TLC

And a Merry Christmas to each and every one of you! I appreciate my above set of replies may offend some more religious types who use this site, but frankly no-one religious has ever given a toss about how much their opinions offend me. Just because I can't claim 'heresy' if someone disagrees with me. For now..... (quite pleased my 600th post was actually a semi-serious one) [All bible-related posts moved from the "General Pinochet" topic -- MH]

I think it's in our constitution that we're not allowed past quarter finals in anything since the glory of the FA cup triumph of 1947, (even I can't include a losing final appearance in the Full Members' Cup) even when we are given a succession of easy ties. Can't ask for much more than home to Wycombe in a league cup quarter final, can you? Except to win it, that is. The year we regained promotion to the Premier league after our initial 1 year visit we got Bolton in the FA cup quarters when they were also in our league. We beat them twice in the league, including I think the week before or after the FA cup match, but we lost that 1-0. Just to rub it in, Claus Jensen scored it, who we then signed that summer. I hope we get rid of Les Reed, he's admitted that he'll be 'cherry picking' what games to try and get points from for the rest of the season! But we can't win with our best team out, does that mean when we play Chelsea he'll put the reserves out? It'll end up an Aussie Ashes batting score! I wasn't thrilled at us getting Dowie, but once we'd decided we should have stuck with him until xmas at the very least, if not the whole season. That's as close as I've ever come to agreeing with Simon Jordan about anything! Curbs must be pissing himself, and not through old age or infirmity. One game in charge of West Ham and he beats Man U, which he never did in 15 years at Charlton. We still revel in the glory of a 3-3 draw with them due to being 3-1 down at one point..... Unless there's some corruption scandals waiting to hit English Football then we're down. We can barely stay above Watford, and everyone else keeps winning at least the odd game here and there. It seems our recent mid-table mediocrity lasted just long enough for us to be able to buy players who are good when it's going well, replacing many of the less talented battlers we had for so many years who'd be putting up a better fight than this. As would my nan (deceased).

So you're saying his acting was really good because he was playing it in an irritating style? Or that, because he may or may not be dying that we can't criticise his acting skills? I'm sure when he's older he'll find it embarrassing too, as most actors seem to do when shown 'hilarious' clips of themselves as child actors. That leaves the question, to whom should I address my respect Guest, and for what? If I know that I will more accurately be able to decide what appropriate level of respect is due. Wouldn't want to show mere 'respect' if 'Respec'' is better suited, what a potential faux pas wrapped in a banana skin! In a ball bearing factory. I am quite happy at the moment, thank you for asking.

Well done Hein. I like the new suit by the way. Is there some way you could dispose of Ms. deWinter as well. She is a complete F*****g pain in the arse with a gob on her like the Mersey Tunnel. That's rather unfair on the Mersey Tunnel don't you think? I do, as presumably that closes for maintenance occasionally and allows two way traffic?

The Debenhams advert with the Santa Baby re-re-remix where you have the chap in a dapper red suit and a closely trimmed grey beard (looking a bit like Tim Curry I think) looking damnably cool and riding a snowmobile powered sleigh.. I'd let it go as average xmas toss and only give it the two fingered award (the Barry Scott award for fairly bad adverts) but that shot straight up to a one fingered award (the Ferrero Rocher award for outstanding servces) when I heard the obligatory rap in said remix stated that you could find 'DJ santa on the wheels of steel'. Twice. If I ever meet the creator of that advert I reckon I owe him at least one barrel each for that, although I might have to join a queue. I also thought Honez was pronounced 'Hones' by the way, but that's the glory of the English language. We only ever try to pronounce words phonetically if we don't already know how to pronounce them...

Now now Rebecca, I think you'll find that people don't just get picked on at random on this site, and certainly not just for talking. Some get criticised for their posting abilities, but if it was just irrelevence that got "people" to use members 'as a vehicle for their anger at the world' (very modest by the way) then I'd have been banned long ago. Do you think that because we chat on the internet and don't really know each other that we should all agree all of the time or say things like 'that's not my view, but I respect and value our differences' to avoid disagreements? I quite like the fact that I can disagree with or take the piss out of people that I think deserve it and it can remain a war of words; for people who need to sort disputes out with fists there's always the pub. Why should I sort stuff out face to face with people I don't know, is that more honest? I'm not for pointless mud-slinging, but some well aimed mud at deserved recipients is all part of the fun for me. Everyone has the opportunity to defend themselves on this site, whether they choose to or are able to is down to them. One can only hope that this cruel world will soon move on and pick a more deserving person as its punchbag... I have no dog to kick, wife to bash (only a bishop, and he's getting a bit bruised through repeat attacks) or husband to nag. I could try stabbing the imaginary cat sitting on my lap, but that leads to the same problem I've got with the bishop.... I think I was taught pretty good manners as a child, but what I've learned since growing up (well, getting older) is that not all situations deserve these manners to be applied to them.

