[Haskell-cafe] Re: [Off-topic] Loss of humour

[Benjamin L.Russell]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:09:08 +0100, Andrew Coppin
<andrewcoppin at btinternet.com> wrote:

>Jeremy Shaw wrote:
>> At Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:45:56 +0100,
>> Andrew Coppin wrote:
>>   
>>> A while back I found a page somewhere containing some rather amusing IRC 
>>> quotes. Unfortunately it seems to have vanished. I can't remember where 
>>> on earth I found it, but I've scoured the Internet trying to track it 
>>> down. (In particular, it contained a quote of somebody impersonating a 
>>> typical Haskell newbie - lots of enthusiasm and no attention span! Well 
>>> it amused *me* anyway...) Anybody have any ideas where this has gone?
>>>     
>>
>> http://web.archive.org/web/20070609061216/http://www.haskell.org/hawiki/QuotesPage
>>   
>
>LOL!
>
>Thanks, that's the one...

You're referring to this one from that page, right?

> Ninja Jones does a not-too-far-off parody of a certain flavor of visitor to #haskell
> 
> *** highlyInterested (~ijones) has joined channel #haskell
> <highlyInterested> hi! I'm highly interested, but have no attention span!!!
> <highlyInterested> Can anyone help me?!?!?
> * highlyInterested runs around!!
> *** highlyInterested (~ijones) has quit: Client Quit

-- Benjamin L. Russell