BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 01:06 PM

But Bill, you are only a figment of Ellenpoly's imagination, so you don't have a life yourself.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Fred Miller
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 04:48 PM

I like it that the forum is un-moderated generally, but without forsaking the option.
And if I could impose on a Joe-clone, I'd like to moderately alter my post above where I said "And calling people Brits". This joke would be better rendered "And calling people the B-word". This would seem at first to refer back to a discussion of "Bitch-slapping" but instead, then I say "Brits". Get it? Thanks.

And please do not interpolate a long empty space between the set-up "B-word" and the punch-line "Brits". The joke is not good enough to pause for, even with the changes, and should be simply tossed off, as if at full typing speed, maintaining an appearance of the casual and effortless wit for which, I think it's fair to say, I am generally known. Don't forget to then also delete this post and it's reference to the editing changes required to improve the previous post.

The proposed amendment will clarify the general spirit of the post, as a merely playful, albeit pathetic attempt to be amusing, and will therefore be less likely to give any actual offence to persons of the Brit persuasion, or to others who may mistake the tone and intention as purposefully rude. Thanks in advance if this correction can be accomplished.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 05:01 PM

Yes! The terrible "B" word. Fred, your sagacity on hot liberal issues never fails to impress me.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: CarolC
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 07:01 PM

I think, when they make the movie version of Fred Miller's life, William Shatner should play the part of Fred Miller. He'd be perfect!

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 07:06 PM

That is a brilliant thought, Carol! I am odd. No...I mean awed. Well, both of those, I guess.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 07:08 PM

Is the Y-word acceptable?

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 07:28 PM

No! And the "L" word isn't either.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: CarolC
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 07:28 PM

The Y word is acceptible if you're addressing me, McGrath, because I am a true Yankee. I was born in Rhode Island, which is definitely Yankee territory. If you call people who are not from the northeastern part of the US a Yankee, you might get some complaints.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Fred Miller
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 08:59 PM

I love the "when" Carol C. When they make the movie of my life. They better hurry up, to get Shatner. But it may be possible now with computer imaging to play larger film roles post-humously. Hm.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: pdq
Date: 24 Aug 04 - 09:06 PM

I agree. Play roles. Post humorously.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,SueB
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 03:04 AM

Guest of Aug 23 at 1:03 PM seems to be under the erroneous impression that Martin Gibson is universally feared and disliked. I would like to remind him/her that he was correct when saying there's no such thing as a collective opinion, and I wish to take this opportunity to mention a few things I like about MG

He's very direct. He's not a phoney, or wishy washy, or insincere.
He's reliable, and consistent, and politically incorrect, which takes some courage. You always know where you stand with Martin Gibson. I don't agree with 99% of what he posts, but so what? What the hell, live and let live. There are other people who post here who irritate me more. If they can tolerate me, I can tolerate them.

As my very weird friend told me a few weeks ago when I was all upset about a woman who went off at me in a very intense and unexpected manner, "You gots to chew the meat, and spit out the bones."

It ain't always going to be prime rib.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 04:28 AM

GUEST Sue B I agree with you in all except the "not a phoney bit"...of course he is a phoney but everyone knows that...if he weren't a phoney in the way he behaved toward others on here then he would be one well screwed up individual,
Best wishes.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 07:51 AM

Mention of The Smurfs made me think about the narure of this thread and its inherent contradictions.

You see one of my best mates is The Smurfs. He plays all the music and he does all the voices on their records. He is certainly the finest musician ant the cleverest studio engineer I have ever met, and a really nice cultured man. But all the gold discs on his wall are for being a Smurf - well maybe one or two others but certainly the most of them are.

Now some people see the Smurfs as garbage, a waste of the world's finite resources - Oasis won't even let them parody their songs. and yet some people obviously have derived much pleasure from The Smurfs.

I like the Smurf input into Mudcat - probably more than I do the anal music stuff.

I suspect I'm obnoxious on both counts. A good religious upbringing will do that for you.

