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From: Andy Walker <anw@cuboid.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Mr Flibble
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:58:45 +0100
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On 22/04/2025 15:57, Mr Flibble wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:43:27 +0100, Andy Walker wrote:
>> The "real" Mr Flibble is a malevolent penguin.  I wonder why
>> contributors take him so seriously?  If you want to debate with a
>> penguin, that's your prerogative, but to me it makes more sense to add
>> several pinches of salt and smile or groan as appropriate to everything
>> he writes.  He has a knack for writing things that are just about
>> plausible, which is enviable, but one response to anything interesting
>> is surely enough?
> Mr Flibble is very cross.

	He shouldn't be.  As hinted above, being able to write successful
satire is a rare skill.  But it loses its point if too many people take
it seriously.

-- 
Andy Walker, Nottingham.
    Andy's music pages: www.cuboid.me.uk/andy/Music
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