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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

Ok, so you don't understand sarcasm, either.

At this point, I have concluded that you are either a fraud (as Niya believes), or 'not all there' in some way. I've had enough of it, though. So, unless Bambi wants to talk about who they are, I will henceforth simply ignore everything he/she says.

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Not so much a fraud as a troll. Frauds are usually looking for some kind of tangible advantage but trolls are just looking for entertainment.

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Originally Posted by Niya

Not so much a fraud as a troll. Frauds are usually looking for some kind of tangible advantage but trolls are just looking for entertainment.

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I actually prefer to shoot fish rather than troll for them.
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Originally Posted by Niya

Not so much a fraud as a troll. Frauds are usually looking for some kind of tangible advantage but trolls are just looking for entertainment.

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Well, I wasn't thinking of a con. When it comes to frauds, they are seeking some kind of tangible advantage, but the average observer may never understand what advantage the fraud is seeking. We generally think of monetary advantage, but there are lots of frauds where it just isn't clear what the point is.

I had a con artist working for me one summer. She was a great worker when she was around, but she kept ducking out mid-week because of a son who had been hit by a drunk driver and was in critical condition. Eventually, she got word that he wasn't going to live through the day, by which time everybody else on the crew (mostly older women with kids of their own) were quite upset for her. They gave her a couple hundred bucks, which she tried very very hard to refuse, and she left. Later on, we found out that all her kids were fine and pretty nearly everything she had told us was a lie. She also had a couple arrest warrants out for other scams. The thing is: She tried as hard as she plausibly could to refuse any money, and only took it when the other crew members really gave her no choice. She clearly wasn't after money (and why would she be, considering how dry that well was?), so what was the whole fraud about? We speculated that we were actually being set up as an alibi for some kind of insurance scam that she was running, or something like that, but she vanished and nobody ever found out what the plan was. It may have been as simple as that she didn't want to work more than three days a week and just wanted an excuse for a series of four day weekends. Who knows.

Here's a video of my son listening to his great-grandfather play J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte:
http://youtu.be/Z3R4LVDgBx0

And thinking...."d'accordian"

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

Well, I wasn't thinking of a con. When it comes to frauds, they are seeking some kind of tangible advantage, but the average observer may never understand what advantage the fraud is seeking. We generally think of monetary advantage, but there are lots of frauds where it just isn't clear what the point is.

I had a con artist working for me one summer. She was a great worker when she was around, but she kept ducking out mid-week because of a son who had been hit by a drunk driver and was in critical condition. Eventually, she got word that he wasn't going to live through the day, by which time everybody else on the crew (mostly older women with kids of their own) were quite upset for her. They gave her a couple hundred bucks, which she tried very very hard to refuse, and she left. Later on, we found out that all her kids were fine and pretty nearly everything she had told us was a lie. She also had a couple arrest warrants out for other scams. The thing is: She tried as hard as she plausibly could to refuse any money, and only took it when the other crew members really gave her no choice. She clearly wasn't after money (and why would she be, considering how dry that well was?), so what was the whole fraud about? We speculated that we were actually being set up as an alibi for some kind of insurance scam that she was running, or something like that, but she vanished and nobody ever found out what the plan was. It may have been as simple as that she didn't want to work more than three days a week and just wanted an excuse for a series of four day weekends. Who knows.

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Huh? Niya said he thought I was trolling not conning you Sharky. I maintain that I prefer to shoot fish rather than use lures including flies or baits as there is something really icky about using them.

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I prefer to shoot fish

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in a barrel, presumably.

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Originally Posted by dday9

Here's a video of my son listening to his great-grandfather play J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte:

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What's the difference between an accordion and an onion?

Nobody cries when you cut up an accordion.

I was going to make some derogatory comment about the accordian, since making fun of them is something of a sport, but I work with a guy who plays accordian and is pretty good. So, I passed on the obvious response.

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Originally Posted by FunkyDexter

in a barrel, presumably.

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In the ocean, in a river or stream, in a barrel, and sometimes even in swimming pools. In the case of big fish that don't surface very often I have to get in the water and hunt them using a speargun with the fishing line tied to a float on the surface which can be quite a rush and very entertaining. =)

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