posted 09-30-2002 05:29 PM         

Cast your votes Here!

posted 09-30-2002 05:56 PM         

But anything that descends into outright insult gets edited/deleted.

posted 09-30-2002 06:12 PM         

His posts aren't my cup of tea personally, but it cannot be denied that he appeals to a lot of people on here. At the same time, I have no doubt that there may be those who think the stuff I write is a large crock of poo. Each to their own at the end of the day.

But that is my opinion. There's a lot of things that I see on here that I think are wrong. But I realise that it makes other people laugh and so be it. Humour is, after all, a subjective thing.

So, I'm undecided. I would like to think and indeed hope that his comments regarding various treehousers in the past (one of which of course is my best friend) are a misjudged joke. If not, then if he is unwilling to admit that things have been taken too far then...

I've said it once and I'll say it again - the Treehouse is peopled by fine, fine specimens of humanity (yes, even Dead Submarine or whatever he's calling himself today) - although I have not met most of you, I consider you my friends, and would be honoured to purchase an ale for you if you are ever in the Norwich area. (But not today, you'll catch my germs). Let's not let one person spoil it, eh?

Peace.

posted 09-30-2002 06:26 PM         

Don't be so hard on yourself mate - I'd say a medium crock at best, with very minor overflowage

posted 09-30-2002 06:59 PM         

I don't think anyone should be banned, but they should be ignored. I've seen plenty of heated discussions on this board and no-one else has been 'blackballed'.

posted 09-30-2002 07:25 PM         

If it were me, I don't think I'd be surprised if I got hauled up, edited or even ousted for that kind of behaviour, but I'm human and nice. KevS is TOO nice, but that's his problem and explains how he puts up with me nicely.

posted 09-30-2002 07:30 PM         

btw I've been working up a new fizzy alcopop concept for you:

Bumaide (sold as Trampaide in the UK

A meths based drink combining the gentleman-of-the-road's favourite spirit with those 'must have' flavours and scents; a heady mixture of rotten vegetables and old cheese.

Each can comes with it's own brown paper bag, tied up with string.

Go on - use it - consider it a gift. You can pretend you've been working on it all weekend and try to get a few days off on account.

posted 09-30-2002 07:33 PM         

Marcus may sometimes be wide of the mark but he's not here that often and when he is he's never less than entertaining.

Yes, occasionally he overdoes the personal abuse but I assume we're all grown-ups here and have probably lived with worse.

Personally, I enjoy watching the outrage when a precious ego gets ever so slightly pricked.

If he's banished the whole treehouse will fall in my estimation that's a cert.

posted 09-30-2002 08:14 PM         

If something offends you, answer it, ignore it, but don't censor it. Just show up the ignorance of the poster.

And I don't think Marcus is the only person in here to have posted something that has caused offence.

posted 09-30-2002 08:23 PM         

therefore if he posts something downright nasty about you personally you have the choice of

a) chuckling good-humouredly
b) posting Mr Submarine's favourite smiley
c) going to Blackburn to chin the offending poster

posted 09-30-2002 08:33 PM         

The guy 'Marcus' be he a fantasist (sad) or for real (Jesus, now that is sad) is just a part of the big picture. I've no doubt about CJ's, Red's, Andrew's, Thommo's ability to give as good as they get.

And, if you do want to have a go back, a patronising amused tolerance is probably the sort of response he'd REALLY hate...

posted 09-30-2002 09:26 PM         

Ulster Fry!

posted 09-30-2002 09:43 PM         

1) bj - ooooh i may have to read Mr Moores finest 12 parter (apart from the first bits of Miracleman and V for Vendetta) all over again - thank you for reminding me

posted 09-30-2002 10:28 PM         

Sometimes we all get a bit carried
away, but we're nudged by others or
by our own consciences and a bit of
humble pie and an apology follows and
we're all the better for it.

It's only a bloody message board for Bob's sake

It really doesn't matter who or
what Marcus, or any of us, really is.

We're in danger, at times, of taking ourselves far too seriously.

Mostly this is a self governing place.
If/when things do start to get out
of hand there's always others to
offer support and a wagging finger.

posted 09-30-2002 10:46 PM         

The man is a legend.

posted 10-01-2002 12:20 AM         

Except just then of course.

posted 10-01-2002 02:28 AM         

Love the idea of you having the audacity to convene a kangaroo court on whether M gets thrown out – kind of like Danny handing out the ownership of, say, Wisconsin, simply because he liked the story of a listener visiting the place and then being forced to wear giant foam cheese triangles on their extremities to keep out the cold (that story makes me laugh every time I remember it).

