Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?

Subject: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Peter T.
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 12:39 PM

Apart from "Why Does This Site Not Stick to Music", this is prompted by the "Beards and Sex" thread. There seem to be certain topics that strike people as just the sort of thing they should be asking here, and then a year later the same idea strikes another person, and so on.   This is not a criticism, I was just wondering if anyone had kept count! yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 12:45 PM

Good question PT.........If you lump the political threads together, they'd be huge chunk. We have quite a few threads on VietNam in one sense or another and I think that's because of the age factor here. Probably the most popular might be the versions of "boilerplate threads" wanting info about where we live or what it's like where we live.

I really don't know.........for a music site, I gotta' say that we have had a boatload of eating threads.....Recipes, general food things. I'm sure we'll have some great replies here and someone will hit on one where we all say, "THAT'S IT!!!!!"

Spaw

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Wesley S
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 01:04 PM

How about guns. I know Spaw might lump that under politics but we've had more than out fair share of those. Religion too. The one I'm suprised that we don't see more often is abortion.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 01:11 PM

good call on the guns Wes.......Not politics to me as, like VietNam, the subject has come up in it's own right on numerous occasions.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 02:11 PM

It was stuff about William Shatner at one point for some reason...I can't think who would have been responsible for launching such a pointless endeavour as that. But now I think it is the political wrangles over Bush, Iraq, etc...

- LH

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 02:41 PM

Political threads, hands down, I'd say.

There used to be a day when there were a lot of literary threads, intertwined with the music threads. There used to be quite a lot of collaborative writing threads which were a joy. Back in the day. When Mudcat was still Old School. Sigh.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Peter T.
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 02:46 PM

We have had a lot more cat threads than dog threads. In fact, have we had any dog threads? yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Schantieman
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 02:50 PM

Well, it is the MudCAT.

S

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 05:17 PM

Sorry folks but I did a very thorough check. The most commonly repeated BS thread is:

"Augmented and Diminished scales in Open D Tuning"

Followed closely by:

"Do I really gotta practice to be a better guitarisht?"

Then of course there was that ONE thread that I THOUGHT would spawn others but didn't.

"Ireland....Doesn't ANYONE have an opinion?"

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Mr Red
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 05:17 PM

Wesley S
Well I think yer guns don't go off half cocked enough to qualify - even if they are repeating rifles.

Apart from Hull and the many flavours or P the H and Cap'n Kirk difficult to say - we could be heading for interpretations and semantics if we look too closely.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Duane D.
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 05:24 PM

What about "condoms", oh that's probably the longest thread, if you don't count the ongoing Mudcat Tavern thread.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 05:34 PM

I'm surprised no one has nominated all of the Spaw threads! For awhile we were really humming along with them, with good reason, of course!

I'd say politics, hands-down. My favs were the story and tavern threads.

We've had one dog thread that I remember because it was one of my early ones, lots of good jokes in it: Border Collie - problem with.

Joe Offer will probably say it was all of those Birthday threads!**bg**

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 06:08 PM

lots of threads on language, spelling, slang, etc....it seems that we are forever debating and asking how things are said and why everyone doesn't say it MY way....*grin*

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 06:34 PM

Rick - Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! LOLOLOLOL!!!! Gasp!

That was the best laugh I've gotten on this forum in weeks.

- LH

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: harvey andrews
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 07:30 PM

Good point earlier about food. I did a series of radio progs each of which took one topic.I then went through my record collection and found songs connected to that topic. Two topics were booze and food. I got one prog out of booze but two out of food.(And Steve Goodman was in both!)

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: michaelr
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 08:20 PM

It could be the general topic of "too much BS on Mudcat".

Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 08:32 PM

If this title was renamed Which BS: Topic... I could be spared this as well.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 09:01 PM

The beauty of it is that we are all involved in the Folk/Blues thing
so we DO have a lot in common.And like a good Folk Club or Festival
its very easy to find something or some topic which grabs our attention and off we go.And if the topic comes up again,what the Hell.Some new Catter has had the same thought as some one a while ago.
Which simply shows that we are all on the same wavelenghth for a lot
of the time.So keep posting,wether any body moans about it or not.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 09:07 PM

Our unnamed Guest who is flittng about carping about what should be BS.....I have to agree.

We have had far fewer problems with people complaining about BS since the upgrade with the automatic BS filter. Unfortunately a lot of folks are not titling obvious BS as BS! The Clones have been ask not to retitle threads with the BS designation for awhile since so many were being retitled....BUT--That means that everyone needs to seriously consider whether a new thread they start is BS or not.

PLEASE.....Let's avoid the arguments that used to be so prevalent by adding the BS prefix when it's obvious your thread is non-music....please????

Spaw

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 09:09 PM

[Personal attack. Message deleted]
-Joe Offer, the one responsible for deleting that kind of horse shit-

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Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: catspaw49
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 09:45 PM

It's getting better but ya' know Garg, you still don't spell for shit. Keep up the good work though.....Always good to see someone improve themselves!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 09:48 PM

Yeah, Garg, and you need someone new to hate... You're in a rut. Why don't you just construct a lifesize doll of Kat to punch out every day, until you feel a sense of relief?

- LH

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: SINSULL
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 10:15 PM

I thought that the longest thread was the "Killing the Thread" thread which can no longer be accessed completely or increased. Very sad business...
Garg - thanks for reminding me. I haven't gotten an update from kat. I will be sure to share.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 10:28 PM

If tonight is any precurser of this winter's postings - LaughKat has constrained her discussions of healing and alternative religions.... and moved into government paranoia.

Prepare the flak sheilds.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Spaw - its nice to know we share the same reading on the ol' Kat - she is getting better about some of her B.S.

It also appears that perhaps, she is playing with multiple personality guest appearances......I'm proud - she is slow - but she is learning.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 14 Nov 02 - 10:32 PM

LH - serogate beatings and voodo dolls are in Kitty's box of tricks.

You only exorcise the demons of B.S. by attacking them directly.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Peter T.
Date: 15 Nov 02 - 09:12 AM

Speaking of drifting off the meds.....yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: GUEST,Davetnova
Date: 15 Nov 02 - 12:48 PM

just tu keep it music. - "I repeat myself when under stress"

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 15 Nov 02 - 12:58 PM

Sorry about my off-topic posts earlier. In actual fact the most over-used topic since I've been here is:

"Little Hawk, a pseudonym for which Canadian Cabinet Minister?"

Now I've always had my finger (and several other appendages) on the pulse of Canadian politics, so I've known all along who he really is, what kind of drugs made him that way, and why he's always refused blood transfusions and combustion engines.

Don't thank me.

Rick

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Nov 02 - 01:22 PM

What the f----??? You're getting as weird as me, Rick! :-) Do you mean infernal combustion engines?

- LH

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 15 Nov 02 - 11:10 PM

Don't be pedantic your Right Honourableness. Obviously I meant eternal combustion engines, as opposed to the ones that won't start on a cold day.

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Nov 02 - 11:11 PM

The Stirling Engine Society - the next generation

http://www.sesusa.org/

Subject: RE: Which BS Topic Repeats Itself The Most?
From: The Pooka
Date: 17 Nov 02 - 12:07 AM

I nommynate the Genre of Threads about Threads. Must be something to do with String Theory.

Rick, "Ireland....Doesn't ANYONE have an opinion?" HAHAHAHAHAHA! woo woo / Waaal, since you Axed....