Laughing... trying.. to ... type... Would asking "what dufflebag came up with that rule ?" be against tos?

Yes Cyberstretch, that's what got Entropic suspended first time around. Larking about with BlackHearted (I think that's who it was). I got suspended for ribbing a mod in good humour as part of an apology to her. I think atthisstage definitely has the award for the most obtuse ban so far though. shrug What they really mean is "you're pissing us off, so piss off". There doesn't need to be a TOS violation as such (they'll invent one if they feel the need). PoserPros banned (permanently) RonKnights just for pissing them off, so it isn't unique to here. Of course, it was RonKnights so nobody cared; not even enough to object to the principle - not even some of the people objecting here (except me, for a laugh) . Principles are a fickle comodity.

You should rephrase that to "what clothes hamper came up with that rule?"; unless all items that hold dirty laundry have been prohibited. ;0)

Priceless! Dufflebag? LMAO!

Ah! So that's what made it TOSable - a Dufflebag just lies around in the forums full of dirty socks, suntans, and undress greens. ;]

Personally, I was thinking of the alternate meaning of "dirty laundry", but that would probably do as well, IB. ;0)

LOL.... Ironbear...you're a beanbag!

Cracker Tin or bookmark or whay ever...this is kind of amusing...

Nnnnoooooooo.... that's Guido. ;]

Oh-oh watch your steps Jackie...do we see a TOS violation...attacking another member...beanbag ;-)

... s'okay PJ, I mentioned inch-caliber ordinance, not the metric variety. IB: Undressing a Green isn't too awful bad, so long as you can get out of her apartment right after the act, hopefully before she starts talking politics. Jeff: Damn, dude... that must be one iron-fisted dufflebag up at the PTB that requires a banning/suspension/whatever based on even the most harmless and obtuse insults. You do realize that the forums will prolly come alive with the new official word of the week, yes? /P

Nope...I didn't call him a Dufflebag. A beanbag is a whole different aminal...LOL...

LOL @ Jackie !!!

ROFL@Jackie.

ROTFLMAO... Jackie, you bad girl... I'm not sure if you should have your backside spanked or not.

Please? :)

She'd probably enjoy that, Q. ;]

Lordy--I'm having a usenet flashback...

"You do realize that the forums will prolly come alive with the new official word of the week, yes?"

Whatever passes for a life ya know. Wish I had that kind of free time.

-Jeff

As long as you don't end up in The Killfile Dungeon, Mosca. ;]

Please? Oh cool... I get to spank someone instead of getting whipped. I'll be right over. Erm,, assuming that your other half doesn't object. :)

I think "dufflebag" ranks right up there with "moron factor". :0)

Can mods/admins be "suspended"/"banned", too?

"Whatever passes for a life ya know. Wish I had that kind of free time. -Jeff" I asked Santa to bring you some freetime, but he said you were bad. And he was watching, so he should know. Nah, Cyber. They're imune. Comes from having the "Magic Button". ;]

I think he'd mind Q...LOL But maybe IB will send you "Jackie" and you can spank her...LOL

Newp. Mine! All Mine! Bwahahahahahaha! ;]

Ko... "Four bags, a suitcase, and seven bannings ago.... Our for-umites brought forth upon this site, a new violation.... Conceived in idiocy, and dedicated to the preposition that not ALL members are created equal... And now we are engaged in a great uncivil discourse, Testing wether this forum or indeed, any forum, so percieved and so dedicated to the exposition of administerial disdain can long oudure. We are met in a great thread of this debate. We have come to dedicate a portion of this thread as the final suppository for those who here gave their all that this thread might live. It is alltogether fitting that we should do this. But - in a larger sense, we cannot predicate, we cannot punctuate, we cannot hallow these threads.... The brave men, both living and brain dead, who have driveled here have rendered it far beyond our poor powers to add, detract, or be fruitful and multiply. The larger world may little note what we have spewed here, but it shall long remember those who duffled long in this endeavor. And the duffers that endeavored. It is for us the livid rather to be predicated here to the unfinshed works for which those who fought here have thus far unobly deffered. It is rather for us to be here rededicated to these great tasks remaining before us -- that from these the honored banned we take increased demotions in that great cause for which they gave the last ful measure of defiance -- that we here highly resolve that these banned shall not have whittered in vain, nor in any vein, that thee threads by God! shall know a new dearth of freedom, and that an Internet of the people, by the people, and for people shall NOT perish from the Web." By gods, it may not make much sense, but it sure sounds pompous. ;]

ROFLMAO! Gees...that's a hoot! deja-vu

For the record, if anyone is keeping one, I saw atthisstage's/VS's posts over at another site and, indeed, both accounts have been suspended or banned; at least according to the screenshots. Since I was the one who asked for the screenshots, I figured I should let people know that I have seen them.

