Tuber Mirum

Congratulations Phantom on the arrival of your second child! Do we get to see photos again?

Happy Birthday Mr. Josco! Hope the Marmite Soldiers are tasty!

The hardest bit was entering my date of birth because the stupid ignorant bastards wanted it with the month first. Since I was born on the 16th, it took me a while to work out why the date only went up to 12. I thought it was part of the quiz. And I too would have got 2 more right if I'd been concentrating/ not been so thick.

I got 12 right. Would have been more, but they see certain things differently here in Germany.

Facebook? What's that then?

Their beliefs are no less strange to me than believing that the world is only 6,000 years old, that an executed Jewish rabble rouser returned from the dead, that the sun god requires a daily human sacrifice before rising, that you can't drink alcohol or eat pork, that you must smoke marijuana or that some chap with a beard favours one race of people above all others on this planet. The above belief systems are all man made, essentially dishonest and disorganised. At least Hubbard, Scientology's founder, was organised. "If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion." His honesty is still in doubt as far as I'm concerned. I won't disagree with you there jmh8300. Doesn't make $cientology any better, though, just because the others are equally bad.

So did I.

That's one less $cientologist then.

Why don't you believe that?Is it not conceivable? It's inconceivable he didn't. It's almost inconceivable that nobody prior to me has pointed out the nonsense of either believing or not believing a fact. A fact can be neither believed nor unbelieved, it is just a fact. The postulation, hypothesis or theory that George W Bush is personally capable of designing anything more complex than a simple picnic menu is, however, utter codswallop. Aye fair enough. But reading between the lines (a thing which is necessary with Banshees Scream's posts as he is incapable of using words for the purpose for which they were intended), I think what BS means is that such a plot does not exist and if it did do then that Bush had no hand, either in its conception or in its execution. Utter nonsense of course as usual.

Why don't you believe that? Is it not conceivable?

Godot, I think your poem, excellent though it is, could still be improved: To be, or not "to be: that is the question": Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The (slings and arrows of outrageous fortune), Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, (And by) opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No "more"; and by a sleep to say we "end The" heart-ache and the (thousand natural shocks) That "flesh is heir" to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be "wish'd. To die, to" sleep; To "sleep: perchance to dream: ay, theyres the" problum; For in that (sleep of death) what. dreams may come When? we have shuffled off (this mortal coil,) etc...

Oh yes, so there is. That's one of the things I may get around to sorting out soon. The prize is a virtual dead monkey. Ask Football fan. He has one. And the reason you are the only Groat Crusted Newt is because that is your own personal rank. It's possible on the HDB to give members their individual rank irrespective of post count.

Yes. But it says that somewhere on the site.

That's a bit harsh NAP. Disqualified at the death because he couldn't be contacted to be congratulated. That's like drawing for the raffle prize again because the winner has gone home. He still won didn't he? Not at all. If the winner doesn't collect his prize, what are you supposed to do with it? Keep it? It could be a car or a three piece suite. It seems fair to give it to the person in second place.

Well said that fellow. Both those fellows. Although there are still a great many wonderful members here, the ones who set the tone of the place are not the ones who did so a couple of years ago. the Joscos and the Larry Pestilences of this world. Not to mention the Moderators from The Original Series. The place has taken on a brash journalistic (in the sense of "like journalists" not of "like a newspaper" (no offence please Mr Godot)) tone. But what can you do about it? Bugger all. So Bruno, please just keep on being Bruno Brimley. You are an asset to this place. Even though I've always been intrigued to know all about you, it's almost a bit of a shame you wrote all that stuff. It seems to spoil the mystery. But no doubt it had to be. A sort of a handbrake. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Carpet slippers.

(Incidentally, that is the same potato as on my user picture; it has been sitting on my desk since last November.)

Banshees, there is one person and one person alone who is responsible for the fact that most people on this forum perceive you as a complete twat. And that is you yourself. If you are, as you say you are, not a complete twat, then the best way to convince people of that is to stop behaving like a complete twat, so that people can say: "oh look, Banshees isn't behaving like a complete twat for a change, perhaps he's not such a bad fellow after all". Or something. In order for this to happen you will first have to grow a brain and then use it to develop a capacity for humility and self-criticism. And some social skills. Until then, you will have to reckon with LFN and others pointing out to you that you are, based on the only evidence we have to hand, a complete and utter twat. To put it mildly.

Wow, the DL front page has been updated already. We never sleep.

So Banshees (or should I say Mr. Scream), Am I supposed to understand from that meaningless gibberish that you are far cleverer than the rest of us and when we are all poor and freezing you won't lift a finger to help us? Because that isn't a terribly Christian attitude, you know? And apart from that it is the utterest bullshit. A word to the wise: In order to win an argument, you have to actually win it. With intelligent arguments expressed in a way which people understand. Just saying you are right is not quite enough. Even if you could make yourself understood in English, which you can't. The same goes for being a good likeable person. Plain deeds, not nebulous claptrap Banshees. Nonetheless, it is good to see you haven't deserted us.