No......he dead You took 2 1/2 years to respond to the question, I expected a little more.... Accuracy, grammar, humour, relevance; any one of those would have been a start. If you want to successfully make it out on Xmas Eve I'd start tying your shoelaces now if I were you.

Indeed you did. But (if I understand correctly, big if) as you're using the line to respond to the question 'is this thread in good taste?', your answer effectively avoids the question by pretty much saying 'well, it's all judged as bad taste on this site isn't it?'. I admit I've then made the mistake of presuming that you meant 'if it's all judged as bad taste anyway, what does it matter if threads are in good taste or not?' hence the bit of my reply Dr H picked out. My apologies if you didn't mean that. God you must hate me...

Yep, I made a bit of a mess of that, my 'logic' came up with the cunning plan of changing the name of a topic to suit the deviation rather than starting a new one by splitting the current one... At least I realised the Moderator/Moderater difference I suppose, do I get some points for that? And as the whole raison d'etre of this topic has been resolved, I agree that this thread should indeed get locked as soon as a new 'moderator' topic has been set up, if one is required.

Fair enough, I wasn't asking for an actual line to be drawn, I know we're already considered (by those 'I consider myself to be a broad-minded chap, but...' Daily Mail readers etc.) to be on fairly shaky moral ground as a whole on this site as it is. What I suppose I meant was that, although I said 'crossed the line of decency', that wasn't supposed to be a request to have the thread deleted or censored. Just my usual 'beating about the bush' way of saying that personally I don't like the sentiment of the thread, but I don't expect to be agreed with all of the time. I just wanted my opinion to be noted for a change even if it's just to be ignored; I'm not going to start ranting on this thread even if it eventually reaches Dickie O magnitude. I'm not even sure why I find it more offensive than some of the fairly controversial stuff that appears on here, maybe it just seemed to me to have been designed as a bit of ranter-bait. Saying that, had the question been asked of me down the pub, I'd probably give an answer and not thought of it in bad taste; an argument I've used against guest ranters before so I suppose that makes me a bit of a hypocrite. However, just because this is considered a fairly tasteless site by the majority of 'normal' people, that isn't in itself an excuse to post any old thing without considering the moral implications. I mean, we don't post porn, we don't tolerate racism or sexism or homophobia, necrophilia etc. so the fact this is a death related site doesn't make this a moral vacuum free-for-all. This is a general example by the way, I'm not trying to say that this thread is like that, it's just I don't like the 'the whole site's already in bad taste' justification for posting, whatever the post is about. There, done now. What was the question again?

Perhaps the title of this thread should now be changed, as the Moderaters no longer exist and the discussion has moved over to the role and selection of the Moderators. Look at me trying to stay on topic! Erm... I thought it was interesting that IYG was a moderator that got banned, then was reinstated with a new account straight away as a moderator again, posted from about 3 different logins (and guest names) with each one claiming to be the real Spartacus IYG. And, none of them claimed they would be back for any length of time, so how was that decision made? I don't really want an answer, I was just trying to stay on topic. 2007, vote TLC for Moderator!

I hate to admit it but I actually think this thread has crossed the line of decency. Well, by more distance than most of the other threads anyway. Perhaps the Sun should provide us with a thoughtful guide as to how long members of the general public should leave it before discussing the shaggability of recently deceased famous people's ex-spouses?

I take my views from the Bible. The Bible says it is a shame for a woman to have authority over a man and I quite agree for Thatcher's misrule was a great shame to the Nation. Xenon II: Mega Blast .... SUCKS .... Lemmings ..... in the arcades several years later. What as in, "she has authority over me, that's a bit of a shame"? Which particular bit of the bible have you decided to take out of context to suit your own pre-formed sexist views anyway? It's interesting that not even the church complain about women being in charge these days (except for in a few key religious positions of course), and oddly even in the most sexist (not sexiest) of times in history women still manage to become Queen i.e. considered only fit to do the most subservient tasks, or run the country.... I'm sure if I could be arsed to read The Good Book I'd find a bit that clearly shows how anyone who names themselves after a 1980's Amiga game is a twat. In the same way that some Jehova's Witnesses once proved to me the bible had predicted the (then current) Balkan conflict by showing me a passage that said, "and brother will turn against his brother" or something equally conclusive. I bet the Generals on all sides were shitting themselves when they realised the Bible had such detailed...erm...details of all their troop movements available to their rivals. No, not those sort of movements. Perhaps a new religious world order is on the cards, based on Christianity, male dominance and sci-fi type 'shootemup' computer games? It would be ridiculous if good old (well, dead) L Ron Hubbard hadn't already beaten you to it. Now if it was Rob Hubbard starting up a new religion (he of the C64 music for Delta, I-Ball, IK+ etc.) I'd sign up like a shot.... Oh, and what Thatcher did to our country was because she was a gritty, tough, uncompromising Prime Minister (who went against the rules but got results), not because she was a woman. I personally wouldn't piss on her if she was on fire, but her gender is most definitely not the issue for me.

