Last evening, between 6.57 pm & 7.59 pm, 1 hour,
4 New Topics were initiated by the one participant.

Today, between 5.47 am & 7.26 am, 1 hour & 39 minutes,
the same participant posted 10 New Topics.

All cut n paste with no questions, few if any responses, and few if any comebacks to the few if any responses, what’s the point?

This it seems is typical behaviour.

Perhaps instead of filling this board with all this pointless mundane crap, pushing all other participants topics off the page (perhaps that’s the
intention), the participant could just save them all up & present the links all in one post so those interested can partake.

For the good of the forum.

we aren’t the kind of forum to have rules and things.

Arts said:

we aren’t the kind of forum to have rules and things.

it’s not about strict rules

great isn’t it? we’re all mods here cos we’re off our rockers.

BUNNINGS!

Damn, there goes another irony detector

i buy the disposable 10 packs these days.

from BUNNINGS.

;-)

MartinB said:

Damn, there goes another irony detector

care to elaborate Martin

damn, now my “feigned ignorance detector” is munted.

Arts said:

we aren’t the kind of forum to have rules and things.

{|8-(

Boris said:

damn, now my “feigned ignorance detector” is munted.

But your Righteous Indignation detector is working fine.

Boris said:

damn, now my “feigned ignorance detector” is munted.

Yes Boris, I new I would receive criticism in this thread.

And I also new it would be delivered in the form of sarcasm

knew

Observer, you have a thread which is largely and loudly full of you and postapocalipse taking tedious personal potshots at each other. I certainly don’t say that you are solely to blame, AFAICS you are as bad as each other. But you are an enthusastic participant so by your actions show that you think that is an appropriate use for the forum.

And then you complain about someone else jamming the forum? With science topics?

Doctor, heal thyself.

Boris said:

knew

mounted

munted means fucked.

HTH

MartinB said:

Observer, you have a thread which is largely and loudly full of you and postapocalipse taking tedious personal potshots at each other. I certainly don’t say that you are solely to blame, AFAICS you are as bad as each other. But you are an enthusastic participant so by your actions show that you think that is an appropriate use for the forum.

And then you complain about someone else jamming the forum? With science topics?

Doctor, heal thyself.

martin, did you also notice that all those posts were all contained in >> one << thread,

taking up >> one << space on the “new Topic’ window,

I did not start a New Topic for each and every new point I started, but politely kept them all in the one!

Perhaps if I clogged this forum with multiple new threads for say Whats up With that, like C does with his endless space threads you would have something to whine about.

Boris said:

munted means fucked.

inoperable then

the difference observer is that all of CN topics are different disciplines of science. i thought that was obvious.

Boris said:

the difference observer is that all of CN topics are different disciplines of science. i thought that was obvious.

and my point has been stated in the OP and I’m sticking to it

very scientific.

In View by Time extensive argument in one thread is just as, if not more, forum-jamming than half a dozen short new threads. Although nothing can compete with Chat in that regard.

In View by Thread it is just as easy to ignore six threads as it is to ignore one.

I fon’t give a flying rats about what people do on this forum. I merely point out that your complaint makes no sense in the light of your own behaviour.

Crazy’s threads are fine. They don’t take up much room and don’t contribute to global warming. Sometimes I read the links, sometimes I don’t, sometimes I comment, sometimes I don’t. There’s usually a sensible variety, not just endless SPAAAAAACE

Boris said:

very scientific.

15 0f the 19 New Topics in the New Topic window were started by the same participant!

besides the short time period they were posted in (one point I’m making)

see how few responses they have received. (the other point I’m making

And sensible space threads, not like you-know-who.

The_observer said:

Boris said:

very scientific.

15 0f the 19 New Topics in the New Topic window were started by the same participant!

besides the short time period they were posted in (one point I’m making)

see how few responses they have received. (the other point I’m making

Why is this a problem? They’re not troll or abuse threads. Sometimes I’ll read the links provided without feeling any need to comment.

Sometimes I post science stories in Chat that really deserve threads. I’ll try to remember to thread the more interesting ones.

>>I fon’t give a flying rats about what people do on this forum. I merely point out that your complaint makes no sense in the light of your own behaviour.

<<

Sorry, you’re wrong. I started one New Topic & I and mainly one other participant chose to
take part in it.

That is the point of starting a new topic, to interact.

