Brinsworth House Baiter

Mine's eight inches.

Then I hope you will still be merrily singing its praises should it go on to become as popular as the Dicky O' thread. Be careful what you wish for and all that... Oh yes indeedy, I love this thread, and would be bereft if it were to be deleted. In fact I love it so much that as long as it exists I'll keep it on the first page. Aha! Is this perchance the act of being ironic? I look forward to seeing your Wincey avatar.

Then I hope you will still be merrily singing its praises should it go on to become as popular as the Dicky O' thread. Be careful what you wish for and all that...

Sterling work, TLC. An Iain thong will be on its way to you shortly. Reading this thread all the way through was how I originally came to be here...I posted as a guest & was invited to join by a gentleman called Godot. Like buying my three litre Capri in the nineties, joining this forum became one of the best decisions of my life. Slightly disappointed that you chose to taint your post with slurs against the Dicky demi-god, but your marathon read is also your redemption. Just out of interest, how long did it take you?

Aw, thanks, y'all, I'm touched. Really, I am and I love that pic Captain Oates...would you mind if I tried to doctor it for an avatar? Oh, Canadian Paul, thanks for the pic of Alyson Hanigan! Being a massive Buffy fan that really made me smile & gave me an early morning rise. She's recognisable over here, but I think most people refer to her as 'that bird who stuffed a flute up her chuff one time at band camp' from American Pie. I had no idea she shared my birthday & I am rather pleased that you have brought it to my attention, as it makes a pleasant change to be co-evil with someone semi-interesting- as against Sharon Corr, Tommy Hilfiger, Nick Lowe & Sir Alan Sugar. Oh, and WWF's 'Undertaker.' Thank you all again!

Thanks Newfie, I like that a lot. To me, that's ironic, but be prepared to have your post thoroughly inspected by the 'Irony Police'. I'm really glad I started this thread now, because not only has it received the wonderful post above, but it has also patently proved that nobody here is actually certain of the definition of irony. Not even the Death List's appointed expert, Alanis. Everyone seems to be saying 'um, well, I don't think this is irony, but then I might be wrong...so what does everyone else think?' or 'here's an article about irony, but it's by Wikipedia so it might not be reliable, so oh my gosh, is that irony in itself?' To me, the greatest irony is that people admitting to not being sure what irony is are posting to say what they do or do not think qualifies as such.

I think the first two criteria are good, but the third one is a little shady. Just because no one felt the need to mention them makes them "Not Famous Enough?" For example, no one mentioned Rick James before he died, but certainly he was famous enough in the UK (and to get his own thread on the forums after his death, but I'll leave that can of worms closed for now). Perhaps a third thread? "Famous enough, but not a near miss" Oh, and before you ask, I didn't browse through old threads to find a name that was mentioned only after death. Superfreak started playing on my iPod. I have an idea.Supposing the moderators just create a new thread entitled 'iains posts' so anyone who want to find out what total non entities or marginally semi-famous people have died can go there,and I can stop making posts on th e near misses thread.Then if you never want to see my posts again you can just avoid the 'iains posts' thread.Is that a goer? Why not? And, hey, why stop there? Perhaps the mods could also rename the whole forum after yourself? Personally I think this might also raise merchandise sales. I for one would rush to buy an Iain thong.

That sucks, but I don't think it quite qualifies as irony... but I'm sure there's bigger grammar Nazis than me out there who can verify that... Irony is more like, well... let's say you write an article about how safe a certain neighborhood in your city is, and then get murdered in it the day the article comes out. Am I right or not? I'm not sure, but I personally thought that the fact that the poor sod always dreamt of climbing this mountain & that, when he finally did so, he died shortly after, was pretty ironic. The point was that I thought it was worthy of sharing, wasn't sure where to place it & after consulting a mod finally placed it here. At the time the title ironic deaths struck me as more concise than 'deaths that suck but I don't think they quite qualify as irony.' And the fact that I have caused Canadian Paul to start mass debating, quite frankly, makes me feel dirty.

"Tony's impersonation of Cherie was nowhere near as gruesome as the real thing."

Much obliged, sir. 'Tis always nice to be able to put a face to a tragedy.

