Ship of Fools: "Bugger off Ecclesiastical Flip-flop"

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Posted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop (# 10745) on :

* take exception to the tone of that comment * have received. If you don't like what * have written in a post, it was not intentional and you don't say how * should remedy that.

Please don't make an outburst if it can be dealt with by a polite request. Unless * have an apology, * won't be posting further for the time being.

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

Are you for real, or have you not realised it's H&A Day despite the BIG GREEN WRITING AT THE TOP OF THE HOME PAGE THAT TELLS YOU IT IS?

Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :

Problem is, * don't come in via the home page - so * never knew.

Posted by Gildas (# 525) on :

* don't come in through the front page and was mildly taken aback but it struck me as unlikely that the software is sufficiently flexible that it could d*** out personalised abuse.

* mean, everyone has got the "Piss off, Gildas, you tedious ***l*** twat, 8,**0 posts is at least 8,499 to many" message followed by the personalised signatures of all the Hosts and Admins, each with their own personal note of abuse, right?

Posted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop (# 10745) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Marvin the Martian:
Are you for real, or have you not realised it's H&A Day despite the BIG GREEN WRITING AT THE TOP OF THE HOME PAGE THAT TELLS YOU IT IS?

Posted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop (# 10745) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop:

quote:
Crap spouted by Marvin the Martian:
Are you for real, or have you not realised it's H&A Day despite the BIG GREEN WRITING AT THE TOP OF THE HOME PAGE THAT TELLS YOU IT IS?

Yes, * had noted the big screen writing at the top of the home page, but even so about the tone of the expression......!

BTW, * may be missing the obvious (not for the first time) but what does H&A stand for? * don't know what H&A Day consists of.

* thought * was being taken to task because a host did not like what * had written in a post.

Sorry if * missed the point by over-reacting to wording not intended to be taken seriously. OK, * will hold my fire for the time-being and see how it goes!

Posted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop (# 10745) on :

Host & Admin Day - * have just spotted it!

[ 18. September 2014, 13:59: Message edited by: Ecclesiastical Flip-flop ]

Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :

You had the highest number of points until that last post [Frown]

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

Seriusly, if we were able to tailor that message to give specific messages to posters, we'd have already used it enough times that everyone would know about it!

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

Just testing to see what everyone is talikng about.

Never mind, eye found it.

[ 18. September 2014, 15:05: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]

Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :

Oh shit, * thought it was serious. * thought bloody hell, somebody actually reads my posts. But no (sigh) it's just H and A having fun. And [* ]everybody [/* ]gets told to go away, * guess.

* know, * 'll post something sweet and generous and, above all [* ]sensible[/* ] . That'll floor 'em.

Posted by ExclamationMark (# 14715) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop:
* take exception to the tone of that comment * have received. If you don't like what * have written in a post, it was not intentional and you don't say how * should remedy that.

Please don't make an outburst if it can be dealt with by a polite request. Unless * have an apology, * won't be posting further for the time being.

Whatever day it is for you - it may not resonate in the same way to others who may have been hurt/wounded because they've been told to ****** off irl.

That kind of language is uncalled for in any circumstance.

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

ffs, all 17000 plus registered members have been told to bugger off. You're not alone, my precious.

Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :

Bugger off, Pete. [Razz]

Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by PeteC:
ffs, all 17000 plus registered members have been told to bugger off. You're not alone, my precious.

* haven't [Waterworks]

and * 'm fairly sure * didn't get a rude message when * posted earlier.

Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on :

[Hot and Hormonal]

Eye have seen it now.

Posted by Nanny Ogg (# 1176) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by ExclamationMark:

quote:
Crap spouted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop:
* take exception to the tone of that comment * have received. If you don't like what * have written in a post, it was not intentional and you don't say how * should remedy that.

Please don't make an outburst if it can be dealt with by a polite request. Unless * have an apology, * won't be posting further for the time being.
Whatever day it is for you - it may not resonate in the same way to others who may have been hurt/wounded because they've been told to ****** off irl.

That kind of language is uncalled for in any circumstance.

It should not have been carried onto the "Waving not drowning" private board where many who have been hurt/wounded or have mental health issues post.

[ 18. September 2014, 20:49: Message edited by: Nanny Ogg ]

Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :

Has any of us ever not been told to bugger off irl? You'd have to be extremely delicate to be hurt by it.

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :

Made me larff anyway.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

made my fuckin' day, personally. same to youse guys! [Axe murder]

Posted by ExclamationMark (# 14715) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by PeteC:
ffs, all 17000 plus registered members have been told to bugger off. You're not alone, my precious.

