Touch not the unread threads that are red

[HonaloochieB]

Word - tothewise, Association - football gets my goat 'scheese.

The - All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople.

Song - Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond.

Game - All In The Game - The Four Tops.

They get on my tit end, they really do.

[HonaloochieB]

And as for Football Focus, I dislike it so much, I've never visited it.

Serves the people right for whom it was intended.

The nerve of those bums.

[HonaloochieB]

Ted Max Wrote:

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> Come on, the Goose Green fence thread is fantastic

> stuff. It's Mark's version of the labour of

> Sisyphus.

Steady on, Ted, calling Mark a Sissy's a bit strong.

Though if this was the Song Game thread I'd be nominating Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush, so I would.

[HonaloochieB]

Moos Wrote:

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> Song Game, Word Association are the top 2

> offenders for me, mostly because they never leave

> the front page.

> Football Focus, Badminton, Squash, DarkRoom - just

> not my kind of thing.

> Quiet Room - RIP (sigh)

> The whole of Residential Property, obviously.

> 99.94% of Wanted, Offered and Recommendations

> 80.34% of The Family Room because it's basically

> just W,O&R - but there are a few good threads in

> there, and it's new so hopefully will get more

> interesting than just selling things and babies

> Most of What's On because I never get to go out,

> bah humbug

> Anything about housing value, yawny yawn.

> Any threads about being a parent in ED and the

> furore and hurt feelings that always result

> Any of the 'curtain twitching' threads ("Ooh, saw

> a blue light in SquintHarder Street last night,

> what happened?")

Moos, apart from the first two, about which you couldn't be wronger, everything else you bitch-slap is spot on.

Humbug and yawny yawn, indeed.

Sending you hugs.

[bon3yard]

HB is you a girl?

[????]

I can't be arsed with any of those linky/limerick/game/story type threads as I'm sure no-one reads anything than the entry before their one to get the link and then put their band/lyric/sentence/whatever in to show just how clever they are for just the next person

[bon3yard]

I agree, there is an element of showing people what great taste you have.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I seem to be caught in the middle on this (oh hush!)

Limericky/word/song threads - I like wordplay and that but these are just way too.. can't think of a better word.. random. I never feel tickled, amused or in any way enriched

Music room - come on - I have seen and heard music and videos I wouldn't have ever come across - definitely a goto place. And if people are showing off.. good. I don't know enough about music.. bring your knowledge ON

Football.Gaming threads. yeah I can see why people don't like them. But that's the subject matter more than what the thread does. The limerick/word association threads are different..

[Michael Palaeologus]

I avoid the Football thread (apart from the occasional dive in to mention the word "Soccer" to set the Soccer-Fans

a-twittering), the gaming thread (for obvious reasons), anything to do with lost cats (just pinch somebody elses cat - thats what everybody else is doing, isnt that clear by now?), Scrabble threads (I cant spell, I dont need a board game to prove it), school related threads (send them to the nearest, its more convenient) and any worthy cause threads (Panda's are an evolutionary dead end and should be allowed to become extinct with dignity).

I like anything that ends in a drink or a curry, purile banter and curtain twitching gossip.

I enjoyed the Quiet Room until we ran out of funny and original ideas.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Oh yes .... and the constant flow of "What's the best Indian/Chinese restaurant/take-away?" threads. Use the search function or come to the curry club.

[Keef]

Word Association (surely the most pointless thing in the world, ever!)

The Song Game (even though at one time I would join in).

Quiet Room (used to be great fun, but ended up being taken over by one or 2 people, and just became dull)

Dark Room (liked the idea, but then couldn't really be bothered with it)

Music Room (Probably because I have no sound at work, and can't be bothered once I'm home)

Limericks (Definitely wouldn't lump it in with word association, was a good idea, but not really my bag)

Things like football, cricket, badminton, scrabble are going to be interesting to some and not others, simple as that.

I tend to hate any "what shop is going to open in that space?" type threads, but can't help jumping in sometimes when the anti chain gang wade in.

I rarely post outside of the lounge now unless something really catches my interest.

As an aside, I can't help but laugh, but want to scream in equal measure when Sean can't help himself but say something along the lines of "this thread has already been done HERE, do we really need another one?" (sorry Sean).

[SeanMacGabhann]

Not even when the original thread is just a few lines down???? pffft

;-)

[mockney piers]

Sadly the Dark room was somewhat stillborn the moment a picture of a fucking cat was posted.

Fickr does photoey stuff, sensible to leave it there, though like any niche interest thread (yes even footie is a niche interest) it serves a purpose as a place to discuss...err...a niche interest.

I'm with Sean on the Music room, I always listen to other postings when possible and have even bought albums on the strength of something I've heard there.

[Moos]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> I seem to be caught in the middle on this (oh

> hush!)