You see brethren, Jesus had it about right when he said, he who casts the first stone, let him first remove Smurfs greatest hits from his own cd collection

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 08:10 AM

I'm afraid people back here say "Yanks" they don't make any distinction between what part of the States you come from.
......................

Of MG He's not a phoney... or insincere.

Well, he has repeately said that he is precisely those things. I'd prefer to think that he's speaking the truth when he says that, and that the hatred is just an act.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,fred miller
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 09:45 AM

but if someone tells you they are phoney and insincere, should you believe them? It's like the parodox of the Roman who tells you all Romans are liars.

I don't mind Martin G, and he's forthright and helpful when he decides to be. He does a stock bit to stir things up, but doesn't dress his unreasonable side up in long complicated pseudo-reason.

I wish I could say I personally knew the Smurfs. Maybe I will anyway. Maybe they could be in the movie of my life. I'm feeling a little blue.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Amos
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 10:16 AM

See, that's what I yam talking about!! Smurf's Greatest Hits? Oy!!!

Thanks for the grin, WLD.

A

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,SueB
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 10:41 AM

I don't read every post by every member, and most of the time lately I don't even open more than 5 or 6 threads on any given day, not unless I have a project I'm REALLY procrastinating on, so if I'm wrong about the sincerity thing, oh well - my impression may not be based on the same experience you may have had, but even this illustrates my point -

which is - oh nevermind. Weelittledrummer has the best post on the subject. Good post, wld.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 04:17 PM

Dear Fred

However blue you are feeling - I think it most unlikely that bringing The Smurfs into your biopic could be anything but a subtraction from this upcoming film's undoubted merits.

Aim higher. One of the reason God gave us fingers was to switch off The Smurfs.

best wishes for happier moods

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Once Famous
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 06:36 PM

What happens when a Smurf gets the blues?

I mean, how deep can it get?

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Cluin
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 06:48 PM

Ask Smurfette.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: khandu
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 07:32 PM

Many posts to this thread. Many opinions expressed. Much frustration, many good intentions & much humor. I love this place. I have gained much from my trips here. . . much BS & much useable info, along with a few pricked feelings. But I love this place!
There have been several similar threads over the years. They eventually fell of the board to gather dust in the threadcellars below. Those who posted to them were much as those who have posted to this one. . . intense, insulted, frustrated, tickled, humorous, happy.
Soon, this thread will join them in the dusty dungeons. And things will generally remain the same. This thread, as all its "ilk", is an exercise in futility. Only this, and nothing more.
However, I am compelled to say these following things:
MOAB was NOT created on a whim, LH!! It was created on a Fancy! Please get your facts straight before stating them as fact! Yes, I am sure you will argue there is merely a thin thin line between a whim & a fancy, but I agree! There is a thin line BUT THE LINE DOES EXIST!!
Some have said that Joe Offer is "obnoxious". Perhaps. . . but let none say that Joe Offer is an Igmo! He is not!
Amos, personally, I have always thought you bore a striking resemblance to Shatner in your wit & your writing style. Others have expressed this privately!
Thank you for the podium for this brief period!
My Mom thanks you, my pop thanks you & my ilk thanks you!

k

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Fred Miller
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 09:09 PM

You may be right, Martin, I really only know the Smurfs from a Robert Smigel parody about Anna Nicole Smith getting a yeast infection. My kids are hooked on The Simpsons now.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Once Famous
Date: 25 Aug 04 - 09:17 PM

I would have loved to have seen that parady.

I wonder if Anna used that medication that gives one a purple pussy.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: The Shambles
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 06:49 AM

Are you considered by others as an obnoxious MC member?

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 07:22 AM

'gives one' ...?
- you mean YOU had a purple minge Martin.....?

Bloody hell! I never considered for moment that you might be female Martin.
Forgive me if I ever said anything ungallant or discourteous in your presence.


al

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 07:45 AM

who are the obnoxious MC members. each person name one. lighthearred fun really

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: kendall
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 08:49 AM

Why do we care for the opinion of someone whom we neither know or give a damn for?

