maddog Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 spent all last week coughing, and still am, one of them horrible coughs that start with a tickle at the back of ones throat, usually as one picks the phone up to answer a call and ends up in a two minute coughing fit. Oh and the next person who tells me to go to the Doctors................. ........?? Did you trail off in a coughing fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 ... football is something I really don't ever think I will get cross or upset about ever again. Wait until we play ManUre in the Cup at BP, and Ronaldo is brought on as a sub to perform a double, forward, inward twist with pike and tuck, to win a 'penalty' in the twelfth minute of added Fergie time, to stop us getting a big pay-day at the Trafford Nike ballpark, and a chance to test the accoustics there. I think you might just get proper wound up - I know I shall, grown up or not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 OWTB has a swear word filter in place due to the nature of it's motif - football! We have members from all over the world, probably many different religions, races, genders - and all ages. As a site set up to provide a place for Latics fans and football fans to voice their opinions without excessive flaming, a place where Latics fans can socialise, a place for Latics fans to enjoy their interests, plus much, much more, we instituted a swear filter to keep this as friendly a place as possible for all. What happens on the terraces, on the streets, in the schoolyard, on other forums, or with what individuals do "at the game" is none of our concern. It does not mean we have to play ball regarding forum policy, on the basis that is goes on elsewhere. Everybody (I mean everybody - all members) is doing a great job on here of making this a great forum community, our format, communication and approach is well liked. This site receives very few complaints from its users - and at the moment of going to press, not one OWTB user has a warning against them. We can safely attribute all of this to a combination of good people (this means you - the members!), good policies, and good moderation. If you have an opinion on the swear filtering, please read the forums guidelines thoroughly, take a moment to understand why we uphold it, who might be reading the posts, and what ideas you might have on how we may be able to improve it. We are always listening and have made improvements to OWTB based on input before. So, no matter if you were involved in the moderation of the site or not, please PM us and let us know what you think about word filtering, and how you might improve the system. Thanks for listening, Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspectormorose Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 me,it's like Groundhog Day. You're gonna have to keep repeatin' this G until you can do it without swearing :laught16: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeTripe Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 (edited) Hang on a mo, didn't I post summat here yesterday??????? Maybe I dreamt it, no I'm sure I put something, it involved something about swearing, a comment to DS about being bothered and an answer to Mads about me coughing. I'm sure I posted it obviously not. Edit: I'm sure it didn't contain swearing or any attempt to get around it Edited October 24, 2007 by StipeTripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeTripe Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 So did your swearing skulduggery cos some deletion? Did I get caught in the cossfire I wonder? I'm still confused as to whether I posted. Oh and G I don't think anybody would have tackled you directly, think it would have been done in a missive to the Moderators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekWilson_1968 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 So did your swearing skulduggery cos some deletion? Did I get caught in the cossfire I wonder? I'm still confused as to whether I posted. Oh and G I don't think anybody would have tackled you directly, think it would have been done in a missive to the Moderators. Afternoon all, just been talking to G, message to all of you.............................. RIGHT OFF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Afternoon all, just been talking to G, message to all of you.............................. RIGHT OFF. Ahem ......................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Afternoon all, just been talking to G, message to all of you.............................. RIGHT OFF. Cheers Derek. I wonder what all of us think about that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeTripe Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Cheers Derek. I wonder what all of us think about that... I think its not the first time G has told one, two or all of us to do that, its only words after all, and quite frankly anybody who takes offence at her tellin' them where to go is, and I make no apologies for refering back to Stephen Fry, a faking lunatic, ina world of "mad silly prissy people". In ones opinion, like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 On a different note, I stayed up quite late last night, and found myself watching a bit of the opening ceremony of some type of boys rounders game over in the Colonies. They announced that the Anthem was a special arrangement done for the occasion and conducted by, “the maestro, the leading composer of the age, the epitome of our culture.” It was the bloke who wrote the Indiana Jones theme music. And it was crap, consisting of the normal anthem with a couple of deliberately wrong notes. I haven’t had a regrettable prejudice reinforced so strongly since I read an article that said Julie Burchill was the most intelligent woman in Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sheridans_world Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 On a different note, I stayed up quite late last night, and found myself watching a bit of the opening ceremony of some type of boys rounders game over in the Colonies. They announced that the Anthem was a special arrangement done for the occasion and conducted by, “the maestro, the leading composer of the age, the epitome of our culture.” It was the bloke who wrote the Indiana Jones theme music. And it was crap, consisting of the normal anthem with a couple of deliberately wrong notes. I haven’t had a regrettable prejudice reinforced so strongly since I read an article that said Julie Burchill was the most intelligent woman in Britain. Do you enjoy watching boys rounders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Do you enjoy watching boys rounders? It got too exciting for me before they even threw a ball so I went to bed. There is a 5-page thread about it going on somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I think its not the first time G has told one, two or all of us to do that, its only words after all, and quite frankly anybody who takes offence at her tellin' them where to go is, and I make no apologies for refering back to Stephen Fry, a faking lunatic, ina world of "mad silly prissy people". In ones opinion, like. Nice to see you giving your "Opinion , like" as you say "they are only words after all" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 It got too exciting for me before they even threw a ball so I