Bananas and Nuts

[sinnick]

My scouser relatives from Liverpool routinely answer the phone by saying either “Owahyaluv?” or “Yawright?”

[ChristienMurawski]

I think I just got myself into trouble.

I’m in the kitchen, fixin’ to get dinner ready, and my son (5 1/2) comes in and says, “The Calvin & Hobbes book I’m reading just gave me an idea…let’s go in the living room and dance to some music!”

So I figure what the hell and put on some music and dance around like an idiot with my son. We’re getting pretty wacky, goofing around, and we start kicking each other a bit. Playful kicks on the hind side, like you do. Smacking each other around a bit, sort of fake wrestling. Then he gets a pillow and the dancing dissolves into a full on pillow fight.

Then I realize I’m dancing, and having a major pillow fight.

Uh-oh.

-xtien

[WhollySchmidt]

Anyone know if there was a specific reason/thread for the policy change?

[Mike_O_Malley]

The involvement of children negates the offense.

[WhollySchmidt]

Let’s hope it doesn’t go State-ish.

Aww, I miss State.

[Sarkus]

I’m going to keep reporting alts until Tom reacts. ;-)

[Abilio_Carvalho]

I’m going to keep reporting alts until Tom reacts. ;-)

yeah, that’s more or less the kind of douchy, humorless thing you’d do.

[jerri_blank]

Anyone know if there was a specific reason/thread for the policy change?

I think it might be this one. :)

[The_Kraken]

Released!

[Sarkus]

yeah, that’s more or less the kind of douchy, humorless thing you’d do.

And changing the forum without bothering to even show up and explain why he’s doing it isn’t?

[WhollySchmidt]

Released!

I have some bad news.

Welcome to our newest member, Medusa’s Head In A Bag

[Raife]

Oh please, that only works in the movies.

[The_Kraken]

Oh please, that only works in the movies.

[Anaxagoras]

And changing the forum without bothering to even show up and explain why he’s doing it isn’t?

Let’s grant for a moment your assertion that Tom is a humourless douche. Boom! Granted.

So what? Based on the tone of your post, it seems clear that you would agree that it’s a bad thing to be a humourless douche. So why are you being one? Wouldn’t it be better to take care of the plank in your own eye first?

[WhollySchmidt]

“Welcome to our newest member, plank in your own–” nah, just kidding.

[Creole_Ned]

Welcome to our newest member, Vuvuzela.

[tomchick]

And changing the forum without bothering to even show up and explain why he’s doing it isn’t?

You know, I had a pretty long post typed out in this window, but I’ve just deleted it. Because trying to explain myself hasn’t really worked out in the past.

Suffice to say, this is a message board like any other. I’m not sure what you want from me. The changes have been clearly noted by someone else upthread. The sky isn’t falling, Qt3 isn’t going away, and banned accounts don’t get to magically waltz back in and have their way with you. I’ll happily close new accounts that exist for no reason other than to abuse the forum. So if you guys see this, please let me know and I’ll take care of it (for instance, The Kraken account is cute; the Your Mother account wasn’t). But otherwise, Qt3 is still Qt3 in that it’s going to be what you guys make of it.

-Tom

[Sarkus]

Let’s grant for a moment your assertion that Tom is a humourless douche. Boom! Granted.

So what? Based on the tone of your post, it seems clear that you would agree that it’s a bad thing to be a humourless douche. So why are you being one? Wouldn’t it be better to take care of the plank in your own eye first?

Is it really too much to ask that people carefully read posts? Is it really that hard to understand why I put the “;-)” at the end of the post that resulted in the humourless douche" claim?

You know, I had a pretty long post typed out in this window, but I’ve just deleted it. Because trying to explain myself hasn’t really worked out in the past.

Suffice to say, this is a message board like any other. I’m not sure what you want from me. The changes have been clearly noted by someone else upthread. The sky isn’t falling, Qt3 isn’t going away, and banned accounts don’t get to magically waltz back in and have their way with you. I’ll happily close new accounts that exist for no reason other than to abuse the forum. So if you guys see this, please let me know and I’ll take care of it (for instance, The Kraken account is cute; the Your Mother account wasn’t). But otherwise, Qt3 is still Qt3 in that it’s going to be what you guys make of it.

-Tom

Thanks, that was all that needed to be clarified. It’s just that the absence of any clear statement it’s easy to be confused as to what unannounced changes mean when you are seeing alts show up as if this is third grade again.

[sinnick]

I think I just got myself into trouble.

I’m in the kitchen, fixin’ to get dinner ready, and my son (5 1/2) comes in and says, “The Calvin & Hobbes book I’m reading just gave me an idea…let’s go in the living room and dance to some music!”

So I figure what the hell and put on some music and dance around like an idiot with my son. We’re getting pretty wacky, goofing around, and we start kicking each other a bit. Playful kicks on the hind side, like you do. Smacking each other around a bit, sort of fake wrestling. Then he gets a pillow and the dancing dissolves into a full on pillow fight.

Then I realize I’m dancing, and having a major pillow fight.

Uh-oh.

-xtien

[WhollySchmidt]

Thanks, that was all that needed to be clarified. It’s just that the absence of any clear statement it’s easy to be confused as to what unannounced changes mean when you are seeing alts show up as if this is third grade again.

I really could have used an alt in third grade.