Yes .... and how many of them resent being told it again with the anonymity being on line affords? It amounts to cyber bullying

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

oh **** the **** ****** and ***** because ***** ***ing ****ers want ***** with ***** up their *****! ***** **** ****ing 'cyber bullying'.

[eta: proper punctuation is important when you want your message thoroughly understood.]

[ 18. September 2014, 21:25: Message edited by: comet ]

Posted by Autenrieth Road (# 10509) on :

Are all those words being asterisked by the software, or are you messing with our minds by making up your own asterisks?

Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by ExclamationMark:

quote:
Crap spouted by PeteC:
ffs, all 17000 plus registered members have been told to bugger off. You're not alone, my precious.
Yes .... and how many of them resent being told it again with the anonymity being on line affords? It amounts to cyber bullying

Oh, fuck off does it! This is cyber bullying. Don't trivialise it.

[ 18. September 2014, 21:39: Message edited by: Albertus ]

Posted by Mrs Shrew (# 8635) on :

Seriously? Taking offence at the "Bugger off"?
Personally, it gave me a warm fuzzy feeling to see someone had been playing with that message.

Posted by The Great Gumby (# 10989) on :

As an infrequent visitor these days, it gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling to see that the Ship remains disrespectful and subversive, and that there's still no shortage of pearl-clutchers, hankie-squeezers and the terminally bewildered.

Frankly, if an automated message telling you to bugger off (a message which most people don't seem to have even noticed) is enough to cause you serious trauma, the Ship is far too dangerous a place to be spending your time. You want something more like this.

Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Gildas:

...everyone has got the "Piss off, Gildas, you tedious ***l*** twat ..

Sure did. Was honoured to be mistaken for you, good sir.

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by ExclamationMark:
Yes .... and how many of them resent being told it again with the anonymity being on line affords? It amounts to cyber bullying

It is precisely because of this sort of over-the-top, "oh my God you can't do that because someone somewhere might get upset" bullshit that we have H&A Days in the first place.

Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on :

It made me smile when * first saw it, though * think * only noticed it some time after it had been put there.

TBH, * 'd never seen "bugger off" as being all that terrible a phrase in any case: * 'd always seen it as the kind of thing the stereotypically grumpy character says when they're sat in a pub nursing their nth pint of beer in either a sitcom or a light-hearted drama and their overly-cheerful friend comes and sits with them. It's normally and ignored and actually does mean "Hello, yes you can sit and chat with me - but * 'm not going to actually say that to you, because it'll only encourage you".

Posted by Robert Armin (# 182) on :

Where do you have to go to see this message? Everyone is still being nice to me! [Angel]

Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :

Top of the page, right under the board image.

Posted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop (# 10745) on :

* am just back since * was logged-on yesterday and what a lot has been added to this thread since!

* have taken on board the consequences of the H&A as has clearly been explained to me about B***** O**. There have been rare instances in the past when * have had my differences with shipmates, causing me to be bruised. * wrongly thought it was a case of that this time.

Posted by quetzalcoatl (# 16740) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by pimple:
Oh shit, * thought it was serious. * thought bloody hell, somebody actually reads my posts. But no (sigh) it's just H and A having fun. And [* ]everybody [/* ]gets told to go away, * guess.

* know, * 'll post something sweet and generous and, above all [* ]sensible[/* ] . That'll floor 'em.

Yes, for me it was warm, intimate, cuddly. And you can have lots of fun with ****** asterisks, and how to avoid them.

Posted by dj_ordinaire (# 4643) on :

Is it any consolation that H&A's also get told to bugger off on our own day? (viz. 'Bugger Off, dj_ordinaire'...) We're nothing if not equal opportunity in the doling out of abuse!

Posted by Bene Gesserit (# 14718) on :

* laughed my head off when * saw my 'personalised' greeting! * first realised it was a H&A day (after a brief **0 ms WTF? moment)when * clicked onto a thread and was promptly translated to another board...

Posted by JoannaP (# 4493) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop:
* have taken on board the consequences of the H&A as has clearly been explained to me about B***** O**. There have been rare instances in the past when * have had my differences with shipmates, causing me to be bruised. * wrongly thought it was a case of that this time.

Eye do not think that the software is capable of changing the greeting for shipmates on a personal basis.

Posted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop (# 10745) on :

quote:
Crap spouted by JoannaP:

quote:
Crap spouted by Ecclesiastical Flip-flop:
* have taken on board the consequences of the H&A as has clearly been explained to me about B***** O**. There have been rare instances in the past when * have had my differences with shipmates, causing me to be bruised. * wrongly thought it was a case of that this time.
Eye do not think that the software is capable of changing the greeting for shipmates on a personal basis.

My mood has changed since * wrote the OP - intended to be serious to start with, but now no longer so!

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