Author: Mr j smith
Date: 21:52:40 06/29/03
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On June 29, 2003 at 21:42:06, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On June 29, 2003 at 19:59:31, Mr j smith wrote: > >>Shredder 7.04 seems to be manhandling its opponents (in particular Ruffian)like >>red headed stepchildren. > > >We've already had a bit of brabble over this particular expression. I think >that you are out for some new verbal skirmish and further waste of bandwidth. >Please think about what you are doing by using such incendiary phrases which >are, by the way, senseless and trollish. > >Moderators, please, do something about this posting. Rather typical of a person >I got to know (unfortunately) when I was a moderator some years ago. So much so >that I believe the chap to be the same one in a different guise. > > >Rgds, > >Djordje First of all, my statement is factually correct; shredder 7.04 is having its way with ruffian. Secondly,the expression I used comes from 19th century British/American vernacular. "A stepchild might be singled out for abuse. But a red-headed stepchild (who presumably looks like his or her absent birth-parent) might be abused even more because he or she is so obviously different from the other children. " http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1262.html I am certain that you are not American, therefore I will, in a gesture of Christian good will, forgive you for your rudeness in infering what I did not imply.
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