AYLEUR Anything You Like Except Unanimous with an "r" added by someone to make it look like a real word. ..added by 'someone' ???? [outraged emoticon] I'll have you know I am no mere 'someone', I said the the sunshine warrior, terminated the AYLEU. --------------------------------------------------------- Oh, Shanks, a thousand pardons asked. I was not around the board at the time and I cannot decipher the #@* flat mode. I should have said "Someone Special" and that would inevitably have led me to Shanks. {Throwing ashes over her head the High Priestess dons sackcloth and awaits mercy from Special Shanks) wow
just to take this thread as far off as it can go-- a little input into the mind, by a male-- wwh you weren't a neurosurgeon, where you? you're not thinking about trepanation?
in which case, maybe i should [cross that out--i don't want anything to do with trepanation] maybe this thread should move down to "untested alternative medicines". I have heard home trepanations have become a new trend in alternative medicine.
..and to take it even further off course, i got these (among others, which were less funny) in my email inbox today (and please, no suggestions that i should choose my correspondants more carefully):
Q. Why do doctors slap babies' butts right after they're born? A. To knock the penises off the smart ones.
and:
Q. Why do men name their penises? A. Because they don't like the idea of having a stranger make 90% of their decisions.
these, of course, do not apply to the men of this hallowed forum
oh, and BTW, this is NOT an invitation to begin a thread in the vein of 'pet names'
It's a cruel world. If you don't cry the minute you are born, your butt gets whacked till you do. But it doesn't have to be hard enough to change gender.
wow>I have found, in perusing the Posts, that simply not commenting on a Post causes the Poster(s) to re-think the way they are posting. It has happened to me a couple of times following a post that held no interest to the Board and I have ceased and the thread has changed. I have taken no offense, rather have just plodded along cheerfully. Some successes, some failures. That's life on the Board!
This, I think is the most proper response to the problem at hand. As you said it will make people re-think their postings if they are inclined to. Harsher punishments like "public flogging" may just alienate some people and will stop the debate and consequently stop the process of enlightenment.
OTOH, I frequently scream with laughter, or silently agree with an opinion, without necessarily posting or PMing in reply. Silence, in other words, can't always be taken as withering condemnation!
Ignoring somebody is the ultimate insult. There are many posts that may call for special knowledge few of us may have, but I suspect that most of us would rather have a scolding than just be ignored.
OTOH, I frequently scream with laughter, or silently agree with an opinion, without necessarily posting or PMing in reply. Silence, in other words, can't always be taken as withering condemnation!
I agree with maverick on this one. Sometimes a post will be quite funny, profound or interesting but no response will be made since none is needed. The particular avenue might also just have petered out. Plus if we all start posting just to say, "that was interesting, or smart, or funny" the threads would become way too unwieldy.
As to ignoring someone when in disagreement, well, this is the written word, how can a person tell whether you are voicing silent disagreement or silent approval. When a person is convinced he is right, he will believe everyone agrees with him because nobody spoke up.
I am sure that everyone has noted my profound agreement with many the various posts on this thread, all conveyed by the fact that I had not posted a single response. And, I have voiced my strong objection to other posts by not posting a response.
"I am sure that everyone has noted my profound agreement with many the various posts on this thread, all conveyed by the fact that I had not posted a single response. And, I have voiced my strong objection to other posts by not posting a response"
Dear Sparteye: But how do we know which is which? None of us would want this to be either a mutual admiration society, nor a rant and rave newsgroup. I would hope that you would be on the alert to offer support when needed, or correction when needed. You make me feel guilty about some of my lousy wisecracks.
I am sure that everyone has noted my profound agreement with many the various posts on this thread, all conveyed by the fact that I had not posted a single response. And, I have voiced my strong objection to other posts by not posting a response.
I trust this clarifies my stance.
Oh, sparteye, i haven't laughed that hard in days.... not even today when Geoff coined the word "gonadocentric", which also had me falling off of my chair.
Dear BeingCJ: So how about thinking up some new threads, that's what we need most. And if they flop, so what? Try,try again.Most of the oldtimers have already used up their best ideas, and would be glad to see some of yours.
Most of the oldtimers have already used up their best ideas
'Scuse me? Tsuwm has not even scratched the surface of his mighty mental storehouse, and frankly that's not exactly complimentary to the rest of us. Though I agree wholeheartedly with the remainder of your sentence.
Dear Jackie: do you mean to tell me that you and tsuwm having been depriving us of your best ideas? If so, please dip into the treasury for the best jewels.
Everyone has noted my profound agreement ..... clarifies my stance.
Spartye, sitting like Justitia on a monument, has patiently pondered, in pulchra gremu magistratus, this tangled thread and then riposte-ed with wit and truth, cleverly expressed. Spot on,Portia, if I may,( in both the MOV and the Rumpolean senses) so address you. Much more than your stance was clarified with your words. Bravo! Scribbler concurs and APPLAUDS.
Some of you may have noted my comparative silence lately. Or not.
Using Sparteye's reasoning, this is because I both completely agree with everything everyone has said, including what I've written, while at the same time totally disapproving of whatever is written by anyone at all, again including myself.
Well, no, actually it's because 100 posts in Information & Announcements, 103 in Miscellany and 297 in Q&A about Words in three days is just too much to read and digest, never mind write either considered or unconsidered replies to!
The thing is ... what I meant was ... that is to say ... Ahem .... Seems that when someone posts and posts the same or similar over and over then silence ... in effect ignoring them is the "hint" best used. Silence in other instances may mean any of the variations discussed here. Clearer? Happy Saint Patrick's Day! wow
Dear Jackie: do you mean to tell me that you and tsuwm having been depriving us of your best ideas? If so, please dip into the treasury for the best jewels.
'Scuse me again--more than likely, Tsuwm has jewels. I do not. And I rather imagine he would prefer to keep his.
Unquestionably, tsuwm has jewels that he would not care to put in a treasury. But I would expect that his treasury of ideas might be somewhat depleted, while his store of erudition has increased.
Unquestionably, tsuwm has jewels that he would not care to put in a treasury.
The one treaure in tsuwm's possession that would ever induce larcenous thoughts in my saintly cerebellum is that which, appropriately enough, is contained in a "jewel case."
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