[SOC] Another quiz

[Bill Cunningham]

> >Excuse me, sir.  You overlook the SOC objective and method.  How else
would
> >you describe the intense competition for last place in SOC contests?
>
>
> You are quite correct.  Hoewever, through extensive consultation with two
> semanticists, one linguist, a semiotician, a herpetologist (not a relevant
> discipline, but she's *really* good looking), and for the view of the
> "Man-on-the-street" a tramp wandering about who requested my spare change,
> the following is offered:

Point well made and duly noted.  However, with all that linguistic help,
nobody pointed out that it is not the competition that is intense.  It is
the incompetence that is intense.  Especially on FD.   Do tell us about the
herpetologist.  And for goodness snakes, remind some gentle readers that a
herpetologist is not a physician who treats STD.




>
> While the intense SOC competition for last place is undeniable, that
> competition is not at all based on active striving for such a meritorious
> position.  It must be achieved through means totally SOC in nature:
> screw-ups, incompetence, stumbling, faltering, yielding to external
> pressures (a cool one, for example), and general lethargy are but a few of
> the true SOC methods for attaining the "anchor" position.  Hence, the
> proper term for reaching last place through SOC means is not that the SOC
> participant was "overtaking" the last place racer, but rather
"undertaking"
> that person.
>
> Please note your programmes accordingly.
>
> 73
> John WA6QPL  SOC 263
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