Its no joke

16 Apr 2007

Can somone please explain why it is that joke threads here instantly locked or as soon as they are noticed?
Also please if anyone can link to where it says joke threads on the forum should be locked as I have not seen it if it exists, not that I have looked.
It just seems odd to me that with the diversity of stuff that is talked about here we cant have a joke thread dunno

I like jokes and wuld be interested in hearing ones from people here without the lock sad

I guess this will get locked fairly quickly but if it doesnt then why dont we have a poll and see what people think

16 Apr 2007

I was actually wondering the same thing myself. I thought the joke post that got locked earlier was because i made a couple of jokes at the expense of the Irish, they wern't that bad or derogatory to be honest.
If i caused offence then i do apologise :cry:

16 Apr 2007

IMHO once you have read the joke,whats the point of posting lol or roflmao cos that is what most people would post.
Don't think it would be very constructive to leave the thread open when the joke has been read.
Just my opinion but then again what do I know confused

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woo

16 Apr 2007

Maybe just one thread for jokes only would possibly be the way to go - assuming that everyone who wants to post a joke uses that thread?
i believe the joke threads get locked cos there's really nothing more to be said is there? The joke - old or new - may make some people laugh. Some of those may post a lol

or whatever but that's it.
Bit of a waste of space?

16 Apr 2007

Exactly Marya kiss

and Woohoo :kiss:

Quote by tweeky
I guess this will get locked fairly quickly but if it doesnt then why dont we have a poll and see what people think

I haven't locked this thread now because I feel you have the right to reply but I expect it will be locked tomorrow :thumbup:

16 Apr 2007

I think it would be a good idea to have a sticky post for jokes, one thats taken out for cleaning now and then like the steam room. Good idea? i think so

16 Apr 2007

Quote by Dawnie
Exactly Marya and Woohoo :kiss:

I guess this will get locked fairly quickly but if it doesnt then why dont we have a poll and see what people think

I haven't locked this thread now because I feel you have the right to reply but I expect it will be locked tomorrow :thumbup:
Thanks for the stay of execution Dawnie biggrin

although I have logged back on tonight in case it gets locked tommorow before I get back on.
BUT can someone still please address

Quote by tweeky
Also please if anyone can link to where it says joke threads on the forum should be locked as I have not seen it if it exists, not that I have looked.

I am not against the one sticky thread for jokes idea, thanks drewxcore (edit) ohh and Maya :D
If jokes can be replied to or not is not the point, does not mean we should prevent people from doing so. Lets be honest how many times do we see this on the forum in any thread
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Pretty pointless but not locked smile

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Drewxcore
I think it would be a good idea to have a sticky post for jokes, one thats taken out for cleaning now and then like the steam room. Good idea? i think so

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Like most, there are days when i could really do with a good laugh, Drew's right, we need a jokes sticky :cheers:

17 Apr 2007

Quote by tweeky
Exactly Marya and Woohoo :kiss:

I guess this will get locked fairly quickly but if it doesnt then why dont we have a poll and see what people think

I haven't locked this thread now because I feel you have the right to reply but I expect it will be locked tomorrow :thumbup:
Thanks for the stay of execution Dawnie biggrin

although I have logged back on tonight in case it gets locked tommorow before I get back on.
BUT can someone still please address

Quote by tweeky
Also please if anyone can link to where it says joke threads on the forum should be locked as I have not seen it if it exists, not that I have looked.

I am not against the one sticky thread for jokes idea, thanks drewxcore (edit) ohh and Maya :D
If jokes can be replied to or not is not the point, does not mean we should prevent people from doing so. Lets be honest how many times do we see this on the forum in any thread
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Pretty pointless but not locked smile

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Bang on. Though the odd little nod of recognition may be nice the amount of
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Does in some cases exasperate the reader. Especially if they are the nudge nudge wink wink variety that seems to invade a thread sometimes. See tweeky's point here.
As for the idea of a 'sticky' for jokes what a good idea.

