So today is the first semi final of Eurovision something my girlfriend looks forward to every single year. And I am involved and she has a conference call with all her girlfriend singers etc. and I am playing poker at the same time anyway she has banned bounty Winni because of this because she does not want to be embarrassed. for those that do not know Bounty Winni is the one that likes to jump up and down and go we Win a Bounty, We win a Bounty! very loudly.
So now Bounty Winni will be very upset. If you ask me this is absolutely ridiculous Bounty Winni has always enjoyed my bounty hunters.
My initial thoughts on this was that the highlighted bit made you sound like a doddery old g it like me. Mid sixties and married for forty odd years. I obviously knew that this wasnt the case. Assuming the three and a quarter years is true. That means you have possibly watched the Eurovision together twice, and that "every single year" means two, at the most.
So today is the first semi final of Eurovision something my girlfriend looks forward to every single year. And I am involved and she has a conference call with all her girlfriend singers etc. and I am playing poker at the same time anyway she has banned bounty Winni because of this because she does not want to be embarrassed. for those that do not know Bounty Winni is the one that likes to jump up and down and go we Win a Bounty, We win a Bounty! very loudly.
So now Bounty Winni will be very upset. If you ask me this is absolutely ridiculous Bounty Winni has always enjoyed my bounty hunters.
How long have you been with her?
about 3 and a quatre years why do you ask?
Your answer put me in mind of my Grandkids. Many years ago, when asked how old they were they would say things like six and a half. Although, even at that age, I am not sure that they ever went in to quarters. Are you sure that you are aged between 25, and 40?
So today is the first semi final of Eurovision something my girlfriend looks forward to every single year. And I am involved and she has a conference call with all her girlfriend singers etc. and I am playing poker at the same time anyway she has banned bounty Winni because of this because she does not want to be embarrassed. for those that do not know Bounty Winni is the one that likes to jump up and down and go we Win a Bounty, We win a Bounty! very loudly.
So now Bounty Winni will be very upset. If you ask me this is absolutely ridiculous Bounty Winni has always enjoyed my bounty hunters.
How long have you been with her?
about 3 and a quatre years why do you ask?
Your answer put me in mind of my Grandkids. Many years ago, when asked how old they were they would say things like six and a half. Although, even at that age, I am not sure that they ever went in to quarters. Are you sure that you are aged between 25, and 40?
So today is the first semi final of Eurovision something my girlfriend looks forward to every single year. And I am involved and she has a conference call with all her girlfriend singers etc. and I am playing poker at the same time anyway she has banned bounty Winni because of this because she does not want to be embarrassed. for those that do not know Bounty Winni is the one that likes to jump up and down and go we Win a Bounty, We win a Bounty! very loudly.
So now Bounty Winni will be very upset. If you ask me this is absolutely ridiculous Bounty Winni has always enjoyed my bounty hunters.
So today is the first semi final of Eurovision something my girlfriend looks forward to every single year. And I am involved and she has a conference call with all her girlfriend singers etc. and I am playing poker at the same time anyway she has banned bounty Winni because of this because she does not want to be embarrassed. for those that do not know Bounty Winni is the one that likes to jump up and down and go we Win a Bounty, We win a Bounty! very loudly.
So now Bounty Winni will be very upset. If you ask me this is absolutely ridiculous Bounty Winni has always enjoyed my bounty hunters.
How long have you been with her?
about 3 and a quatre years why do you ask?
Your answer put me in mind of my Grandkids. Many years ago, when asked how old they were they would say things like six and a half. Although, even at that age, I am not sure that they ever went in to quarters. Are you sure that you are aged between 25, and 40?
You've become quite a celebrity here. I know you are thick-skinned - you told us so - but don't confuse bants with bullying, its all just bants. Judging by the reaction, I make it you are 2 sets up & serving for the third.
You've become quite a celebrity here. I know you are thick-skinned - you told us so - but don't confuse bants with bullying, its all just bants. Judging by the reaction, I make it you are 2 sets up & serving for the third.
You've become quite a celebrity here. I know you are thick-skinned - you told us so - but don't confuse bants with bullying, its all just bants. Judging by the reaction, I make it you are 2 sets up & serving for the third.
I'm going to disagree with this. This thread is crossing a line and I can't help finding it quite ugly and disappointing.
Doubleme says some odd stuff -- perhaps he is trolling, perhaps he is just a bit odd -- but it seems to be to all be well-meaning and in good humour. I find it incredibly mean-spirited and rude for @HAYSIE and @TheEdge949 to dunk on him at length in this manner.
Asking him to post photos of his girlfriend, when you're an old man yourself, is incredibly inappropriate and gross. Many other comments here can be reasonably construed as "banter" but essentially calling him thick is frankly disgraceful and not appropriate behaviour on an internet forum that already struggles to attract meaningful conversation.
And these are comments are coming from people whose primary contributions to the forum are to aggressively troll and insult people or spam news articles nobody gives a fuck about. Neither of you are providing much value to this forum in my opinion. At least Doubleme's contributions to the forum, at minimum, provide some comic relief and occasionally prompt legitimate conversations and engagement. Few would would miss you for a single moment if you stopped posting, @HAYSIE.
