Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next
five minutes and READ THIS!!
You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and
read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud.
No no, go back and do it again.
Again!
You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does
*********NOT*********
say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?!
No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason.
the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!!
Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!!
Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!!
____ _____ _ _ _ _
| _ \ |_ _| | | | | | | | |
| |_) | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ < | | | | | | | | | |
| |_) | _| |_ | |____ | |____ |_| |_|
|____/ |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_)
I can carve it into your skull with a rusty railroad spike if that
would make it easier to remember!
Do **************NOT*************** send me e-mails opening with
"Dear Paul!" That is _NOT_ my name! I don't care if you don't
speak
english as a first language, are distracted, tired, confused, retarded
or the President of the United States: if you can't manage to scrape
together enough neurons to correctly choose which one of two lousy
syllables to use when addressing me, then I would rather never hear
from you at all!!!!!!
I am not kidding around here! I've been beating my brains out for
you rotten bastards for ten lousy years, and after all that time
I expect you to at least do me the courtesty of GETTING MY STUPID
NAME RIGHT!!!!!
This crap has been going on for years. It ends now. Anybody who's
dumb enough to send me an e-mail addressed to "Paul" instead of
"Bill"
will be permanently banned from my inbox. I don't care if you're on
fire and need me to put you out: you will become persona non grata
and you will stay that way. Furthermore, anybody who screws up and
gets my name wrong in person will quickly find themselves beaten,
ground into a fine powder and sprinkled over Richard Stallman's
oatmeal!!!
And no, I don't want to hear your lousy comments on the matter!
Don't follow up!! Don't reply!! Just nod quietly and DON'T MAKE THIS
MISTAKE AGAIN!!!!
-Bill <------------ SEE!!! LOOK!!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!!
--
============================================================================-Bill
Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu
wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems
============================================================================
<adamw> you're just BEGGING to face the moose
=============================================================================
Dear Bill and everyone, just a little comment: as far as I know there are two countries where the first name and the family name is used in different order, and these two countries are Japan and Hungary. I'm Hungarian thus my name often get people confused. Since I write from my private address, You can read in the From field my name in the Hungarian order: family name, first name, but I sign every mail in the English order. Thus my first name is G?bor, and my family name is K?vesd?n. If You read international mailing lists, You should take note of that. Cheers, G?bor K?vesd?n Bill Paul wrote:>Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next >five minutes and READ THIS!! > >You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and >read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud. > >No no, go back and do it again. > >Again! > >You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT********* >say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?! > >No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason. >the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!! > >Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!! >Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!! > > ____ _____ _ _ _ _ > | _ \ |_ _| | | | | | | | | > | |_) | | | | | | | | | | | > | _ < | | | | | | | | | | > | |_) | _| |_ | |____ | |____ |_| |_| > |____/ |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_) > > >I can carve it into your skull with a rusty railroad spike if that >would make it easier to remember! > >Do **************NOT*************** send me e-mails opening with >"Dear Paul!" That is _NOT_ my name! I don't care if you don't speak >english as a first language, are distracted, tired, confused, retarded >or the President of the United States: if you can't manage to scrape >together enough neurons to correctly choose which one of two lousy >syllables to use when addressing me, then I would rather never hear >from you at all!!!!!! > >I am not kidding around here! I've been beating my brains out for >you rotten bastards for ten lousy years, and after all that time >I expect you to at least do me the courtesty of GETTING MY STUPID >NAME RIGHT!!!!! > >This crap has been going on for years. It ends now. Anybody who's >dumb enough to send me an e-mail addressed to "Paul" instead of "Bill" >will be permanently banned from my inbox. I don't care if you're on >fire and need me to put you out: you will become persona non grata >and you will stay that way. Furthermore, anybody who screws up and >gets my name wrong in person will quickly find themselves beaten, >ground into a fine powder and sprinkled over Richard Stallman's >oatmeal!!! > >And no, I don't want to hear your lousy comments on the matter! >Don't follow up!! Don't reply!! Just nod quietly and DON'T MAKE THIS >MISTAKE AGAIN!!!! > >-Bill <------------ SEE!!! LOOK!!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!! > >-- >============================================================================>-Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu > wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems >============================================================================> <adamw> you're just BEGGING to face the moose >============================================================================>_______________________________________________ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
