On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ponder This
>>>
>>>
>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
>>>
>>>> I spent good money on a book
>>>> of poems without a preview look
>>>
>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
>>>> row after row of silly coup-
>>>
>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
>>>
>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
>>>
>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
>>>
>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
>>>
>>>> - George J. Dance
>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
>>>
>>>
>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
>> begged and flamed to stop.
>>
>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
>>
>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
>>
>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
>> that it's a comic poem.
>
> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
>

I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
groups he was already posting on. I doubt that you actually have any,
but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
believed.

> Oh... that's right... you published it.

I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
me, because you're also libelling me.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:42:34 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:33:06 AM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:07:16 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7:58:01 AM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7:48:46 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 6:59:20 AM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
> > > > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 6:44:51 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 6:28:41 AM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 5:58:52 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 5:43:18 AM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > > > > >> Ponder This
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > > > > > > > > > > >> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >> I spent good money on a book
> > > > > > > > > > > >> of poems without a preview look
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > > > > > > > > > > >> row after row of silly coup-
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >> lets, half of which don't scan
> > > > > > > > > > > >> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >> while the other half make zero sense;
> > > > > > > > > > > >> a carpark often has a fence.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > > > > > > > > > > >> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > > > > > > > > > > >> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >> - George J. Dance
> > > > > > > > > > > >> from Ponder This, 2015
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > > > > > > > > > > I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> > > > > > > > > > > first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > > > > > > > > > > spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > > > > > > > > > begged and flamed to stop.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > > > > > > > > > > of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > > > > > > > > > > days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > > > > > > > > > > google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > > > > > > > > > > them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > > > > > > > > > > remember me talking about posting into aapc this year.. That's been a bit
> > > > > > > > > > > derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > > > > > > > > > > ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > > > > > > > > > > suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > > > > > > > > > > that it's a comic poem.
> > > > > > > > > > I’m spamming a link to the subjected book,
> > > > > > > > > > because Spam-I-Am, and spam is what I do:
> > > > > > > > > > https://www.amazon.com/Ponder-Awhile-Mohit-K-Misra/dp/1419646729
> > > > > > > > > Thanks again for posting this, I don't remember these events.
> > > > > > > > “Thanks again for posting this” doesn’t apply, since there was no prior thanks,
> > > > > > > > but “Thanks for posting this again” does, since the link was posted previously.
> > > > > > > That's right, thanks.
> > > > > > Well of course it is,
> > > > > > and you're welcome.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Spam-I-Am
> > > > > Good morning, Corey.
> > > > >
> > > > > 🌞
> > > > Buenas noches, Donkey.
> > > So, what's your spirit familiar?
> > Yes, my spirit is familiar.
> I'm talking about animal spirts.
>
> A witchy woman once told me mine was a wolf.
>
> Perhaps mine is actually a donkey.
>
> As I told Karen, I actually like donkeys fine, Eeyore was a favorite A. a.. Milne character when I was a kid, after all.
>
> HTH and HAND.

I’m talking about personal spirits.
People say I have a familiar spirit.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> >>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ponder This
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> >>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> >>>
> >>>> I spent good money on a book
> >>>> of poems without a preview look
> >>>
> >>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> >>>> row after row of silly coup-
> >>>
> >>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> >>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> >>>
> >>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> >>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> >>>
> >>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> >>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> >>>
> >>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> >>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> >>>
> >>>> - George J. Dance
> >>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> >> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> >> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> >> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> >> begged and flamed to stop.
> >>
> >> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> >> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> >> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> >> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> >> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> >>
> >> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> >> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> >> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> >>
> >> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> >> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> >> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> >> that it's a comic poem.
> >
> > Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> >
> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> groups he was already posting on. I doubt that you actually have any,
> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> believed.
> > Oh... that's right... you published it.
> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> me, because you're also libelling me.

So, advertising on groups where you post is okay,
but advertising on groups where you don’t is spam?

Spam-I-Am

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> >>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ponder This
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> >>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> >>>
> >>>> I spent good money on a book
> >>>> of poems without a preview look
> >>>
> >>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> >>>> row after row of silly coup-
> >>>
> >>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> >>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> >>>
> >>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> >>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> >>>
> >>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> >>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> >>>
> >>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> >>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> >>>
> >>>> - George J. Dance
> >>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> >> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> >> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> >> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> >> begged and flamed to stop.
> >>
> >> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> >> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> >> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> >> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> >> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> >>
> >> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> >> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> >> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> >>
> >> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> >> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> >> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> >> that it's a comic poem.
> >
> > Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> >
> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> groups he was already posting on. I doubt that you actually have any,
> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> believed.
> > Oh... that's right... you published it.
> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> me, because you're also libelling me.