I know you are invested in increasing the engagement here, Tikay. Perhaps consider whether letting people interact with others like this is helping acheive that goal. If I were in Doubleme's shoes, I would find this incredibly off-putting and bordering on cruel.
Asking someone on a poker forum to posts pics of their girlfriend is seriously creepy behaviour. My gf was wanting to come with me to the casino at SPT Glasgow but I think I'll just be coming alone if this is the sort of characters that are going to be lurking about there.
I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
If it gets out of hand, we will do the necessary.
I understood this was your likely intent, but IMO it's already well over the line. I'm glad to hear you're keeping an eye on it.
My summary of the other two's contributions is perhaps unfair, but neither is presenting themselves well in this instance.
I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
If it gets out of hand, we will do the necessary.
I understood this was your likely intent, but IMO it's already well over the line. I'm glad to hear you're keeping an eye on it.
My summary of the other two's contributions is perhaps unfair, but neither is presenting themselves well in this instance.
On reflection, I think maybe the right way forward is to give Doubleme, HAYSIE & TheEdge their right to reply, then we'll close it off & move on.
I must say that some of the last couple of comments have taken me aback, and some of them border on the ridiculous.
For clarity I asked @Doubleme to post a photo of his girlfriend to prove her existence. Only that nothing else. The comments that have followed would have been those that I would have expected, had I asked him to post compromising photos of her. The reason I did this is purely because he has previous form for making up stories and posting them on the forum. It wasnt a weird or creepy request. I never in a million years expected him to post a photo anyway.
Furthermore, I feel that people may wish to consider their own contribution to the forum, before questioning other peoples. They may also wish to consider how they came into possession of the data informing them of what all the contributors to the forum may want or dont want. Or what the majority may miss, or not miss. I am amused by those who are very critical of what other people post, when they post nothing, or very little themselves.
I also think that it is sometimes foolish to take some comments at face value, whilst being unaware of any history. For instance there was a time very recently when @Doubleme was telling me on a daily basis that I needed to take a chill pill, and not take his comments so seriously. I have therefore subsequently taken a few opportunities to retaliate. Anyone just reading this thread may get the wrong impression. @Doubleme recently suggested I post on the forum as I must be lonely, and that comments of his, that I might have viewed as insulting were just banter.
I dont understand the relevance of my age in reference to a request for a photo to prove the existence of anyones girlfriend. Nor do I understand the relevance of the fact that request was made on a poker forum. Please rest assured that I have no intention of going to Glasgow.
To clearly point out that the person in question posts some odd stuff, and not expect any pi55 taking to follow is extremely optimistic.
Just as a reminder, the below was the original post,
So today is the first semi final of Eurovision something my girlfriend looks forward to every single year. And I am involved and she has a conference call with all her girlfriend singers etc. and I am playing poker at the same time anyway she has banned bounty Winni because of this because she does not want to be embarrassed. for those that do not know Bounty Winni is the one that likes to jump up and down and go we Win a Bounty, We win a Bounty! very loudly.
So now Bounty Winni will be very upset. If you ask me this is absolutely ridiculous Bounty Winni has always enjoyed my bounty hunters.
@Doubleme has frequently posted outrageous points asking for such things as betting markets to incite fan / participant violence, a desire to see the career of a certain basket ball player ended and several designed to provoke fear regarding a nuclear attack.
We have also been subjected to teddy bears, girlfriends, the correct way to eat croissents and Eurovision amongst other things and many of these seem to be delivered from a childlike perspective.
The call for biased commentators was certainly a revealing insight into his mind
If asking whether the numbers 25 - 40 are his age or his IQ is going to be construed as disgraceful then I fear that you will find little of interest that doesn't provoke your ire. It's akin to telling somebody to act their age rather than their shoe size, or to come back when they've got hair around it. It's simply a throwaway, off the cuff remark regarding the apparent maturity level certain posts are delivered from.
Also to say that I continually dunk on him is something approaching overkill, he posts his sillies. I respond accordingly.
Finally if he feels that I have insulted him in any way he seems perfectly capable of calling me out on it himself and I would give any such action meaningful and proper consideration.
And finally to even hint that I may be in any way allied with Haysie in anything is really below the belt and deserving of being flagged in itself. Blooming cheek.
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Mid sixties and married for forty odd years.
I obviously knew that this wasnt the case.
Assuming the three and a quarter years is true.
That means you have possibly watched the Eurovision together twice, and that "every single year" means two, at the most.
Many years ago, when asked how old they were they would say things like six and a half.
Although, even at that age, I am not sure that they ever went in to quarters.
Are you sure that you are aged between 25, and 40?
@Doubleme
You've become quite a celebrity here. I know you are thick-skinned - you told us so - but don't confuse bants with bullying, its all just bants. Judging by the reaction, I make it you are 2 sets up & serving for the third.
Doubleme says some odd stuff -- perhaps he is trolling, perhaps he is just a bit odd -- but it seems to be to all be well-meaning and in good humour. I find it incredibly mean-spirited and rude for @HAYSIE and @TheEdge949 to dunk on him at length in this manner.