went to bed. There is a 5-page thread about it going on somewhere... Your anti-baseball rant is hardly in keeping with your status as a "Global Moderater". If I were in the Colonies, I might be quite upset and immoderate about your incendiary remarks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Your anti-baseball rant is hardly in keeping with your status as a "Global Moderater". If I were in the Colonies, I might be quite upset and immoderate about your incendiary remarks. But it wasn't an anti-baseball rant, it was bemoaning the perceived cultural vacuity of said colonies, and indeed made reference to my attempts to rehabilitate myself from prejudices relating it and other things. And it's not my fault if they play girls games, rather than cricket like what proper blokes ought to when they aren't kicking a ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeTripe Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Baseball, Americans, big bag of plop, spot the difference. Anyway IM has reminded me of Stig of the Dump, one of my favourite books as a nipper, this was its fantastic cover at the time Just thought I'd share, those of a certain age may well have been reading the same edissue. Another favourite around then was " The Seige Of Trapps Mill", I've never met anybody else whose read that, I still have a copy somewhere. Just thought I'd share that, Rivals might on the plus side allow mere words into a message that cause some to recoil in abject horror, but on the downside it won't let me paste images. Messageboard yin and indeed yang innit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Stig of the Dump came in very handy when a pikey Lewisham-born Palace supporting colleague asked me if I was born where Kes is set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gillianfn Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I was going to share my Stig of the Dump story with everyone, but I find it impossible to do without resorting to the use of profanity, so I shan't bother. But good afternoon all. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspectormorose Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Anyway IM has reminded me of Stig of the Dump Well you're no oil painting yerself,two hat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gillianfn Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 ust the lyrics A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile and I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while but February made me shiver with every paper I delivered, bad news on the door step, I couldn't take one more step, I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride but something touched me deep inside, the day, the music, died. So... CHORUS Bye, bye Miss American Pie drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye singin this will be the day that I die, this will be the day that I die. Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above, if the bible tells you so, and do you believe in rock n' roll, can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow? Well I know that you're in love with him cuz I saw you dancin in the gym you both kicked off your shoes and I dig those rhythm and blues. I was a lonely teenage bronkin buck with a pink carnation and a pick up truck but I knew I was out of luck, the day, the music, died. I started singin... Chorus Now for ten years we've been on our own and moss grows fat on a rollin stone but that's not how it used to be, when the jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean and a voice that came from you and me, oh and while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown the courtroom was adjourned, no verdict was returned, and while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park and we sang dirges in the dark, the day, the music, died. We were singin... Chorus Helter Skelter in a summer swelter the birds flew off with a fallout shelter, eight miles high and fallin fast, its the land that falled on the grass the players tried for a forward pass with the jester on the sidelines in a cast, now the half-time air was sweet perfume while the sergeants played a marching tune we all got up to dance oh but we never got the chance oh as the players tried to take the field the marching band refused to yield do you recall what was revealed, the day, the music, died. We started singin... Chorus Oh and there we were all in one place, a generation lost in space with no time left to start again, so come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack Flash sat on a candle stick because fire is the devils only friend, oh and as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clinched in fists of rage, no angel born in hell could break that satan's spell and as the planes climbed high into the night to light the sacrificial right I saw satan laughing with delight, the day, the music, died. He was singin... Chorus I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news but she just smiled and turned away, I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before but the man there said the music wouldn't play and in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried, and the poets dreamed but not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken and the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, they caught the last train for the coast, the day, the music, died, and they were singin... Chorus They were singin... Bye, bye Miss American Pie drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye singin this will be the day that I die. It's been troubling me since February 3rd 1959 but can anyone throw any light on what this means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Not one but two people in work have just used Shaggy's "It wasn't me," trick on me - they've sat there and told me that they have never done something that I spent every Monday morning analysing for about a year up until a couple of months ago. Time for home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeTripe Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Well you're no oil painting yerself,two hat! LOL never thought of it like that, but you have got the look of him And G nice to see you post summat that involved no swearing, IM told me you had on saturday, but I didn't believe him and quite frankly couldn't be arised checking until now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Just been and picked a new suit for the first time in about 7 years (I worked for a properly expensive suit company at the time so didn't feel the need to update my range). Then, I had to spend over £100 on alterations because the drop from chest size to waist was so abnormally large. This time, wearing a belt will do the job. I need a pie to make the hurt go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Just been and picked a new suit for the first time in about 7 years (I worked for a properly expensive suit company at the time so didn't feel the need to update my range). Then, I had to spend over £100 on alterations because the drop from chest size to waist was so abnormally large. This time, wearing a belt will do the job. I need a pie to make the hurt go away. That's way too technical for the likes of me. Are you saying that you're a fat ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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