It's not libel if it's true, jerkoff. You fucked your own ass by publishing that book of shit. What a moron. I guess you wanted to be called a "publisher" so badly you accepted that you would be considered a laughing stock for doing it. Maybe you can clarify with some real numbers about Will Dockery's claim the book is doing well on Walmart.com? I call bullshit.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> >>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ponder This
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> >>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> >>>
> >>>> I spent good money on a book
> >>>> of poems without a preview look
> >>>
> >>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> >>>> row after row of silly coup-
> >>>
> >>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> >>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> >>>
> >>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> >>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> >>>
> >>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> >>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> >>>
> >>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> >>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> >>>
> >>>> - George J. Dance
> >>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> >> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> >> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> >> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> >> begged and flamed to stop.
> >>
> >> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> >> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> >> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> >> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> >> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> >>
> >> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> >> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> >> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> >>
> >> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> >> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> >> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> >> that it's a comic poem.
> >
> > Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> >
> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> groups he was already posting on.

That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.

You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
begged and flamed to stop."

That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".

I doubt that you actually have any,
> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> believed.

I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.

> > Oh... that's right... you published it.
> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> me, because you're also libelling me.

Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.

However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that 2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are readily substantiated.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> >>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Ponder This
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> >>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> >>>
> >>>> I spent good money on a book
> >>>> of poems without a preview look
> >>>
> >>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> >>>> row after row of silly coup-
> >>>
> >>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> >>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> >>>
> >>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> >>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> >>>
> >>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> >>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> >>>
> >>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> >>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> >>>
> >>>> - George J. Dance
> >>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> >> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> >> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> >> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> >> begged and flamed to stop.
> >>
> >> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> >> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> >> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> >> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> >> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> >>
> >> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> >> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> >> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> >>
> >> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> >> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> >> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> >> that it's a comic poem.
> >
> > Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> >
> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> groups he was already posting on. I doubt that you actually have any,
> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> believed.
> > Oh... that's right... you published it.
> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> me, because you're also libelling me.

It doesn't look very much like a cease fire, does it....?

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:04:40 PM UTC-4, vhug...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > >> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > >>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Ponder This
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > >>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > >>>
> > >>>> I spent good money on a book
> > >>>> of poems without a preview look
> > >>>
> > >>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > >>>> row after row of silly coup-
> > >>>
> > >>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> > >>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > >>>
> > >>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> > >>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> > >>>
> > >>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > >>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > >>>
> > >>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > >>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > >>>
> > >>>> - George J. Dance
> > >>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > >> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> > >> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > >> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > >> begged and flamed to stop.
> > >>
> > >> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > >> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > >> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > >> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > >> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > >>
> > >> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > >> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> > >> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > >>
> > >> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > >> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > >> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > >> that it's a comic poem.
> > >
> > > Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> > >
> > I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> > groups he was already posting on. I doubt that you actually have any,
> > but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> > believed.
> > > Oh... that's right... you published it.
> > I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> > me, because you're also libelling me.
> It doesn't look very much like a cease fire, does it....?

Are you claiming that Mr. Dance didn't publish Will's book?

Are you claiming that Will hasn't published ads for his book here dozens (1,000s?) of times?

If not, please explain how I have libeled Mr. Dance in any way.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:13:51 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:

> > > >> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > > >>> George J. Dance wrote:
>
> > > >>>> Ponder This
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > > >>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> I spent good money on a book
> > > >>>> of poems without a preview look
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > > >>>> row after row of silly coup-
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> > > >>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> > > >>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > > >>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > > >>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> - George J. Dance
> > > >>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > > >> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> > > >> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > > >> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > >> begged and flamed to stop.
> > > >>
> > > >> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > > >> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > > >> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > > >> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > > >> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > > >>
> > > >> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > > >> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> > > >> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > > >>
> > > >> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > > >> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > > >> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > > >> that it's a comic poem.
> > > >
> > > > Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> > > >
> > > I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> > > groups he was already posting on. I doubt that you actually have any,
> > > but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> > > believed.
> > > > Oh... that's right... you published it.
> > > I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> > > me, because you're also libelling me.
> > It doesn't look very much like a cease fire, does it....?
> Are you claiming that Mr. Dance didn't publish Will's book?

No, I am not.....

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:21:52 PM UTC-4, vhug...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:13:51 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > >> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > > > >>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >
> > > > >>>> Ponder This
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > > > >>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> I spent good money on a book
> > > > >>>> of poems without a preview look
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > > > >>>> row after row of silly coup-
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> > > > >>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> > > > >>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > > > >>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > > > >>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> - George J. Dance
> > > > >>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > > > >> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> > > > >> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > > > >> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > > >> begged and flamed to stop.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > > > >> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > > > >> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > > > >> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > > > >> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > > > >> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> > > > >> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > > > >> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > > > >> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > > > >> that it's a comic poem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> > > > >
> > > > I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> > > > groups he was already posting on. I doubt that you actually have any,
> > > > but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> > > > believed.
> > > > > Oh... that's right... you published it.
> > > > I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> > > > me, because you're also libelling me.
> > > It doesn't look very much like a cease fire, does it....?
> > Are you claiming that Mr. Dance didn't publish Will's book?
> No, I am not.....

Then what are you claiming, General?