Its not to pointlessly dump countless New topic threads that even the poster responsible rarely partakes in, that seem to be of little interest to anyone

Bubblecar said:

The_observer said:

Boris said:

very scientific.

15 0f the 19 New Topics in the New Topic window were started by the same participant!

besides the short time period they were posted in (one point I’m making)

see how few responses they have received. (the other point I’m making

Why is this a problem? They’re not troll or abuse threads. Sometimes I’ll read the links provided without feeling any need to comment.

because they push all other New Topics posted by other participants off the new topic window.

give some room to others

Bubblecar said:

Sometimes I post science stories in Chat that really deserve threads. I’ll try to remember to thread the more interesting ones.

good on ya

That is the point of starting a new topic, to interact.

look and read the second post in this thread. then get back to us.

Boris said:

That is the point of starting a new topic, to interact.

look and read the second post in this thread. then get back to us.

>>>>we aren’t the kind of forum to have rules and things<<<

does “things” include observations about others?

The_observer, CrazyNeutrino is a fine upstanding contributor here, who rarely offends anyone. Please let people do their thing when they’re not bothering the majority of posters.

things is just a word you use to indicate other things you can’t be bothered to list. or to leave it up to the reader to apply their own interpretation.

Boris said:

things is just a word you use to indicate other things you can’t be bothered to list. or to leave it up to the reader to apply their own interpretation.

great then

Hi observer.
If you don’t like it here, I’m pretty sure that no-one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to stay.
Try some science – leave here and see how upset we get over that.

plus Molly really appreciates CN threads.

Bubblecar said:

Sometimes I post science stories in Chat that really deserve threads. I’ll try to remember to thread the more interesting ones.

Yes, I think that would be a good idea.

It would be good to see more science here.

Spiny Norman said:

Hi observer.
If you don’t like it here, I’m pretty sure that no-one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to stay.
Try some science – leave here and see how upset we get over that.

Hi Spiny Norman.

when did I say I don’t like it here?

And I promise that I will never leave here

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

Sometimes I post science stories in Chat that really deserve threads. I’ll try to remember to thread the more interesting ones.

Yes, I think that would be a good idea.

It would be good to see more science here.

Yes, from a variety of participants

The_observer said:

Spiny Norman said:

Hi observer.
If you don’t like it here, I’m pretty sure that no-one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to stay.
Try some science – leave here and see how upset we get over that.

Hi Spiny Norman.

when did I say I don’t like it here?

And I promise that I will never leave here

Give it a go anyway.

I would just like to point out that this New Topic thread of mine has received

far, far more responses than the previous 11 New Topic threads in total

Spiny Norman said:

The_observer said:

Spiny Norman said:

Hi observer.
If you don’t like it here, I’m pretty sure that no-one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to stay.
Try some science – leave here and see how upset we get over that.

Hi Spiny Norman.

when did I say I don’t like it here?

And I promise that I will never leave here

Give it a go anyway.

after you

The_observer said:

Spiny Norman said:

The_observer said:

Hi Spiny Norman.

when did I say I don’t like it here?

And I promise that I will never leave here

Give it a go anyway.

after you

I’m not the one that’s complaining here.
And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing. You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.

Spiny Norman said:

The_observer said:

Spiny Norman said:

Give it a go anyway.

after you

I’m not the one that’s complaining here.
And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing. You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.

yes, you are complaining, about my complaint!

I thought I should point that out to you.

So, if you don’t like it here, you can leave spiny

The_observer said:

Spiny Norman said:

The_observer said:

after you

I’m not the one that’s complaining here.
And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing. You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.

yes, you are complaining, about my complaint!

I thought I should point that out to you.

So, if you don’t like it here, you can leave spiny

No, I was here looong before you and will continue to be here looong after you leave.
You have yet to explain why posting science threads on a science forum isn’t the right thing to do.

>>> And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing.
You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.
<<<

Just for those of you who aren’t that bright, I also agree that posting science topics on a science thread
is a “good thing”.

But of course that was never my point.

anyone else here that wants to create a straw man to object to the opinion in my OP,

please, don’t bother

The_observer said:

Spiny Norman said:

The_observer said:

after you

I’m not the one that’s complaining here.
And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing. You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.

yes, you are complaining, about my complaint!

I thought I should point that out to you.

