View Full Version : Yahoo "harbours Flamers"
Skillian
08-06-2004, 01:02 PM
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3540778.stm
A California lawyer has filed a potential class action lawsuit against the internet search company Yahoo.
Stephen Galton says he was subject to a "barrage of harassing, defamatory and abusive messages" from anonymous users on a Yahoo message board.
Mr Galton, who wants other users to join in the suit, has accused Yahoo of sheltering users who harass people in cyberspace.
The California-based company declined to comment.
A spokeswoman for Yahoo said: "It wouldn't be prudent for us to comment on this pending lawsuit."
'Name-calling'
Mr Galton, a partner in legal firm Galton & Helm, registered to use Yahoo message boards to respond to a post criticising one of his clients.
His defence of his client led to him being subjected to name-calling by other message board users.
When the company refused to reveal the details of the message board users who allegedly harassed Mr Galton, the lawyer sued the company for the information in April.
He sought the names, addresses and phone numbers of his critics from Yahoo, but he says it provided only partial information.
George Godar, a technology partner at law firm DLA, said US laws makes it straightforward for people who believe they have been defamed to find out who is behind online nicknames.
Typically, he says, a complainant sues a fictitious defendant, usually "John Doe", and then issues a subpoena to make a net firm release the real name of person behind the disputed postings.
When presented with a legal document most net firms will hand over details of users and subscribers, he says.
"People rarely look at things like privacy policies," says Mr Godar, "and most companies will have a specific exception which says if they are compelled by law to hand over information they will do so."
The Recording Industry Association of America has used this willingness to share subscriber information to gather details of users it considers to be illegally sharing pop music.
Legal protection
Mr Galton's lawsuit has been launched to make Yahoo hand over more information about people who posted the allegedly offensive messages.
He also alleges that Yahoo does nothing to give redress to people who have suffered abuse via its message boards.
He is now urging others who have been the target of such attacks over the past four years and made fruitless efforts to find out who posted messages or get them removed to join him in a class action lawsuit.
One of the consequences of the publicity Mr Galton has received over the lawsuit has been to have his e-mail address and telephone number posted to message boards.
In many countries net firms are granted so-called "common carrier" or "immunity from suit" status that removes their legal responsibility for what their users do online.
However, this legal protection usually evaporates if a company is put on notice about websites or messages that infringe laws but does nothing about them.
Maybe some FST members should watch out...
clocker
08-06-2004, 01:53 PM
Hmmm...a lawyer with thin skin?
Methinks the lad is in the wrong profession.
Originally posted by clocker@6 August 2004 - 09:54
Hmmm...a lawyer with thin skin?
Methinks the lad is in the wrong profession.
Or in the wrong place....posting on message boards :lol:
Barbarossa
08-06-2004, 02:23 PM
Can't he just be the "bigger man" about this? Oh no, that's right, he's a lawyer... :angry:
It's people like this who ruin things for the rest of us.. :censored:
ziggyjuarez
08-06-2004, 03:13 PM
what a sissy.hope he die's :ph34r:
Originally posted by ziggyjuarez@6 August 2004 - 16:14
what a sissy.hope he die's :ph34r:
Now he wants your name too. :lol:
3RA1N1AC
08-06-2004, 07:14 PM
Originally posted by Skillian@6 August 2004 - 05:03
He sought the names, addresses and phone numbers of his critics from Yahoo, but he says it provided only partial information.
lemme guess... obviously since no one registers for a Yahoo account by submitting false info, the people's real names prolly turned out be something like Harry Poossy, Seymour Buttz and I'm Rick James, Bitch.
Anonymity is the whole point about this internet thing, innit?
Otherwise I might just as well go out and talk to random people on the street.
God-damned anti-privacy nazis.
J'Pol
08-06-2004, 09:57 PM
Anyone think this may be contrived, in order to get a settlement.
I think the American legal system is fan-tastic.
Biggles
08-06-2004, 11:12 PM
Originally posted by lynx+6 August 2004 - 18:58--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (lynx @ 6 August 2004 - 18:58)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ziggyjuarez@6 August 2004 - 16:14
what a sissy.hope he die's :ph34r:
Now he wants your name too. :lol: [/b][/quote]
Ziggy meant it in a caring constructive way..allegedly. :blink:
Busyman
08-07-2004, 12:07 AM
Originally posted by J'Pol@6 August 2004 - 17:58
Anyone think this may be contrived, in order to get a settlement.
