WOODY WINS GOLDEN KILLFILE! (was Re: Kook of the Month May / June 1995)

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[fwd from alt.usenet.kooks]


In article <AC22A04096683E74D0@klang.wetware.com>,
M. Legare <mlegare@wetware.com> wrote:
>Welcome back to the ongoing saga of the few, the proud, the totally

>deranged...

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>Let's get thing started with 

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>HOOK, LINE & SINKER for May / June 1995

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>ATTENTION*ATTENTION*ATTENTION*ATTENTION*ATTENTION*ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION

>                          THE USENET POLICE

>               HAVE WON THE HL&S AWARD MAY / JUNE 1995

>ATTENTION*ATTENTION*ATTENTION*ATTENTION*ATTENTION*THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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>Votes:

>Usenet Police: 4 votes

>the Shippesberg troller: 2 votes

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>CLUELESS NEWBIE OF THE MONTH for May / June 1995

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>Sometimes, you gotta go with the classics...

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>James Ralton (Jeannie.Dickie@cyberstore.com)

>Spammed 17 newsgroups with "Make $$ Fast" (although he titled it "ST:TNG

>vs. the X-Files", probably for greater readability), repented, then

>reposted it with a disclaimer that "HEY, THIS STUFF REALLY WORKS!!!"

>

>A classic.

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>Votes:

>James Ralton: 9 votes

>Lewis de Payne: 1 vote

>"Frost Bitten Canadian Boy": 1 vote

>JR Kaiser: 3 votes

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>KOOK OF THE MONTH for May / June 1995

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>A tough race, and one with a little bit of controversy.

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>I received a LOT of votes for Senator Exon, the author of the "On-Line

>Communications Decency Act."  Now, as much as I would personally LOVE to

>pitch this particular brickbat at ol' Exy, as we call him, he has NEVER

>posted to the Net.  Consequently, he really doesn't qualify for this award.

> Sorry to the 53 people who mailed me votes...

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>However, we DO have a winnah...

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>"Jai Marahaj" (jai@mantra.com)

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>Also known as "the man who WON'T STOP POSTING to soc.culture.hawaii and

>about a bazillion other places".  Limited repetoire, but it's some kind of

>vegetarian / buddhist / psycho / loonie / spambot thing here... he got a

>lot of "support"...

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>Votes: 

>"Jai Maharaj": 27 votes

>Yehuda Silver: 1 vote

>Ben Trentler & Jon360@aol.com: 5 votes

>David Kaufman: 1 vote

>David De Hilster: 3 votes

>Bruce Wellington: 5 votes

>Vertner Vergon: 5 votes

>Vsberadi: 1 vote

>Robert McElwane: 2 votes

>Russel Wertz: 2 votes

>"Rudolph": 2 votes

>Ben Johnson: 2 votes

>James Dougherty: 1 vote

>Ronald J. Fey: 3 votes

>++Albert: 1 vote

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>and, finally, the GOLDEN KILLFILE AWARD for May / June 1995

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>This inaugural award for "attracting attention to oneself above and beyond

>the call of any kind of common sense" goes to....

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>[wait for it!]

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>Rick "Woody" Sherwood of alt.religon.scientology!  Start of stage, screen,

>and usenet, Woody has generated upwards of 100+ posts a DAY to this

>beleag^H^H^H beleagur^H^H^H^H really tormented newsgroup!  The golden

>*PLONK* goes to YOU, Woody.  

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>Votes:

>Rick Sherwood: 13 votes

>Lewis de Payne: 8 votes

>The BOB(c): 5 votes

>Richard "Godzilla" Lee: 7 votes

>Ted Holden: 3 votes

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>HoKAY.... that's it for this time... Keep posting the nominations in

>alt.usenet.kooks, and keep sending the votes to mlegare@wetare.com.

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>Web pages will be updated... eventually.

>

>Matthew Legare

>On-Line Support Guy

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