Please explain where, and how, I have libeled Mr. Dance.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:29:05 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:21:52 PM UTC-4, vhug...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:13:51 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > > > >> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > > > > >>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > >
> > > > > >>>> Ponder This
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > > > > >>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> I spent good money on a book
> > > > > >>>> of poems without a preview look
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > > > > >>>> row after row of silly coup-
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> > > > > >>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> > > > > >>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > > > > >>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > > > > >>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> - George J. Dance
> > > > > >>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > > > > >> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> > > > > >> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > > > > >> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > > > >> begged and flamed to stop.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > > > > >> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > > > > >> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > > > > >> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > > > > >> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > > > > >> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> > > > > >> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > > > > >> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > > > > >> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > > > > >> that it's a comic poem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> > > > > >
> > > > > I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> > > > > groups he was already posting on. I doubt that you actually have any,
> > > > > but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> > > > > believed.
> > > > > > Oh... that's right... you published it.
> > > > > I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> > > > > me, because you're also libelling me.
> > > > It doesn't look very much like a cease fire, does it....?
> > > Are you claiming that Mr. Dance didn't publish Will's book?
> > No, I am not.....
> Then what are you claiming, General?
>
> Please explain where, and how, I have libeled Mr. Dance.

You ask the impossible.

Spam-I-Am wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:07:16 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7:58:01 AM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
>
>> > > > > > > > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
>> > > > > > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > > > > > >> Ponder This
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
>> > > > > > > > > > >> I am in Mohit Misery.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >> I spent good money on a book
>> > > > > > > > > > >> of poems without a preview look
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >> then found, when I had ope'd it up
>> > > > > > > > > > >> row after row of silly coup-
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >> lets, half of which don't scan
>> > > > > > > > > > >> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >> while the other half make zero sense;
>> > > > > > > > > > >> a carpark often has a fence.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >> In life there's many a tragedy,
>> > > > > > > > > > >> but none like Mohit Misery.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >> I'll even pray to heaven, please
>> > > > > > > > > > >> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >> - George J. Dance
>> > > > > > > > > > >> from Ponder This, 2015
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
>> > > > > > > > > > I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
>> > > > > > > > > > first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
>> > > > > > > > > > spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
>> > > > > > > > > > begged and flamed to stop.
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
>> > > > > > > > > > of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
>> > > > > > > > > > days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
>> > > > > > > > > > google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
>> > > > > > > > > > them, and a few people thanked me for it.
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
>> > > > > > > > > > remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
>> > > > > > > > > > derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
>> > > > > > > > > > ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
>> > > > > > > > > > suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
>> > > > > > > > > > that it's a comic poem.
>> > > > > > > > > I’m spamming a link to the subjected book,
>> > > > > > > > > because Spam-I-Am, and spam is what I do:
>> > > > > > > > > https://www.amazon.com/Ponder-Awhile-Mohit-K-Misra/dp/1419646729
>> > > > > > > > Thanks again for posting this, I don't remember these events.
>> > > > > > > “Thanks again for posting this” doesn’t apply, since there was no prior thanks,
>> > > > > > > but “Thanks for posting this again” does, since the link was posted previously.
>> > > > > > That's right, thanks.
>> > > > > Well of course it is,
>> > > > > and you're welcome.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Spam-I-Am
>> > > > Good morning, Corey.
>> > > >
>> > > > 🌞
>> > > Buenas noches, Donkey.
>> > So, what's your spirit familiar?
>> Yes, my spirit is familiar.

I'm talking about animal spirts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism

"Animism (from Latin: anima, 'breath, spirit, life')[1][2] is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.[3][4][5][6] Potentially, animism perceives all things—animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, human handiwork, and perhaps even words—as animated and alive. Animism is used in the anthropology of religion, as a term for the belief system of many Indigenous peoples,[7] especially in contrast to the relatively more recent development of organized religions.[8] Animism focuses on the metaphysical universe, with a specific focus on the concept of the immaterial soul.[9]

Although each culture has its own mythologies and rituals, animism is said to describe the most common, foundational thread of indigenous peoples' "spiritual" or "supernatural" perspectives. The animistic perspective is so widely held and inherent to most indigenous peoples, that they often do not even have a word in their languages that corresponds to "animism" (or even "religion");[10] the term is an anthropological construct.

Largely due to such ethnolinguistic and cultural discrepancies, opinions differ on whether animism refers to an ancestral mode of experience common to indigenous peoples around the world, or to a full-fledged religion in its own right. The currently accepted definition of animism was only developed in the late 19th century (1871) by Sir Edward Tylor. It is "one of anthropology's earliest concepts, if not the first".[11]

Animism encompasses the beliefs that all material phenomena have agency, that there exists no categorical distinction between the spiritual and physical (or material) world, and that soul, spirit, or sentience exists not only in humans, but also in other animals, plants, rocks, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, or other entities of the natural environment: water sprites, vegetation deities, tree spirits, etc. Animism may further attribute a life force to abstract concepts such as words, true names, or metaphors in mythology. Some members of the non-tribal world also consider themselves animists (such as author Daniel Quinn, sculptor Lawson Oyekan, and many contemporary Pagans)..."