I think the American legal system is fan-tastic.
This reminds of an episode of Sliders.
The Sliders landed on an alternate Earth.
One of them lightly bumps into a lady and says excuse me.
After he walks away, in less than a minute, a lawyer walks up to him telling him that he is representing the lady for injuries sustained for "the bumping incident".
:lol: :lol:
The guy that is bringing forth this Yahoo suit is either a total sissybitch or another legal system "exploiter".
"He called me a name. I'm sueing!!!"
:angry: :01: STFU!!! and GTFO!!! :01: :angry:
Fuck the RIAA. This is worse if it come to fruition.
You don't even have to dl music...
....just call some loser a motherfucker. <_<
I like our legal system but it's run by shortsighted management.
How ironic.
Fairly fraught with hilariousness*, actually.
* Gratuitous reference to Mrs. Clinton, carpetbagging Jr. Senator from New York.
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 01:13
How ironic.
Fairly fraught with hilariousness*, actually.
* Gratuitous reference to Mrs. Clinton, carpetbagging Jr. Senator from New York.
Wouldn't that be hilaryness?
Originally posted by lynx+6 August 2004 - 20:27--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (lynx @ 6 August 2004 - 20:27)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-j2k4@7 August 2004 - 01:13
How ironic.
Fairly fraught with hilariousness*, actually.
* Gratuitous reference to Mrs. Clinton, carpetbagging Jr. Senator from New York.
Wouldn't that be hilaryness? [/b][/quote]
As my son would say (I think), It's all good. B)
What the hell is a lawyer doing in a Yahoo message board? :blink: I wouldnt think someone with a brain over the age of 14 would be posting at Yahoo.
What is he going to sue a bunch of 13 year olds or retards because thats probably who flamed him? :rolleyes:
I think the point is that he is now trying to get a class-action lawsuit against Yahoo, suing them is where the real money lies.
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 07:58 AM
Originally posted by Busyman@7 August 2004 - 01:08
....just call some loser a motherfucker. <_<
My nomination for "Line of the Month", bloody brilliant
Originally posted by lynx@7 August 2004 - 02:40
I think the point is that he is now trying to get a class-action lawsuit against Yahoo, suing them is where the real money lies.
PRobably. Just like this asshole. (http://biz.gamedaily.com/features_new/jack_thompson/)
Originally posted by Arm+7 August 2004 - 09:50--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Arm @ 7 August 2004 - 09:50)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-lynx@7 August 2004 - 02:40
I think the point is that he is now trying to get a class-action lawsuit against Yahoo, suing them is where the real money lies.
PRobably. Just like this asshole. (http://biz.gamedaily.com/features_new/jack_thompson/) [/b][/quote]
I know what you mean about the lawyer.
However, the story about the murderer being affected by a video game is bullshit. It was the VICTIM who had a copy of the game (Manhunt), and as far as is known Leblanc had never seen the game.
It is true that the mother blamed it on the video game for some strange reason. Does that game have incidents involving Psychic powers? Maybe that's how the victim's gaming experience was transferred to his attacker. :rolleyes:
I don't know if the bit about the mother contacting Thompson is true but it seems very unlikely. Why would she contact an American lawyer (who would not be licensed to practice in the UK) and where would she get his name from in the first place? I've certainly never heard of him before.
Any idea when that was posted? It is at least 3 days since it was revealed that Leblanc hadn't seen the game.
Originally posted by lynx+7 August 2004 - 12:59--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (lynx @ 7 August 2004 - 12:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Any idea when that was posted? It is at least 3 days since it was revealed that Leblanc hadn't seen the game. [/b]
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Sometimes I think religious nutters and/or narrowminded old coots shouldn't be allowed in government or to practice law. (With regards to the topic.)
But you can't persecute people for their personal beliefs or preferences, now can you. Hell, there's also freedom of speech to consider. Not that some of them have noticed themselves.