>

> Limericky/word/song threads - I like wordplay and

> that but these are just way too.. can't think of a

> better word.. random. I never feel tickled, amused

> or in any way enriched

>

> Music room - come on - I have seen and heard music

> and videos I wouldn't have ever come across -

> definitely a goto place. And if people are showing

> off.. good. I don't know enough about music..

> bring your knowledge ON

>

> Football.Gaming threads. yeah I can see why people

> don't like them. But that's the subject matter

> more than what the thread does. The limerick/word

> association threads are different..

D'ja think the point could be that different strokes are for different folks? How radical.

For a significant percentage of the Forum's users all this jibber-jabber in the Lounge is just that, and the Wanted section is the only thing that's used.

[Keef]

D'ja think the point could be that different strokes are for different folks? How radical.

And that is why you are great! >:D<

[bon3yard]

I cant help noticing that the censorship machine has gone all 'Political Correctness gone mad'...did it really bleep out the 'P u s s y' in 'P u s s y Cat'?

[Moos]

Keef Wrote:

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> D'ja think the point could be that different

> strokes are for different folks? How radical.

>

> And that is why you are great! >:D<

Hmm. You haven't seen the posts I've been typing and deleting replying to your last on Angela's thread! Sigh....

[HonaloochieB]

Now come on, why can't we all just get along, and quietly and with dignity, respect the right to fellow EDFers to just post on the threads that they want to.

Let's just take a glance at a thread and if we don't like it, then don't visit it ever again and leave it for those who take pleasure in it.

As I might have have put it on the Song Game, All You Need Is Love - The Beatles.

Think about it.

[HonaloochieB]

What's going on here? People having a pop at threads that I like?

There's no room for objectivity round here. Some threads are good. Some threads are crap.

Some are crapper than Thomas Crapper having a crap. That's official.

As I might have put it on the Song Game, If You Don't Want To F@ck Me F@ck Off - Wayne County & The Electric Chairs.

[giggirl]

Exactly HB. Very well put. For example, the day that I click on the Cricket/Badminton/Football threads will be the day that I?ve gone face down in a vat of Grey Goose. And yet I would fight to the death * for the right of those forumites who like to knock a ball about having something to call their own.

* only a figure of speech, obviously.

[HonaloochieB]

giggirl Wrote:

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> Exactly HB. Very well put. For example, the day

> that I click on the Cricket/Badminton/Football

> threads will be the day that I?ve gone face down

> in a vat of Grey Goose. And yet I would fight to

> the death * for the right of those forumites who

> like to knock a ball about having something to

> call their own.

> * only a figure of speech, obviously.

And if they wish to knock a ball about they could visit the Song Game and wait for the right time to post Ball Of Confusion - The Temptations.

That'd do 'em good.

[bon3yard]

Your introducing me to a brand new world today Giggirl, first you mention a 'Birkin', now 'Grey Goose'...how little I have lived, and how much less I know. ::o

[HonaloochieB]

The Fox

The fox went out to the chase one night

Prayed to the moon to give him light

He had many a mile to go that night

Before he reached the town-o, town-o town-o,

Many a mile to go that night before he reached the town

Many a mile to go that night before he reached the town

He ran 'til he came to a great big pen

Where the ducks and the geese were kept there in

Said a couple of you gonna grease my chin

Before I leave this town o, town o, town o

Couple of you gonna grease my chin before I leave this town

Couple of you gonna grease my chin before I leave this town

He grabbed the grey goose by the neck

Throwed a duck across his back

He didn't amind with the quack, quack quack

And the legs all dang-ling down-o, down-o, down-o

Didn't amind with the quack, quack quack

And the legs all dang-ling down-o, down-o, down-o

Didn't amind with the quack, quack quack

And the legs all dang-ling down-o, down-o, down-o

Old mother Flipper Flapper jumped out of bed

Out of the window she cocked her head

Cryin' John, John the grey goose is gone

And the fox is on the town-o, town-o, town-o

John, John the grey goose is gone

And the fox is on the town-o

John, John the grey goose is gone

And the fox is on the town-o

Well, the fox he came to his own den

There were the little ones, eight, nine, ten

Saying Daddy you better go back again

'Cause it must be a mighty fine town-o, town-o, town-o

Saying Daddy you better go back again

'Cause it must be a mighty fine town

Saying Daddy you better go back again

'Cause it must be a mighty fine town

Well, the fox and his wife without any strife

Cut up the goose with a carving knife

They never had such a supper in their life

And for you Bon3Yard is the first known mention of 'Grey Goose' in popular culture.

You're a chef, so I thought you'd appreciate it.

Burl Ives did a version. That was the one that I'm most familiar with.

[giggirl]

Ahh, culture. Thanks for that. Very nice. Unfortunately the Grey Goose I'm most familiar with comes in a bottle.

[bon3yard]

The only culture I've experienced recently had just been scraped off my cheese.