Archive through February 19, 2003
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Archive through February 19, 2003
Adven | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 06:30 am     I have some goods news and some bad news. Funding for my ground-breaking research into the inner workings of the female breast has been withdrawn and my dream of a pop up book has been shattered. The reasons aren't important here, but my lawyer assures me I should be able to get off with community service and a formal apology to the many families involved. Instead, I am conducting a TVCH survey that has nothing to do with mammaries that I hope you will help me with. The survey consists of five questions about TVCH that I would like you to answer. All responses will be kept strictly confidential within the confines of this thread and I will only e-mail your friends and ridicule you if you say something really embarrassing. Okay. Ready? 1. What's up with the hugs? You know what I mean: ((Bernice)) ((Clarabelle)) ((Buffalo Wallow Woman)). Should these be outlawed for my benefit? The obvious answer is "of course", but I want you to give it some thought. 2. I think we could use more threads on George Bush and Iraq. I looked around this morning and only counted 714. How are we supposed to have a meaningful dialogue when people are scared to voice an opinion? I say we get that figure up around the 1500 mark. What do you think? 3. Do you think when people say they ignored a "naughty" thread because it wasn't their cup of tea, that they secretly read it all? 4. How come nobody threatens to leave the board in anger or in protest anymore? Why, back in my day, people were announcing to the world their indignation about something or other and threatening to leave - sometimes several times. I think we need some volunteers. 5. I think we need an area for people, preferably mentally unhinged, who want to engage in a vile and hateful flame war with each other that leaves them both looking undignified and childish. We could even charge admission. I'd pay to see something like that. Agree or disgree? I look forward to your assistance. |
Kaili | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 07:37 am     Awww..((((Adven)))) Hugs to you- I had no idea you were so upset about the slow fading away of the breast thread. It was an untimely death, but you know, it can happen to the best of threads. |
Car54 | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 07:46 am     Adven, I just love you. My answer to all of the above is "I don't know." I think the answer to number 5 might be the Trading Spaces folder. Have you been around when Hildi is on? The problem with stalking off is that you risk no one noticing you left. Risky proposition. I don't know you well enough to hug...how 'bout an air kiss? |
Marysafan | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 07:53 am     Ummm...since I used the term "not my cup of tea", I can answer number 3 for you. I checked the thread early on ...only a few posts. I thought it was silly and didn't go back. I have been known to be naughty (I didn't know it got naughty), but I'm just not into silly, so I never was inclined to back. Now that doesn't mean I have a problem with other folks being silly...It's just not "my cup of tea". |
Kaili | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 08:03 am     Okay, I will give you some very, very serious answers now. 1. I personally think hugs are given out on this board much more freely than in real life (for some people). I personally am not a touchy-feely person with people I don't know well in "real life". Yeah, I hug friends, but if an essential stranger told me some bad news, I would be HIGHLY unlikely to give them a hug. I would be more verbally sympathetic. Here, I think there probably are huggy people who would hug anyone in need- I think there are more hugs here to try to get in writing what usually is expressed in voice and tone- and I think a lot of people here do consider themselves friends. But outlawed for your benefit? Don't yoy like hugs? Don't you want hugs? What's wrong with a big, old bear hug now and then? 2. I agree. I think each person in the administration deserves a thread, I think we need threads to unite the people on every part of the spectrum from very much opposed to neutral to very much in favor. And I think there should be an extra hot area where it can be a free for all rant fest. But then there may be more bitterness than there already is in that area. Two-way communication is at a stand-still over there more often than not. 3. Very possible. If the "naughty" you are referring to involves your last in depth piece of research- I will admit that after the new discussion thread was created I wanted to see the uproar. So, I scanned through- I really wouldn't call it reading- I was more scanning in search of the posts that led you to create the discussion thread. As for the topic, I really wasn't interested enough in what was being discussed to bother. Had it been only 10 or 11 posts I probably would have. Unless they were long posts cause then I might have lost interest sooner. (Anyone feeling taht way yet about mine!?) 4. I don't know. I can't speak for anyone else. It's not something I would bother doing cause I won't be driven away by other posters- if I choose to stop coming here it will be because I have lost interest. There are plenty of areas on this board where you can stay out of trouble and even easily avoid other posters if yoy choose to do so. 5. I think I more or less addressed this in #2. My problem now is that I want to keep the political discussions seperate from everywhere else. If I come across frequent posters in Hot Topics in another area of the board, I don't want the negativity of the political boards to carry over- yet it does. I try to keep peope's politics/religion/etc seperate from how I view them- I may disagree venemantly, but that doesn't mean I dislike them as people. So that I think is a problem here. If we had an area for ringside seats at arguments- it would seep over. Oh yeah- and wouldn't you rather just watch Jerry Springer or something? You'd get visuals there, and it's free! |
Ginger1218 | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 08:35 am     LOL Adven, you are so clever and witty. You make me laugh. |
