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But do you remember agreeing to this when you signed up? In other words, only guests can use sweary words. Members have sworn not to.

We are the lads fae Ally's aarmy, we're goin' to the Argen-teen. An' we'll really shake 'em up, when we win the Wurreld Cup. For Scotland is the greatest fitba team. Those heady, carefree times before Thatcher came to power. We can never relive them.

Nice translation Football Fan, if not quite up to the standard of this all-time champion effort from little-seen DL member Night. Pulchritude!

Along with Richard O'Sullivan, one of my all-time favourite threads. Not everyone's cup of tea though, by a long way.

I see. "That which we call a sandwich by any other name etc.." I suppose that's what Shakespeare really wanted to say, but "sandwich" didn't scan properly. Maybe that's why they started calling it a 'wedge?: Thou needeth not love nor knowledge When thou canst munch a tasty wedge I think I came across that in one of his lesser-known sonnets. Shakespeare would never have written "Thou needeth" It would be "Thou needest" or more likely "needst" "Needeth" is the third person singular. E.g.: "He needeth a goode kickinge"

I stand corrected NP, but it still isn't whisky! Scotch - Whisky - Who cares it all gets you drunk! There are many different ways to say different things. For example, Some people call a sandwhich a wedge? Some call it a sub? Though overall it's a pleasure to eat. In the end it doesn't matter. I see. "That which we call a sandwich by any other name etc.." I suppose that's what Shakespeare really wanted to say, but "sandwich" didn't scan properly.

No it isn't. Scotch is broth. Or mist. Sellotape* is tape. Or Durex if you are an Australian. *Sometimes pronounced Seal-o-tape.

When I first joined, being pissed off by Weatherman was the thing. There were a lot more Captains around back then than there are now, that I remember clearly. That was quite good fun. Then it all went out of fashion and we had a sort of a Golden Age of Banter with Josco, LP3, T4H, ATJ, and later Amanda. Then a whole lot of new people joined and it all got quite lively and a bit different. But no worse. Hard to say what the very bestest bit has been. There's always something new and surprising coming round the corner from where you least expect it. It's possible to learn a lot from Deathlist. As Josco once said, and Magere Hein is so fond of quoting: "It's not just entertainment, it's an education." Strangely enough, the deaths are probably the least memorable bit. My first DL death was Princess Alice. I had to look it up. I still don't know who she was.

Whoever wrote that doesn't know much about English. He probably meant "you may not". ie: One isn't allowed to. What he is saying though is "you don't have to". Which is of course absolutely true. If anything is.

I am far superior in written English. And Natwest is a crap bank. That's what you think! However, if you were, you would know that in written English you never start a sentence with the word "and". Nonsense. It's perfectly all right to start a sentence with a conjunction. But only if it's done deliberately and as part of a consistent and recognisable literary style.

Sorry Starcrossed, I didn't actually mean obtuse. I meant vague or inexplicit. I was probably thinking of "obscure". Sorry.

I beg your pardon? Very model of humility, moi. Oh sorry, you mean Windsor, don't you? Please be less obtuse in future. I can think of four Aberdonians and an Arbroathian on the list, and that's probably not all. Congrats to Mr Fan on his thousandth. You are standing on the threshold to twuntdom. Traditionally a time when many posters pause for thought before taking the big plunge.

Mrs N on strike? Au contraire Josco old chap. She is at work.

Aye, but if youv'e ever had the misfortune to have a hangover, its a bloody life saver One of the happiest moments of my life occurred last week when I found Irn Bru in a British shop in Mr. Raider's home town. Having Pot Noodle for breakfast today. Decadent or what?

Quite a literate rant this, apart from giving us all one neck and one computer screen between us. This ranter wishes us suffering, though doesn't directly wish us death or Hell as stipulated in section 1 elements 7 & 8. "This site should be closed down immediately" comes once in a while, and should be worth a point. Then we have a case of "How would you like it if one of your relatives...." but not directly saying that a relative of the Ranter is in that position. Another thing not explicitly covered by the rules as they stand. Anyone care to hazard a score for this rant?

No it wouldn't. All he can do any more is drool. It'd be like the Pope all over again.

The post contains five or more misspelt words. The post contains two or more grammatical errors. The post contains one or more instances of consecutive question marks (??) or exclamation marks (!!). A disappointing DLRI of 12. regards, Hein Doesn't "bullcrap" count as an obscenity of sorts? And surely "a bunch of bullcrap" is a mixed metaphor of considerable artistic merit. I'd say two or three extra points wouldn't hurt.

In eternum+ has a point. Perhaps we should consider awarding points for Overall Artistic Impression (or its opposite), Involuntary Humour and General Impression of Insanity. Perhaps a system of special awards or bonuses would work, because otherwise the scoring system could be screwed up by having attributes which exclude one another, thus making it imposssible to get the maximum number of points.

How about reducing the size of your pages so they fit on the screen a bit better. I have my monitor here at 1280x1024 and its still a pain in the arse scrolling up and down a page which actually doesn't have that much content. Could be presented a bit better. More width and not so much height. That sort of thing. Good idea for a site though. Are you really "Home of the Celebrity Morgue"?

That's "Bowes-Lyon" if I'm very much mistaken. I'm sure Windsor will correct me if I'm wrong.

That's an excellent find Harverster! Well done! I wonder if they will be friends with us like those Royal Forums(sic) people?

Hey Mr. Hein, you would appear to be a twunt. Just like Dan Quayle. (Historic first mention of the word "twunt" on Deathlist.) How about some guidelines for successful operation of the various search features? [How about V 1.01? -- MH]

Most of that is right too, but good, bad or indifferent, Waldheim was still a Nazi. And talking of owning land, who owned the land where Haider lives, before his family got hold of it?

Quite right, every bit of it (except perhaps the bit about Mrs. Thatcher, sadly), but Waldheim was still a Nazi.