17 Apr 2007

I personally dont want to see joke threads - as has already been mentioned, it serves no purpose other than for people to come in and post lol

that was funny haha lots of times dunno

There's no 'discussion', no way of inviting the reader to participate other than to laugh and go away again :dunno:
Bit of post-count bump thread imo
I also dont want to see a joke-thread made into a sticky. Stickies are for 'important' stuff like advice - again just my opinion.
At very best, I would suggest that if there really has to be a 'post your jokes in here' thread ( rolleyes

), it operate similar to the GFZ.
Stickied thread or GFZ type thread, either way what you will get is the same joke being repeated...and full of copy and pasted FW: Email Jokes from folk who have nowt else to say.
There have been some incredibly funny threads here in the past, that not only have people's sides hurting, but in which you could participate, giggle like girls and contribute more to the 'fun feel' of the forum... and this is pretty much summed up here:

For example - The Avatar Challenge Thread
There'd be a time when if this was bumped everyone would join in and it'd have people howling for weeks.
Now 1 user will post a new pic in it/bump it, they'll be a few posts full of "Ha ha that's really funny", then it just dies again.

And I agree. There are few people who want or have inclination to put 'the avatar challenge level of participation' into the Cafe anymore, but does that make a 'post a joke' thread ok?
you did ask! wink

and now I'm late for work! :evil: :lol:

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Darkfire
I also dont want to see a joke-thread made into a sticky. Stickies are for 'important' stuff like advice - again just my opinion.

My personal opinion is the same as Darkfires :thumbup:
However we did have a thread running for jokes at one point, people just ignored it and continued to post their jokes on new threads so it just seemed pointless confused

17 Apr 2007

Quote by woohoo
IMHO once you have read the joke,whats the point of posting lol or roflmao cos that is what most people would post.
woo

Unless of course it was one of your jokes in which case we'd all be looking for the :tumbleweed: emoticon!!
wink

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Dawnie

I also dont want to see a joke-thread made into a sticky. Stickies are for 'important' stuff like advice - again just my opinion.

My personal opinion is the same as Darkfires :thumbup:
However we did have a thread running for jokes at one point, people just ignored it and continued to post their jokes on new threads so it just seemed pointless confused

I agree with you both. Thought I remembered a joke thread (stickied)that didn't work! Same as the 'traveller's solutions' and 'web cam only' threads - people still post outside the sticky rolleyes

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Marya_Northeast
Maybe just one thread for jokes only would possibly be the way to go - assuming that everyone who wants to post a joke uses that thread?
i believe the joke threads get locked cos there's really nothing more to be said is there? The joke - old or new - may make some people laugh. Some of those may post a or whatever but that's it.
Bit of a waste of space?

I agree with this then it's up to the reader to go and read them. Personally I hate jokes and cannot be bothered with them. I've a dry humour and much prefer situation humour or satire but we cannot all be the same can we? :lol:

17 Apr 2007

Being as i posted the original joke ( I regretted it as soon as I hit the submit button)I could well understand how it would be yawned at but,as some have mentioned a sticky room or whatever would be a good idea for people who have heard a "good 'un" to share it with though, a good gag should be told rather then read as at best it gets a smirk rather than belly laugh.....although my jokes don't get either !! sad

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Bigpaul45
Being as i posted the original joke ( I regretted it as soon as I hit the submit button)I could well understand how it would be yawned at but,as some have mentioned a sticky room or whatever would be a good idea for people who have heard a "good 'un" to share it with though, a good gag should be told rather then read as at best it gets a smirk rather than belly laugh.....although my jokes don't get either !!

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Like others have said, the joke threads are locked because you can't really add anything or discuss it.
And Usually by the time they get posted here, I've already received them 10 times by email/text message.
I think it's important to have humour and fun threads in the forum, but as Bigpaul says jokes don't tranlate as well.

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Darkfire
I personally dont want to see joke threads - as has already been mentioned, it serves no purpose other than for people to come in and post that was funny haha lots of times There's no 'discussion', no way of inviting the reader to participate other than to laugh and go away again :dunno:
Bit of post-count bump thread imo

Quote by Marya_Northeast
Maybe just one thread for jokes only would possibly be the way to go - assuming that everyone who wants to post a joke uses that thread?
i believe the joke threads get locked cos there's really nothing more to be said is there? The joke - old or new - may make some people laugh. Some of those may post a :lol: or whatever but that's it.
Bit of a waste of space?

