:gagged: :gagged: :gagged:
mmm!! mmmmm!!!!
Will taps frantically from the inside of the screen hoping that Wilma, Jags, Sappho or someone will come and set him free if he promises to keep quiet in future.
Actually, in Sappho's case I promise to keep alliterating if she sets me free :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Pretty please???? *puts on best 'spaniel' stare and quivering lip*
I love this site for you guys, all of the above that have posted in their own nutty way.
You lot amaze me with your humour and your seriousness when its called for.
I wish I could hug every one of you!
Dawn :silly:
p.s. nice thread Wilma xxxxxx
I am fairly new to this but i enjoy the the witty posts,the humouress (and not so) discussions,and the welcoming way that advice and friendship is offered for those who wish to accept it.
Wow!!! Where to start? This could go on for a while so I suggest you make yourself comfortable. No, not that comfortable, sit up!!
What does the cafe mean to those who use it?
I think the first thing that attracted me to the Forum was the humour. Before “de-lurking†I read many posts and found myself in awe at the great comedy value. It was like reading a sitcom. The more I read, the more I got to know the characters, until it got to the stage where I was looking forward to finishing work and going home just to see how a certain thread had developed. I half expected to see the credits rolling down the monitor:
1st Man in corner.....................Fred Flintstone
Bossy Slapping Woman.............. Jags
Seductive Temptress....................Sappho
Matriarch.....................................Wilma
Matriarch’s Friend.........................Kit
2nd Man in corner..........................Kat
Man in field..................................Artificer
Old man in pub..............................Harry O
Naked Waiter................................Will
Man thinking in background.............................Carpathian
Man spitting dummy out in chatroom!! ................Steve G
Director...........................................Mal
Producer.........................................Mark
Costumes.........................................Blue
A SWINGING HEAVEN PRODUCTION MMIV
See, if you scroll down it looks just like the credits on T.V.!!!
Anyway, by the time I joined in I felt like I knew all these people in the same way I know Joey from Friends for example. So, when I got round to my first post I was thrilled when all these hero’s of mine made the effort to make me feel welcome, which I in turn have tried to do now whenever anyone else joins. After a while I began to feel comfortable joining in the madness and was able to create my own little niche (HoS(ND)) and then felt a sense of belonging.
So that is what it means to me, a sense of belonging in this little community, where each of us has their own identity, which may be completely different to their real identity, but everyone seems to fit into the sit com script. I spend many hours at work and many more hours at home with my family so this for me is escapism, I can be as silly as I want and nobody complains (too much!!!!) and some actually encourage it!!
What do you enjoy seeing most?
The effort that a lot of people put into the various threads:
Brumlads “Bilko Action Figuresâ€, Fred’s Comedy, Will’s considered opinions and dry humour, Atificers detailed observations, Harry O’s wise words, Kats efforts with the GFZ, , Jags’ slaps and hard exterior, Carpathian’s ramblings, Wilma’s witty retorts, Sapphos ability to always find just the right words, Kits on screen dominance of Kat and Alex and her avatars.
I love the silly threads and the way they are so unpredictable. One of my favourites, and there are many, was the Morse code when Kat was in the GFZ. I can’t believe that I still have a Morse code converter shortcut on my desk top, just in case!!!!
I enjoy the GFZ (though not so much recently) and the boy v girl banter.
I love the friendship. Never before have I bonded with so many people so quickly. As I have said in previous threads I would do almost anything I could for the people here if they needed me.
I love the fact that I sometimes sit here giggling with anticipation at what the next post will say in reply to the previous one, even if I’m not involved.
I love the avatars. I am now convinced that people look like their avatars, so when I think about someone from here I automatically think of their avatars.
So Jags looks like the one with the swimming costume, Sappho like her original one, Will I can see in his tights, and Fred and Wilma look like Fred and Wilma!!!
So much so that the Fred and Wilma on T.V. are impostors in my world!!!!
