So very predictable. What he's really trying to say is: (Picture Nepe is his Prachanda-look-alike pose and beard for full effect:-)) "oh shit, I've never been exposed for who I really am this badly!!! Let me make a bad play at humor and see if this goes away on its own." "Maybe I should stay quiet. But if I do, I'll look foolish. So let me try my old trick of manipulating the conversation in another direction and hope that nobody notices...." "Let's see, first I'll call this Anti_G a 'fan,' maybe that will throw him off balance." "Then, I'll make it sound like he's giving me 'attention' so I can turn this embarassment into a glorifying moment for ME." "Then, to top it off, I'll use the word 'fan' three times so that by the end of my two hopeless sentences, nobody will know what the *uck I'm talking about. Yeah, this is the only way I can save face!" :-) Just kidding. What Nepe's really doing is writing another book on republicanism that will be posted on this website - you know, another point of reference for his famous "if all else fails, I will refer to one of my novels that no one has the time to read so I can never be challenged." :-) Kidding again. Actually, what Nepe is doing is chanting to himself "I am thick skinned. No body can see through my lies. I am the greatest. I am invincible (on the internet). I am going to be the first President of Nepal. My Republic. My people. My moment of triumph." Self-motivation of some sort. :-) Prediction number-1: Nepe will publish his 50 page rant that nobody has the time to read. Prediction number-2: That rant will be a copy and paste of different sections of his old rants (in random order) so nobody will know what he's talking about. Prediction number-3: There will suddenly appear another thread on this site that will be full of praise for Nepe (I' think I've already written about this trend before - we know who all those many many people are :-) Prediction number-4: Nepe will resort to a mixture of humor and veiled threats - the humor will be anything but funny and the threats, well let's put it this way - I wouldn't lose any sleep over them :-) Prediction number-5: Nepe will suck it up and convince himself that he's lost the fight but the battle rages on or that he's decided to "pick his battles wisely" - the usual cop out tactics. A LOSER, born and raised I tell you. Angry at the world. :-) Have a wonderful day everyone and remember, when Nepe comes out with his next rant, don't take him too seriously. Just keep referencing him back to either what I have written above or the previous posting from yesterday. He does it to sound intellectually superior, why don't you? ;-) ;-) Anti_G