[SOC] Another quiz

[JMcAulay]

At 12:55 PM 03/19/2003 -0500, Bill C. wrote, pretty much:

>> >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.

Of course she is.  Do you think I came upon this delightful creature
because of some interest in reptiles?  (To avoid becoming entirely too SOC,
no reference will be made to serpent-handling.)

To continue:  You now say, "it is not the competition that is intense," yet
your earlier post enquires, "How else would you describe the intense
competition for last place in SOC contests?"  Your abject lack of
parallelism in successive posts on this topic reveals you to be truly SOC
of the highest order.  And I would bestow the same upon myself as well
(with all the modesty I can muster, which is precious little), just for
mentioning it.

73
John WA6QPL  SOC 263