I enjoy the fact that I am rediscovering the art of writing again. Not since my days as Private Bilko have I written so much. I’d forgotten how much fun it can be to conjure up pictures in people’s minds with use of the written text instead of verbally. I have resigned myself to the fact that I will make spelling mistakes and that my grammar may not be as Her Mage would like, but nobody ever complains about it.
I love the diversity of the people here and how almost everyone has the ability to make me laugh. (Maybe that says more about me!! Am I the village idiot laughing at anything and everything?)
I enjoy reading other peoples posts and finding myself thinking “I wish I had thought of
Most of all, I just like the people here. I even like the ones that I don’t like!! What I mean is that I like not liking them!! It is all part of the rich tapestry that is the Forum.
What do you dislike about the cafe?
Now, this is far more difficult than the “likesâ€.
I don’t like people posting just for the sake of posting, where they don’t actually say anything, or add anything to the thread.
I dislike rudeness when it is just for the sake of being rude. I enjoy debates and disagreement because it would be boring if we all agreed all the time, but I don’t see disagreement as an excuse for being rude.
Mmmmmm, scratches head desperately trying to think of anything else I dislike…….
Oh yes, the fact that I missed Wilma’s group hug yesterday.
HUGS Sarge all on my own
BOSSY, SLAPPING, HARD EXTERIOR???????????? Is that how I come over??? Grief...I'm a softie, mind you Fred doesn't think so after my decisive and very stern actions last night but at least he was amused.
I'm not hard, bossy...yes but only if you wear a school uniform (NO!!! in real life you pervs!!). I am made of spun sugar and melt at the first sign of soothing and soft handling. Hold me and feel me meld into your touch.
*Shakes self out of dwam*
Hi Jags xxxxx That's why I said "Hard exterior" because I know that inside you are a big softy really!!!
Sgt Bilko
Sorry Steve, I have ammended it !!!!!
(Now calling up reinforcements just in case he's still not happy!!! )
I can't believe that with THAT avatar he says I've been caught with my pants down!!!!!
I totally agree with so much that's been said. I was amazed when I discovered this site - there's a lot of love in this virtual room, and I'm grateful to you all for helping me through what was rather a rough patch for me. What do I like? The warmth, banter, wit, humour, erudition, give-and-take, absence of taking selves too seriously, and diversity of everyone here - in short, the people. So many times I've been genuinely helpless with laughter, and so many times I've wanted to reach into the screen and hug people. I love how those of you that I've met are even better in real life.
I think those who design and run this site do a truly remarkable job - thank God for people like you, you make the world turn a lot smoother.
I love that Spem In Alium is on the CD (when's it out, by the way?)
I'm hard pushed to think of anything I don't like about the forum. I don't like rudeness and so on, but that's hardly a major feature.
I will confess to being a little disappointed that you used a shortcut for your Morse though Sarge.
Your wish is my command Sarge!!
Love and big group hugs
Wilma
x x x x
Its nice to find a non-judgmental place to be open and honest
No problem, Sappho. If you've only done one thing for me, you've raised my self-confidence. I hope that this is reciprocated (it's certainly meant to be) and that combined, we have helped you get the job you deserve.
Stay well.
James
Good Luck Sappho
Good things to good people.....
Always willing to talk! lol
Lucy,
Will's just a pussycat really! But I know what you mean - check and double check!!!
Sappho xxx
Nobody tells me nuffink! - I'm always the last to hear! - sniff! :cry: :cry: :cry:
Sorry to hear your news Sappho - hope you get the job - if you really want it of course!
Fred
XXXX
(in a purely platonic way - I'm sure Will could give a glowing explanation of the origin of the term platonic as our resident academic)
) but I am sure you don't really want me to launch into a discourse on Plato. 
:x 
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Just trying to change my name on chatroom to include mrs p 
. both looking forward to mujnching 
for the Sarge for the most thoughtful and eloquent post.
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