[pogo101]

Guy who’s been here five months explains how we do things to a guy who’s been here ten years.

Makes sense, right?

You mean like pinging the guy whom you're zinging?

[Steely Tom]

You mean like pinging the guy whom you're zinging?

What's he got to do with it?

[Steely Tom]

What, I'm at a lunch counter looking out the window, I see a whack-job staggering down the street, I nudge the guy next to me and say "hey, look at that nutcase, what do ya think of that?"

And here comes pogo101 to explain: "hey, don't you know the proper rules of discourse, you've got to go over and tell that citizen that you said something about him to the guy sitting next to you?"

[the_Watchman]

I guess Steely Tom doesn’t see anything rude about talking about someone behind their back, so here goes . . . :)