Oh dont worry the government is working hard to take away your civil rights SnnY. B) If people dont speak up and criticize their government then bad things happen. One of the ways dictatorships get started. Yes it can happen in the United States.
Lynx, the kid that got killed was a drug addict who didn't pay his dealer. Or so I heard. I never read the article completly. Forget that little detail blame a unrelated videogame. :rolleyes:
Biggles
08-07-2004, 12:58 PM
Presumably he is referring to the message boards that are associated with News items on Yahoo news.
If anyone has ever looked at these they will see that the standard of debate is of the "you smell" level. One gets the feeling that the average age is about 12. Could it be this lawyer simply wants to make a fast buck? :o Surely not!
Originally posted by SnnY@7 August 2004 - 06:07
But you can't persecute people for their personal beliefs or preferences, now can you.
Oh, you certainly can. ;)
I assume you meant prosecute? :)
That too.
Or is it one of them "you can, but you may not" thingies?
Cheese
08-07-2004, 01:25 PM
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 13:59
Presumably he is referring to the message boards that are associated with News items on Yahoo news.
If anyone has ever looked at these they will see that the standard of debate is of the "you smell" level. One gets the feeling that the average age is about 12. Could it be this lawyer simply wants to make a fast buck? :o Surely not!
You smell.
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 01:44 PM
Originally posted by Withcheese+7 August 2004 - 14:26--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Withcheese @ 7 August 2004 - 14:26)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@7 August 2004 - 13:59
Presumably he is referring to the message boards that are associated with News items on Yahoo news.
If anyone has ever looked at these they will see that the standard of debate is of the "you smell" level. One gets the feeling that the average age is about 12. Could it be this lawyer simply wants to make a fast buck? :o Surely not!
You smell. [/b][/quote]
Leave smelly alone, ugly.
Originally posted by SnnY@7 August 2004 - 08:23
That too.
Or is it one of them "you can, but you may not" thingies?
Actually, being a lawyer, he ought to know the difference, eh? :P
There is an odor of bullshit about this story; I propose we stay tuned. ;)
Originally posted by J'Pol+7 August 2004 - 08:45--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 7 August 2004 - 08:45)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Withcheese@7 August 2004 - 14:26
<!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@7 August 2004 - 13:59
Presumably he is referring to the message boards that are associated with News items on Yahoo news.
If anyone has ever looked at these they will see that the standard of debate is of the "you smell" level. One gets the feeling that the average age is about 12. Could it be this lawyer simply wants to make a fast buck? :o Surely not!
You smell.
Leave smelly alone, ugly. [/b][/quote]
Ah-
Another thread into the toilette, alas. :(
:lol: :lol: :lol:
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 03:10 PM
Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 14:57--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 14:57)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 08:45
Originally posted by Withcheese@7 August 2004 - 14:26
<!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@7 August 2004 - 13:59
Presumably he is referring to the message boards that are associated with News items on Yahoo news.
If anyone has ever looked at these they will see that the standard of debate is of the "you smell" level. One gets the feeling that the average age is about 12. Could it be this lawyer simply wants to make a fast buck? :o Surely not!
You smell.
Leave smelly alone, ugly.
Ah-
Another thread into the toilette, alas. :(
:lol: :lol: :lol: [/b][/quote]
Don't you start, fungus face.
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
Filesharing talk are Doodieheads. :P
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 04:27 PM
Originally posted by Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
Biggles
08-07-2004, 05:29 PM
Originally posted by J'Pol+7 August 2004 - 16:28--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 7 August 2004 - 16:28)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath. [/b][/quote]
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
Originally posted by Biggles+7 August 2004 - 12:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Biggles @ 7 August 2004 - 12:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 16:28
<!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol: [/b][/quote]
J'Pol, you have been slandered-
Do you desire representation, you totem of physical and mental sloth?
Cheese
08-07-2004, 06:41 PM
At last a WN&E thread that has sunk to my level. :01:
You all smell and have questionable oral hygeine.