I agree with both of you guys.
For me personally I like a good laugh and if there was a specific thread either sticky or whatever I would probably visit it from time to time. I am rubbish at remembering jokes and telling them so I wouldn't post back - well except for the odd 'ROFLOL - that was funny' type of thing.
On the other hand I also agree with DF, there isn't much option with joke threads to input or have your say or have conversations which is primarily what the forum is for.
IMHO - IF ... (and thats a big if) the thread was used properly to post purely jokes alone it may work, if it starts going off the subject or gets personal then it should be stopped or locked. If it doesn't get used then delete it. No harm in trying it is there???

17 Apr 2007

Quote by KazBBW
If it doesn't get used then delete it. No harm in trying it is there???

It has been:

Quote by Dawnie
However we did have a thread running for jokes at one point, people just ignored it and continued to post their jokes on new threads so it just seemed pointless

17 Apr 2007

After reading the news about more needless gunshot violence,stabbings and Iraq etc....we could do with something to take us away from the world....Any one know a good joke (I'm just kidding)! redface

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Darkfire
I personally dont want to see joke threads - as has already been mentioned, it serves no purpose other than for people to come in and post that was funny haha lots of times There's no 'discussion', no way of inviting the reader to participate other than to laugh and go away again :dunno:
That happens in so many threads already I dont think its really an applicable argument.
If this thread
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/93283.html
Cant be made into a funny thread discussion then I dont know what can. Was locked after about 30 seconds I had quite a few PM's about it.
Bit of post-count bump thread imo
If people are going to post-count bump they will do it anyway, couldent give a shite about mine to be honest
I also dont want to see a joke-thread made into a sticky. Stickies are for 'important' stuff like advice - again just my opinion.
Poetry corner? :dunno:
At very best, I would suggest that if there really has to be a 'post your jokes in here' thread (), it operate similar to the GFZ.
Stickied thread or GFZ type thread, either way what you will get is the same joke being repeated...and full of copy and pasted FW: Email Jokes from folk who have nowt else to say.
Ive never used the GFZ so I dont know exactly how it operates. Repatition of jokes is a probelm, thats why I like a source of new ones
There have been some incredibly funny threads here in the past, that not only have people's sides hurting, but in which you could participate, giggle like girls and contribute more to the 'fun feel' of the forum... and this is pretty much summed up here:
For example - The Avatar Challenge Thread
There'd be a time when if this was bumped everyone would join in and it'd have people howling for weeks.
Now 1 user will post a new pic in it/bump it, they'll be a few posts full of "Ha ha that's really funny", then it just dies again.

And I agree. There are few people who want or have inclination to put 'the avatar challenge level of participation' into the Cafe anymore, but does that make a 'post a joke' thread ok?
Agreed, I will make the effort to post an avatar in that thread some time soon. I have never read the whole thing as it was already way to large by the time I got here.
you did ask! wink

and now I'm late for work! :evil: :lol:
I know a joke about that but the thread would get locked sad

Sorry to pick on your thread Dark just had some points I wanted to pick up on. Seems from the poll results though that there is enough of a divide to think about a change in policy.

17 Apr 2007

Quote by tweeky
I personally dont want to see joke threads - as has already been mentioned, it serves no purpose other than for people to come in and post that was funny haha lots of times There's no 'discussion', no way of inviting the reader to participate other than to laugh and go away again :dunno:
That happens in so many threads already I dont think its really an applicable argument.
It is if, like me, you dont have any fondness for bollox threads - again, just my opinion.
I also dont want to see a joke-thread made into a sticky. Stickies are for 'important' stuff like advice - again just my opinion.
Poetry corner? :dunno:
Granted. I meant, imo
Sorry to pick on your thread Dark just had some points I wanted to pick up on. Seems from the poll results though that there is enough of a divide to think about a change in policy.

Not a problem to pick up points Tweeky, its good to discuss :wink: I'm afraid it doesnt change my opinion on possible changes in policy though & wether we should have joke threads or a joke sticky, I voted for the 'absolutely not' option :lol:

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Bigpaul45
After reading the news about more needless gunshot violence,stabbings and Iraq etc....we could do with something to take us away from the world....Any one know a good joke (I'm just kidding)!

Redpantherman! bolt

Seriously, how about polling on the introduction of a joke sticky? Perhaps for a trial period only to see how it went. Would the powers (not you, Austin) consider giving it a go if there was enough interest?