Oops, sorry, did I just wander into the dating thread? [whistle] Carry on, pretend I'm not here. [/whistle] That Richard O'Sullivan chap, eh? Ah. Erm, goodness is that the time? Must go.

I wouldn't be too sure of that. Yes I suspect there will be a good deal of cheering going on but she was the UK's first female PM and the only one with any balls to take on the unions. Discussions have already taken place about whether she will get a state funeral and the Brits being the Brits will suffer from short memory syndrome and turn out to mourn her in droves. No one likes it. No one likes feminazis. As a female, it was an embarrasment to the country as "leader". It brings the office of PM intro disrepute to have a female occupy it. No one wants to pay for this sick bitches funeral. I am sure it is not short of a bob or two, let the white trash pay for its own funeral. No one likes an extremist and no one but a fascist wants it to have a state funeral. It is a raper of British history and that's what people will be mourning, its reign of terror and Britain's decreased standing in the world thanks to its gross mismanagement and certainly not IT. BTW, did I mention I HATE the good for nothing gender identity confused bitch? You have a very 1580's view of women for a 1980's computer game...

I've just googled 'lard bazaar' - 565 results, one of them being a wholesaler for, ahem...marital aids. Sorry, had to join in... TLC - worldwide 22,600,000, UK 886,000. My full name, nothing. I one day hope the French transport company I share my surname with tries to corner the uk market as my surname.co.uk website might get a few extra hits i.e. some. Not that there's anything there anymore, I kind of lost interest after discovering I could just about create web pages, but couldn't then think of anything to put on them.... The (seriously) planned virtual Asda shopping 3D reality experience never really got going due to my not being arsed enough to get the photos developed....

Much better to wait until they're dead and then stare at them is it, corpse watcher? And I don't even think my mum knows any of the other DL'ers, so it's probably just me she's ashamed of.

I'd go as far as to suggest that that's a rule applicable to all of us, not just Roy. All of us bar Clive Dunn anyway...

Not sure if it would have been that pleasant for the salesman if she was still chewing the bacon sandwich at the time of said pleasuring....

But more than 2,000 people have purchased 'Jive Bunny' records over the years. Collective stupidity and mass stupidity are still both stupidity at the end of the day. Not actually having a go at Joe on this occasion, just making the point that many more than 2,000 people can easily be wrong about the same thing at the same time. If not, the height of football crowd troubles in the 80's would be looked at as proof that the violence was the right thing to do at the time. After all, several thousand drunken raging testosterone-fuelled 'fans' can't be wrong, and they often played in front of packed stadium audiences of up to 40,000 people every week.

To be fair, you make much better wine from those sour grapes than we do with ours...

YES! Second from bottom, I wish I could say the only way is up.... but my mate Yazz was always much better at it. Got in late, only found out Charlton were even playing tonight when I put the TV on to see what happened in the Champion's League. The mighty Les Reed takes us to a new level i.e. he'd not won a game before. He might not need a very big scrapbook to keep a record of the rest of our victories this season though.

Indeed, you set such a high standard Banshee. Although worryingly a well groomed mare would be almost over qualified, what with the extra legs.

I think it was from complications following weight loss surgery. Here we go: "The lymphatic system in her legs was damaged in one of 5 sessions of surgery to remove excess skin during her weight loss." Ta Vinegar Tits. And thanks for not taking a dig at my terrible 'clogged up' and 'overloaded' pun attempts. This was the reason I was looking for her cause of death, because I was surprised that she might not have died of Bloat, as the person above suggested. Not much doubt that that's a weight related death, as she wouldn't have had the surgery if she wasn't so jolly shaped.

Strange, I thought that these were the most dangerous toys: (big gun) and (big plane) and (big tank) Those'll teach grandchildren a game or two. regards, Hein Surely the above three are for upholding international justice and keeping the peace? If I fell over onto one of the four objects above, I know which one would have my eye out... Still, none of them are as dangerous as running with scissors not pointing downwards. No 1 killer in most scissor saturated societies I heard. From a drunken varant who'd really let himself go, but that's no reflection on his grasp of the troubles in today's harsh world. Back to xmas, I've got someone one of those damned clever Puzzleball thingies. Anything with the opening line 'Once we thought the world was as flat as a puzzle, now we know it's as round as...... a Puzzleball!' in its TV advert can only be a force for good, and not full of its own importance by any means.