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People complain about kids not writing sometimes, or say they don't know how
their kids will learn to write. There's an odd kind of particular writing
called "away messages" (on Instant Messenger and such services), and here are a
few of Kirby's:


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Zolo Hexx: Well, I'm off to school to see what everyone was bitching about
for all those years!
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Zolo Hexx:
Hey! What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen someone pick their nose
before? Geez...give a guy some privacy.

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Zolo Hexx: I'm out with my Halo Gang. Yeah, I'm in a gang... I do what I
want.

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This one's a quote, and cited:

Zolo Hexx: You know, when a tomato grows out of your forehead, it gets you
thinking. What do we know about anything? Life is just a big, wild, crazy
tossed salad. But you don't eat it; no sir! You live it! Isn't it great? Isn't it
great? - The Tic

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And this one he didn't cite but says it was on someone's blog and he liked it:


Auto response from Zolo Hexx: Checking away messages. It's like stalking,
but no one knows you are doing it. I even have people's names on my buddy list
that I don't know, but I hear they have really good away messages. Some people
really put their all into away messages. There are the people who document
their every move: "I am taking a shower, but when I get out, I am going to
pee, shave, and then iron my pants. Call me if you need me before I go to the
mall at 2pm." Then there's the creative one: "I am away from my computer right
now." And of course there's that one from the really cool guy: "Yo its friday
night, I am drunk, and not sittin up lookin at away messages" Funny how that
guy never seems to go idle.
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So that's someone else's creative writing. <g> Kirby says:
Zolo Hexx: It was in something that they did for people to use in their
IM's.
SandraDodd: Oh, like pre-recorded phone-machine messages, in the old days
when you put a tape in the machine, maybe?
SandraDodd: Some people would buy famous-voice or humorous answering machine
tapes.
SandraDodd: Like you can get custom "You've got mail" and such.
Zolo Hexx: Oh I know.
Zolo Hexx: But yes, quite a bit like that.