I still say, anything goes except personal attacks.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Big Mick
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 09:03 AM

Ignore them, in fact, ignore this thread. I won't be back.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Jeri
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 09:10 AM

From: Martin Gibson
Date: 25 Aug 04

...................Straight to:

From: The Shambles
Date: 12 Nov 05

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: John Routledge
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 09:32 AM

Well unsaid jeri.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: wysiwyg
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 09:38 AM

I don't think Shambles was addressing MG. I think he was speaking to us all collectively, as an opening salvo in using this thread to renew his prosecution of his position about Mudcat moderators.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 12:27 PM

What do we do with them? Simple. Find out where they live. Hunt them down with torches and bloodhounds. Tie them hand and foot. Try them in a citizens' court. Condemn them to hideous torture. Strip them naked, flay them alive, make them watch "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" 85 times in a row, and then hurl them into a pit full of starving rats. If they survive, present them with either an accordion or a banjo, forgive them all their sins, and send them off rejoicing.

That oughta do it.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: SmileHabitat
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 07:18 PM

Nice to see folks coming in here to tell everyone this is a bad, bad thread and they aren't going to post to it.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Martin Gibson
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 10:18 PM

Thanks, Shambles.

There are more than a few obnoxious members here.

The whole radical socialist crowd that won't let people think for themselves is a good start. Right, Amos?

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Nov 05 - 10:49 PM

Indeed there are, all the saints are sinners

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 01:05 AM

Did you ever notice that it's always darkest during the storm and at night when there is no light?

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 02:26 PM

To quote Mick Jagger, "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke."

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Martin Gibson
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 02:40 PM

Chongo, sometimes you just amaze me with your widsom for a primate.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: The Shambles
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 01:51 AM

Primate = A senior clegyman and dignitary.

Most of our fellow primates tend to show a lot more wisdom (and indeed dignity) than most of our species display.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 02:00 AM

I'm religious about long-legged dames and mangos. And good whisky. All three together can put you in a totally altered state.

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Joe_F
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 09:12 PM

10% of the cost of freedom is defending it. The other 90% is putting up with it.

--- Joe Fineman    [e-mail]

||: If we were all good liars, there would be little commendation of honesty. :||

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 02:25 PM

Things haven't improved much outside this place either.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: gnu
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 02:58 PM

It only takes one bad asshole to spoil the bunch.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 03:02 PM

GNU!!! Imagery is a terrible thing to abuse. I cannot get the picture out of my head of bunches of bad assholes.

Thanks for that!

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Ebbie
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 03:33 PM

lol

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 03:40 PM

Somewhere, could have been here, I read/heard the following:

The mother of assholes is always pregnant!

(I think it was a Mexican quote on the tv series WEEDS.)

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Jeri
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 04:10 PM

I've got a lovely bunch of butt holes
There they are all sitting in a row
Big ones, small ones, all sizes I will bet
Give them a cork or a poke with a fork
Cuz this is the internet
I've got a lovely bunch of butt holes
They want so much for you to pay them mind
If you post, you're flamin' toast
Singing pucker sphincters up there back behind
Pucker up back there behind
(I have no clue if that scans.)

Seriously, has anyone here NEVER been an asshole? Sure, some put more effort into it and seem to aspire to rectumhood, and those are the ones I really wish could be slipped some superglue Preparation H and force fed beans But assholes can be ignored (mostly) unless one actively tries to be involved in thread buggery.

So, what to do? I think you have to not engage with them; turn your back and walk away, or you stand a good chance of becoming one. Complaining IS engaging, BTW.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 04:43 PM

Chongo: "To quote Mick Jagger, "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke."

I thought it was, "Joke them if they can't take a fuck!"

GfS

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: Jeri
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 04:44 PM

It was Richard Pryor who said that.

Subject: RE: BS: What to do about obnoxious MC members?
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 28 Mar 12 - 04:49 PM

Thank you Jeri! Again you proved your insights!

GfS