So, if you don’t like it here, you can leave spiny

no, spiny IS NOT complaining. He is taking advantage of your bad manners to make tic observations. BTW when did you take the chairman position here to start telling people they can leave? sense of entitlement much? I mean HUH???? Anyone told you you have severe social predation issues observer?

would you walk into a room we were all having a chat in and start making demands to our faces? it’s seriously mentally imbalanced.

Postpocelipse said:

no, spiny IS NOT complaining. He is taking advantage of your bad manners to make tic observations. BTW when did you take the chairman position here to start telling people they can leave? sense of entitlement much? I mean HUH???? Anyone told you you have severe social predation issues observer?

We unfortunately need an ignore option on this forum.
It’d be lovely.

Believe it or not(cause you seem to be devoid of understanding social subtleties) the responses you’ve got from me have been in humor. I think you just hit my “don’t touch the psycho with a ten foot pole” list. WOW!!! that takes doing…..

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

Spiny Norman said:

I’m not the one that’s complaining here.
And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing. You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.

yes, you are complaining, about my complaint!

I thought I should point that out to you.

So, if you don’t like it here, you can leave spiny

no, spiny IS NOT complaining. He is taking advantage of your bad manners to make tic observations. BTW when did you take the chairman position here to start telling people they can leave? sense of entitlement much? I mean HUH???? Anyone told you you have severe social predation issues observer?

Yes spiney is complaining!

Bad manners have nothing to do with the OP.

NOTE: for those of you who mistakenly believe I am the Chairman of this forum,

I state I am NOT the chairman, just a participant with a view.

And again I’m sorry Postpocelipse that you have a small penis

Spiny Norman said:

Postpocelipse said:

no, spiny IS NOT complaining. He is taking advantage of your bad manners to make tic observations. BTW when did you take the chairman position here to start telling people they can leave? sense of entitlement much? I mean HUH???? Anyone told you you have severe social predation issues observer?

We unfortunately need an ignore option on this forum.
It’d be lovely.

Have you no control over your own actions?

I in almost all cases easily ignore you

Spiny Norman said:

Postpocelipse said:

no, spiny IS NOT complaining. He is taking advantage of your bad manners to make tic observations. BTW when did you take the chairman position here to start telling people they can leave? sense of entitlement much? I mean HUH???? Anyone told you you have severe social predation issues observer?

We unfortunately need an ignore option on this forum.
It’d be lovely.

We need a certified psychologist with federal access to IP addresses and a secret lab to study crazy people.

Postpocelipse said:

Believe it or not(cause you seem to be devoid of understanding social subtleties) the responses you’ve got from me have been in humor.

and mine to you too sir

The_observer said:

Yes spiney is complaining!

Technically, I’m demonstrating that you’re a whinging idiot.

Postpocelipse said:

Spiny Norman said:

Postpocelipse said:

no, spiny IS NOT complaining. He is taking advantage of your bad manners to make tic observations. BTW when did you take the chairman position here to start telling people they can leave? sense of entitlement much? I mean HUH???? Anyone told you you have severe social predation issues observer?

We unfortunately need an ignore option on this forum.
It’d be lovely.

We need a certified psychologist with federal access to IP addresses and a secret lab to study crazy people.

LOL Post, you are funny, now I know you are just jiving with me.

Perhaps we can be friends?

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

yes, you are complaining, about my complaint!

I thought I should point that out to you.

So, if you don’t like it here, you can leave spiny

no, spiny IS NOT complaining. He is taking advantage of your bad manners to make tic observations. BTW when did you take the chairman position here to start telling people they can leave? sense of entitlement much? I mean HUH???? Anyone told you you have severe social predation issues observer?

Yes spiney is complaining!

Bad manners have nothing to do with the OP.

NOTE: for those of you who mistakenly believe I am the Chairman of this forum,

I state I am NOT the chairman, just a participant with a view.

And again I’m sorry Postpocelipse that you have a small penis

Bad manners??? you are certifiable. and i’m pretty sure dangerous to civilians. do you drool on your keyboard???

Spiny Norman said:

The_observer said:

Yes spiney is complaining!

Technically, I’m demonstrating that you’re a whinging idiot.

Now I need to clarify spiny. are u just joking with me like Post does,

or did you mean to hurt my feeling with that bit about being an idiot?