Bill Paul wrote:> Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next > five minutes and READ THIS!! > > You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and > read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud. > > No no, go back and do it again. > > Again! > > You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT********* > say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?! > > No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason. > the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!! > > Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!! > Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!! > > ____ _____ _ _ _ _ > | _ \ |_ _| | | | | | | | | > | |_) | | | | | | | | | | | > | _ < | | | | | | | | | | > | |_) | _| |_ | |____ | |____ |_| |_| > |____/ |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_) >Dear Paul ... -- Best regards, Chris
Bill Paul wrote:>Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next >five minutes and READ THIS!! >Someone needs to drop back on their caffeine dosage... Seriously, if that is the worse thing that you have to deal with, then I really don't care if you drop me on your personal "do not care" list. I mean, I have friends out of work, others facing serious illnesses, and still others that have to deal with a much heavier load than, "Someone can't get my name right..." And you have the audacity to swear at us on mailing lists dedicated to technical support and issues.... All I can say is .... PAUL or BILL or BILL PAUL or PAUL BILL or whatever you get called, you need to chill out and get a life. John <Who dealt with being called Farmer John by dweebs who used it _intending_ it to derogatory insult...> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Owner & CTO GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com 865-691-6498 Knoxville TN Consulting, Design, & Development of Networks & Software
OK Paul. Got the message Paul. --- Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:> > Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next > five minutes and READ THIS!! > > You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and > read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud. > > No no, go back and do it again. > > Again! > > You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT********* > say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?! > > No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason. > the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!! > > Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!! > Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!! > > ____ _____ _ _ _ _ > | _ \ |_ _| | | | | | | | | > | |_) | | | | | | | | | | | > | _ < | | | | | | | | | | > | |_) | _| |_ | |____ | |____ |_| |_| > |____/ |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_) > > > I can carve it into your skull with a rusty railroad spike if that > would make it easier to remember! > > Do **************NOT*************** send me e-mails opening with > "Dear Paul!" That is _NOT_ my name! I don't care if you don't speak > english as a first language, are distracted, tired, confused, retarded > or the President of the United States: if you can't manage to scrape > together enough neurons to correctly choose which one of two lousy > syllables to use when addressing me, then I would rather never hear > from you at all!!!!!! > > I am not kidding around here! I've been beating my brains out for > you rotten bastards for ten lousy years, and after all that time > I expect you to at least do me the courtesty of GETTING MY STUPID > NAME RIGHT!!!!! > > This crap has been going on for years. It ends now. Anybody who's > dumb enough to send me an e-mail addressed to "Paul" instead of "Bill" > will be permanently banned from my inbox. I don't care if you're on > fire and need me to put you out: you will become persona non grata > and you will stay that way. Furthermore, anybody who screws up and > gets my name wrong in person will quickly find themselves beaten, > ground into a fine powder and sprinkled over Richard Stallman's > oatmeal!!! > > And no, I don't want to hear your lousy comments on the matter! > Don't follow up!! Don't reply!! Just nod quietly and DON'T MAKE THIS > MISTAKE AGAIN!!!! > > -Bill <------------ SEE!!! LOOK!!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!! > > -- > ============================================================================> -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu > wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems > ============================================================================> <adamw> you're just BEGGING to face the moose > ============================================================================> _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 08:39:32PM +0000, Bill Paul wrote..> > Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next > five minutes and READ THIS!! > > You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and > read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud. > > No no, go back and do it again. > > Again! > > You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT********* > say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?!Its' not officially William is it? You have my symphaty, no-one ever gets Wilko right. And it is dead simple derivative of Willem Coenraad. Wilko. Not Wilco. Right? :-P -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
Whether it's Bill, Paul, John, Ringo, Real or fake, one thing is certain: There are not enough "Army of Darkness" fans on this list. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Army%20of%20Darkness -Ash /me runs off to play with BOOMSTICK
What an amusing rant. As far as I can tell, I've always been banned from your Inbox whether I called you BIll, Paul, Wpaul, or OMisterWizard!