A witchy woman once told me mine was a wolf.

Perhaps mine is actually a donkey.

As I told Karen, I actually like donkeys fine, Eeyore was a favorite A. a. Milne character when I was a kid, after all.

HTH and HAND.

On 2022-09-14 3:50 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>>>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
>>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ponder This
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
>>>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I spent good money on a book
>>>>>> of poems without a preview look
>>>>>
>>>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
>>>>>> row after row of silly coup-
>>>>>
>>>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
>>>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
>>>>>
>>>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
>>>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
>>>>>
>>>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
>>>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
>>>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
>>>>>
>>>>>> - George J. Dance
>>>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
>>>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
>>>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
>>>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
>>>> begged and flamed to stop.
>>>>
>>>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
>>>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
>>>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
>>>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
>>>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
>>>>
>>>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
>>>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
>>>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
>>>>
>>>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
>>>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
>>>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
>>>> that it's a comic poem.
>>>
>>> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
>>>
>> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
>> groups he was already posting on.
>
> That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.
>
> You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> begged and flamed to stop."
>
> That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".

Like hell it does. Posting, or even "spamming", to one group (that one's
already on) is not spamming "all over Usenet", and you know it.

>
> I doubt that you actually have any,
>> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
>> believed.
>
> I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.
>

>>> Oh... that's right... you published it.
>> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
>> me, because you're also libelling me.
>
> Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.

"libel verb
li·​bel | \ ˈlī-bəl \
libeled or libelled; libeling or libelling\ ˈlī-​b(ə-​)liŋ \"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libelling

Next time check it out the spelling of a word before trying a spelling
lame. Just a thought.

> However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that

No, you were implying that Will was spamming "all over usenet" just like
the kook who inspired my poem. If you were saying you didn't mean that,
and you thought "all over usenet" meant to one group only, that's fine.
You may have learned something. (Two, counting my advice on making
spelling lames.)

2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are
readily substantiated.
>

Of course I published Will's book. Stop whinging about it.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:02:56 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-09-14 3:50 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >>>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ponder This
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> >>>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I spent good money on a book
> >>>>>> of poems without a preview look
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> >>>>>> row after row of silly coup-
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> >>>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> >>>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> >>>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> >>>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> - George J. Dance
> >>>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> >>>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> >>>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> >>>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> >>>> begged and flamed to stop.
> >>>>
> >>>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> >>>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> >>>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> >>>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> >>>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> >>>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> >>>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> >>>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> >>>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> >>>> that it's a comic poem.
> >>>
> >>> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> >>>
> >> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> >> groups he was already posting on.
> >
> > That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.
> >
> > You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > begged and flamed to stop."
> >
> > That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".
> Like hell it does. Posting, or even "spamming", to one group (that one's
> already on) is not spamming "all over Usenet", and you know it.
> >
> > I doubt that you actually have any,
> >> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> >> believed.
> >
> > I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.
> >
>
> >>> Oh... that's right... you published it.
> >> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> >> me, because you're also libelling me.
> >
> > Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.
> "libel verb
> li·​bel | \ ˈlī-bəl \
> libeled or libelled; libeling or libelling\ ˈlī-​b(ə-​)liŋ \"
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libelling
>
> Next time check it out the spelling of a word before trying a spelling
> lame. Just a thought.
> > However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that
> No, you were implying that Will was spamming "all over usenet" just like
> the kook who inspired my poem. If you were saying you didn't mean that,
> and you thought "all over usenet" meant to one group only, that's fine.
> You may have learned something. (Two, counting my advice on making
> spelling lames.)
> 2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are
> readily substantiated.
> >
> Of course I published Will's book. Stop whinging about it.

Pendragon, stop whining?

You ask the impossible.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:34:42 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:02:56 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > On 2022-09-14 3:50 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > >> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > >>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo..ca wrote:
> > >>>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Ponder This
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > >>>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> I spent good money on a book
> > >>>>>> of poems without a preview look
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > >>>>>> row after row of silly coup-
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> > >>>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> > >>>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > >>>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > >>>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> - George J. Dance
> > >>>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > >>>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> > >>>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > >>>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > >>>> begged and flamed to stop.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > >>>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > >>>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > >>>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > >>>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > >>>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> > >>>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > >>>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > >>>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > >>>> that it's a comic poem.
> > >>>
> > >>> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> > >>>
> > >> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> > >> groups he was already posting on.
> > >
> > > That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.
> > >
> > > You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > begged and flamed to stop."
> > >
> > > That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".
> > Like hell it does. Posting, or even "spamming", to one group (that one's
> > already on) is not spamming "all over Usenet", and you know it.
> > >
> > > I doubt that you actually have any,
> > >> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> > >> believed.
> > >
> > > I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.
> > >
> >
> > >>> Oh... that's right... you published it.
> > >> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> > >> me, because you're also libelling me.
> > >
> > > Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.
> > "libel verb
> > li·​bel | \ ˈlī-bəl \
> > libeled or libelled; libeling or libelling\ ˈlī-​b(ə-​)liŋ \"
> > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libelling
> >
> > Next time check it out the spelling of a word before trying a spelling
> > lame. Just a thought.
> > > However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that
> > No, you were implying that Will was spamming "all over usenet" just like
> > the kook who inspired my poem. If you were saying you didn't mean that,
> > and you thought "all over usenet" meant to one group only, that's fine.
> > You may have learned something. (Two, counting my advice on making
> > spelling lames.)
> > 2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are
> > readily substantiated.
> > >
> > Of course I published Will's book. Stop whinging about it.
> Pendragon, stop whining?
>
> You ask the impossible.

