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basiltherat · Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 952

I wonder if we could all do ourselves a favour and ensure that the topic title for starting a thread is clear and avoids ambiguity. Several times I have accessed a thread which I then realise i'm not particularly interested in because the title is so unclear. On the other hand, I dont want to miss threads that might be of interest to me. I know this is not a big deal but, all the same, it doesnt take much imagination to put a few relevant words together to make an appropriate title. Titles like "Hello" really dont help much. Just my tuppence worth.
thanks and regards
basil

gtidey · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 93

you should have called this thread "blah blah blah"

once again · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 815

If your time is so valuable that you couldn't risk clicking on a thread of little personal interest, maybe you shouldn't come here at all.

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

I've noticed that the people who commit these "heinous crimes" of mis-representing the posts are often people on their first or second post. They don't really know any better and usually someone sets them straight. Not a big deal IMO. We'll survive. Wink

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Just ignore any thread which has 'sex', 'western women', 'in defence of ...' or 'C@pergirl' and you'll probably find the thread is on topic

basiltherat · Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 952

I have a strong feeling this thread is soon going to be 'rubbished', so just to repeat that it would be helpful if thread titles could be on topic.
thanks and cya.
regards
basil
Smile

merlin · Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 12:27 pm Post subject:

I support you, Mr. Basil!
I Just don't click on vague titles. Political ones either.
but

Atlas · Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 662 Location: By-the-Sea PRC

yeah, clarity is a real owl under the pillow.

brevity is the gorilla of the McDonald's queue. So naturally you know my opinion on this very important topic of the day....

The greatest philosopher Neitszhzvche said
"Words are bricks,
or walls,
or something" ---i can't remember and who cares.

You know what really dogs my cats? COming home and kicking off my shoes when I am tired and then when I am late in the morning I can't put them on just as easily but I struggle for five minutes and then untie the laces and wear my shoes all day in disgust.

Hey that reminds me, I think I will use Steve Martin's book "Cruel Shoes" as my textbook this semester. THen berate my students if they don't see the humor in shinbone polish and dogs that steal art.

Hey, here's an excerpt:

Pointy Birds
by Steve Martin

Pointy birds,
oh pointy pointy.
Anoint my head
anointy 'nointy.

ok i'm done.

Jetgirly · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 741

For my (most horrible) Modern Canadian Poetry class last semester, I had to write a five-page paper on a poem. Here is the poem:

alongthehorizongrewanunbrokenlineoftrees

Evil or Very Mad

( <--- not part of the poem)

stillnosheep · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2068 Location: eslcafe

Wow Jetgirly, what was that IH Barcelona course like back in 2005?

merlin · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:23 am Post subject:

Atlas · Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 662 Location: By-the-Sea PRC

gtidey · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 93

yeah i hate it when people smile loudly.

merlin · Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2004 12:18 pm Post subject:

But I'm still having a bit of a problem with the clarity of the idiom.

Is an owl under the pillow a good thing or a bad?

I smile because I've oten been accused of nagativity at times.

I wish we had some emoticons that weren't so Blah.

Sadken · Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 341

So we're agreed then? The Queen has to die tonight.