FALLING OFF THE WAGON

Personally, I have nothing against Brattleboro. -- Taylor Kingston

The ratpackers are falling off the wagon.

The Innes Pledge appears broken.

Even in the Mr. Innes' absence, they remain obsessed by him.

NMnot Taylor Kingston, the A-rated player who assured us
that he was 2300+ Elo is googling Mr. Innes on other forums.

Neil Brennen and Louie Blair appear nearly to be snoogling
the man -- whatever "snoogling" may be.

That kind of thing.

Autumn leaves will soon be falling, and the good
news for the ratpackers is that unlike the lovelorn
swain of the old Nat King Cole standard, they can look
forward to their inamorato returning from vacation.
Theirs, then, is not a soulful loneliness
en permanence.

Still, they have promised us to shut up about
Mr. Innes, and they cannot. They evidently wish to
shut up about the man -- otherwise, why make so many
fatuous avowals? Yet. nonetheless, they prattle and
peddle piffle without let. They write in pain; and
although unlike Clinton, they cannot feel YOUR pain,
they certainly feel their own. They are mouths that
wish to cease chattering about Phil Innes, yet they
are mouths that remain in assiduous search of the
man's ear. When he withdraws his warrant and abides
them not, then they wonder whither he wanders.

We may conclude that the Pledge is Dead. It
proved no more enduring than the gloss that an
eponymous furniture wax imparts to furniture. That
does not mean that our NMnot or Louie or Neil or
Rapper-Tapper won't try the spray in the future. They
certainly will.

No group of human beings has ever killfiled and
unkillfiled more often than the ratpackers. Neil used
to push and pop his computer buttons several times
during a single breakfast of pancakes, butter, maple
syrup, 10 or so rashers of bacon and a half dozen
eggs. Yet he always returns.

So, too, do the others.

My pity goes out to the fair folk of Brattleboro.
Even as we speak, they are out searching for
Neil's Brazilians.



Taylor Kingston wrote:
wrote:

An interesting development among the ratpackers

Notice how, in our Larry's hands, a single post by a single person
somehow magically transforms into "an interesting development" among
several people.

has been a transference of anger from Phil Innes to
the town of Brattleboro itself.

Notice how, in Larry's mind, Brennen's post somehow becomes "angry."

It is as if these worthies

Notice, again the plural. Who are these other "worthies" who suddenly
are "angry" at Brattleboro?

are telling us: the United States is not big enough for
the three of them: ratpackers/Brattleboro/Innes.

And now, the people Parr has fabricated make a Parr-fabricated
statement.

The process that has hit upon Brattleboro as the source of
their and Edward Winter's difficulties is worth rehearsing.

Suddenly, with all the relevance of a pumpkin-pie recipe, lacrosse
score, or bus schedule, Parr injects Edward Winter into the
proceedings. Bizarre.

snip remaining Parr ravings

Personally, I have nothing against Brattleboro. Been there once, a
few months ago, to deliver an adopted pug dog to its new owner (my wife
and I are active in Green Mountain Pug Rescue:
www.greenmtnpugrescue.com). Seemed like a nice town. The drive down,
Route 7 south to Bennington, then east along Vermont's southern border
through Wilmington to Brattleboro, was beautiful.