Mr. Bill's upset! Watch out for Sluggo, Mr. Bill! Ohh, nooooooooooo! On Monday 16 May 2005 04:39 pm, Bill Paul wrote:> Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next > five minutes and READ THIS!! > > You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and > read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud. > > No no, go back and do it again. > > Again! > > You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT********* > say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?! > > No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason. > the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!! > > Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!! > Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!! > > ____ _____ _ _ _ _ > > | _ \ |_ _| | | | | | | | | > | > | |_) | | | | | | | | | | | > | > | _ < | | | | | | | | | | > | > | |_) | _| |_ | |____ | |____ |_| |_| > | > |____/ |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_) > > I can carve it into your skull with a rusty railroad spike if that > would make it easier to remember! > > Do **************NOT*************** send me e-mails opening with > "Dear Paul!" That is _NOT_ my name! I don't care if you don't speak > english as a first language, are distracted, tired, confused, retarded > or the President of the United States: if you can't manage to scrape > together enough neurons to correctly choose which one of two lousy > syllables to use when addressing me, then I would rather never hear > from you at all!!!!!! > > I am not kidding around here! I've been beating my brains out for > you rotten bastards for ten lousy years, and after all that time > I expect you to at least do me the courtesty of GETTING MY STUPID > NAME RIGHT!!!!! > > This crap has been going on for years. It ends now. Anybody who's > dumb enough to send me an e-mail addressed to "Paul" instead of "Bill" > will be permanently banned from my inbox. I don't care if you're on > fire and need me to put you out: you will become persona non grata > and you will stay that way. Furthermore, anybody who screws up and > gets my name wrong in person will quickly find themselves beaten, > ground into a fine powder and sprinkled over Richard Stallman's > oatmeal!!! > > And no, I don't want to hear your lousy comments on the matter! > Don't follow up!! Don't reply!! Just nod quietly and DON'T MAKE THIS > MISTAKE AGAIN!!!! > > -Bill <------------ SEE!!! LOOK!!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!! > > -- > ==========================================================================>== -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu > wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems > ==========================================================================>== <adamw> you're just BEGGING to face the moose > ==========================================================================>== _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"-- Marc Ramirez Blue Circle Software Corporation 513-688-1070 (main) 513-382-1270 (direct) http://www.bluecirclesoft.com http://www.mrami.com (personal) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20050516/bc794c0b/attachment.bin
Bill Paul wrote:> You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT********* > say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?!Couldn't you just change your name? -- Tuomo ... I honor my personality flaws for without them I would have no personality at all -- Ways for Personal Growth http://www.ericbair.com/humor/PerGrowth.txt
On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 20:39 +0000, Bill Paul wrote:> Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next > five minutes and READ THIS!! > > You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and > read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud. > > No no, go back and do it again. > > Again! > > You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does *********NOT********* > say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?! > > No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason. > the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!! > > Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!! > Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!! > > ____ _____ _ _ _ _ > | _ \ |_ _| | | | | | | | | > | |_) | | | | | | | | | | | > | _ < | | | | | | | | | | > | |_) | _| |_ | |____ | |____ |_| |_| > |____/ |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_) > > > I can carve it into your skull with a rusty railroad spike if that > would make it easier to remember! > > Do **************NOT*************** send me e-mails opening with > "Dear Paul!" That is _NOT_ my name! I don't care if you don't speak > english as a first language, are distracted, tired, confused, retarded > or the President of the United States: if you can't manage to scrape > together enough neurons to correctly choose which one of two lousy > syllables to use when addressing me, then I would rather never hear > from you at all!!!!!! > > I am not kidding around here! I've been beating my brains out for > you rotten bastards for ten lousy years, and after all that time > I expect you to at least do me the courtesty of GETTING MY STUPID > NAME RIGHT!!!!! > > This crap has been going on for years. It ends now. Anybody who's > dumb enough to send me an e-mail addressed to "Paul" instead of "Bill" > will be permanently banned from my inbox. I don't care if you're on > fire and need me to put you out: you will become persona non grata > and you will stay that way. Furthermore, anybody who screws up and > gets my name wrong in person will quickly find themselves beaten, > ground into a fine powder and sprinkled over Richard Stallman's > oatmeal!!! > > And no, I don't want to hear your lousy comments on the matter! > Don't follow up!! Don't reply!! Just nod quietly and DON'T MAKE THIS > MISTAKE AGAIN!!!! > > -Bill <------------ SEE!!! LOOK!!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!!Bill Paul, Your surname, family name, last name, or whatever it is called, *is still your name*. If you don't like it, change it, or at least remove it from you e-mail address. Meanwhile, don't be offended if someone makes use of it. Regards, Miguel
Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> writes:> You have my symphaty, no-one ever gets Wilko right. And it is dead > simple derivative of Willem Coenraad. Wilko. Not Wilco. Right?Roger, wilco. DES -- Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav - des@des.no
Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:>Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> writes: > > >>You have my symphaty, no-one ever gets Wilko right. And it is dead >>simple derivative of Willem Coenraad. Wilko. Not Wilco. Right? >> >> > >Roger, wilco. > >DES > >Well make up you mind, roger or wilco, not both of them, jezz no wonder that modern communication only confuses if nobody uses the same *$#@!%#$%* protocol! -- mph
> Well make up you mind, roger or wilco, not both of them, jezz no wonder > that modern communication only confuses if nobody uses the same > *$#@!%#$%* protocol!Heh, yes, using that one would earn you a slap from air traffic control! Though I have to admit I did go check CAP413 just to make sure I was right about it being incorrect! -pcf.
