "u" out of honour, displayed
> dyslexia with regards to the final "re" in words like fibre and is hell
> bent upon foisting "lite" upon us rather than "light", is it any wonder
> that the spelling  "Robyn" has been mostly supplanted by "Robin"?
>
> True, _all_ "Robyn" people I know are female, but so are _most_ spelt
> "Robin".
>
> Persons with names like Sean, Shannon, Jamie and many others are
constantly
> subject to incorrect address. (My uncle Kay will attest to this.)
> Compounding this problem are fashions, (which for many younger folks are
> mandatory), which are gender neutral.  Further compounding of this
> confusion is wrought by those whose sexual preferences dictate that they
> look like the opposite of what their plumbing might indicate.
>
> >Now..... not being one to give up easily I changed the wording to...WRONG
> >GENDER"...,which I thought would not offend the meekest of souls......
>
> What you should have done is to have gone incognito - 'tis not the subject
> matter being rejected.
>
> > Robin Aussie at
> >Pianotun@Globalfree.com.au is only a "Little Ole Piano Tuner" and does
not
> >deserve to have his name etched deeply in the guard house wall with the
rest
> >of the undesirables.
>
> Being an undesirable can be fun.  I'm proud to be persona non grata in
> certain circles. ;-}
>
> >Robin (Who shaves every day)Aussie.
>
> My ex shaved almost every day, too, but whatever else she might _not_ have
> been, she _is_ a she.
>
> Conrad (not Connie)
>
>
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer - mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
>              Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
>
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