No offense taken..
> posting because the phrase has become IMHO way too prevalent.
> I think I was
> sensitive to it in the following context because when reading
> Virus posts I
> have the gain on my analysis filter turned WAY up. I'm
> urging the other
> members of the group to listen to the context of the phrase
> "get a life" in
> conversations. If they find it used mostly by blockheads
> spreading their
> square hole philosophies, then I would urge them to join me
> in trying to
> extinguish the "Get a Life" meme from our daily discourse.
I've already joined..
> Andreas wrote:
> ----------
> andanaaaa
Andanaa?
> Brett wrote:
>
> >Sounds like whoever wrote the letter ALSO needs a
> >life
> ....
>
> The wagering staff, being fictional, desperately needs a life
> (or several). If they did exist, I don't think that having a
> sense of humor qualifies them for being in need of a life..
> ....
> Self-irony is the key.
> If you can't laugh at yourself, _you_ are the one who needs
> a life.
I thought it would be obvious, but since it apparently isn't:
I used the phrase to (rather childishly, I admit) make fun of
Brett's usage of it. Being a bit tired, at the moment I thought
it was quite amusing that he, in effect, was asking fictional
people to get a life. Which, of course, they really do need.
Now, about those rhubarbs..
-Andreas Engstrom
(Great Randomness/Daemon Stranger/Random Greatness)