Asking him to post photos of his girlfriend, when you're an old man yourself, is incredibly inappropriate and gross. Many other comments here can be reasonably construed as "banter" but essentially calling him thick is frankly disgraceful and not appropriate behaviour on an internet forum that already struggles to attract meaningful conversation.
And these are comments are coming from people whose primary contributions to the forum are to aggressively troll and insult people or spam news articles nobody gives a fuck about. Neither of you are providing much value to this forum in my opinion. At least Doubleme's contributions to the forum, at minimum, provide some comic relief and occasionally prompt legitimate conversations and engagement. Few would would miss you for a single moment if you stopped posting, @HAYSIE.
I know you are invested in increasing the engagement here, Tikay. Perhaps consider whether letting people interact with others like this is helping acheive that goal. If I were in Doubleme's shoes, I would find this incredibly off-putting and bordering on cruel.
That's a very interesting post.
I think it's bants, but I am concerned it might cross the line, hence my post, which was a nudge to keep it cool. Humour is very subjective.
HAYSIE & TheEdge both produce a lot of interesting stuff, including excellent quizzes which get great interaction, and I have no problem with either. In fact I'd love to have a dozen more of them, just as I'd love to see you engage more here. Because, as you note, It's my role to promote more engagement here. And we are all very different, thank goodness.
I do have my eye on the thread though, as I am keen not to let it get out of hand.
Keeping the balance on the Forum is not easy, trust me, it really is a job to know where to draw the line sometimes.
If it gets out of hand, we will do the necessary.
On reflection, I think maybe the right way forward is to give Doubleme, HAYSIE & TheEdge their right to reply, then we'll close it off & move on.
My summary of the other two's contributions is perhaps unfair, but neither is presenting themselves well in this instance.
Thanks for the clarification, appreciated.
@Doubleme
If you find any of this thread genuinely offensive to you or your gf, let me know & I'll do the necessary, including removing or deleting.
I do think it was all just intended as bants though, or as you call them, "sillies". We all have different definitions of a silly.
For clarity I asked @Doubleme to post a photo of his girlfriend to prove her existence.
Only that nothing else.
The comments that have followed would have been those that I would have expected, had I asked him to post compromising photos of her.
The reason I did this is purely because he has previous form for making up stories and posting them on the forum.
It wasnt a weird or creepy request.
I never in a million years expected him to post a photo anyway.
Furthermore, I feel that people may wish to consider their own contribution to the forum, before questioning other peoples.
They may also wish to consider how they came into possession of the data informing them of what all the contributors to the forum may want or dont want.
Or what the majority may miss, or not miss.
I am amused by those who are very critical of what other people post, when they post nothing, or very little themselves.
I also think that it is sometimes foolish to take some comments at face value, whilst being unaware of any history.
For instance there was a time very recently when @Doubleme was telling me on a daily basis that I needed to take a chill pill, and not take his comments so seriously.
I have therefore subsequently taken a few opportunities to retaliate.
Anyone just reading this thread may get the wrong impression.
@Doubleme recently suggested I post on the forum as I must be lonely, and that comments of his, that I might have viewed as insulting were just banter.
I dont understand the relevance of my age in reference to a request for a photo to prove the existence of anyones girlfriend.
Nor do I understand the relevance of the fact that request was made on a poker forum.
Please rest assured that I have no intention of going to Glasgow.
To clearly point out that the person in question posts some odd stuff, and not expect any pi55 taking to follow is extremely optimistic.
Just as a reminder, the below was the original post,
So today is the first semi final of Eurovision something my girlfriend looks forward to every single year. And I am involved and she has a conference call with all her girlfriend singers etc. and I am playing poker at the same time anyway she has banned bounty Winni because of this because she does not want to be embarrassed. for those that do not know Bounty Winni is the one that likes to jump up and down and go we Win a Bounty, We win a Bounty! very loudly.
So now Bounty Winni will be very upset. If you ask me this is absolutely ridiculous Bounty Winni has always enjoyed my bounty hunters.
@Doubleme has frequently posted outrageous points asking for such things as betting markets to incite fan / participant violence, a desire to see the career of a certain basket ball player ended and several designed to provoke fear regarding a nuclear attack.
We have also been subjected to teddy bears, girlfriends, the correct way to eat croissents and Eurovision amongst other things and many of these seem to be delivered from a childlike perspective.
The call for biased commentators was certainly a revealing insight into his mind
If asking whether the numbers 25 - 40 are his age or his IQ is going to be construed as disgraceful then I fear that you will find little of interest that doesn't provoke your ire. It's akin to telling somebody to act their age rather than their shoe size, or to come back when they've got hair around it. It's simply a throwaway, off the cuff remark regarding the apparent maturity level certain posts are delivered from.
Also to say that I continually dunk on him is something approaching overkill, he posts his sillies. I respond accordingly.
Finally if he feels that I have insulted him in any way he seems perfectly capable of calling me out on it himself and I would give any such action meaningful and proper consideration.
And finally to even hint that I may be in any way allied with Haysie in anything is really below the belt and deserving of being flagged in itself. Blooming cheek.
Thank You.