2005-07-14

Question and answer

On a mailing list I was administering, a user enquired:

All quiet: no whines,
no rants, no eye-glazing screeds;
Was I unsubscribed?

I replied:

No, not at all, Sir.
Our view of you is unchanged.
Fix your spam filters.

2 comments:

Arthaey Angosii said...

Ah, my dear ex-Lord
Of Instrumentality:
Beautifully put.

(Counting syllables —
Casual or formal speech,
Which style should one use?)

John Cowan said...

Ho there, Arthaey!
Do in such matters of form
What to you seems best.