BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 09:27 AM

Blimey! If the goats are afraid, then there's no hope left...

We're not coming down till Thwartin's gone!

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 06:51 AM

Do what so many others do Rosie, just read the last message, and post accordingly.
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Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Sleepy Rosie
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 06:16 AM

This thread has become most strangely surreal. Like I missed out reading the middle bit somehow..

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 05:54 AM

p'raps he's daubed some of that glue on his palm.

maybe that's the name of the glue. Try Facepalm for those times when you just don't want to know.

la la la having a faceplam glue moment..

My name is Thwartin. I come from Flendropoli. It is near Yulmopia on the Anteswertian Plain. The Rudinoceri have destroyed the wild Yatzoming bushes. I had Jeeklurp for breakfast. The goats are afraid.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 04:05 AM

I know ... how bad is it when n00bs don't even know what n00b means!

This is Facepalm

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Amos
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:19 PM

Mbo:

You have transcended all normal human modes of communication!!

Provide translation to earthlings!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: catspaw49
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:10 PM

Donnie, Mn, you're sniffin' glue again aintcha? Yeah.........thought so............Say, is it a cheap brand?   I'm kinda' short on cash..............

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Donuel
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 10:51 PM

I want a kitten but I am worried that my dog who is very jealous of my attention might bear envy of attention given a cat.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Matt_R
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 10:44 PM

:facepalm:

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Janie
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:31 PM

Two things I try to keep in mind, (not always successfully) in both the 3-d world and cyberspace:

Personalities. Everybody's got one.

and

I don't have a dog in this fight.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Gurney
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:20 PM

John, the trouble with 'taking on face value' on an internet site is that you can't see their faces!
I have misinterpreted comments here, and had mine misinterpreted, too.
People such as Amos, LH, Rapaire, Gnu, WLD, and in fact the vast majority of posters are NOT being agressive. They will pick you up if they disagree with you, but that is the free exchange of opinion, which is covered in the rules of the site. I usually picture them typing with a wry grin on their faces. I've never SEEN their faces.
In the several years that I've been here there has never been nastiness that was not interrupted by Joe or the clones.
All anyone needs here is a love of music and a normal skin thickness. The excessively thin-skinned would be better served to stay above the line, and only 'lurk' down here in the pits, because this is the bullshit area.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 09:47 AM

No doubt, it's a great site, and I have made many good friends on here. I always take people at face value, and trust them until they prove unworthy of that trust.
It can be very disillusioning to have ones trust abused, but on the whole it's better to be naive and trusting, than to be suspicious and defensive all the time.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 09:16 AM

I suppose am naive. My apologies go to a friend who pointed this out to me in pm and I took exception. He was right.   

I want to believe the best of everyone. Guess I will always be a kitten, never a cat.

Well, I still love the Mudcat and really enjoy most of what goes on here. That is the greatest lesson.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:59 AM

Yes peregrina, and this is why this sort of person surfaces on the internet.
In real life, nobody will listen to them.
In real life people will interrupt their pusillanimous tripe with logical arguments.
In real life they might have to admit to the possibility that they might just be wrong about something.
On the internet, they can post, and sit back with a smug little smile and say.
'THERE, THAT TOLD THEM'

It's a monologue and not a dialogue in fora like this one.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: peregrina
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:05 AM

I think VirginianTam's post of, I think, 6.53, would bear repetition or inclusion in the FAQs. John M is right, of course, that people will be they way they are. But forum posts are a kind of public speech that lasts, is accessible to others, and creates a collective identity for this community.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 07:51 AM

sigh...

I appreciate how you feel, but does name calling and blaming help the situation?

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 07:18 AM

I'm afraid VT, that for some people vendettas are a way of life.
In the same way as normal people need someone to love, these sickos need someone to hate.
I pity them for their sad little lives and petty obsessions.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 06:53 AM

Well this Kit has learned loads in the last few days what with threads and threats going around different forums. A forum closing and accusations flying on yet another site.

Wondering why old scars must be exposed and univited descriptions at how they were got, shared with others who can never (nor should they)know exactly what happened. This just opens old wounds and creates new ones in others.

It all seems like the same type of "he said that" and "she did this" and " Mom, he's looking at me" crap I heard from my kids when they were young.

I would like to say as an experienced Mom. Keep your battles private. It does not look well to try and rally support. Get it into your heads that sometimes life is not fair. Don't let bad experiences ruin everything that is good. Show respect for your selves, for each other and for the rest of us not involved. Do your genuine best to work out problems privately. Pay attention to what you say and how it may be perceived by others. Be willing to forgive and accept forgiveness.

Can we do that? Please?

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 03:54 PM

huh?

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Matt_R
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 04:36 PM

STFU N00BS! Just kidding! :D

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:37 PM

VT reveals herself

eyebrows raised ... I thought ASS revelations was in the Scraps, Feuds, etc. thread.

anyway... have I not been obviously as left as left can be in this and other threads?

what are people thinking of me?

I am an anarchist, I am an antichrist, don't know what I want but I know how to get it.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 01:21 PM

Ho! Ho! Ho Chi Minh! NLF is going to win!

