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waxwing · Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 719 Location: China

So, this is my suggestion for 'thread title most likely to result in 100 pages of flames'.

Any other suggestions? Maybe we can make a top 10? Very Happy

Communist Smurf · Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 330 Location: San Francisco

I got two:

1. Canada: Living in America's shadow.

2. Australia: The small island off the coast of New Zealand.

I think we could spice up the first one by including something in the first post that discusses how America should invade them where the invasion would begin and end by America faxing them an eviction notice.

C. Smurf

P.S. Hmm, maybe even just an SMS would do...

Bindair Dundat · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 1123

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

How about "Children As Baggage" I recall taking some serious flames for that facetious remark a couple of months ago - though it seemed/s pretty innocuous to me..................

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

(Disclaimer: I do NOT agree at all with the implied content of the potential thread listed below. So don't flame me!)

"No degree? GET LOST!"

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denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

Oh, and how about...

"Americans are people, too!"

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Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

How about "The wonderful attributes of Americans".

Oh yeah we already have that one and it has about 50 pages on it.

So Spiral it was you that said that. Wink

I'm off to Canada now. Ciao

cimarch · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 358 Location: Dalian

Easy,

"How to get your Middle School students into bed"

"Calling all pedophiles, teach ESL in Asia"

"I took some great photos of women and posted them on the Net. Oh and I'm and old fat pervert"

"Please comeing to woreking with me I forigner work in great fantastic school in beautifuly historic ...... (fill in the blank) they paying us so many money 2500 yuan!!!!!"

zaneth · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:12 am Post subject:

You've all seen that thingy for generating postcards? They use it as a teaching exercise sometimes? Or the computer that generates psychoanalytical comments to a patient (Hm, that's very interesting. How does that relate to your mother?)

We need a computer program to generate responses in a thread. Give it an OP, then wind it up and let it go. Put a time lag in it and let real people occasionally input a post.

Include one of those web search thingys (spider, bot?) so it could look things up and post websites. Include a list of everybody's favorite phrases (I don't think you understood what I was saying, That's quite an assumption to make, Where did I say that, etc.) And, of course a spell/grammar checker (enabled only for reading previous posts).

Bindair Dundat · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 1123

Communist Smurf · Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 330 Location: San Francisco

RVN · Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 62 Location: China

If Americans are going to use our language they should bloody well learn how to do it properly, like wot we do, innit?

ilunga · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 842 Location: China

Anything with 'American' in the title seems strangely popular.

Is that American thread any good? And why is 'defence' spelt with an 's'? What's that all about?

zaneth · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject:

I got sucked into it for a while, and there are some interesting things there, but you're probably better off without it.

Nice avatar.

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

' Honest opinions & observations of China '

A tried & tested thread which will be followed with the inevitable 'if you don't like it you should go home'

'I've never taught or traveled before, can anyone please tell me where I should work & who I should work for, I am looking for the highest salary and shortest hours possible '

Usually followed by lot of posts demanding the OP do a search

' Anything to do with EF '

Always lots to talk about there

'Anything to do with dating - goes down like a sh*t sandwich on the Japanese forum'

As stated, not popular on the Japanese forum, incredibly popular on the Chinese forum & not mentioned on the Indonesian forum - draw your own conclusions about tha one!

T_P Cool