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

Spiny Norman said:

We unfortunately need an ignore option on this forum.
It’d be lovely.

We need a certified psychologist with federal access to IP addresses and a secret lab to study crazy people.

LOL Post, you are funny, now I know you are just jiving with me.

Perhaps we can be friends?

Well I can appreciate your ability to change tack but people who walk into established social groups and start making proclamations make me uneasy. I’ll be playing it by ear.

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

no, spiny IS NOT complaining. He is taking advantage of your bad manners to make tic observations. BTW when did you take the chairman position here to start telling people they can leave? sense of entitlement much? I mean HUH???? Anyone told you you have severe social predation issues observer?

Yes spiney is complaining!

Bad manners have nothing to do with the OP.

NOTE: for those of you who mistakenly believe I am the Chairman of this forum,

I state I am NOT the chairman, just a participant with a view.

And again I’m sorry Postpocelipse that you have a small penis

Bad manners??? you are certifiable. and i’m pretty sure dangerous to civilians. do you drool on your keyboard???

ha ha, lol again, but do you have any other methods of showing your humour though Post?

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

We need a certified psychologist with federal access to IP addresses and a secret lab to study crazy people.

LOL Post, you are funny, now I know you are just jiving with me.

Perhaps we can be friends?

Well I can appreciate your ability to change tack but people who walk into established social groups and start making proclamations make me uneasy. I’ll be playing it by ear.

Friend

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

LOL Post, you are funny, now I know you are just jiving with me.

Perhaps we can be friends?

Well I can appreciate your ability to change tack but people who walk into established social groups and start making proclamations make me uneasy. I’ll be playing it by ear.

Friend

oddball! but an amusing one. idk what to say really. trying to stop shaking my head..

Woman: I didn’t know we ‘ad a king! I thought we were autonomous collective.
Man: (mad) You’re fooling yourself! We’re living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes—
Woman: There you go, bringing class into it again…

Man: I told you! We’re an anarcho-syndicalist commune! We’re taking turns to act as a sort of executive-officer-for-the-week—
Arthur: (uninterested) Yes…
Man: But all the decisions of that officer ‘ave to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting—
Arthur: (perturbed) Yes I see!
Man: By a simple majority, in the case of purely internal affairs—
Arthur: (mad) Be quiet!
Man: But by a two-thirds majority, in the case of more major—
Arthur: (very angry) BE QUIET! I order you to be quiet!

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

Well I can appreciate your ability to change tack but people who walk into established social groups and start making proclamations make me uneasy. I’ll be playing it by ear.

Friend

oddball! but an amusing one. idk what to say really.

how about Mate, Pal, Buddy, Cobber, Bro

all good friend :)

Dropbear said:

Woman: I didn’t know we ‘ad a king! I thought we were autonomous collective.
Man: (mad) You’re fooling yourself! We’re living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes—
Woman: There you go, bringing class into it again…

It is interesting how particular participants here seem rather offended that I have judged

another participant, yet, these same participants judge me and other participants often.

Perhaps its just not prudent to base a topic on the judgement of other participants?

No I just like The Holy Grail

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

Friend

oddball! but an amusing one. idk what to say really.

how about Mate, Pal, Buddy, Cobber, Bro

all good friend :)

:D I had a late night but you’ve made me laugh anyway. I’ll go with tentative truce with probationary friendliness. True familiarity takes sacrifice in my book so you’ll also have to impress me with how you handle others. Deal?

>Perhaps instead of filling this board with all this pointless mundane crap, pushing all other participants topics off the page

as of the sublimated, projected, conversions about the propositions, the frustrations of men of normal length typically not being able to duck their intellectual appendage.

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

oddball! but an amusing one. idk what to say really.

how about Mate, Pal, Buddy, Cobber, Bro

all good friend :)

:D I had a late night but you’ve made me laugh anyway. I’ll go with tentative truce with probationary friendliness. True familiarity takes sacrifice in my book so you’ll also have to impress me with how you handle others. Deal?

this sounds like one of Sheldon’s room Mate Agreements.

Is Crazy part of it?

transition said:

>Perhaps instead of filling this board with all this pointless mundane crap, pushing all other participants topics off the page

as of the sublimated, projected, conversions about the propositions, the frustrations of men of normal length typically not being able to duck their intellectual appendage.

have I met you somewhere before?