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 06:44 PM
Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 19:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 19:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 16:28
<!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
J'Pol, you have been slandered-
Do you desire representation, you totem of physical and mental sloth?[/b][/quote]
Sir
Your advocacy would normally be a source of great confidence and comfort to me. However a recent post of yours
Not quite right, vid-
Here we have not a debate, but a clusterfuck:
A President who has a felt need to put boots to the issue for once and all by Constitutuional fiat, not because of his challenger (who, in order to absent himself from the actual debate, insincerely espouses the proper idea), but because the judiciary has interjected itself into a debate in which it has no constitutional entree.
This should be decided by the states if the gay lobbies could find the right venue, but their maps have been stolen by those who favor the judicial shortcut, which leads to societal strife.
Period.
Leads me to question your current well-being. Both intellectualy and emotionally.
I can only suggest a protracted period of bed-rest and warm milky drinks. Then we may talk with regard to the actions I wish to take against smelly. I think that is for the best. :)
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 13:45
Leads me to question your current well-being. Both intellectualy and emotionally.
I can only suggest a protracted period of bed-rest and warm milky drinks. Then we may talk with regard to the actions I wish to take against smelly. I think that is for the best. :)
Aw, I'm touched. :)
No, really; I am touched :blink: , and I'm off to see the shrinker Monday morn.
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 06:50 PM
Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 19:50--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 19:50)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 13:45
Leads me to question your current well-being. Both intellectualy and emotionally.
I can only suggest a protracted period of bed-rest and warm milky drinks. Then we may talk with regard to the actions I wish to take against smelly. I think that is for the best. :)
Aw, I'm touched. :)
No, really; I am touched :blink: , and I'm off to see the shrinker Monday morn. [/b][/quote]
And I Sir am touchéd.
Biggles
08-07-2004, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 18:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 18:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 16:28
<!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
J'Pol, you have been slandered-
Do you desire representation, you totem of physical and mental sloth? [/b][/quote]
:lol:
I think it may be poor Arm that is getting the short end of the stick here.
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
:01: Arn Samrt, :angel2:
Originally posted by Arm+7 August 2004 - 14:11--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Arm @ 7 August 2004 - 14:11)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
:01: Arn Samrt, :angel2: [/b][/quote]
Truer words were never typoed. :huh:
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 07:27 PM
Originally posted by Biggles+7 August 2004 - 19:55--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Biggles @ 7 August 2004 - 19:55)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 18:35
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 16:28
<!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
J'Pol, you have been slandered-
Do you desire representation, you totem of physical and mental sloth?
:lol:
I think it may be poor Arm that is getting the short end of the stick here. [/b][/quote]
Are you mixing metaphors at me (and / or my Council) :unsure:
Originally posted by J'Pol+7 August 2004 - 14:28--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 7 August 2004 - 14:28)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 19:55
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 18:35
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 16:28
<!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
J'Pol, you have been slandered-
Do you desire representation, you totem of physical and mental sloth?
:lol:
I think it may be poor Arm that is getting the short end of the stick here.
Are you mixing metaphors at me (and / or my Council) :unsure: [/b][/quote]
YEAH!!
Are ya? Huh? ARE YA??? :)
J'Pol
08-08-2004, 08:34 AM
Originally posted by j2k4+8 August 2004 - 03:17--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 8 August 2004 - 03:17)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 14:28
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 19:55
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 18:35
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 16:28
<!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
J'Pol, you have been slandered-
Do you desire representation, you totem of physical and mental sloth?
:lol:
I think it may be poor Arm that is getting the short end of the stick here.
Are you mixing metaphors at me (and / or my Council) :unsure:
YEAH!!
Are ya? Huh? ARE YA??? :) [/b][/quote]
You tell him Big Guy.
Thank The Lord, I think you are back to being yourself again.
Originally posted by J'Pol+8 August 2004 - 03:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 8 August 2004 - 03:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by j2k4@8 August 2004 - 03:17
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 14:28
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 19:55
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 18:35
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 16:28
<!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
J'Pol, you have been slandered-
Do you desire representation, you totem of physical and mental sloth?
:lol:
I think it may be poor Arm that is getting the short end of the stick here.
Are you mixing metaphors at me (and / or my Council) :unsure:
YEAH!!
Are ya? Huh? ARE YA??? :)
You tell him Big Guy.