Ginger1218 | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 08:35 am     P.S. do I have to answer each point separately??? LOL |
Webkitty | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 09:00 am     Adven, I "get" your sense of humor and I love it. In answer to your questions: 1. First, a {{hug}} to you For my part, I use hugs on this board to convey a warm feeling to someone when words fail me (which is often) IRL, I don't do that as often, I will stumble around for words. (maybe I should just go around giving hugs, now that I think about it...) Anyway, I've always found tvch to be a huggy type board, so no, they should not be outlawed for your benefit 2. Politics depress me, but go for it if that's your cup of tea. 3. If someone posts in a naughty thread that it is not their cup of tea, I don't see how they could not have read it, lol. If a title of a thread doesn't interest me, I don't go there. If I'm not posting, its likely that I haven't even read the thread. 4&5. Your just missing BB season on the board, it will be here soon enough. PS: do you think I use too many cliparts when I post? |
Hermione69 | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 09:17 am     1. What Webkitty said. 2. I think we should have LESS because we are never going to agree. We go round and round and round and round on the same points. Has anyone ever changed their mind because of something someone posted in a political thread? 3. I read the thread in question and, in fact, I think I was one of those to use the word "ignored" in reference to it. Yes, I did actually read parts of the thread, but by "ignored" I meant I refrained from posting in that thread because I felt if it was okay with the moderators, it wasn't my place to march in and say "I am not amused, young man!". Then, of course, you had to ask and that opened up another can of worms entirely! I'm still recovering from that one, LOL! 4. Actually, somebody I liked very much did leave the boards about a week or 2 ago because of hurt feelings and I still miss this person. 5. That is a scary thought! I wonder if anyone would expect to see me in such a thread? LOL! |
Suitsmefine | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 09:33 am     1.{{{{{{{{Adven}}}}}}}} 2.NO!!!!!!!! 3."It's a possibility" 4.I PROTEST!!!! I am stomping off in anger!!!! humph!!! 5.Name the place and time, I'll be there! I just love your sh*tstirring sense of humor...Thanks for the smile and the laughs! |
Adven | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 10:00 am     Of course, when it comes to the hugs, you're all free to hug me as much as you want. It's when I'm no longer the center of attention that I feel the need to hold my breath until my face turns blue and demand the discontinuation of all hugging. Just make sure you pop in a breath mint or two before you do. Marysafan, Kaili and Hermione, if you really didn't read much of the thread in question, I suggest you go and read it immediately. I was pretty damn funny, if I say so myself. If you don't, I'll just hound you and keep starting these infantile threads indefinitely. As for survey question #2, I think I feel a George Bush/Saddam Hussein research project coming on. |
Hermione69 | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 10:02 am     Like I said before... got attention-seeking behaviors, much? LOL! |
Suitsmefine | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 10:18 am     If you start a Bush\Hussein research thread you WILL be duct taped to the wall ....and we may have to find something to do with the plastic too!!!LOL |
Squaredsc | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 10:34 am     1. (((Adven))) i also hug sometimes in real life. 2. i hate politics and political discussions pi** me off. 3. yes 4. i have done that myself but i just can't leave 5. i go to other boards for that. adven, you are a nut and i like that in you.  |
Pamy | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 10:57 am     Adven…I see you are stirring up trouble again!!! You go, boy! RE: Naughty threads…the only naughty thread I know is the Osbourne thread, and I am sure there are some that read it and do not post in it. I think those that don’t post in it are missing a big stress reliever. |
Twiggyish | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 01:57 pm     1.I am a hugging person. So no, there aren't enough hugs and there can never be enough in my book. 2.I totally agree with you on this point. (Taking the point at face value) 3.I'm not afraid of any thread! 4.Don't know. Maybe because we know they'll come back under another name..or they'll think about it and then come back. 5.Agreed..wait til Big Brother starts again. |
Alegria | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 03:19 pm     1. Hugs can be an effective means of conveying affection, sympathy, comfort and cooties. 2. I think some threads where rumors are reported as facts would also be an idea worth pursuing 3. probably, otherwise how would they know for sure that it wasn't for them 4. stomping off and then coming back with a new monikker also works 5. not at this site!!! just post a link so I can bookmark it |
Adven | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 04:39 am     I like the stomping off and returning as someone else idea. Although, if you calmly announce you are leaving as a matter of principle you might get to enjoy a few "please don't go's" and "the place won't be the same without you's". So, let me announce I am leaving TVCH because I object to something or other and won't be coming back as "BeefJerky" or some other person. |
Beefjerky | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:06 am     Please, Adven. Don't go. The place won't be the same without you. |
Hermione69 | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:18 am     ROFLMAO! |
Goddessatlaw | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:20 am     Now that made me laugh HARD!! |
Hermione69 | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:27 am     Me too. I'm still laughing! |
Wink | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:34 am     You truly are a loveable twit. |
Webkitty | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:40 am      |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 07:55 am     adven, you are a hoot. do you like aubergine? |
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