The_observer said:

Dropbear said:

Woman: I didn’t know we ‘ad a king! I thought we were autonomous collective.
Man: (mad) You’re fooling yourself! We’re living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes—
Woman: There you go, bringing class into it again…

It is interesting how particular participants here seem rather offended that I have judged

another participant, yet, these same participants judge me and other participants often.

Perhaps its just not prudent to base a topic on the judgement of other participants?

More so a case of being familiar with peoples coping mechanisms here. Monty Python quoting is a traditional peace pipe around here if you’ve been here long enough. A generic overview rather than a personal observation.

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

how about Mate, Pal, Buddy, Cobber, Bro

all good friend :)

:D I had a late night but you’ve made me laugh anyway. I’ll go with tentative truce with probationary friendliness. True familiarity takes sacrifice in my book so you’ll also have to impress me with how you handle others. Deal?

this sounds like one of Sheldon’s room Mate Agreements.

Is Crazy part of it?

Crazy is a protected species in my book. A rare intellect with boundless enthusiasm for “being interested in stuff”.

Monty Python quoting is a traditional peace pipe around here
<<<

I can’t wait to test how well that works out

The_observer said:

Monty Python quoting is a traditional peace pipe around here
<<<

I can’t wait to test how well that works out

I once managed to rework the “argument dept” skit into a fairly impressively long thread with the help of others retorts. Good old days n all that.

>>>Crazy is a protected species in my book. A rare intellect with boundless enthusiasm for “being interested in stuff”.<<<

well it wasn’t the man I was targeting in this thread,

but rather one of his annoying habbits

“Now, you listen here! He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!’

:)

The_observer said:

>>>Crazy is a protected species in my book. A rare intellect with boundless enthusiasm for “being interested in stuff”.<<<

well it wasn’t the man I was targeting in this thread,

but rather one of his annoying habbits

“Now, you listen here! He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!’

:)

a thoughtful one maybe

some derailment,
and train wrecks
the bisted and twitter

creative enlightenment
distraction effects
there’s some litter

i see this has degenerated since i was here last so i’ll leave you lot toit. i’ve had my say.

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

>>>Crazy is a protected species in my book. A rare intellect with boundless enthusiasm for “being interested in stuff”.<<<

well it wasn’t the man I was targeting in this thread,

but rather one of his annoying habbits

“Now, you listen here! He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!’

:)

a thoughtful one maybe

sorry, Monty Python clearly say ‘naughty’

Boris said:

i see this has degenerated since i was here last so i’ll leave you lot toit. i’ve had my say.

I can’t help feeling totally irresponsible for that

transition said:

some derailment,
and train wrecks
the bisted and twitter

creative enlightenment
distraction effects
there’s some litter

Is that from Monty Python flying circus

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

>>>Crazy is a protected species in my book. A rare intellect with boundless enthusiasm for “being interested in stuff”.<<<

well it wasn’t the man I was targeting in this thread,

but rather one of his annoying habbits

“Now, you listen here! He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!’

:)

a thoughtful one maybe

sorry, Monty Python clearly say ‘naughty’

as clearly as a dead parrot says “the milkman did ya missus!!!!”

:P

Boris said:

i see this has degenerated since i was here last so i’ll leave you lot toit. i’ve had my say.

I thought things turned out pretty much like I thought they would,,,

except for the part where I made a new friend.

The_observer said:

transition said:

some derailment,
and train wrecks
the bisted and twitter

creative enlightenment
distraction effects
there’s some litter

Is that from Monty Python flying circus

it does sound vaguely like a verbal description of their opening montage.

>Is that from Monty Python flying circus

my rhyme on the fly
the I and others a mixed bunch
for you guy

explanations not I try
some of it good some fudge
for you I try

The_observer said:

transition said:

some derailment,
and train wrecks
the bisted and twitter

creative enlightenment
distraction effects
there’s some litter

CrazeyN, come & join in with some of your favourite Monty Python quotes

Is that from Monty Python flying circus

Postpocelipse said:

The_observer said:

Postpocelipse said:

a thoughtful one maybe

sorry, Monty Python clearly say ‘naughty’

as clearly as a dead parrot says “the milkman did ya missus!!!!”