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Sleepy Rosie
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:50 PM

If you could kindly add 'anarcho' and 'libertarian' to the above, then pray tell where does one sign up?

Oooops, and you forgot 'Numpty' btw. I have been knitting badly printed leaflets from free-range llamas all week, my fingers are raw with revolutionary toil. Wouldn't want to have to do a second batch.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Amos
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:43 PM

VT reveals herself as a true member of the Gigantic Enormous Covert Hidden Secret Bleeding-Heart Socialist Pinko Commie Bastard Left-Wing Conspiracy!! Yayyyyyyy!



A

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 12:03 PM

too bad it wasn't the conscience that happened to Bush. then there would have (one would hope) been no need for the shoe.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 11:50 AM

That happened to Bush

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 11:06 AM

Consciences - harrummph!

Bloody things keep you awake nights, they do. I am always having to throw a shoe at mine.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 11:03 AM

I'd like to buy one of those consciences. Preferably a nice one, but cheap. Perhaps a used one. Just to, you know, try it out.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 06:10 AM

And so dear reader, I married him.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 05:53 AM

I ain't never dun no mole testing, never mate!

But as the good man said, you should try everything once except incest and folk dancing.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Gurney
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 11:32 PM

Molest the conscience of consenting purportive adults, Rap?

Isn't that what we do, below the line?
Specifically allowed in the rules!

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 10:46 PM

What's a "conscience"? Would it be fun to take it out and fondle it and examine it? Can I do this to someone else if they agree?

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Amos
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 10:04 PM

...to make sure the loopholes are intact,,,,



A

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 08:34 PM

Nothing like a thread about the ethics of life on the Mudcat to get a pretty massive response. We like to examine our consciences...

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 06:52 PM

Yes, I try, I try.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 05:15 PM

Impure thoughts Claire! Moi?
I don't ever do that, not since I was set right by one wiser than me.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:53 PM

Oops, Claire, sorry I mixed you two up. That was a Lindapillar indeed.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:42 PM

Ah! Lovely! Thanks, Jeri..that's *exactly* the right one! :0)

I'm off to tattoo 'filter, filter, filter' on to my hands now, so I won't forget again. Darn brain cell of mine!

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Jeri
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:35 PM

Sorry. I think my c9mputer's infected with the JOhn from Hull virus.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Jeri
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:34 PM

Not the one from October? It's often more effective to only use one unique word i9n a search, and to use the 'Filter' instead of the 'Lyrics and knowledge' search.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:27 PM

Erm...I need the litter tray for a minute..

Does anyone know where that 'singer songwriter' thread has gone? 'cos I can't find it. I've tried typing that into the 'knowledge' and 'search' bits, but nowt of that description comes up.

Being a Total Dimwit about these things, I wonder if any of Ye Ancient, Godlike and Respected Cats could help a chubby little, somewhat irritating, but warm and friendly, almost-ancient cat to locate it.

Purrrrrrr! ;0)

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: SINSULL
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:23 PM

I forget...whose butt was it pressed against the window for Joe Offer's benefit? Fortunately, he kept his strumstick in check.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: ClaireBear
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:21 PM

Oh, did he mean one of those? Well, I don't have one of them either...being a bear, I just rub up against a tree when I have an itch that needs scratching.

C

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: ClaireBear
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:19 PM

Thank you, Megan, for leaping into the breach (NOT to be confused with the breeches, Giok!) in my defence -- Mudcat behaviour at its best!

Indeed, Giok, assuming that your mind is running in the particular gutter in which I believe it is running, I would be quite surprised to find that I had one of those!

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Amos
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:14 PM

Well, it's very nice that they make them with music, now.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Megan L
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:13 PM

MacKenzie BEHAVE dont mak me send Granny doon there

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 04:02 PM

"I assure you I was inside all night, getting to know my chromatic Strumstick"


Well I've heard it called some names before, but that's new one on me Claire ;)

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: ClaireBear
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 03:08 PM

No, LEJ, the caterpillar was someone else entirely (Linda, to be precise). I assure you I was inside all night, getting to know my chromatic Strumstick and making a fool of myself singing harmony.

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 03:03 PM

I don't remember any bears, but I seem to remember a caterpillar named Claire curled up in a cocoon on the front porch of Peace Cabin that Saturday night (Sunday morning). Although it was giggling as it was serenaded by a gang of moths, I'm not sure when it metamorphasized into the butterfly I saw Sunday afternoon. Must have been the magic of the full moon!

Subject: RE: BS: Rules for Kittens in Mudcattery
From: Amos
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 03:01 PM

I am happy to report thatby doing a Google Search of Mudcat only it has been revealed that the term "aardvark" has about 347 hits scattered through the domain's history.

I just KNEW it had to be there.

Google has gotten so good at digging stuff up (even where the forum advanced search doesn't) perhaps it ought to be built into the search machinery.

The construction syntax for doing this is:

aardvark site:mudcat.org

typed into a Google search box. Substitutye any search term for "aardvark". Such as, for example, "dealybob", which has apparently never been used until Lonesome stuck it in upthread.

A