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eclectic



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:46 pm    Post subject: Tag-Team Pomposity Reply with quote
Why is it that certain "folks" feel the need to demean others on this forum? How does smug pomposity and condescension play a part in the abnormal behavior of neurotic and jaded persons?

Better yet, how much longer will these individuals be permitted to participate in this forum?

And why is it, that people cannot post reasonable questions here without the above-mentioned miscreants trying to boost their self-esteems through demeaning others?

Any ideas, Kipling or VS?
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scot47



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Any others that you would care to name as "Enemies of the People" ?

HUAC is alive !
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johnslat



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ah scot - you're just envious because you weren't singled out for mention.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Green with jealousy, my dear Superhero JohSlat.
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Pikgitina



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
eclectic, I think this question has been asked a few times before in various ways - why don't you do a search?

Laughing Just teasing - I always feel sorry for newcomers who are berated for not having done a search before asking. Perhaps Dave's should have a "read-this-before-your-first-post page". Gotta love those hyphens... Anyway, such a page may make things (seem) a bit, uhm, less abrasive.

I think it's important not to be too sensitive around here. Lots of tongue-in-cheek things get said. Also, if you don't like it but need info, try to sift through the banter for the info you need (as Mr Mead so skillfully did in the thread that this one is based on) and ignore the remarks you feel are unpleasant/directly aimed at you.

In Kipling's defense, I thought he was really just having fun (with you) - as you clearly were, too. Or did I misinterpret it? Confused

And VS? Oh well, she's clearly here to stay. And why shouldn't she? She replies to most posts and most of the time has at least something to offer.

By the way VS, I used to really like your previous avatar, the magic lamp. Why did you change it?

And here endeth the sermon. Wink

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Pikgitina



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
On rereading your post, I wondered how "smug pomposity and condescension", "the abnormal behaviour of neurotic and jaded persons" and "miscreants" wouldn't also be regarded as "demeaning". Shocked
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007



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pikgitina wrote:
By the way VS, I used to really like your previous avatar, the magic lamp. Why did you change it?

Well, in fact, Mama Lock (i.e. VS) did not change the magic lamp. Her magic lamp was stolen by Ali Baba in Muscat some years ago, and sent to be sold in the Magic Lamps auctions in the Magic Kingdom! Laughing
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veiledsentiments



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Twice now the hosting site of my avatar has disappeared. I too loved my lamp. 007 tried to find it again for me, as did others... but in vain. A friend lent me her kitty...

Now back to the previously recorded program...

VS
(eclectic... if you haunt discussion boards, you need a rather thickish skin... Laughing)
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eclectic



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I playfully wrote "I and my wife", then quite deliberately added parentheses, just in case someone may have missed the joke, and was quite disappointed