:P

that parrots not dead, it’s just having a rest

After a rocky start it has become a staggeringly popular thread.

transition said:

>Is that from Monty Python flying circus

my rhyme on the fly
the I and others a mixed bunch
for you guy

explanations not I try
some of it good some fudge
for you I try

thanks, appreciate your efforts

AwesomeO said:

After a rocky start it has become a staggeringly popular thread.

A.O, I know how to start em ;)

AwesomeO said:

After a rocky start it has become a staggeringly popular thread.

We, the people of here, are enamored of the art of reconciling that which is seen as irreconcilable. Often are we met with the clamor for war but the tides of mirth are beyond the scope of the treasonous emotion. Those that rise in our path inevitably join our wave as foam and spray. Lightning is only ridden by the storm……..

I drank too much coffee

and now the observer is emotional

CrazyNeutrino said:

I drank too much coffee

and now the observer is emotional

just a Monty Python quote will suffice Crazy

AwesomeO said:

After a rocky start it has become a staggeringly popular thread.

I’m not sure ‘popular’ is quite the right word for that sentence.

The_observer said:

Last evening, between 6.57 pm & 7.59 pm, 1 hour,
4 New Topics were initiated by the one participant.

Today, between 5.47 am & 7.26 am, 1 hour & 39 minutes,
the same participant posted 10 New Topics.

All cut n paste with no questions, few if any responses, and few if any comebacks to the few if any responses, what’s the point?

This it seems is typical behaviour.

Perhaps instead of filling this board with all this pointless mundane crap, pushing all other participants topics off the page (perhaps that’s the
intention), the participant could just save them all up & present the links all in one post so those interested can partake.

For the good of the forum.

I’d like to be able to help here but I don’t seem to be able to locate a question

CrazyNeutrino said:

I drank too much coffee

be sure to flush.

and now the observer is emotional

which emotions promote petulance?

The_observer said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

I drank too much coffee

and now the observer is emotional

just a Monty Python quote will suffice Crazy

Is it contagious?

CrazyNeutrino said:

The_observer said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

I drank too much coffee

and now the observer is emotional

just a Monty Python quote will suffice Crazy

Is it contagious?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedy-news/10463680/Monty-Pythons-25-funniest-quotes.html?frame=2738922

One of my favourite skits

King Arthur: ‘Look, you stupid Bastard. You’ve got no arms left.’
Black Knight: ‘Yes I have.’
King Arthur: ‘Look!’
Black Knight: ‘It’s just a flesh wound.’

The dead parrot sketch is my favorite

Argument Clinic – Monty Python’s The Flying Circus

Argument Clinic is good too

Monty Python’s Flying Circus S2E13

CrazyNeutrino said:

Argument Clinic – Monty Python’s The Flying Circus

Argument Clinic is good too

Ah, those were the days

I liked the bit where you shoved the drill in the virgin otter’s face…

I never found Monty Python particularly funny… in fact I find many of the skits to be very un-funny.

It seems to me that much of the MP humor was (very much understandably) specific to 1970’s British politics.

Yes I know what you mean, country specific, generational,

I dont get a lot of American humor

even some early Australian humor like Alvin Purple, I dont get

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

we aren’t the kind of forum to have rules and things.

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why the long face?

Spiny Norman said:

The_observer said:

Spiny Norman said:

Give it a go anyway.

after you

I’m not the one that’s complaining here.
And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing. You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.

this might be the problem… this is a chat forum with an interest in science, not a science forum that includes chat.

there are no rules here, man.

Arts said:

Rule 303 said:

Arts said:

we aren’t the kind of forum to have rules and things.

{|8-(

why the long face?

I’m feeling a little hoarse.

Arts said:

Spiny Norman said:

The_observer said:

after you

I’m not the one that’s complaining here.
And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing. You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.

this might be the problem… this is a chat forum with an interest in science, not a science forum that includes chat.

there are no rules here, man.

Lousy Beatniks.

poikilotherm said:

Arts said:

Spiny Norman said:

I’m not the one that’s complaining here.
And I’m also part of the clear majority that think CN’s threads are a good thing. You know, posting threads about science in a science forum and all that.

this might be the problem… this is a chat forum with an interest in science, not a science forum that includes chat.

there are no rules here, man.

Lousy Beatniks.

Beatniks had rules. Never wash, smoke dope, say maan every third word, eat lentils.

Tamb said:

poikilotherm said:

Arts said:

this might be the problem… this is a chat forum with an interest in science, not a science forum that includes chat.

there are no rules here, man.

