[CrackMonkey] [mr.bad@pigdog.org: Re: [Pigdog] Quotable notes]

[Rick Moen]

begin  Paul J Collins quotation:

> Round where I work, they generate these horrible chains of quoted
> replies that move farther and farther right, and that require you to
> read from the bottom up if you're new to the discussion.

You read from the bottom up if you suffer executive brain damage.  
The stuff above is called "context" and is Considered Helpful.

And quoting cascades can be an art form, albeit one best not 
performed too frequently.  E.g.:
http://linuxmafia.com/pub/jordan/Humor/war-of-the-fish-haikus.txt

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