Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Friday 21 March 2008 22:56 : \____
>
>> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>>
>>> "Welcome to the first release of the Encyclopedia of Life portal.
>>> This is the very beginning of our exciting journey to document all
>>> species of life on Earth"
>>>
>>> http://www.eol.org/
>>
>> They misspelled "Encyclopaedia".
misspelt! :-)
>>
>> Anyway, do they have an entry for Wintroll yet?
>>
>> Wintroll: n. Slimy, nocturnal insect that lives under rocks, and
>> scuttles out at night to eat Straw Men. Carries various diseases,
>> including F.U.D. (Level 4 Biohazard). Has notoriously unscrupulous
>> habits, tempered by low intelligence and predictable responses.
>> Efforts by the W.H.O. to eradicate this pest have been hampered by
>> Trollfeeders (a group dedicated to the preservation and study of Trolls).
>
> There's no such entry because it's a way of feeding the trolls, encouraging
> that very same behaviour. I think that any acknowledgement of their presence
> (attention) is unnecessary. It's begging for more of the same. I'm still
> seeing replies to the Snit troll, who apparently starts many threads. If only
> people stopped feeding the prick... :-(
>
Agreed.
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