The Bicker Board

[TomK]

"Again, M2 and Rob, read the comments. Not fair or impartial"

I missed the bit about remaining impartial when I signed up for PW. Would you be so kind as to point out where that requirement is? And how is responding to a post unfair?

[Patricia]

TomK, what a big ego you have.

[TomK]

TomK, what a big ego you have.

As already mentioned, for some reason, some people don't like being asked questions.

[kalianna]

"All the words had all been spoken
But somehow the feeling still wasnʻt right
And still we continued on into the night..." -- Jackson Browne

[Moderator 2]

M2, by that same token, have not MANY of the same PW posters (you know who they are) repeated themselves numerous times? And how many times will they be allowed to repeat,

None. The recently locked thread doesn’t allow anyone to post repeated comments.
This thread still allows you and everyone else to repeat, repeat, repeat.  But to what end?

[Punaperson]

I had started to write a post about a FarSide cartoon for another thread, got sidetracked on a chore, and by the time I got back to my computer, the thread was closed.  Since the bicker board seems to be more open-ended, I'll re-write it here, and hope it brings a smile to some on a Monday.

Back several decades ago, when OLE was debating whether road fees should be made mandatory, meetings were quite contentious.  Things got to the point where police were present to keep arguments verbal, and not descend into the physical.  

At one of these meetings, a copy of the FarSide cartoon that showed " Pete's Parachute School " being a neighbor to " Al's Alligator Farm " was being passed around to those seated in the membership audience.  The progress of the copies was obvious by the headshakes, moans, groans and sighs of those reading the handouts.  

It was suggested that the cartoon be used as OLE's official logo, on t-shirts and such, as it so captured the moment, but no one followed up.

[Patricia]

M2, by that same token, have not MANY of the same PW posters (you know who they are) repeated themselves numerous times? And how many times will they be allowed to repeat,

None. The recently locked thread doesn’t allow anyone to post repeated comments.
This thread still allows you and everyone else to repeat, repeat, repeat.  But to what end?

Not so. The hostility and snide remarks made about me, by some (no matter what thread I am on, or how innocuous) are repeated and OFTEN. Over and over. Same old, same old.

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I had started to write a post about a FarSide cartoon for another thread, got sidetracked on a chore, and by the time I got back to my computer, the thread was closed.  Since the bicker board seems to be more open-ended, I'll re-write it here, and hope it brings a smile to some on a Monday.

Back several decades ago, when OLE was debating whether road fees should be made mandatory, meetings were quite contentious.  Things got to the point where police were present to keep arguments verbal, and not descend into the physical.  

At one of these meetings, a copy of the FarSide cartoon that showed " Pete's Parachute School " being a neighbor to " Al's Alligator Farm " was being passed around to those seated in the membership audience.  The progress of the copies was obvious by the headshakes, moans, groans and sighs of those reading the handouts.  

It was suggested that the cartoon be used as OLE's official logo, on t-shirts and such, as it so captured the moment, but no one followed up.

I have always loved the irony.

[HiloJulie]

I had started to write a post about a FarSide cartoon...

At one of these meetings, a copy of the FarSide cartoon that showed " Pete's Parachute School " being a neighbor to " Al's Alligator Farm "...

Oh yes, Punaperson!

The names of the school and farm may have been lost in the years and translations, but it was a funny, funny cartoon:



(The image shown above entitled "More Trouble Brewing" originally published on 5/12/1994 by Gary Larson and FarWorks, Inc. as well as Andrews McMeel Universal, Inc. as their interests may appear, is used hereunder through all applicable fair use guidelines as outlined in 17 U.S.C. § 107.")

[TomK]

I still can't find it...

I have an offer: $100 to whoever can find and post the sketch by Alexei Sayle in which he says the great thing about the British public is that they can laugh at themselves.  He then looks at a mirror, points, and laughs at himself.

[Punatang]

If it's in here, you may have it for free.  If not, I hope you enjoy it anyway.