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**Alexander's Horse** · February 10, 2001, 23:16

Sneak, I just think if you have a facility for language, which you so obviously do, then you should work with words.

Now back to the game: I doubt if we will be playing another session of the finbar/Hydey. I could be wrong but they seem to be both just waiting passively for the horse force to come and get them. This is no good at all because my hoardes need something to chase to get interested. As it stands, my forces would just walk up and sniff their cities, perhaps take a piss, and then walk home again

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**Hydey** · February 11, 2001, 05:57

Gee Horse sometimes you are really Fu*ked in the head.

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**finbar** · February 11, 2001, 07:03

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Firstly, you don't consider the Internet a viable source.
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In the context of a trivia quiz. Otherwise, it's a perfectly legitimate source. Its only problem being that it makes it far too easy for dullards who can't think for themselves to plagarise the thoughts and words of those who can.

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**Alexander's Horse** · February 11, 2001, 18:47

Sneak pay no attention to Finbar, as anyone with a recent education knows, the grammar rule book was thrown out about 30 years ago. As I'm sure finbar knows, the only rule now is useage, which makes pretty much any grammatical construction okay as long as its intelligible.

Now back to the game Hydey and I had a good session last night. Sans finbar, the Aztecs immediately attacked the Horse empire but apart from a couple of slaps, the horse force concentrated on destroying the Russians, who are now down to one city and have sent that grovelling "please don't destroy us" message after centuries of insults. Its 1800 ad.

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**finbar** · February 11, 2001, 20:31

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Fin, you are the classic curmudgeon.
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Proudly so!

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**finbar** · February 11, 2001, 20:33

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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Alexander's Horse on 02-11-2001 05:47 PM</font>
Sneak pay no attention to Finbar, as anyone with a recent education knows, the grammar rule book was thrown out about 30 years ago. As I'm sure finbar knows, the only rule now is useage, which makes pretty much any grammatical construction okay as long as its intelligible.
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Well, indeed. Thus hastening the decline of civilisation as we know it.

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</font>Now back to the game Hydey and I had a good session last night. Sans finbar, the Aztecs immediately attacked the Horse empire but apart from a couple of slaps, the horse force concentrated on destroying the Russians, who are now down to one city and have sent that grovelling "please don't destroy us" message after centuries of insults. Its 1800 ad.
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Go the Greeks!

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**SuperSneak** · February 12, 2001, 01:33

Fin, you are the classic curmudgeon.
I might point out that I have never seen you quote source once in all of your myriad answers in the music threads. But I'm sure you have some miniscule rule about volume plagarism not being a foul or some such nonsense. Or, you could argue that all of that knowledge, being already present in your vast and superior mind, only needed a bit of prodding and you weren't really referencing. I thought paraphrasing was also quoting, but I'm sure I'm wrong about that as well.
But doing that would unkindly subject (no split there, whew!) you, publicly, to a similarly ignoble charge, deflecting from the real issue (which, I think, was a debate about infinitives) and hoisting you by your own petard. I'm just too nice to do that.
Actually, I appreciate the grammatical guidance--reminds me of my days going round and round with Mr. Hazel about thesis and sources, etc. There are few people who can send me running to my dictionary. Your knowledge is quite impressive, if not, at times, hypocritical in its dissemination.
I must admit that my attention to the rule and law of language is often weak, especially on the net...I don't usually have someone who calls me on my transgressions.
But my writing style (the fiction, mainly) is unorthodox and all my own. I'm not writing for television, which, I have noticed, accepts only the highest standard of product.

Horse...I would write if I could find a decent job that called for writing. Gotta pay the bills.
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**Hydey** · February 12, 2001, 02:13

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Go the Greeks!

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Hydey and his Indian followers wish to thank finbar for his support.

It is no wonder that yellow cities have started turning purple

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**finbar** · February 12, 2001, 06:33

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Hydey and his Indian followers wish to thank finbar for his support.

It is no wonder that yellow cities have started turning purple

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Go the Indians!

There! That's what you call even-handed!

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**Alexander's Horse** · February 12, 2001, 08:56

A short session this evening but long enough to see the fall of the Russians. (Yay!)

*finbar wipes tear from his eye*

(its safe to come back now fin)

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**Hydey** · February 12, 2001, 17:50

Yes fin come back and see the fall of the Aztecs

I am trying to follow your plan fin and let horse win.

**finbar** · February 12, 2001, 19:08

Yeah, it's frustrating, isn't it? Having to sit on your hands and let him win? When we could so easily have wiped him off the face of the planet?

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**SuperSneak** · February 12, 2001, 19:53

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An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.

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Hee, hee...nailed it!

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**finbar** · February 14, 2001, 04:19

I won't be around tonight.

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**Alexander's Horse** · February 16, 2001, 02:20

I hope a few of you are going to show up on Friday night. My trigger finger is itchy.

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