This is the frigging funniest thread I've read in AGES. IB you do pompous quite well ;) You big bunch of ironingboard covers!

Hey...if I call someone a pillowcase, does that constitute a bannable offense? Just checking :-)

only if they retaliate and hit you with the pillow

Err, I wonder what they would do if I called the nearest admin a dirty sock? /P

Linen! It's always the fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant that's the problem. Well, that and bedclothes, luggage and undergarments...

ROTFLOL....I haven't had this much fun since....Hell, I can't even remember! Penguinisto...I think dirty sock would be ok....now dirty shorts, THAT might raise some eyebrows :-)

Hmm - depends on how the shorts got dirty, yes? (I mean, grass-stained shorts is no big deal, but if I referred to them as, say, excrement-stained shorts (ie, stains commonly referred to as "racing stripes")... don't want to know what any reference to the more sebaceous fluids would cause, so we can safely say that such a reference is out of bounds. 'course, there are prolly far better things to burn one's brain cells on, yes? /P

Careful Xena - I have a Preamble to the Constipation and I'm not afraid to post it. Stand back! I'm warning you! ;]

Ironbear.....I issue this challenge to you...Post it!!!! And Pengy? I think the grass stained shorts would probably pass muster, but those racing stripes...man you better watch your step...eyes are watching! I mean, if you can get banned for calling someone a dufflebag, I can't even begin to imagine what calling them racing stripes would get you! I shudder to think!!!

Hmmm. VS asks a legitimate question, doesn't get an answer but instead gets a cryptic and egocentric answer, gets upset FOR GOOD REASON, and is banned for it.

Surprise, surprise.

*36. Re: Moved threads by JeffH on 10/23/02 18:28

"I have to break it down to which threads have the biggest moron-factor going on and boot those."*

Who wants to be the first to say 'Pot-Kettle-Black'? Or is the truth considered a personal attack?

Man, what a hoot! I haven't watched this forum for a long time a look what I missed! I'm a little fuzzy on this whole TOS thing. Can I get banned for calling myself a duffelbag? And if I give prior consent to be called a duffelbag, can I get banned if someone actually calls me a duffelbag? Or would that person get banned for using the term duffelbag to me even though I gave consent for it to be used? Oh, I'm so confused! As for the Preamble to the Constipation, IB, I for one would be greatful for the cultural enlightenment! We who hold these skid marks to be self evident.

Ko... You asked for it... ;] Preamble to the Constipation "WE the People of these Wildly Disorganised Forums, in Odor to form a more perfect Disunion, ensure Disharmony, Provide for uncommon Defensiveness in the Face of Argumentation, Promote the General Uproar, and to Secure the Fruits of Our Looms to ourselves and our Posteriors, do Hereby Ordain and Minister those Laxatives that shall be deemed most suitable for Rectal-Cranial Inversion wherever it is found, and in the Preparation of the H, to Establish this Constipation of the Divided Forums of these States of Ludicrosity." Concieved of in the Lavatory with Flatulence for All. ;] I haven't finished the Declaration of Incoherence yet. You'll just have to wait for it. The 12 Horsemen of the Apothecaries are still drafting Our Greivances.

retroactive bannings for everyone on expection of future TOS violations

When will the Bull of Wraths be ready?

I'll be reviewing the Hypercritics Oath should you need me..........

Just LOOKS at jmahoney Whenever you finish drafting them? ;] Who do I look like? George Washington Carver?

More like Washington Bridge Falloff-of-er ;P

Just when you think the stupidity has reached its zenith, they prove you wrong once again. Un-fucking-believable. I think I like the term "Ludicrosity" IB, Excellent name for this place don't you thnk? And the beat goes on...........

It fits. Should we have a contest to design a new Logo and Banner?

yes- but we must not decide upion the rules until half way through the contest.

We do need to announce the prizes now though so that after we cancel the public voting we can swap them out for different ones...

And then call everyone whiners when they complain about getting fucked. Ludicrosity, where the luggage matters.Now all we need is an image of the Daz Gorrilla throwing around a Samsonite, oops I said Samsonite, I guess I'll be next on the hit list.