Thank The Lord, I think you are back to being yourself again. [/b][/quote]
Really? :o
Thanks. :)
What do you mean? :huh:
Biggles
08-08-2004, 01:19 PM
Originally posted by J'Pol+8 August 2004 - 08:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 8 August 2004 - 08:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by j2k4@8 August 2004 - 03:17
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 14:28
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 19:55
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 18:35
Originally posted by Biggles@7 August 2004 - 12:30
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 16:28
<!--QuoteBegin-Arm@7 August 2004 - 17:24
Knock it off children. This is world news and events not the lounge. ;)
You're not the boss of me, arse breath.
You speak fluent Arm.
Your talents are boundless. :lol:
J'Pol, you have been slandered-
Do you desire representation, you totem of physical and mental sloth?
:lol:
I think it may be poor Arm that is getting the short end of the stick here.
Are you mixing metaphors at me (and / or my Council) :unsure:
YEAH!!
Are ya? Huh? ARE YA??? :)
You tell him Big Guy.
Thank The Lord, I think you are back to being yourself again. [/b][/quote]
:lol:
Maybes aye maybes no.
We are totally flouting convention, and I'm here to tell you Rat will not stand for it.
Rat?
Rat?!?
:lol: :lol:
Biggles
08-08-2004, 01:47 PM
Originally posted by j2k4@8 August 2004 - 13:28
We are totally flouting convention, and I'm here to tell you Rat will not stand for it.
Rat?
Rat?!?
:lol: :lol:
:blink:
What was the topic again?
J'Pol
08-08-2004, 03:39 PM
Originally posted by Biggles+8 August 2004 - 14:48--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Biggles @ 8 August 2004 - 14:48)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-j2k4@8 August 2004 - 13:28
We are totally flouting convention, and I'm here to tell you Rat will not stand for it.
Rat?
Rat?!?
:lol: :lol:
:blink:
What was the topic again? [/b][/quote]
How smelly you were, I think.
Biggles
08-08-2004, 04:51 PM
Originally posted by J'Pol+8 August 2004 - 15:40--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 8 August 2004 - 15:40)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Biggles@8 August 2004 - 14:48
<!--QuoteBegin-j2k4@8 August 2004 - 13:28
We are totally flouting convention, and I'm here to tell you Rat will not stand for it.
Rat?
Rat?!?
:lol: :lol:
:blink:
What was the topic again?
How smelly you were, I think. [/b][/quote]
Ahh!
That will be this rather muggy weather we are having. :blink:
Originally posted by Biggles+8 August 2004 - 11:52--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Biggles @ 8 August 2004 - 11:52)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by J'Pol@8 August 2004 - 15:40
Originally posted by Biggles@8 August 2004 - 14:48
<!--QuoteBegin-j2k4@8 August 2004 - 13:28
We are totally flouting convention, and I'm here to tell you Rat will not stand for it.
Rat?
Rat?!?
:lol: :lol:
:blink:
What was the topic again?
How smelly you were, I think.
Ahh!
That will be this rather muggy weather we are having. :blink:[/b][/quote]
Yes...
Brings to mind an old song:
Close and Clammy ;)
Or was it Clam-ish? :huh:
That would certainly account for the smell. :blink:
Biggles
08-08-2004, 05:49 PM
Nothing hums quite like a week old clam. :x
Originally posted by Biggles@8 August 2004 - 12:50
Nothing hums quite like a week old clam. :x
Quite right. ;)
Cheese
08-08-2004, 06:25 PM
Originally posted by Biggles@8 August 2004 - 18:50
Nothing hums quite like a week old clam. :x
You'd know, smelly.
edit: To put a comma in. Not sure if it was needed but damn it I'm gonna use it anyhow,,,,
Originally posted by Withcheese+8 August 2004 - 13:26--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Withcheese @ 8 August 2004 - 13:26)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@8 August 2004 - 18:50
Nothing hums quite like a week old clam. :x
You'd know, smelly.
edit: To put a comma in. Not sure if it was needed but damn it I'm gonna use it anyhow,,,, [/b][/quote]
Yes, the comma is necessary, to omit it leaves the identity of "Smelly" to chance. ;)
J'Pol
08-08-2004, 06:50 PM
Originally posted by j2k4+8 August 2004 - 19:33--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 8 August 2004 - 19:33)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Withcheese@8 August 2004 - 13:26
<!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@8 August 2004 - 18:50
Nothing hums quite like a week old clam. :x
You'd know, smelly.
edit: To put a comma in. Not sure if it was needed but damn it I'm gonna use it anyhow,,,,
Yes, the comma is necessary, to omit it leaves the identity of "Smelly" to chance. ;) [/b][/quote]
The one placed after "Yes" is not however obligatory. I'm not saying it's incorrect, just ostentatious.