Unfortunately, some of the brothers and sisters have taken you seriously and it’s morphed from a Phil Silvers-esque court-martial into a rather less pleasant Crucible style witch-hunt with talk of ‘lines having to be drawn’, the webmeister needing to intervene and ‘IP tracing’ - which sounds spectacularly sinister…

So, just in case you are totting up votes and the majority view wins, can I vote for Marcus staying – he’s our very own Lenny Bruce, some say Bill Hicks, some say, err, Bernard Manning. Plus, if he’s booted, think how much harder you and Bribrox are going to have to work to make up the comedic shortfall.

posted 10-01-2002 03:35 AM         

Mick Mcsorley made this place what it is and Marcus wrote some of the funniest prose I've seen in my life, but he's also a smart arse. But you don't have to like them, that's the point. Seems like ego's are starting to become an issue in this place and I know what that can be like.

As an administrator on a board with over 6000 members, I'm used to the insults thing as well. On the board in question, there is one poster that is so clearly more intelligent than the rest of the board, he some times is deeply unpleasant to everyone. But it's just a persona, it's certainly not remotely real.

There is no place like this on the internet, nay the world, and I would hate for that to change over some half arsed sniping from one person. I thought you were above this kind of thing, I really did. Nobody is better than anyone else here, let's keep it that way.

Well that was a load of wank. Let's just get back to apes, ivories and peacocks for the l of g. Not forgetting Walter Mitty Wankpots either.

posted 10-01-2002 09:08 AM         

And whilst we're at it has no-one else commented on the title of the thread. Rev Whitby, you aren't half a clever bugger.

posted 10-01-2002 09:14 AM         

Nobody on this thread said he wasn't funny, they just said he needed to learn some manners.

posted 10-01-2002 05:26 PM         

Then, if I was him, I might say to Mr. Fagen, "Greenhalgh's are good, there's no doubting that but as I may have obscurely revealed before my pie-related favourites are Grimshaws in Bryn. Man, they're lovely steak pies. And the sausage rolls...wow. How I maintain my trim 9st 10lb frame and clear complexion is amazing, really because they do frozen and export."

And, if I was him - which of course I'm not, we've established that - I might also say that "I'm genuinely contrite if anyone had taken offence at anything I've written (except Jane, who started our feud and refused my genuine attempts to diffuse it) because it is just meant to be funny. It may be only funny to me - and nothing I've seen in my life has been funnier than this thread, so well done - but that's all I can really go off."

He might also be saying, "I think I love you, Katt," and "Who should I support next Sunday? My beloved second favourite team, Tottingham, who are now plummeting to their rightful place of ninth or my beloved favourite team, Blackburn, who are hurtling towards their rightful position of top."

He might add that he watched Blackburn v West Brom last night on cable telly in a bar at 2am and really annoyed everyone around him by not letting them turn over to giant truck fighting or foxy boxing or whatever shit it is that they enjoy around here. Obviously I'm glad Rovers won (though I still believe that Graeme Souness is the most insincere manager around - no-one with more than six brain cells believes all that fake anger.) but I hope West Brom survive, I really do. They're a wonderful antidote to all that's wrong with modern football.

posted 10-02-2002 09:48 AM         

We the undersigned are proud to be associated with any messageboard you deem worthy of your wit.

posted 10-02-2002 03:45 PM         

Mick dear boy, you are without doubt a very funny and clever guy, and I like a lot of what you do, but for gods sake, take your head out of your arse every now and then. You may be the star of the board(?) but it was fine and dandy before you got here and I dare say...well you know the rest.

posted 10-02-2002 04:32 PM         

As for pseudonyms, never used one. Don't see the point. Who else do you thing I am?

posted 10-02-2002 04:59 PM         

WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!

Do you not think that these petty squabbles may be a little tiresome, even for those of you immersed in them.

There is so much beauty and laughter in the world. Why do you want to dent it all with your insults?

We live in a world where you can buy a Lovin Spoonful record for less than a fiver.

posted 10-02-2002 05:22 PM         

I reckon Mick just threw something unjustfiable, petty and spiteful at you, to see if you found it acceptable behaviour on this normally most sociable of sites, and hopefully then you would see why there was a bit of a spat here. If I'm wrong, I'm sure Mick will set me straight.

I have regularly called people (and been called in return) much worse on here, but because there was always a sense of context, the progression of the thread and so on, it was obviously tongue in cheek and a response to the evolution of the discussion.

The Marcus posts that I personally thought were a bit off were "look at me" pieces, first in a thread and self contained, and therefore didn't have any of that context.

posted 10-02-2002 09:08 PM         

Way too many prima-donnas scrabbling over the intellectual, comedic and moral high ground when really there’s no contest.

Storms and teacups spring to mind.

posted 10-03-2002 12:02 AM         

But frankly I'm bored now (my apologies Frankie)