Look who's talking- 50+ posts a day/7 days a week of whining!

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:39:18 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:34:42 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:02:56 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > On 2022-09-14 3:50 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > >> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > >>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > >>>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > > >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Ponder This
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > > >>>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> I spent good money on a book
> > > >>>>>> of poems without a preview look
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > > >>>>>> row after row of silly coup-
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> > > >>>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> > > >>>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > > >>>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > > >>>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>> - George J. Dance
> > > >>>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > > >>>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that.. So,
> > > >>>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > > >>>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > >>>> begged and flamed to stop.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > > >>>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > > >>>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > > >>>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > > >>>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > > >>>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> > > >>>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > > >>>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > > >>>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > > >>>> that it's a comic poem.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> > > >>>
> > > >> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> > > >> groups he was already posting on.
> > > >
> > > > That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.
> > > >
> > > > You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > > begged and flamed to stop."
> > > >
> > > > That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".
> > > Like hell it does. Posting, or even "spamming", to one group (that one's
> > > already on) is not spamming "all over Usenet", and you know it.
> > > >
> > > > I doubt that you actually have any,
> > > >> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> > > >> believed.
> > > >
> > > > I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.
> > > >
> > >
> > > >>> Oh... that's right... you published it.
> > > >> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> > > >> me, because you're also libelling me.
> > > >
> > > > Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.
> > > "libel verb
> > > li·​bel | \ ˈlī-bəl \
> > > libeled or libelled; libeling or libelling\ ˈlī-​b(ə-​)liŋ \"
> > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libelling
> > >
> > > Next time check it out the spelling of a word before trying a spelling
> > > lame. Just a thought.
> > > > However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that
> > > No, you were implying that Will was spamming "all over usenet" just like
> > > the kook who inspired my poem. If you were saying you didn't mean that,
> > > and you thought "all over usenet" meant to one group only, that's fine.
> > > You may have learned something. (Two, counting my advice on making
> > > spelling lames.)
> > > 2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are
> > > readily substantiated.
> > > >
> > > Of course I published Will's book. Stop whinging about it.
> > Pendragon, stop whining?
> >
> > You ask the impossible.
> Look who's talking

Now look who's whining.

🙂

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:02:56 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-09-14 3:50 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >>>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ponder This
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> >>>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I spent good money on a book
> >>>>>> of poems without a preview look
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> >>>>>> row after row of silly coup-
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> >>>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> >>>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> >>>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> >>>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> - George J. Dance
> >>>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> >>>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> >>>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> >>>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> >>>> begged and flamed to stop.
> >>>>
> >>>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> >>>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> >>>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> >>>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> >>>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> >>>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> >>>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> >>>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> >>>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> >>>> that it's a comic poem.
> >>>
> >>> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> >>>
> >> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> >> groups he was already posting on.
> >
> > That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.
> >
> > You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > begged and flamed to stop."
> >
> > That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".
> Like hell it does. Posting, or even "spamming", to one group (that one's
> already on) is not spamming "all over Usenet", and you know it.

I don't know any such thing, George. You haven't defined what "all over usenet" means. How many usenet groups constitute "all over"?

How many usenet groups has Will Donkey spammed it to?

I fully suspect that he's spammed it to a dozen or more usenet groups.

And whether he's spammed it to groups that he's already a member of is irrelevant. You did not specify that Mohit spammed it to groups where he wasn't already a member. You only said that he spammed it to groups after they'd begged him to stop.

The Donkey has spammed his book to AAPC dozens of times, even though he's been asked to stop, told to stop, and reported to Google for spamming.

IMO, that fits your description to a "T."

> > I doubt that you actually have any,
> >> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> >> believed.
> >
> > I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.
> >
>
> >>> Oh... that's right... you published it.
> >> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> >> me, because you're also libelling me.
> >
> > Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.
> "libel verb
> li·​bel | \ ˈlī-bəl \
> libeled or libelled; libeling or libelling\ ˈlī-​b(ə-​)liŋ \"
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libelling
>
> Next time check it out the spelling of a word before trying a spelling
> lame. Just a thought.

Doubling "l"s is tres passé.

> > However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that
> No, you were implying that Will was spamming "all over usenet" just like
> the kook who inspired my poem. If you were saying you didn't mean that,
> and you thought "all over usenet" meant to one group only, that's fine.

As previously noted, I highly doubt that the Donkey has limited his spam to one group.

