Be as nasty as you like as long as you add a smiley

[Larks]

one of these little things makes it all OK!

So go to town, be as rude, nasty or intemperate as you like, just don't forget to launch a on the end of it.

[The Bigfella]

Sorry mate... I'm going to just stick with my sanity and p!ss myself laughing at the nutters.

[m2c1Iw]

I prefer the roll eyes myself.

[The Bigfella]

You've really got to stop looking in the mirror, it will do you a whole world of harm An extra, just for good luck and because you two really do seem to be so inseparable

I have interesting things to do, like work.
I'm sure you can entertain each other, another so you don't think I dislike you.

Oh, Sophie, how could you think that I think you dislike me?

I have a deep empathy with your views and truly love it when you come visiting.

You should come by more often.... show us more of the true Sophie.

[Larks]

You've really got to stop looking in the mirror, it will do you a whole world of harm An extra, just for good luck and because you two really do seem to be so inseparable

I have interesting things to do, like work.
I'm sure you can entertain each other, another so you don't think I dislike you.

There you go, just to show it should be done.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

OK then...

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...207613/1/.html

[I]HONG KONG: A lone protester on Thursday heckled former British prime minister Tony Blair as he prepared to make a speech on religion and globalisation at the University of Hong Kong.

The man shouted about breaches of the Geneva Conventions on the conduct of war during Blair's years in office as the ex-leader took the stage.

"I wouldn't come any further... you can go," Blair said as the man approached the podium where he was standing.

The unidentified man, who spoke with a British accent, came within metres (feet) of the former prime minister before being blocked by university staff and escorted peacefully from the room.

"That's democracy for you," Blair said as the man was led away.

Blair went on with his speech apparently undeterred by the incident, telling his audience that the forces of globalisation were "multiplying and intensifying the impact of religion" around the world.

He said the world needed more "platforms of interfaith dialogue and action" to improve understanding between people of different belief systems.

Blair, who was Labour prime minister between 1997 and 2007, took Britain into the US-led war in Iraq in 2003, as well as sending troops into Afghanistan as part of the US-led operation in 2001.

He was appointed envoy for the Middle East Quartet comprising the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia in 2007 but his role has come under increased scrutiny recently as efforts for peace have stalled.

He was speaking in Hong Kong as the founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, which seeks to promote understanding between the major religions.

"The 20th century battle ... between left and right is gone," he said, adding that he believed the biggest threat to world peace in the 21st century was religious conflict.

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[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

I really should apologise to Scot; the Devil tempted me. must also apologise to anyone who threw up over their keyboard.

[ChrisBen]

I really should apologise to Scot; the Devil tempted me. must also apologise to anyone who threw up over their keyboard.

It's okay, you added the requisite smileys.

[Paul Pless]

The unidentified man, who spoke with a British accent. . .

Was it you Andrew?

[The Bigfella]

I seem to recall that Andrew is a real fan of Blair

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

"Twas not I. Quite a few people in HK have British accents.

For a really plummy one, try this chap:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tang

[The Bigfella]

You've really got to stop looking in the mirror, it will do you a whole world of harm An extra, just for good luck and because you two really do seem to be so inseparable

I have interesting things to do, like work.
I'm sure you can entertain each other, another so you don't think I dislike you.

But Sophie... you know its US TWO that are inseparable, don't you?

Do you realise that Larks has never followed a post of mine on the bicycle thread.... but you've jumped in immediately after I've posted 8 times now.

Inseparable.... Shh don't tell anyone, but I love it.

[Lew Barrett]

I use smileys constantly but dislike them intensely! They are demeaning (to the reader who is presumed to have no sense of humor or irony) and to the poster who (if it's me) feels trite when typing them.

On the other hand, this is the internet and one wouldn't want to be taken seriously when one is kidding around or be thought to be joking when one is serious. Smileys are the internet equivalent of words like "awesome," "direspected," "totally" and "absolutely." In common usage, somewhat hard to work around, and complete cop-outs when it comes to real expression, I still find them very useful if a bit annoying. I never use them when writing good friends privately.

In normal usage, when resorting to them the most I can accuse myself of is being unimaginative. Like Larkster says, when used to punctuate nasty comments, they rise from trite or obsequious to rude and dishonest (but I don't have a work-around in daily application).

[Bobby of Tulsa]

My mind is not what it once was, I do not always come across like I want to. Smileys seem to help me. Jus sayin.

[Paul Pless]

My mind is not what it once was, I do not always come across like I want to. Smileys seem to help me. Jus sayin.

