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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: The Return of Michael Monkey
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:44:31 +0000
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On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:48:44 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:32:52 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 2:27:28 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:54:22 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>
>>>> George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 7:40:51 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 21:00:16 +0000, George J. Dance wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>> https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article-flat.php?id=253903&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments#253903
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:22:04 +0000, Michael Monkey aka "HarryLime"
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> MMP: My literary journal was created to highlight the best examples of
>>>>>>>> poetry from AAPC's various members.  The best poetry by Member G does
>>>>>>>> not necessarily measure up to the best poetry of Member J.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As Mr. Dance has so ably demonstrated above, his own poem left no traces
>>>>>>>> on my memory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> MMP's memory lapses are something I'm sure we're all familiar with by
>>>>>>> now. But let us remember what else I just ably demonstrated: that back
>>>>>>> in 2021 (when he was still hoping to recruit me as an ally) he
>>>>>>> considered Possibilities one of "the best examples of poetry" on AAPC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This deserves an underscore as an example of Michael Pendragon's biased
>>>>>> behavior.
>>>>>
>>>>> Indeed. I'm not sure if you remeber that statement of his that I called
>>>>> a statement of his editorial philosophy:
>>>>>
>>>>> <quote>
>>>>> "You divide everyone into two categories: potential allies and potential
>>>>> adversaries. You slurp the writings of your potential allies and attack
>>>>> those of your potential adversaries."
>>>>>
>>>>> "When [someone] Jim is seen as a potential ally, you request his poetry.
>>>>> When he
>>>>> is seen as an adversary, you assign a childish name to him and claim he
>>>>> can't write." </q>
>>>>>
>>>>> source text:
>>>>> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/hDYKsC5l5Ew/m/IR5NzWPJBQAJ?hl=en
>>>>>
>>>>> That also fully describes his critical philosophy. No more need be said,
>>>>> but it can't be said often enough.
>>>>>
>>>>> snip
>>>>
>>>> In other words, Michael Pendragon is basically a two faced liar.
>>>
>>> Well, not exactly, It means he comes across as no different from a
>>> two-faced liar, but I think his mental state is more complex than that I
>>> should open a new threat where we can talk about that.
>>
>> Sounds good, and to avoid confusion with new readers, from now on I'll
>> just refer to Pendragon by his new chosen alias Harry Lime.
>
> That's a good point. Personally I do not like calling socks by their
> aliases puppets by their sock names; that also can be confusing, as it's
> meant to be. So I've started calling the person behind all those socks
> MMP for Michael Monkey Peabrain (or just Peabrain if he says something
> really stupid, or Lying Michael whenever I catch him in a lie). But that
> could also be confusing for new readers and casual readers, so I think
> I'll have to refer to him, when talking to third parties, as something
> else; something that will identify whom I mean to any new or casual
> readers.
>
> After some thought, I've settled on "the Lime sock" - what do you think?
>
> https://www.zazzle.ca/lime_green_socks-256240956281961664?rf=238512069961476072&tc=CjwKCAiA-ty8BhA_EiwAkyoa3_aFWzdIrL7epsnGiUBOmwWKHVyTWv2DT3XULBaoBmZv8YkfovgQhRoC6i8QAvD_BwE&z_ca=20390696811&z_dev=c&z_nw=x&z_lp=9000899&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA-ty8BhA_EiwAkyoa3_aFWzdIrL7epsnGiUBOmwWKHVyTWv2DT3XULBaoBmZv8YkfovgQhRoC6i8QAvD_BwE&trchd=true


JLA Forums even generated an avatar for Pendragon's sock:

http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655

>>>> And so it goes.
>>>>
>>>> 🙂