Let's see... an archive search for "selected poems 1976-2019" turns up 6,576 results. That's a shipload of spam by anyone's standards. The archives also show that he's spammed it to alt.poetry, alt.arts.poetry, rec.arts.poems, rec.music.beatles, -- and that's just from the 240 most recent posts.

> You may have learned something. (Two, counting my advice on making
> spelling lames.)
> 2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are
> readily substantiated.
> >
> Of course I published Will's book. Stop whinging about it.

Need I remind you that you are the one claiming to have been libeled (i.e., whining).

You have yet to show any proof to back up your statement.

In fact, your *only* argument was that your original statement about Mohit (which I subsequently applied to Will) implied that he'd spam posted to an undisclosed number of usenet groups, whereas Will had only spammed a single group.

While that would hardly count for libel even if it were true, that simply is not the case. Will spammed it to at least 5 usenet groups (in a total of 6,576 posts).

You sir, stand corrected.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:02:56 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> On 2022-09-14 3:50 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> >>>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ponder This
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> >>>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I spent good money on a book
> >>>>>> of poems without a preview look
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> >>>>>> row after row of silly coup-
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> >>>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> >>>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> >>>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> >>>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> - George J. Dance
> >>>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> >>>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> >>>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> >>>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> >>>> begged and flamed to stop.
> >>>>
> >>>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> >>>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> >>>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> >>>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> >>>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> >>>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> >>>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> >>>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> >>>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> >>>> that it's a comic poem.
> >>>
> >>> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> >>>
> >> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> >> groups he was already posting on.
> >
> > That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.
> >
> > You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > begged and flamed to stop."
> >
> > That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".
> Like hell it does. Posting, or even "spamming", to one group (that one's
> already on) is not spamming "all over Usenet", and you know it.
> >
> > I doubt that you actually have any,
> >> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> >> believed.
> >
> > I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.
> >
>
> >>> Oh... that's right... you published it.
> >> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> >> me, because you're also libelling me.
> >
> > Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.
> "libel verb
> li·​bel | \ ˈlī-bəl \
> libeled or libelled; libeling or libelling\ ˈlī-​b(ə-​)liŋ \"
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libelling
>
> Next time check it out the spelling of a word before trying a spelling
> lame. Just a thought.
> > However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that
> No, you were implying that Will was spamming "all over usenet" just like
> the kook who inspired my poem. If you were saying you didn't mean that,
> and you thought "all over usenet" meant to one group only, that's fine.
> You may have learned something. (Two, counting my advice on making
> spelling lames.)
> 2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are
> readily substantiated.
> >
> Of course I published Will's book. Stop whinging about it.

By the way, Pendragon is lying.

I only post to three Usenet groups, currently.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:52:15 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:39:18 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:34:42 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:02:56 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo..ca wrote:
> > > > On 2022-09-14 3:50 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > >> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > >>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > >>>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > > > >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> Ponder This
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > > > >>>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> I spent good money on a book
> > > > >>>>>> of poems without a preview look
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > > > >>>>>> row after row of silly coup-
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> > > > >>>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> > > > >>>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > > > >>>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > > > >>>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>> - George J. Dance
> > > > >>>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > > > >>>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> > > > >>>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > > > >>>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > > >>>> begged and flamed to stop.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > > > >>>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > > > >>>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > > > >>>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > > > >>>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > > > >>>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> > > > >>>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > > > >>>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > > > >>>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > > > >>>> that it's a comic poem.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> > > > >> groups he was already posting on.
> > > > >
> > > > > That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.
> > > > >
> > > > > You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > > > begged and flamed to stop."
> > > > >
> > > > > That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".
> > > > Like hell it does. Posting, or even "spamming", to one group (that one's
> > > > already on) is not spamming "all over Usenet", and you know it.
> > > > >
> > > > > I doubt that you actually have any,
> > > > >> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> > > > >> believed.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > >>> Oh... that's right... you published it.
> > > > >> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> > > > >> me, because you're also libelling me.
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.
> > > > "libel verb
> > > > li·​bel | \ ˈlī-bəl \
> > > > libeled or libelled; libeling or libelling\ ˈlī-​b(ə-​)liŋ \"
> > > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libelling
> > > >
> > > > Next time check it out the spelling of a word before trying a spelling
> > > > lame. Just a thought.
> > > > > However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that
> > > > No, you were implying that Will was spamming "all over usenet" just like
> > > > the kook who inspired my poem. If you were saying you didn't mean that,
> > > > and you thought "all over usenet" meant to one group only, that's fine.
> > > > You may have learned something. (Two, counting my advice on making
> > > > spelling lames.)
> > > > 2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are
> > > > readily substantiated.
> > > > >
> > > > Of course I published Will's book. Stop whinging about it.
> > > Pendragon, stop whining?
> > >
> > > You ask the impossible.
> > Look who's talking
> Now look who's whining.

Nice misrepresentation, liar. I was merely pointing out a well know fact that you post excessively, usually to complain about others here. in your own words- 25 posts a day isn't enough for you and that you'll post however much and whatever you feel like and that this group is for any commentary, not focused on poetry commentary like the group's name signifies. Did you ever stop to wonder why Usenet groups have their names?