I found a couple of smileys just for you Bobby.

[Peerie Maa]

I'm just wondering who wound Larks up. Someone must have been impolite?

[Paul Pless]

I'm just wondering who wound Larks up. Someone must have been impolite?

not a fan of reading about naked bike riding?

[Yeadon]

Emoticons are for the weak.

[Paul Pless]

Emoticons are for the weak.

gfy



good for you

[Chris Coose]

Emoticons are for the weak.

and the passive/aggressive

[Concordia 33]

not a fan of reading about naked bike riding?

I'm not even a fan of thinking about it either. It sounds both painful and lacking in any aesthetics whatsoever.

[Peerie Maa]

not a fan of reading about naked bike riding?

What is there to be fanatical about? Stuff happens.

[seanz]

Emoticons are for the weak.

Oh, wait............

[Larks]

I'm just wondering who wound Larks up. Someone must have been impolite?

Not so much wound up as amused at the psychology of anonymous internet behaviour.

[The Bigfella]

Not so much wound up as amused at the psychology of anonymous internet behaviour.

C'mon... its never anonymous. I've had a few people send me info on various forumites who go a bit rabid. I'd rather they didn't I think. I've had more than one person try and affect my earning capacity because of their inability to convey a point of view.

[Glen Longino]

Larks is a pooh pooh head!(C) bobbys

[Larks]

Larks is a pooh pooh head!(C) bobbys

Now you're getting the idea! A little more practice and you'll be smiling with the best of them, just remember to launch an alternative expression to mix it up a bit.

[Glen Longino]

Bigfella is a pooh pooh head also!(C)bobbys

[hokiefan]

I never use smileys when I'm trying to be nasty.

And I'm never trying to be nasty when I use smileys. But words do come out wrong sometimes.

Cheers,

Bobby

[The Bigfella]

Hi Nick,
Larks jumped into the middle of the Naked bicycle thread to defend his mate and started to be abusive without actually contributing to the discussion.
He was politely asked to go away if he didn't have anything to add to the discussion about the relative safety of motorcycles and bicycles.
This thread is his display of "footstomping".
A storm in a teacup. Just so no-one gets confused and thinks I'm being nasty to you, though I doubt you have any trouble with that.

So this, by Larks, is supposedly "abusive"

And we get bugger all entertainment watching you chase this bloke around the forum and polluting threads with your arguments just so that you can disagree with him!!!

I suppose this stuff by you is all high praise of your fellow forumites?

You are not seriously in doubt as to the cause of the problem are you?
I believe the term is "just a huge pain in the a*rse".....

Your sad attempt at spin doesn't work.
You are wrong on deaths per kilometre and wrong again on deaths per population.
Just give up, you obviously have no reading comprehension skills or more likely you have no shame and happily lie and distort to try and get your sadly weak argument out of the bin it has been dumped into....

if you don't have anything other than your bile to add to the debate why don't you just go and play somewhere else?....

As for chasing your mate around, it would seem that you and him share the same weird fantasy. Now that's a little bit more than creepy ...

You'd be joking, patronising p*ats like you don't get me upset. I feel sorry for the sad lives that you must all lead....

Such a charmer....

[The Bigfella]

No it was never meant as praise, you are struggling with reading comprehension again. It was what most people call "simple truth", especially this one.



You following me around and selectively cutting my quotes, it's all a little bit creepy!

This sort of harassment seems to be your style with women here, it's rather sad, maybe you need help.
I think it's time to go back to ignoring you again. This place was so much pleasanter while you were banned.

I haven't harassed you at all. In fact, earlier in this thread I pointed out that you'd immediately followed my posts (generally with an attack) 8 times in the bicycle thread. Who's doing the chasing Sophie? As soon as someone calls you to account for your attacks... in a reasonable manner even, you cry wolf. Sorry Sophie... no wolf... just someone playing by the rules. Do you think you can do that too?

[botebum]

Sometimes sarcasm is lost in the written word.
Sometimes people wouldn't know sarcasm if it ran up and bit them in the leg.
Sometimes Scot is right and I'm just being rude but I'll stand behind my rudeness when it occurs.

Emoticons are handy but, because some people like to think they are a 'get out of jail free card', their meaning is lost.

Doug

[WX]

No it was never meant as praise, you are struggling with reading comprehension again. It was what most people call "simple truth", especially this one.




You following me around and selectively cutting my quotes, it's all a little bit creepy!

