Wearing of Burka

[ahinton]

No, as is perfectly obvious, we are both going to ignore Mr.GG. I have put him on ignore a few times over the years, but then given him another chance in the vain hope that he might have improved the content of his posts and desisted from his name-calling, but as he has demonstrated on this thread, he has done neither.

I have no patience with overt name-calling which I believe contributes nothing of value to a discussion, but if you and RM are going to ignore particular posters because you simply don't approve of their thoughts and ideas, that's quite another matter and your respective losses; it most cetainly will not curtail legitimate discussion and argument of the subject itself, so such an action on both your parts would self-evidently be of little consequence to anyone other than you two...

[Mr Pee]

I have no patience with overt name-calling which I believe contributes nothing of value to a discussion, but if you and RM are going to ignore particular posters because you simply don't approve of their thoughts and ideas, that's quite another matter and your respective losses; it most cetainly will not curtail legitimate discussion and argument of the subject itself, so such an action on both your parts would self-evidently be of little consequence to anyone other than you two...

I rarely find anything of value in Mr.GG's often incomprehensible posts, whether I agree with him or not.

So not seeing them any more is a loss I can cope with.

[Resurrection Man]

I rarely find anything of value in Mr.GG's often incomprehensible posts, whether I agree with him or not.

So not seeing them any more is a loss I can cope with.

Same goes for me.

[ahinton]

Same goes for me.

Well, that's fine for you and Mr Pee, then - though as it will make no difference to how the rest of us perceive and discuss the subject, your mention of it seems rather pointless, frankly, since it is not only a matter between each of you and Mr GG but also passes over the fact that you each disagree with quite a few others here about this subject and no small number of others.

[ahinton]

I rarely find anything of value in Mr.GG's often incomprehensible posts, whether I agree with him or not.

If you really find MrGG's posts "often incomprehensible", how do you know whether or not there is "anything of value" in them and, more importantly, how can you know whether or not you agree with him?

[MrGongGong]

If you really find MrGG's posts "often incomprehensible", how do you know whether or not there is "anything of value" in them and, more importantly, how can you know whether or not you agree with him?

He was taught that by the Prof who uses the same method of "non-understanding" and "non-listening" when listening to the music of Stockhausen

[Beef Oven!]

If you really find MrGG's posts "often incomprehensible", how do you know whether or not there is "anything of value" in them and, more importantly, how can you know whether or not you agree with him?

Had a dream about you last night ahinton. Dreamt you were the owner of an off licence and you got robbed. It went like this........

Armed Robber: No nonsense. Just give me all your money.

ahinton:I shall commence by pointing out to you that my demeanour is not one which could be described as nonsensical. Consequently I can attest you have no cause to reprimand me on your first point. On to your second point: Bearing in mind the potentially lethal situation in which I find myself, to wit: your presence in conjunction with the presumably loaded firearm which is presently levelled at my cranium, I will comply with your request comprehensively, albeit reluctantly. Here, twenty-seven pence.

Armed Robber: Twenty-seven pence? Fuck off. There's more than that in the till.

ahinton: Indeed, undoubtedly so. However your request was for 'my' money. The currency in the till belongs to a third party and is therefore not "my money" However, if you are still desirous of said money I would suggest that you re-phrase your original statement to recognise and incorporate this important distinction.

[eighthobstruction]

Had a dream about you last night ahinton. Dreamt you were the owner of an off licence and you got robbed. It went like this........

Armed Robber: No nonsense. Just give me all your money.

ahinton:I shall commence by pointing out to you that my demeanour is not one which could be described as nonsensical. Consequently I can attest you have no cause to reprimand me on your first point. On to your second point: Bearing in mind the potentially lethal situation in which I find myself, to wit: your presence in conjunction with the presumably loaded firearm which is presently levelled at my cranium, I will comply with your request comprehensively, albeit reluctantly. Here, twenty-seven pence.

Armed Robber: Twenty-seven pence? Fuck off. There's more than that in the till.

ahinton: Indeed, undoubtedly so. However your request was for 'my' money. The currency in the till belongs to a third party and is therefore not "my money" However, if you are still desirous of said money I would suggest that you re-phrase your original statement to recognise and incorporate this important distinction.

<shame no emoticons available> <ha ha enjoyed that> ....

[Mr Pee]

<shame no emoticons available> <ha ha enjoyed that> ....

Absolutely! <laugh> <laugh>

[Beef Oven!]

<shame no emoticons available> <ha ha enjoyed that> ....

Lifted from a past issue of Viz.

[ahinton]

Had a dream about you last night ahinton.

Let me say without delay that I am very sad for you and hope that you manage to get over it.

Dreamt you were the owner of an off licence and you got robbed. It went like this........

Armed Robber: No nonsense. Just give me all your money.

ahinton:I shall commence by pointing out to you that my demeanour is not one which could be described as nonsensical. Consequently I can attest you have no cause to reprimand me on your first point. On to your second point: Bearing in mind the potentially lethal situation in which I find myself, to wit: your presence in conjunction with the presumably loaded firearm which is presently levelled at my cranium, I will comply with your request comprehensively, albeit reluctantly. Here, twenty-seven pence.

Armed Robber: Twenty-seven pence? Fuck off. There's more than that in the till.

ahinton: Indeed, undoubtedly so. However your request was for 'my' money. The currency in the till belongs to a third party and is therefore not "my money" However, if you are still desirous of said money I would suggest that you re-phrase your original statement to recognise and incorporate this important distinction.

I "got robbed", you say in your opening salvo? It seems from what follows, however, that this was not the case after all! As this is a discussion forum and that, as an esteemèd member thereof, you appreciate the value of intelligent and constructive discussion, I assume that you applaud the fact that a discussion ensued in my off-licence rather than robbery with or even without violence. I have to confess to some degree of puzzlement as to why I would have had £0.27 of my own money in a till the remainder of whose contents was, as expected, money paid for goods purchased by customers of my off-licence. The most unfortunate part of your tale, however, is your omission of the crucial bit of this story, which is that I'd pressed the red button to alert the police as soon as I was threatened and that, by the time the potential thief had become thoroughly fed up with the obfuscatory pedantry and procrastinatory delaying tactics of the gentle but firm verbal assualt of which the criminal-to-be had scant expectation, two constables burst through the door and made an arrest.

Otherwise, your little story gave me as much amusement as it appears to have given others although, as a contribution to the discussion on this thread, it's less than obvious that even you would seek to claim that it was anything more than a pleasant light diversion therefrom...

[ahinton]

Lifted from a past issue of Viz.

And there we all were thinking that it was an original rib of beef from the oven of your own imagination!...

[Beef Oven!]

And there we all were thinking that it was an original rib of beef from the oven of your own imagination!...

I've never had an original thought in my life. Even that ain't original.

[ahinton]

I've never had an original thought in my life.

Ah - so all the opinions that you express on this forum are received ones, are they?

[Beef Oven!]

Ah - so all the opinions that you express on this forum are received ones, are they?

Pretty much. I believe the Einstein theory of ideas. They can't be created or destroyed, just shifted about a bit.