Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Speaking of mayhem...

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 11:42  PM, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > > > I think that is the second attempted scams this nweek that has
> > > > _already
> > > > been tried_ (both in the first few months, IIRC...). Perhaps we 
> > > > should
> > > > write a "History of the Great Scams of B-Nomic"... or would that 
> > > > just
> > > > give
> > > > these younglings ideas?
> > > -"Youngling?" I beg your pardon... anyway, this isn't a redo of the
> > > "imaginary friends" scamette from nweek 6. I checked. It looks a
> > > little like that, I'll admit, but there is one fundamental 
> > > difference.
> > > That wasn't legal. This is. I know, it's a subtle difference, but it
> > > makes a world of difference.-
> >
> > I think we can say with a high degree of certainty that it wasn't 
> > legal.
> >
> > The problem is apparent in your message, in your usage of the word 'I'
> > - it's the same 'I' every time, which is already a player; you can't
> > become something if you already are it.
>
> -Yes, but if we used a plural pronoun, or if the Baron used the third 
> person, then people would think we were slightly cracked, and BvS 
> doesn't think that's a good idea. So I'll just keep sticking to 
> standard English.
>
> Besides, I only performed an action 49 times. Are you going to say 
> that it was illegal, for example, to buy two Gnomes in a row because 
> you were using the same "I" every time? I was adding the attribute "is 
> a player" each time, just as that would add the attribute "has a 
> Gnome." We don't see the problem. (Maybe we should speak in the royal 
> "we." There are 50 of us, after all.)-

No no, the 'I' is not the important part, I'm just using it to prove my 
point. The point is that you're still you, regardless of how many times 
you've tried to become a player; you're already a player, so turning 
into one doesn't change anything about you. It's just like how if a 
Toad becomes a Toad, it's still a Toad, not two Toads.

> > But we could award you 50 T-Shirts for it :) (Or better yet, we could
> > give you a "Baron" shirt and 49 "I'm with Baron" T-Shirts)
> -Keep your virtual cotton. We're good as far as imaginary clothing 
> goes.-

Well shoot, now what am I supposed to do with all this virtual cotton? 
My warehouses are stuffed to the gills, and Saturn's lined up with 
Jupiter, so there's no hope of exploiting the French market...

--
Wonko

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