Thanks Bou. I just had to share this & apologies if someone has already mentioned this, but I was kinda losing the will to live using the search facility. This was in the Sun today...doubt there's a link anywhere so I'll type it in: CLIMBER,79, DIES A man died of a heart attack hours after texting his wife to say he had fulfilled his dream of climbing a mountain. Geoffrey Haworth, 79, had wanted to scale Majorca's 1,840 ft. Morey mountain since he & wife Kath bought a flat nearby 20 years ago. The ex-school's inspector achieved his goal while on holiday with friends & immediately sent a text to Kath, 77, back home in the UK. But friends later found Geoffrey, from Eaton, Norfolk, dead in his flat. Kath said: "He was so pleased he had finally done the climb." What a lovely story and well worth all the crap I shall no doubt endure for starting a new thread...

"If I hear the words mortgage repayment again, I'll..."

Why the hell are they waiting so long for sentencing? Surely he's proven that, if not that he has no plans of rehabilition anytime soon, that he's a serious repeat offender? I think it's dubious as to how serious anyone can be whilst permanently ripped off their tits, but the repetition is certainly not open to debate.

That's fatherhood for you. I should imagine it's still at the 'mustard' stage... happy days.

Thanks Six, that has cheered me up immensely... An amazing feat actually, seeing as I am currently so happy happiness should be outlawed

No, probably not, but then in all fairness I should imagine that it's quite tricky to competently play a drumkit whilst suspended from a noose. Now that definitely was a split infinitive BHB. I'll take your word for it, or ask Stephen Fry when I see him...whichever's soonest...

You can get sentenced just for changing your drugs now? Jeez... Blair was right after all...tough on crime...

Yes, we know. I posted that yesterday on the Not Famous But... thread. Do you ever read any other thread in this forum or do you come straight here? You did the same with the fellow eaten by a crocodile.... What's more, you couldn't even spell his name right.... The crocodile had a name? Really?

No, probably not, but then in all fairness I should imagine that it's quite tricky to competently play a drumkit whilst suspended from a noose.

That subject sir, is quite dead. There is to be no more mention of post-whoring, post-Nazism or post-quality. Post-mortem is another thing altogether... Just doing my part to serve Lord Cthulhu But what if, as did happen in my original post to which you are referring, a legitimate subject unwittingly mixes with an illegitimate subject? A postal eclipse, if you will. Will the original, legitimate post then become shunned by decent society & scorned on Sundays by the village preacher? Will the community cross the street, whispering behind their hands when it approaches? And what, pray, of the illegitimate post which has sparked this contoversy? Placed in the stocks & pelted with rotten vegetables? Locked away with minor, cross-bred & insane members of the Royal Family, such as Marjorie? I feel this is a pertinent question born from confusing times & the fact that I've got some really, really good sh*t at the moment.

Oh, all right, i'll do it... Congratulations on your 2000th post Windsor!

doooo kno tht women n children wer saved first n not really all tht amusin is it really! I know this isn't on topic, but why is it that practically almost every unregistered guest that comes on here is virtually illiterate? I mean, nobody minds the odd spelling mistake here & there, but there's not even a pretence of trying in the above is there? Eighteen words & only 10 are spelt correctly. I'd have let them have the two n's if they'd been accompanied by those upside down apostrophe things, lol. Sorry, but I'm amazed these people can boot up a PC, let alone find their way onto here. F*****g juvenile delinquent text generation tossers. Yes, I've had a bad day.

Godot wrote: Have you ever pondered whether a smiled 'top of the morning, you train bothering scallywag' or the purchase of the odd, occasional carnation may have altered events & spared ol' Buster the noose? Could it have been his disappointment of the gent in the purple top hat & shades looking the other way every morning that led to his depression & eventual trip to the hardware store to enquire about the tensile qualities of rope? It just goes to prove the positive qualities of exchanging pleasantries with strangers, especially at train stations. I just don't know how you sleep at night, mate.

'Save Tookie'...ah, behold the power that is the posthumous protest group. I wonder if this guest poster is also wearing a 'Free Nelson Mandela' tee-shirt whilst attempting to save the Thames whale? And I just love 'gooberment'...I think it lends itself wonderfully to Tony Blair's premiership.

Nope....I'll leave it....but I'm so very tempted, lol... For me it would have to be the whole bottle of bourbon & pills death of a rock star thing, but knowing my luck I'd get the full Elvis version, conking out on the bog with my kecks around my ankles & porn at my feet...dying by my own hand... damn, I've just gone full circle...