Trolls, Nikos, Ferrous Cranus

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Steven D'Aprano once wrote:

> Definitely troll, and we got well and truly had.
> 
> Shame on us -- he practically *screamed* "I am a troll" in his user-name.
> "Ferrous Cranus" ("Iron Skull") is the name of a particular subspecies of
> troll in Mike Reed's well known compendium:
> 
> http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/war...rouscranus.htm
> 
> 
> How many days was he posting here, pretending to be dumber than a box of
> hammers? How many hours have we collectively wasted, reading and replying
> to his posts?
> 
> I wouldn't even trust that he is Greek. Quite likely he uses a non-
> English attribution line to hint that English is not his first language,
> so his victims will think that there is a language barrier. "Maybe he
> doesn't understand me. If I answer again, in a slightly different way,
> perhaps it will be more clear."

Why did you start to engage again?

Pity the link which I originally pointed out is no longer valid.

Alan

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