The newsgroup rec.sport.disc carries (among other things) posts about Ultimate. In a recent thread, an argument about the tournament format for the World Championships led to this exchange between Ken Dobyns and myself (and a few others).

 

People unfamiliar with rec.sport.disc should realize that there's a tradition of "chapping"---trading insults---and that they don't actually demonstrate any ill will.

By the way, Dobyns won 5 consecutive National Championships with New York in the early 90's, and is still a great player.

====================

Author: Kenneth44

Email: kenneth44@aol.com

Date: 1998/11/19

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

as i was saying....

"why can't" juliet "sleeping dogs lie" lamont succeeds in being irksome with:

>There was an open division?

 

ok, "you"liet. you wanna go? good. i'm sick of humiliating nesbitt and flash

anyway.

as another respondent has already pointed out your limited knowledge of the

european continent, i'll not belabor that point. but am i to understand

correctly that you failed to qualify for quarters? surely with all that extra

time on your hands you had to notice all those other people still running

around chasing discs. what'd you think it was, the world group trc

championships? and whats the australian connection? are you a descendant of a

botany bay exile? or am i hitting a little too close to home?

 

-kd

 

==============

 

Author: pnprice

Email: pnprice@my-dejanews.com

Date: 1998/11/24

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

Ken "too many steroids" Dobyns says:

> ok, "you"liet. you wanna go? good.

 

Juliet said she'd kick my ass if I didn't stand up for her, so: Watch what

you say about my girlfriend, little man...they don't call me "The Hammer" for

nothing. Hmmm, come to think of it, they don't call me "The Hammer" at all.

But if they did, it wouldn't be for nothing.

 

>i'm sick of humiliating nesbitt and flash anyway.

 

Yeah, that's too easy.

 

> as another respondent has already pointed out your limited knowledge of the

> european continent, i'll not belabor that point. but am i to understand

> correctly that you failed to qualify for quarters? surely with all that extra

> time on your hands you had to notice all those other people still running

> around chasing discs. what'd you think it was, the world group trc

> championships? and whats the australian connection? are you a descendant of a

> botany bay exile? or am i hitting a little too close to home?

 

Ooooh, "failed to qualify for quarters", that one's really gotta hurt. And

then "descendant of a botany bay exile"...zing! Oh, please Kenny don't do it

any more you're hurting me, whimper whimper.

 

This is the lamest excuse for chapping that I have ever seen. And that's

saying a lot, considering I actually read Johnny G's posts occasionally. My

god in heaven, Dobyns, have you really slipped so far that even the pathetic

puerile posts of snot-nosed college kids griping about regional redrawing

have more bite than yours?

 

Looking at this charitably, I have to think that you're spreading yourself

too thin by trying to write 20 posts per day. All those trips to the

dictionary, and then back to the keyboard to hunt-and-peck your way through

another word...even a single post must take hours. How are you supposed to

be creative under those conditions? Sure, you save a little time here and

there by not having to keep looking up those pesky rules about capitalization

and the use of apostrophes, but still, there are only so many hours in a day.

 

If it's worth doing at all, it's worth doing right. We all know you've got it

in you. Let's go, baby.

 

--Phil "The Hammer" Price

 

===================

 

Author: Kenneth44

Email: kenneth44@aol.com

Date: 1998/11/24

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

a guy that no one has ever heard of and probably never will writes:

>my girlfriend

>said she'd kick my ass if I didn't stand up for her

 

how can i possibly top that?

 

we have a winner and undisputed champion for all time in the self humiliation

category. with apologies to my friend cartman, all i can say is if some girl

said she'd kick my ass i'd say, "yo, bitch! get your ass back in the kitchen

and make me some pie!"

 

btw, when you recover from your ass-kicking do us all a favor and shorten your

posts. use your dick as a guideline if you're unsure.

 

================

 

Author: pnprice

Email: pnprice@my-dejanews.com

Date: 1998/11/24

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

Ken "I like a good dick joke as much as the next guy" Dobyns says:

 

> with apologies to my friend cartman, all i can say is if some girl

> said she'd kick my ass i'd say, "yo, bitch! get your ass back in the kitchen

> and make me some pie!"

 

You sure know how to sweet-talk the ladies, don't you?

 

> btw, when you recover from your ass-kicking do us all a favor and shorten your

> posts. use your dick as a guideline if you're unsure.

 

I'll use your staying power instead. Oops, have to do that next time, this

post is already too long.

 

All in all, your post was much better than your previous lame effort...you

even used a couple of apostrophes! I'll give it a B. Maybe you can play at

this level after all.

 

--Phil

 

===================

 

Author: fausel_david

Email: fausel_david@hrp.com

Date: 1998/11/24

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

Everyone clear out, we have a regular JFK v Nixon debate raging here. See the

results on tonights "When Great minds collide!" on Fox.

 

flash

==============

 

Author: Kenneth44

Email: kenneth44@aol.com

Date: 1998/11/24

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

phil "this is the" price "i pay for being whipped" essays...

 

>You sure know how to sweet-talk the ladies, don't you?

 

i was going to use your reply, but

"sorry juliet. i promise to back you up next time. and i'm sorry i forgot the

downy when i did your laundry"

just didn't convey the message i had in mind.

 

>I'll use your staying power instead. Oops, have to do that next time, this

>post is already too long.

 

i serve it up on a platter and this is the best you can do?

 

>Maybe you can play at this level after all.

 

if i could you wouldn't know it. you couldn't find this level with a map, which is why

juliet does all the driving.

 

================

 

Author: Phil Rowe

Email: design@digitaurus.com

Date: 1998/11/24

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

When posting to rec.sport.disc...

 

Please try to keep your notes on the subject of Friskies...be it DG or Ultimate.

 

There are little buttons on your computer screen that allow you to send messages right to your personal penpals.

 

==================

 

Author: Brent Russell

Email: brentdude@earthlink.net

Date: 1998/11/24

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

If this happens there will be nothing worth reading.

 

Phil Rowe wrote in message <365B2261.C48@digitaurus.com>...

>When posting to rec.sport.disc...

>

>Please try to keep your notes on the subject of Friskies...be it DG or

>Ultimate.

>

>There are little buttons on your computer screen that allow you to send

>messages right to your personal penpals.

 

==================

 

Author: pnprice

Email: pnprice@my-dejanews.com

Date: 1998/11/30

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

In article <365B2261.C48@digitaurus.com>,

design@digitaurus.com wrote:

> When posting to rec.sport.disc...

>

> Please try to keep your notes on the subject of Friskies [sic]...be it DG or

> Ultimate.

>

> There are little buttons on your computer screen that allow you to send

> messages right to your personal penpals.

 

OK, I'll make sure my posts are as chock-full of disc info as yours is.

 

But seriously, man, what are you thinking? Don't you realize that Dobyns and

I have 5 Open National Championships between us(*)? Ultimate wisdom radiates

from us like heat from a stove. I would think that someone with genuine

interest in improving his game would have the sense to sit down, shut up, and

listen, and maybe you'll learn something.

 

--Phil

 

(*): 5+0=5

 

=================

 

Author: Kenneth44

Email: kenneth44@aol.com

Date: 1998/11/30

Forums: rec.sport.disc

 

phil "i'm beginning to like this guy" price responds to mike "new leaf" g

with...

 

>sit down, shut up, and

>listen, and maybe you'll learn something.

 

what he said!