The History of the Internet

[JJuggle]

Originally Posted by uni57

I miss Sendhair.

Me as well.

Why are we whispering?

[uni57]

Originally Posted by JJuggle

Me as well.

Why are we whispering?

He always posted in a small font with a different color.

[john_childs]

Originally Posted by jagur

will someone just PM me who invented Sendhair.

I thought you could have been Sendhair.

[john_childs]

Originally Posted by uni57

No he didn't say that. Not exactly. I've laughed at that joke more than once, but I finally looked it up in response to this thread. Al Gore backed government initiatives that apparently were important in helping the Internet develop into what it is today. I'm not pro- (or anti-) Al Gore, but he seems like a bright guy. So how could he accidentally say that he invented something he didn't? He didn't. Exactly. So, to set the record straight...

I knew the story behind the quote and that it is out of context. But that doesn't change the fact that it is still fun to misquote Al Gore to make him sound like a fool. There are plenty of similar misquotes of George Bush that are similar and make him look like a fool. It is part of the territory of being a prominent politician.

It will be interesting to see what misquotes of President Rock Star Obama stick. There are going to have to be some.

[uni57]

Originally Posted by john_childs

I knew the story behind the quote and that it is out of context. But that doesn't change the fact that it is still fun to misquote Al Gore to make him sound like a fool.

Oh, I love attributing the invention of the Internet to Gore. That will never stop being funny to me. But I always laugh respectfully (knowing that he's not actually an idiot like... um, maybe it's time to change the subject now).

[john_childs]

Originally Posted by uni57

(knowing that he's not actually an idiot like... um, maybe it's time to change the subject now).

Obama the Great mistook a window for a door a couple days ago. We'll have to see how long it takes for photoshoped images of Obama's gaffe to show up on the internet.

[uni57]

LOL, it looks like a door! Maybe he invented it. Why is this stuff so funny?

[BillyTheMountain]

Originally Posted by john_childs

I knew the story behind the quote and that it is out of context. But that doesn't change the fact that it is still fun to misquote Al Gore to make him sound like a fool. There are plenty of similar misquotes of George Bush that are similar and make him look like a fool. It is part of the territory of being a prominent politician.

It will be interesting to see what misquotes of President Rock Star Obama stick. There are going to have to be some.

The difference is you don't have to misquote Bush to make him sound like a fool.

Billy

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Raphael has begun to talk to himself. What's up with that? Is he OK?

Originally Posted by JJuggle

Please don't make me say it in this rather unexalted context. And you know Who I'm talking about.

[jagur]

Originally Posted by john_childs

I thought you could have been Sendhair.

Really? All those old threads might take new meaning for you now. He left after being blackmailed about some sex issue. It worked I guess cause he/she left shortly after that forum spat.

l I'm still waiting for my promised seat to get here from Japan.