Hey Dockery, I don't have an animal spirts. Is that some Shadowville New Age thing?

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 11:06:44 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
>
> Hey Dockery, I don't have an animal spirts. Is that some Shadowville New Age thing?

You probably have one and just don't know it.

Visit your local witch or Shaman.

🙂

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 11:04:57 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:52:15 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:39:18 PM UTC-4, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:34:42 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:02:56 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > > On 2022-09-14 3:50 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:43:35 PM UTC-4, george....@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > > >> On 2022-09-13 7:59 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > > > > >>> On Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 7:01:26 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > > > > >>>> On 2022-09-13 3:02 p.m., General-Zod wrote:
> > > > > >>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
> > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> Ponder This
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> > > > > >>>>>> I am in Mohit Misery.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> I spent good money on a book
> > > > > >>>>>> of poems without a preview look
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> > > > > >>>>>> row after row of silly coup-
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> lets, half of which don't scan
> > > > > >>>>>> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> while the other half make zero sense;
> > > > > >>>>>> a carpark often has a fence.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> In life there's many a tragedy,
> > > > > >>>>>> but none like Mohit Misery.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> > > > > >>>>>> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>> - George J. Dance
> > > > > >>>>>> from Ponder This, 2015
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> > > > > >>>> I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> > > > > >>>> first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> > > > > >>>> spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > > > >>>> begged and flamed to stop.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> > > > > >>>> of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> > > > > >>>> days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> > > > > >>>> google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> > > > > >>>> them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> > > > > >>>> remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> > > > > >>>> derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it.
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> > > > > >>>> ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> > > > > >>>> suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> > > > > >>>> that it's a comic poem.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Pity you couldn't have a adopted a similar tack with regard to Will Donkey's spam.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >> I've never seen any evidence of Will advertising his book on other than
> > > > > >> groups he was already posting on.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That's good, because I was referring to *this* group.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You'll note that you'd said: "spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> > > > > > begged and flamed to stop."
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That fits Will Donkey and AAPC to a "T".
> > > > > Like hell it does. Posting, or even "spamming", to one group (that one's
> > > > > already on) is not spamming "all over Usenet", and you know it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I doubt that you actually have any,
> > > > > >> but I'll point out the onus is on you to show some if you expect to be
> > > > > >> believed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have ample proof to support what I'd actually claimed.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >>> Oh... that's right... you published it.
> > > > > >> I sure did. That's why your libelling of Will in this respect concerns
> > > > > >> me, because you're also libelling me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Actually, I would be "libeling" you (sp) -- if such were, in fact, the case.
> > > > > "libel verb
> > > > > li·​bel | \ ˈlī-bəl \
> > > > > libeled or libelled; libeling or libelling\ ˈlī-​b(ə-​)liŋ \"
> > > > > https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libelling
> > > > >
> > > > > Next time check it out the spelling of a word before trying a spelling
> > > > > lame. Just a thought.
> > > > > > However since I'd only implied that 1) Will spams AAPC with ads for his book, and that
> > > > > No, you were implying that Will was spamming "all over usenet" just like
> > > > > the kook who inspired my poem. If you were saying you didn't mean that,
> > > > > and you thought "all over usenet" meant to one group only, that's fine.
> > > > > You may have learned something. (Two, counting my advice on making
> > > > > spelling lames.)
> > > > > 2) you were the schnook who published it for him, both of my claims are
> > > > > readily substantiated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > Of course I published Will's book. Stop whinging about it.
> > > > Pendragon, stop whining?
> > > >
> > > > You ask the impossible.
> > > Look who's talking
> > Now look who's whining.
> Nice misrepresentation,

Sure looked like whining to me.