Lousy Beatniks.

Beatniks had rules. Never wash, smoke dope, say maan every third word, eat lentils.

I never saw Maynard G Krebs do any of those

I thoroughly enjoy CN’s threads. I rarely if ever ever post in them, but they’re diverse and interesting links that I’d not normally see unless they were posted here.

Roll on CN! Keep ‘em comming!

I also (generally) appreciate CrazyNeutrino’s science news threads.

It makes sense to me that he posts those items in individual threads, just in case people do want to comment on the topic. This forum doesn’t cope well with overly long threads – the server can’t load the whole thread when it gets too big, so it would not be a good idea to post such items in one giant thread.

Speaking of Monty Python,

The Travel Agent sketch (long version from Live at the Hollywood Bowl)

VISIT MOROCCO
Sun, Sea, and Watch
out behind you

Mr. Smoketoomuch: (Eric Idle) Good morning.

Secretary: (Carol Cleveland) Oh, good morning. Umm, have you come to arrange a holiday or would you like a blow job?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: I’m sorry?

Secretary: Uh, oh, you’ve come to arrange a holiday?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Uh… yes.

Secretary: Oh, sorry, sorry. Now, where were you thinking of going?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Uh… to India.

Secretary: Ah, one of our adventure holidays.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Yes, that’s right.

Secretary: Well, you’d better see Mr. Bounder about that. Uh, Mr. Bounder, this gentleman is interested in the “India Overland” – and nothing else.

Mr. Bounder: (Michael Palin) Ah. Hello, I’m Bounder of Adventure.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Oh, hello. My name is Smoketoomuch.

Mr. Bounder: What?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: My name is Smoketoomuch. Mr. Smoketoomuch.

Mr. Bounder: Well, you’d better cut down a little then.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: I’m sorry?

Mr. Bounder: You’d better cut down a little then.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Oh, I see! Smoke too much so I’d better cut down a little then!

Mr. Bounder: Yes. Ooh, it’s going to get people making jokes about your name all the time, eh?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: No, actually, it never struck me before. Smoketoomuch…

Mr. Bounder: Anyway, umm, you’re interested in one of our holidays, are you?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Yes, that’s right. I saw your advert in the blassified ads.

Mr. Bounder: The what?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: In The Times Blassified Ads.

Mr. Bounder: Ah, The Times Classified Ads.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Yes, that’s right. I’m afraid I have a speech impediment. I can’t pronounce the letter B.

Mr. Bounder: Uh, C.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Yes, that’s right, B. It’s all due to a trauma I suffered when I was a sboolboy. I was attacked by a Siamese bat.

Mr. Bounder: Uh, ah, a Siamese cat.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: No, a Siamese bat. They’re more dangerous.

Mr. Bounder: Listen, can you say the letter K?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Oh, yes. Khaki, kettle, Kipling, Khomeini, Kellog’s Born Flakes.

Mr. Bounder: Well, why don’t you say the letter K instead of the letter C?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: What, you mean, pronounce “blassified” with a K?

Mr. Bounder: Yes, absolutely!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Klassified!

Mr. Bounder: Good!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Oh, it’s very good! I never thought of that before. What a silly bunt.

Mr. Bounder: Now then, umm, about the holiday…

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Yes, well, I’ve been on packaged tours many times before, so your advert really baught my eye.

Mr. Bounder: Good, good, jolly good, well, let me offer you this…

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Why-why, what’s the point of going abroad, if your just going to be treated like a sheep?

Mr. Bounder: Mmm.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Carted around in buses surrounded by sweaty mindless oafs from Kettering and Boventry.

Mr. Bounder: Absolutely.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Their blothed backs and their bardigans and their transistor radios, complaining about the tea or they don’t make it properly, do they? And stopping at endless Majorcan bodegas selling fish and chips and Watney’s Red Barrel and calamaris and two veg. And sitting in their cotton sunfrocks, squirting Timothy White Suncream all over their puffy, raw, swollen, purulent flesh, ‘cos they overdid it on the first day.

Mr. Bounder: Yes, I know just what you mean! Now, what we offer is…

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Being herded into countless Hotel Miramars and Bellevues, Bontinentals with their international luxury modern roomettes…

Mr. Bounder: Oh, yes.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …and swimming pools full of draft Red Barrel and fat German businessmen pretending to be acrobats and forming pyramids and frightening the children and…

Mr. Bounder: Oh, yes.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …barging into the queues. And if you’re not at your table…

Mr. Bounder: Oh, yes.