This sort of harassment seems to be your style with women here, it's rather sad, maybe you need help.
I think it's time to go back to ignoring you again. This place was so much pleasanter while you were banned.

Sophie, to disagree with a forumite, or even to dislike one is one think but I feel you are bordering on obsessive. This not abusive, therefore no smiley.

[Larks]

Hi Nick,
Larks jumped into the middle of the Naked bicycle thread to defend his mate and started to be abusive without actually contributing to the discussion.
He was politely asked to go away if he didn't have anything to add to the discussion about the relative safety of motorcycles and bicycles.
This thread is his display of "footstomping".
A storm in a teacup. Just so no-one gets confused and thinks I'm being nasty to you, though I doubt you have any trouble with that.

I guess I missed the politely asked to go away bit..........

[The Bigfella]

There's the whole exchange for you!
You jump into a thread and attack me for debating with your mate and repeatedly making him look silly. You accuse me of polluting the thread with my arguments. As I pointed out they were all based on facts taken from a source that your mate had offered up to try and support his position but he hadn't bothered to actually check it.
I then asked you to go and play somewhere else if you didn't have anything to actually contribute.

Your next comment



Now that was a positive comment that added to the discussion wasn't it?




My reply!

And then you rush off to start a thread having a go at me because you had nothing to add to the discussion and you got your knickers in a twist because you were asked to go away.
So typical of some of you guys!

The funny thing is the hypocrisy of you doing that and all the time you wave about your tag line .



Guess what. You don't matter!!
I'll even add a smiley so you can complain about that too because I laugh at you guys and your reactions, a joke!

The joke, of course, is that you didn't make anyone look silly other than perhaps yourself. You blew it in the discussion of the facts. The "source" that you claim I was offering up wasn't one I'd provided... it'd been provided by Steve.... and it actually showed that there was no significant difference between the two positions anyhow - using the basis for comparison that you agreed was the correct one. I had, in fact, checked it - which you claim I hadn't. I pointed it out to you... along with the actual numbers... but you don't seem to be able to accept that. Do you?

Still trying to prove something? It isn't working.

[The Bigfella]

I suppose its time for you to play the gender card again?

[Larks]

Creepier and Creepier

[Glen Longino]

Funny this sure looks like you



As I repeatedly pointed out to you when you asked for the source of the stats I provided they came from your source!

But I think this is probably the funniest thing you've ever written that I've seen.


Like I said you were failing then and you have just failed again.

How is it we Texans and Okies get along so well with you but those Down Under Dudes do not?

[bobbys]

Bigfella is a pooh pooh head also!(C)bobbys

.

Hey I never said Big fella is a poo head.

Did you see the size of that guy?.

I may look stupit but i aiant.

[The Bigfella]

Funny thing is, Larks first posted to the Naked Bike thread in post 19 of that thread.... responding to Stevebaby.... not as Sophie claims "You jump into a thread and attack me for debating with your mate..." Oops. Sophie first jumped in at post 42.... after Larks had already posted three times to the thread.

Stevebaby introduced UK figures to the discussion in post 50 btw.

[Joe Dupere]

Well, bless ya'lls hearts.

[Donn]

Falla/Fella seem to need a playpen.

I hear they can be built with wood.

[Phillip Allen]

today while shopping at the local gun store... I got really nasty like we often do here in the bilge... nobody said much but it occurred to me later how unnecessarily nasty I was... I just forgot where I was I guess... I wish I hadn't done it

[bobbys]

Well, bless ya'lls hearts.

.

That reminds me of this

If someone outside of New Jersey tells you to Have a nice day it means go F%$k yourself.

If you tell someone to Go F&^k yourself in Jersey it means have a nice day.

[Donn]

I wish I hadn't done it

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

If you get nasty in a Long Island gun shop, you're likely to get ventilated.

[Chip-skiff]

If you get nasty in a Long Island gun shop, you're likely to get ventilated.

Are you kidding? Long Island Gun Shop Massacre?

The .25 caliber purse-piece goes off and hits your poodle?

[Ron Williamson]

.

That reminds me of this

If someone outside of New Jersey tells you to Have a nice day it means go F%$k yourself.

If you tell someone to Go F&^k yourself in Jersey it means have a nice day.

I thought that was construction and the oil industry everywhere,not just Jersey.
R

[Donn]

Are you kidding? Long Island Gun Shop Massacre?

The .25 caliber purse-piece goes off and hits your poodle?

Yeah. I'm kidding.

[Chip-skiff]

Yeah. I'm kidding.

[pcford]

Emoticons are for the weak.

you can say that again.