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At 02:38 PM 11/20/00 -0500, you wrote: (to poor bern)
>hi all
your poem is about 3k in size
your message came to the list at 21k in size
a whopping 700% needless and avoidable overkill
of internet and email resources all the way down the line
due to macrotuff megacorporation megalopoly marketing mania

i read your post and said to myself,
oh not again- what's with you, ms elf?
the list goddess must protest such stuff
she posts her criticism in a huff
must she repeat time after time,
please oh please do not send MIME
from 3k to 21k -- your message does grow
and takes up room where MINE should go
for a list goddess must post for pleasure
and inundate the list with all her treasure
she knows what you need before you do
so heed her words, list people, for you
must never question what she does say
or how many times she sends it that day-
what was that? wysiwug?
how many times was this thing sent?
to me I must say it made little sense'
to post a post so many times, hence,
list members remember you must abide
by the elf's rules - or you'll have to hide
or like many others try to unsubscribe
we don't understand why rules must bend
if the goddess wills she can always send
all of her poems, personal mail and such
to all of us - and we aren't to touch
upon asking her the question as to why
rules for us stick, but for her don't apply
goddess or elfette or you and me
should have the same rights, you see.
the goddess here is self-annointed
and not by us an elf appointed
to chastise and prod and scold
with manner demeaning and bold
the moral of this little verse is meant
to phrase our words with kind intent
an elf should speak in a nicer way
with a lot less words and fewer k