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …spot on seven you miss your bowl of Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup, the first item in the menu of International Cuisine.

Mr. Bounder: Absolutely. Now what we have here is…

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Every Thursday night there’s a bloody cabaret in the bar featuring some tiny emaciated dego with nine-inch hips and some fat bloated tart with her hair Bryll-creamed down and big arse presenting flamenco for foreigners.

Mr. Bounder: Will you be quiet, please?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: And an adenoidal typist from Birmingham with flabby white…

Mr. Bounder: Will you be quiet?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …legs and diarrhea trying to pick up hairy, bandy legged, whop degos called Manuel.

Mr. Bounder: Be-be quiet!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: And once a week there’s an excursion to local Roman remains, where you can buy Cherry Aid and melted ice cream…

Mr. Bounder: Be quiet!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …and bleedin’ Watney’s Red Barrel.

Mr. Bounder: Shut up!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: And one night they take you to a typical restaurant with local…

Mr. Bounder: Shut up!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …atmosphere and color and you sit next to a…

Mr. Bounder: Shut up!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …party from Rhyl who keep singing “I love the Costa Brava!”

Mr. Bounder: Shut up!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: “I love the Costa Brava!” And you get cornered by some drunken green grocer from Luton with an Instamatic camera and last Tuesday’s ‘Daily Express’…

Mr. Bounder: Please be quiet!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …and he’s on and on and on about how it is running the country and how many languages Margaret Powell can speak and she throws up all over the cuba libres. And spending four days on the tarmac at Luton Airport on a five-day package tour with nothing to eat but dry British Airways sandwiches.

Mr. Bounder: Shut up! Please shut up!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: And you can’t even get a glass of Watney’s Red Barrel because you’re still in England with the bloody bar closes every time you’re thirsty. And the kids are crying and vomiting and breaking the plastic ashtrays. They keep telling you won’t be another hour, but you know damn well your plane is still in Iceland, because it had to turn back, trying to take a party of Swedes to…

Mr. Bounder: Shut up!

Mr. Smoketoomuch: …to take a party of Swedes to Yugoslavia. Of course it loads you up there at 3 a.m. in the morning. And then you sit on the tarmac for four hours because of unforeseen difficulties, i.e. the permanent strike of airtraffic control over Paris. When you finally get to Malaga airport, everybody’s queueing for the bloody toilet, and queueing for the bloody half-customs officers, and queueing for the bloody bus that isn’t there, waiting to take you to the hotel that hasn’t yet been built. When you finally get to the half-built Algerian ruin called the Hotel Limassol, while paying half the holiday money to a license Spaniard in a taxi, there’s no water in the pool, there’s no water in the bath, there’s no water in the tap, there’s only a bleeding lizard in the bidet, and half the rooms are doublebooked, and you can’t sleep anyway, ‘cause the permanent are in the jungles in the hotel next door. Meanwhile, the Spanish National Tourist Board promises that the raging cholera epidemic is merely a mild outbreak of the Spanish Conleigh, rather like the previous outbreak in 1616, even the bloody rats are dying from it!

Graham Chapman: (Ready to start the next sketch) As early as the late 14th century, or indeed as late as the early 14th century, the earliest forms of japes were divisible in…

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Meanwhile, the bloody guardia are arresting 16-yearolds for kissing in the streets – (something I can’t make out) – everybody’s buying little awful horrid donkeys with their names on, I can’t tell you the – (something else I can’t make out) – and when you finally get to Manchester, there’s only another bloody bus to carry you another 60 miles…

I drank too much coffee

and found a dozen or so interesting articles

I hope no one felt threatened by so many science articles in a science forum

It may happen again

Teleost said:

I thoroughly enjoy CN’s threads. I rarely if ever ever post in them, but they’re diverse and interesting links that I’d not normally see unless they were posted here.

Roll on CN! Keep ‘em comming!

Mr. Bounder: Listen, can you say the letter K?

Mr. Smoketoomuch: Oh, yes. Khaki, kettle, Kipling, Khomeini, Kellog’s Born Flakes.
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that sketch is very funny just reading it :))))))))