17 Apr 2007

I have only just seen this, as I have been working all day, so IMO Tweeky I don’t think the poll has had enough time.
I vote to lock up………..

17 Apr 2007

This thread http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/9244.html
used to be stickied but most people ignored it and posted a new topic, so it was unstickied to see if people would pick it up from the pages and use it and they didn't.
There's nothing to stop people from adding to it now they know it's there though biggrin

Personally I think locking individual threads, because once it has been read all most will respond with is lol or lmao type comments.
Jas
XXX

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Jas-Tim
This thread http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/9244.html
used to be stickied but most people ignored it and posted a new topic, so it was unstickied to see if people would pick it up from the pages and use it and they didn't.
There's nothing to stop people from adding to it now they know it's there though
Personally I think locking individual threads, because once it has been read all most will respond with is lol or lmao type comments.
Jas
XXX

Great find Jas - thanks. :inlove:
passionkiss

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17 Apr 2007

For anyone who wants a few laughs, try googling 'jokes' and get 62,400,000 links - why on earth have a specific thread on here for them? All you need to do is open up another browser window or tab and you're sorted, without cluttering up here.
The only jokes on here are recycled ones, not original ones, so somewhere in those 62,400,000 links is the same joke many times over. Tweeky, your 'technical support' joke is an extremely old joke, so nothing new and if it's been seen several times over, it's lost its humour. Ok, for those who haven't seen it before it seems original, but on the 62,400,000 links they would find the same joke anyway.
If you (the general you, not a specific person 'you') are able to make up a truly original joke, then we would love to hear it, but if it's that good and that original, you should be selling them to comedians and making a few quid.
The humour on this site comes from the members and their original lives and the interesting and amusing things that happen to them and that's what's worth reading.
Mal
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17 Apr 2007

Quote by the_Laird
IMHO once you have read the joke,whats the point of posting lol or roflmao cos that is what most people would post.
woo

Unless of course it was one of your jokes in which case we'd all be looking for the :tumbleweed: emoticon!!
wink

That jumper just isn't funny any more! rolleyes

Show us your bum!! :rascal:
EDIT: I don't think I like the idea of a joke thread either... they're usually pants! lol

17 Apr 2007

Quote by Mal
The humour on this site comes from the members and their original lives and the interesting and amusing things that happen to them and that's what's worth reading.
Mal

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whoops is quoting now so passe???
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17 Apr 2007

Quote by Mal
For anyone who wants a few laughs, try googling 'jokes' and get 62,400,000 links - why on earth have a specific thread on here for them? All you need to do is open up another browser window or tab and you're sorted, without cluttering up here.
Stick jokes into google and what you get is a list of sites with jokes starting at Aardvark, what did the pineapple say to the aardvark I didnt know aardvarks could talk. PANTS, when you get people telling jokes in a group you get for a start better jokes, newer jokes and jokes that maybe realted to the subject matter of the site the time the current news whatever.
The only jokes on here are recycled ones, not original ones, so somewhere in those 62,400,000 links is the same joke many times over. Tweeky, your 'technical support' joke is an extremely old joke, so nothing new and if it's been seen several times over, it's lost its humour. Ok, for those who haven't seen it before it seems original, but on the 62,400,000 links they would find the same joke anyway.
If you (the general you, not a specific person 'you') are able to make up a truly original joke, then we would love to hear it, but if it's that good and that original, you should be selling them to comedians and making a few quid.
In those 62,400,000 links I could find a fair few of the same topics over and over again too with the same opinions and reponses expressed, not really the issue
The humour on this site comes from the members and their original lives and the interesting and amusing things that happen to them and that's what's worth reading.
This can continue, locking or not locking joke threads wont stop people posting elsewhere.
Mal

I am going to back track now and actualy withdraw my support for a sticky. I think joke threads shouldent be locked if people want to reply to them with whatever they feel is relevant then thats up to them. The previous sticky probably didnt work as I suspect a lot of people like me dont look at them.
Thats my point of view it wont change as I doubt will other peoples. Continue to lock joke threads or dont continue to lock joke threads its a small part of the universe in which we live. I cant be arsed to do 5 pages or more on this so do as you will and be done with it, simple as. The main points still remain I dont see a DECENT reason for which they should be locked or any SITE WRITTEN rules/regulations that say they should be.

Should joke threads be locked