On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:39:32 +0000 (GMT), wpaul@freebsd.org (Bill Paul) wrote:> > Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next > five minutes and READ THIS!! > > You see that header on this e-mail? You see the "From:" line? Go and > read it to yourself. Read the name. Say it to yourself, out loud. > > No no, go back and do it again. > > Again! > > You see what is says? It says "Bill Paul." It does > *********NOT********* say "Paul Bill," does it now. WELL DOES IT!!?!?! > > No, it damn well doesn't! And yet, for some incomprehensible reason. > the majority of you nitwits seem to think it does!!!!!! > > Get this through your miserable little heads: my first name is BILL!!! > Understand that? Bill! BEE EYE ELL ELL!!! > > ____ _____ _ _ _ _ > | _ \ |_ _| | | | | | | | | > | |_) | | | | | | | | | | | > | _ < | | | | | | | | | | > | |_) | _| |_ | |____ | |____ |_| |_| > |____/ |_____| |______| |______| (_) (_) > > > I can carve it into your skull with a rusty railroad spike if that > would make it easier to remember! > > Do **************NOT*************** send me e-mails opening with > "Dear Paul!" That is _NOT_ my name! I don't care if you don't speak > english as a first language, are distracted, tired, confused, retarded > or the President of the United States: if you can't manage to scrape > together enough neurons to correctly choose which one of two lousy > syllables to use when addressing me, then I would rather never hear > from you at all!!!!!! > > I am not kidding around here! I've been beating my brains out for > you rotten bastards for ten lousy years, and after all that time > I expect you to at least do me the courtesty of GETTING MY STUPID > NAME RIGHT!!!!! > > This crap has been going on for years. It ends now. Anybody who's > dumb enough to send me an e-mail addressed to "Paul" instead of "Bill" > will be permanently banned from my inbox. I don't care if you're on > fire and need me to put you out: you will become persona non grata > and you will stay that way. Furthermore, anybody who screws up and > gets my name wrong in person will quickly find themselves beaten, > ground into a fine powder and sprinkled over Richard Stallman's > oatmeal!!! > > And no, I don't want to hear your lousy comments on the matter! > Don't follow up!! Don't reply!! Just nod quietly and DON'T MAKE THIS > MISTAKE AGAIN!!!! > > -Bill <------------ SEE!!! LOOK!!! IT'S RIGHT THERE!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!!Well, that's what you get for having a name that's made up of two first names. :-) Seriously, where I work (the U.S. Postal Service), people with names like yours cause no end of confusion and grief, particularly when it comes to the forwarding of mail, as our oh-so-cleverly designed (read: brain-damaged) Central Forwarding System (CFS) uses the first four letters of the last name, along with the last three digits of the old address (leading zero-padded, if need be), to distinguish one forwarding order from another. And then you have magazine and newspaper publishers, as well as other correspondents, who choose to invert the order of names, for reasons known only to them and their Higher Power, if they have one. You can just imagine the uproarious, madcap fun that ensues. Sorry, but I've no sympathy at all. Bloody double first-namers. You'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"