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Welcome Ashley!
Topic Started: Apr 26 2011, 10:00 AM (1,450 Views)
John D'Oh
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Horace
Apr 26 2011, 11:37 AM
I'm the resident expert on British culture, so if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
A yeast infection after a visit to Soho does not make you an expert on British culture, just a host of it.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Horace
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HOLY CARP!!!
In a recent thread, I was literally the only one on the whole forum who knew that they don't use TP in England, only bark or palm fronds, depending on social caste.

I don't lightly call myself an expert, but at some point, some people just know more than others, you know?
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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George K
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Horace
Apr 26 2011, 04:49 PM
Ashley's a dude.
http://s15.zetaboards.com/genlchat/topic/651118/1/
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John D'Oh
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George K
Apr 26 2011, 04:54 PM
Horace
Apr 26 2011, 04:49 PM
Ashley's a dude.
http://s15.zetaboards.com/genlchat/topic/651118/1/
General Chat? Is he related to Major Disaster and Corporal Punishment?
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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jon-nyc
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He owns General Chat? Don't they have laws against slavery in the UK?
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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jon-nyc
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John D'Oh
Apr 26 2011, 04:58 PM
George K
Apr 26 2011, 04:54 PM
Horace
Apr 26 2011, 04:49 PM
Ashley's a dude.
http://s15.zetaboards.com/genlchat/topic/651118/1/
General Chat? Is he related to Major Disaster and Corporal Punishment?
No, but Colonel Chien is his little brother.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Dawg!
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Kenny: For what it's worth - I think there a misunderstanding between you and IT back on the first page. What you took as a bigoted statement I took to be the opposite, in which he was saying the gender/orientation didn't matter - whether you were asking a minor female, or minor male about their sex life was a potential issue.
Not weighing in - just trying to clear up a potential misunderstanding. I may also be wrong - if that's the case, feel free to correct me.
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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KlavierBauer
Apr 26 2011, 05:57 PM
Kenny: For what it's worth - I think there a misunderstanding between you and IT back on the first page. What you took as a bigoted statement I took to be the opposite, in which he was saying the gender/orientation didn't matter - whether you were asking a minor female, or minor male about their sex life was a potential issue.
Not weighing in - just trying to clear up a potential misunderstanding. I may also be wrong - if that's the case, feel free to correct me.
You got it in one, KB. Kenny can't see anything except through his homophobic lens.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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brenda
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Well, Ashley, I hope you still feel welcome after all that. :lol:

Don't let the nonsense bother you. There are some sane people here, too. And as soon as I find some, I'll let you know who they are. :hat:
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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Apr 26 2011, 03:17 PM
Hi Ashley, whoever you are. Welcome to the loony bin. ^_^

Disclosure/Vital statistics - Dewey:

50 years old.
Male.
Caucasian.
English/Italian/German heritage.
Separated.
Two teenaged kids (daughters, 19 and 15).
Pastor.
Chaplain.
Architect.
Seminary student.
Lives in central Ohio.
Politically a mixed bag - some very conservative, some very liberal views.
Religiously a mixed bag - some very conservative, some very liberal views.
Used to play the piano, amateurishly. Not so much now.
One of the old guard here, who doesn't post as much as he used to, but who's still here a lot.

But you didn't answer...are you a virgin???
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brenda
Apr 27 2011, 05:14 AM
Well, Ashley, I hope you still feel welcome after all that. :lol:

Don't let the nonsense bother you. There are some sane people here, too. And as soon as I find some, I'll let you know who they are. :hat:
Thought this was quite an appropriate thread to see if Ashley can handle this place! Haha
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
Do you have a brother named Sue?



Oh - and Kenny wants to see your tits..
Of the Pokatwat Tribe

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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
We're like some isolated society that forgets how to act when outsiders come in to visit.
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
KlavierBauer
Apr 27 2011, 09:19 AM
We're like some isolated society that forgets how to act when outsiders come in to visit.
"We're gonna have some dinner, then some drinkin', then some dancin', then some fightin', then some wild sex..."

"Oh, how many will be there?"

"Just the two of us".
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Kincaid
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I wouldn't worry. Something tells me Ashley may never show up here again.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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Apr 27 2011, 12:11 PM
I wouldn't worry. Something tells me Ashley may never show up here again.
Yeah, that’s what I think. Ashley won’t be back. It’s hard to enough to attract new members here and you don’t want to scare them off. Asking a newcomer their religion or whether they’re a virgin is totally uncalled for.

I'm thinking that’s it’s better to NOT extend a welcome to a new member. Instead, let the new member introduce himself/herself. This way they won’t feel any pressure to answer questions.

One forum that I belong to does just this. Newcomers must introduce himself/herself on an Introduction subforum before they can post on the discussion forums.
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jon-nyc
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I think he was just trolling (in the fishing sense) for posters in his General Chat forum.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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KlavierBauer
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Qaanaaq: I wholeheartedly agree - most forums work this way actually. For 100 people to all turn around and stare at you as you walk into a strange party is weird enough. To have one of them ask you your life history, and all the rest wait quietly for your public answer is even worse.

The best tack would be to have a "pinned" thread for members to introduce themselves. When they join, shoot them a quick auto-message welcoming them to the board, and ask them to introduce themselves when they get a chance, with a link to that thread. If they do, they do - if they don't, we just let them start chatting.
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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NO MORE FVCKING PINNED THREADS.

Damn it took forever to rid ourselves of them, now every week its a rear-guard action.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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VPG
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Can't we please stop trying to put in rules? I like the informalness (word?)of this place. I for one love walking into a party and having the complete attention of every one. I can do an hour and a half without breaking a sweat.
I recently found my first post, I was asked lot's of strange stuff,
including by our Kenny and Crash. Hardest thing was convincing
you all that I was not a sock.
Nothing was said here that would skock an eighteen year old man or woman.
I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK!


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KlavierBauer
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VPG: It's just not what's commonly done in forum etiquette. We can do whatever we want - I agree with you there - I don't want rules, including the rule that every new face we see we all have to crawl over to them drooling and welcome them into the pack. Some people are going to be fine with that. I wouldn't have a problem with it - though I'd think it was a little weird. Some though, may not enjoy that much - it's more than they're going to get at any other forum, and so it's not unreasonable to think it might scare some off.
We've had three new people join in just over a week. I haven't seen any of them post recently.

Jon: I put pinned in quotes on purpose, so that a thread could be created, and simply added by 89th to the one pinned threads thread.
Maybe they're here, maybe they aren't - who cares? We should be welcoming without being creepy.
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
Also, Rick Astley.
Edited by KlavierBauer, Apr 27 2011, 01:32 PM.
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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John D'Oh
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Asking the board not to act like assholes with new members so they don't leave is really just postponing the inevitable.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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KlavierBauer
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LOL you may be right.
I'm not asking the board to do anything - I'm simply stating the fact, that most forums behave in a slightly different manner, at least all of the ones I've participated regularly on.

"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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