🙂

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 10:18:04 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Spam-I-Am wrote:
> > On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 8:07:16 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 7:58:01 AM UTC-4, Spam-I-Am wrote:
> >
> >> > > > > > > > > > > George J. Dance wrote:
> >> > > > > > > > > > >>
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> Ponder This
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> Alas! Alack! Oh, woe is me!
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> I am in Mohit Misery.
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> I spent good money on a book
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> of poems without a preview look
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> then found, when I had ope'd it up
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> row after row of silly coup-
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> lets, half of which don't scan
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> (though the poet gets a rhyme in whenever he can)
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> while the other half make zero sense;
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> a carpark often has a fence.
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> In life there's many a tragedy,
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> but none like Mohit Misery.
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> I'll even pray to heaven, please
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> relieve us from Mo' Miseries.
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> - George J. Dance
> >> > > > > > > > > > >> from Ponder This, 2015
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > > Quite interesting... would like to hear the back story...!
> >> > > > > > > > > > I don't want to dox the guy, but I see Corey's already done that. So,
> >> > > > > > > > > > first: it's about this "Mohit Mis--" who'd published a chapbook and was
> >> > > > > > > > > > spamming ads for it all over usenet, including groups where he was being
> >> > > > > > > > > > begged and flamed to stop.
> >> > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > So I spent a month doing some kook-busting. I wrote this poem as a copy
> >> > > > > > > > > > of his style. Then I began daily searching usenet for his spam (in those
> >> > > > > > > > > > days, it was possible to search usenet, not just one group, using
> >> > > > > > > > > > google), and post my poem as a reply to his ads. It did put an end to
> >> > > > > > > > > > them, and a few people thanked me for it.
> >> > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > Second: it went into the April section of "Doggerel," which you may
> >> > > > > > > > > > remember me talking about posting into aapc this year. That's been a bit
> >> > > > > > > > > > derailed, and I welcome the chance to get back to it..
> >> > > > > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > > > > Third: this was a good way to get back to the above project, due to the
> >> > > > > > > > > > ongoing discussion of how and when to use the word "Alas" making it
> >> > > > > > > > > > suddenly relevant. Notice how my use tells the reader, right up front,
> >> > > > > > > > > > that it's a comic poem.
> >> > > > > > > > > I’m spamming a link to the subjected book,
> >> > > > > > > > > because Spam-I-Am, and spam is what I do:
> >> > > > > > > > > https://www.amazon.com/Ponder-Awhile-Mohit-K-Misra/dp/1419646729
> >> > > > > > > > Thanks again for posting this, I don't remember these events.
> >> > > > > > > “Thanks again for posting this” doesn’t apply, since there was no prior thanks,
> >> > > > > > > but “Thanks for posting this again” does, since the link was posted previously.
> >> > > > > > That's right, thanks.
> >> > > > > Well of course it is,
> >> > > > > and you're welcome.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Spam-I-Am
> >> > > > Good morning, Corey.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 🌞
> >> > > Buenas noches, Donkey.
> >> > So, what's your spirit familiar?
> >> Yes, my spirit is familiar.
> I'm talking about animal spirts:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
>
> "Animism (from Latin: anima, 'breath, spirit, life')[1][2] is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.[3][4][5][6] Potentially, animism perceives all things—animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, human handiwork, and perhaps even words—as animated and alive. Animism is used in the anthropology of religion, as a term for the belief system of many Indigenous peoples,[7] especially in contrast to the relatively more recent development of organized religions.[8] Animism focuses on the metaphysical universe, with a specific focus on the concept of the immaterial soul.[9]
>
> Although each culture has its own mythologies and rituals, animism is said to describe the most common, foundational thread of indigenous peoples' "spiritual" or "supernatural" perspectives. The animistic perspective is so widely held and inherent to most indigenous peoples, that they often do not even have a word in their languages that corresponds to "animism" (or even "religion");[10] the term is an anthropological construct.
>
> Largely due to such ethnolinguistic and cultural discrepancies, opinions differ on whether animism refers to an ancestral mode of experience common to indigenous peoples around the world, or to a full-fledged religion in its own right. The currently accepted definition of animism was only developed in the late 19th century (1871) by Sir Edward Tylor. It is "one of anthropology's earliest concepts, if not the first".[11]
>
> Animism encompasses the beliefs that all material phenomena have agency, that there exists no categorical distinction between the spiritual and physical (or material) world, and that soul, spirit, or sentience exists not only in humans, but also in other animals, plants, rocks, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, or other entities of the natural environment: water sprites, vegetation deities, tree spirits, etc. Animism may further attribute a life force to abstract concepts such as words, true names, or metaphors in mythology. Some members of the non-tribal world also consider themselves animists (such as author Daniel Quinn, sculptor Lawson Oyekan, and many contemporary Pagans)..."
> A witchy woman once told me mine was a wolf.
>
> Perhaps mine is actually a donkey.
>
> As I told Karen, I actually like donkeys fine, Eeyore was a favorite A. a.. Milne character when I was a kid, after all.
>
> HTH and HAND.

I’m not talking about that.

On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 3:06:44 AM UTC, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> Hey Dockery, I don't have an animal spirts. Is that some Shadowville New Age thing?

The Donkey is so illiterate that he doesn't recognize that he used the wrong word (in two different posts), even when he is called on it and laughed at. He just keeps on spirting.

On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 6:39:18 AM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
> On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 3:06:44 AM UTC, Ash Wurthing wrote:
> > Hey Dockery, I don't have an animal spirts. Is that some Shadowville New Age thing?
> The Donkey is so illiterate that he doesn't recognize that he used the wrong word (in two different posts), even when he is called on it and laughed at. He just keeps on spirting.

Caution: Spirited discussion in progress.

On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 6:39:18 AM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
> On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 3:06:44 AM UTC, Ash Wurthing wrote:
>
> > Hey Dockery, I don't have an animal spirts. Is that some Shadowville New Age thing?
> The Donkey is so illiterate that he doesn't recognize that he used the wrong word (in two different posts), even when he is called on it and laughed at. He just keeps on spirting.

I saw the typo but forgot to correct it at the time.

I'll fix it now, thanks for reminding me.

For someone who doesn't even know that London isn't in Ireland, and thinks John Dunne and Robert Stillings are poets, you sure are a picky know-it-all, Nancy Gene.

HTH and HAND.