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Login/Join to ParticipateBunny Bane
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OK has anyone realised that every SINGLE topic you look at that has had more than like a thousand posts has lost the point and flow of the originl topic?
Just wondering. It's very annoying
if life is for love then to love is to live
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a quote from me!
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god i love me
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and i while typing this im just itching to get back to my toast
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YAY TTTTOOOOAAAASSSSTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
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oh and by the way you just lost the game
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That is the nature of fora. Especially one which is this relaxed regarding many things. Although, I am also on one where OT is actually On Topic since off-topic is the order of the day.
Besides, very few topics can actually stand up to that sort of length of discussion (unless they are games).
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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this thread is now about pancakes.
>.>
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
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Kebab Embalmer
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philippines
i love pancakes! top it with vegemite! yummmm!
Tam tam tam cheketitamtam, ketumpantam, ketumpan kete kete kete, tam tam tam ketumpanketey!
Bunny Bane
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NO YOU WILL NOT RUIN ANOTHER OF MY TOPICS! CURSE YOU MR MAJESTIK!
you fail and lose the game becuase this topic is STILL about being annoyed about going off topic
if life is for love then to love is to live
-
a quote from me!
-
god i love me
-
and i while typing this im just itching to get back to my toast
-
YAY TTTTOOOOAAAASSSSTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
-
oh and by the way you just lost the game
Huggy Tart
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Location: Londinium, United Kingdom
I've always thought of it as the natural flow of a conversation in most repsects! OK so it's often much slower and can sometimes go WAY OT in just a single post but it's generally how things flow when you're confronted with a diverse group of people talking to each other!
I am hungry, I am incorrigible, I AM MAN!!
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The equation of having had too many pancakes vs, stumbling over the naked teapot is still rollypolling in the turnaround of last years economical crisis, thus I advise to recount the number of posts vs, its actual views and note that your assumption is neither correct, nor in the right forum,,,
For example the long lasting gnu thread is still very much on topic (for which you have failed to contribute your valued opinion so far (and maybe cause the topic to derail)),,,
further the "last person to post,,," thread is still on the very topic of (un)successfully winning (or subsequently loosing) the game,,, which you now have by reading my pointless post to the very end
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*adds the hunger to list of movies to download*
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Put Water into a cup, it becomes the cup, put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Water can flow, or it can Crash.
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Hey, I didn't know that, I'll have to check that one out, thanks, Meg.
Speaking of hunger... some pancakes would go down really well right now.
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Originally Posted By: johndhaivei love pancakes! top it with vegemite! yummmm!
Why would you ruin pancakes with vegemite?!
pancakes are supposed to be covered in any or all of cream, ice cream, fruit, mayple syrup, sugar, lemon juice, butter. But vegemite is evil and definitely does not belong on pancakes
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ok so now i've successfully made at least half of the responses off topic.. a serious post
as Tom pointed out, not every single post has gone off topic.
and bear 1970 made the point that its a natural flow of conversation. imagine yourself in any social situation, now imagine actually having a conversation where two (or more) people actually say every post in a one thousand post thread. how long would it take? unless you are in a place dedicated for discussing that issue (a debate, a lecture) topics do change and develop over time. its life reflected in forum.
fluffy corn pancakes with scrambled eggs, bacon and hollandaise
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Unofficial Chairperson of Squirrel Defense League
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It also depends on how anarchic the members of the forum are.
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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or how anal the mods are.
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
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Bunny Bane
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u guys are meeeaaaan
if life is for love then to love is to live
-
a quote from me!
-
god i love me
-
and i while typing this im just itching to get back to my toast
-
YAY TTTTOOOOAAAASSSSTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
-
oh and by the way you just lost the game
Rampant whirler.
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Awww.
Don't take life so seriously, Wraith Dividend.
I don't see which topics are really off topic.
Theres the OP, but the OP is like a conversation starter, as long as everything branches and branches til it reaches the end point then its ok, unless its going to stop the OPs original intended conversation line from playing out, of course... if it develops on after theres been significant progress then thats something different altogether.
If every topic solely answered the OP then some stuff would be a lot harder to find, eh?
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MMMMM blueberry syrup
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Huggy Tart
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ooooh..... never had blueberry syrup!!
LOVE maple syrup though!! I am hungry, I am incorrigible, I AM MAN!!
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Originally Posted By: Mr Majestikor how anal the mods are.
Scratch one from the Xmas card list
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Originally Posted By: DurbsOriginally Posted By: Mr Majestikor how anal the mods are.
Scratch one from the Xmas card list
aaaaaw
i dont know whats more worrying.. that i wont get a card or that you know where i live 'not sayin yoose are anal... just that on OTHER less awesome boards they might be.
"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
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Originally Posted By: DurbsScratch one from the Xmas card list
How does one go about getting onto this Xmas card list?
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^^^ by having an address in the first place
WD - maybe you specify whether you're talking about threads in "Chat" or "Discussion"?
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lol... just lol...
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
Insert Champagne Here
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Is this somehow related to how there is now icecream going on in many of the threads which previously had none?
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Yell and scream all you like
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Best pancake combination every is the good old lemon and sugar. This thread was doomed to fail... seriously, a topic about changing topics?? speaking of which, DO NOT ADD BLUE FOOD DYE TO PANCAKES!!! it looks awsome but you will s**t green for a week!
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Insert Champagne Here
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QED.
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Bunny Bane
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Location: i cant see because my head is up my posteria, Engl...
*whispers to everyone who isnt NoiseyFlower*
he got it right
PS:(by the way im not whispering anymore) starbucks strawberry and cream frapaccino whit peppermint syrup tastes AWESOME
if life is for love then to love is to live
-
a quote from me!
-
god i love me
-
and i while typing this im just itching to get back to my toast
-
YAY TTTTOOOOAAAASSSSTTTTTT!!!!!!!!
-
oh and by the way you just lost the game
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