OFF: Ob

[Troy Harris]

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Peter Sondergeld wrote:

> It seems that our use of Ob notes on boc-l is round the wrong way, at least
> as I understand it. I was looking over an Internet dictionary and stumbled
> onto the entry for Ob which says:
> <quote>
> Ob- A prefix for an obligatory addendum to an off-topic Usenet or list post.
> Say you get into a political debate in the rec.music.dylan newsgroup. To
> keep your post technically relevant to the group, you might add:
>
> ObDylan: Ah, but I was so much older then/I'm younger than that now.

  So, basically, Peter, you are saying to the list "RTFM", right?

     :)

    Troy

ObCD- Jethro Tull- Songs from the wood.