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Post by metal56 » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:07 am

fluffyhamster wrote:
metal56 wrote:
fluffyhamster wrote:Are you trying to derail or jam up the thread? Why?

LOL! To do that, I'd first have to understand just what it is you are ranting on about. Your ideas are all over the place.
There's always the option of responding to the OP, or didn't that occur to you (so intent are you now to hound me, howl at the moon, start p-ing contests, mark your territory etc)?
There's not much territory left after your volumes of p*ss have been spread all over these pages.

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Post by fluffyhamster » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:14 am

metal56 wrote:If you dream of becoming a wit, Fluff, I'd suggest you don't yet give up the day job.
Well, you don't exactly inspire me, metal, especially not recently.

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Post by metal56 » Fri Jan 13, 2006 11:43 am

fluffyhamster wrote:
metal56 wrote:If you dream of becoming a wit, Fluff, I'd suggest you don't yet give up the day job.
Well, you don't exactly inspire me, metal, especially not recently.
You just don't know how to listen and learn.

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Post by fluffyhamster » Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:43 pm

metal56 wrote:You just don't know how to listen and learn.
Again, you aren't saying anything on this thread that is worth listening to. Perhaps if you were doing more constructive things with your time than having a go at me again and again, people would listen.

Whether they'll generally "learn" anything (get much out of reading whatever) or not depends upon many factors, but one thing's for sure: anyone reading just this thread will be struck by what a boorish git you are being.

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Post by metal56 » Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:32 am

fluffyhamster wrote:
metal56 wrote:
Whether they'll generally "learn" anything (get much out of reading whatever) or not depends upon many factors, but one thing's for sure: anyone reading just this thread will be struck by what a boorish git you are being.
That's if they don't fall asleep beforehand from reading your words.

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Post by fluffyhamster » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:28 am

Yawn!

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Post by metal56 » Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:26 pm

fluffyhamster wrote:Yawn!
I did already, thanks. The first time I read your post, in fact.

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Post by fluffyhamster » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:02 pm

It wasn't an imperative, matey. But by all means yawn if you want - it's a free world after all...or hadn't you noticed?

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Post by metal56 » Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:36 pm

fluffyhamster wrote:It wasn't an imperative, matey. But by all means yawn if you want - it's a free world after all...or hadn't you noticed?
You seem to feel free enough to pour out trash views, so I guess it must be.

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Post by fluffyhamster » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:19 am

No guessing necessary, it is indeed a free world (at least here on Dave's), so I will continue to post what I like, when I like. Tough t1tties if you don't dig* what I say, baby, and there's little you can do to stop me, is there (feel you need that wake-up call again).

*I was going to type 'and disagree with', but you have yet to offer much reasoning for your taking personal exception in several threads now.

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