Advice on list protocol

[Damon C Capehart]

On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, J Strobridge wrote:
> Ob is obligatory (blame Steve Swann again!)   He got it from the grunge
> board and it was adopted here as a way of indicating favourite other
> albums (apart from Hawkwind and BOC) without extoling them at length as
> off-topic discussions.   It has expanded over time into the occasional
> personal comment as well!

Apparently, "Ob" has also permeated into the Usenet Oracle.  (Sorry, the
INTERNET Oracle.)  We're supposed to grovel before asking our questions,
like "O great Oracle, whose knowledge could fill even Cyrano de
Bergerac's nasal cavities, please ponder this insignificant supplicant's
query."

However, some of us have just gotten lazy and now start with "ObGrovel".
I'm sure you're impressed. :)

Damon Capehart        | "I think we should eliminate semicolons from the
aka Le Monsieur       |  English language; nobody uses them anymore
dcapehar at utdallas.edu |  anyway." - one of Dilbert's anonymous coworkers