Indeed it adds nothing to the sentence.
It is frivolous in the extreme, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Originally posted by J'Pol+8 August 2004 - 13:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 8 August 2004 - 13:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by j2k4@8 August 2004 - 19:33
Originally posted by Withcheese@8 August 2004 - 13:26
<!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@8 August 2004 - 18:50
Nothing hums quite like a week old clam. :x
You'd know, smelly.
edit: To put a comma in. Not sure if it was needed but damn it I'm gonna use it anyhow,,,,
Yes, the comma is necessary, to omit it leaves the identity of "Smelly" to chance. ;)
The one placed after "Yes" is not however obligatory. I'm not saying it's incorrect, just ostentatious.
Indeed it adds nothing to the sentence.
It is frivolous in the extreme, you should be ashamed of yourself. [/b][/quote]
I aspire to ostentatiousness.
I was inhibited as a child-an uncle who owned a punctuation mart willed me a billion assorted commas, periods, colons (regular and semi-), and I'm using them as quickly as I can.
I think it's safe to say I'll never run out; luckily, they don't take up much space and transport easily enough. ;)
Biggles
08-08-2004, 08:09 PM
Semi colons - so sweet, so useful. :1eye:
Originally posted by Biggles@8 August 2004 - 22:10
Semi colons - so sweet, so useful. :1eye:
Myself, I give those a wide berth.
Tho' I probably know how to use them I'm never sure if I do it right in this or that language, I think their uses differ, see.
Biggles
08-08-2004, 08:26 PM
Originally posted by SnnY+8 August 2004 - 20:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (SnnY @ 8 August 2004 - 20:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@8 August 2004 - 22:10
Semi colons - so sweet, so useful. :1eye:
Myself, I give those a wide berth.
Tho' I probably know how to use them I'm never sure if I do it right in this or that language, I think their uses differ, see. [/b][/quote]
Snny
Although English may not be your first language, you are a damn sight easier to understand than some who do not have that fall back.
Biggles
08-08-2004, 08:48 PM
Originally posted by SnnY@8 August 2004 - 20:39
Thanks, I think.
:lol:
It was a compliment.
Jolly good, carry on then.
J'Pol
08-08-2004, 08:51 PM
For the colonically challenged (http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/colons.htm)
If you can have a semi colon then surely you can have a whole colon.
Coat ?
Originally posted by J'Pol@8 August 2004 - 22:52
For the colonically challenged (http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/colons.htm)
If you can have a semi colon then surely you can have a whole colon.
Coat ?
That may be useful later on. It sounded very familiar, I think it explained it at least as well as my last english-teacher, but without the tics and spontenous one-minute-breaks/spacing out. (That man had some issues, I hope he's getting better)
Bookmarked it.
Busyman
08-09-2004, 01:05 PM
New WN&E banner:
"Welcome To The Lounge*"
*but please use big words when talking about nothing and add things like "I'll get my coat".
:lol: :lol: :lol: <_<
J'Pol
08-09-2004, 04:34 PM
Which words do you consider "big" busyman.
Oh and I use "I'll get me coat" or variations in lots of places. Do you feel it lowers the tone of this place.
Busyman
08-09-2004, 05:34 PM
Originally posted by J'Pol+9 August 2004 - 12:35--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 9 August 2004 - 12:35)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Which words do you consider "big" busyman.
Oh and I use "I'll get me coat" or variations in lots of places. Do you feel it lowers the tone of this place. [/b]
It's a joke
<!--QuoteBegin-Biggles @ 8 August 2004 - 14:48
:blink:
What was the topic again? [/quote]
I'll get my coat :ph34r:
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