Humour in Serious Threads

[Rolling Wave]

OMG. Surely to goodness the people involved in OK would have been able to put these corporate guests minds to rest over what they were getting involved in. To pin the blame on a couple of posters on this forum is a bit far fetched. If that's all it takes to put these corporate guests off then perhaps they weren't as committed to the ideas of OK and Sirolli as they should have been. Surely OK doesn't need fair weather friends.

Malky

Malky

Firstly, you could quite easily be a fair-weather supporter of OK or even just like eating, drinking and dancing to want to attend the Ball in Campbeltown. Attendance or non-attendance cannot be used as a measure of implied support for the project.

I heard from a reasonable source that the tickets were pointedly handed back on Saturday morning and a refund requested. Somebody must have felt strongly enough to go to that bother and then to tell their guests at very short notice that just like Cinders, they would not be going to the Ball.

I think it would be a mistake to underestimate the power of this forum for the rapid spreading of misinformation on the street . Unpalatable as it might seem , I think it is quite conceivable that certain people might withdraw support from an event if faced with this type of speculation. I would certainly wonder myself if I had just shelled out £250 to support a local organisation only to be told that the money might be heading elsewhere less desirable.

My guess is that the tickets would be returned to an individual, who would be quite shell-shocked at the scenario whilst trying to deal with last minute preparations and in the circumstances would struggle to provide a convincing defence about anything!

Doesn't look too far fetched from where I'm standing?

[Malky]

Sorry, still looking far-fetched from my angle.

And as for the forum spreading misinformation? As if the good people of Campbeltown need the forum for that! Some of the worst (and the best) rumours I've heard over the years didn't need the forum. The forum is an easy target because all can access it, but if the forum disappeared tomorrow I doubt that the local misinformation and mischief making would stop. People in this area like nothing better than a good gossip - and nothing will ever stop that.

Malky

[LANDROVER ROGER]

My reason for starting this thread was to point out that the foundation of any thread should not be thrown off course by the interjection of banter.I now seem to have become embroiled in local politics and ill-feeling.Not knowing enough about the situation in Kintyre I can not comment.I do feel that it is a tad unfair to therefore lay blame at my feet,just because of my feeble attempts at humour on this forum.Secondly,if rolling wave, you feel that I am a sad,un-funny clown,post some hilarious funnies of your own on The House of Fun and let the forum decide who is funny!The gauntlet has been thrown!Thirdly,rolling wave,you seem to have a knowledge of this forum which transcends the amount of time you have been on it.Are you therefore a double poster,hiding behind another entity?As Bobbie would no doubt say,"Fess up!"

[4th gen Suthen']

this is wil'

[Rolling Wave]

Sorry, still looking far-fetched from my angle.

And as for the forum spreading misinformation? As if the good people of Campbeltown need the forum for that! Some of the worst (and the best) rumours I've heard over the years didn't need the forum. The forum is an easy target because all can access it, but if the forum disappeared tomorrow I doubt that the local misinformation and mischief making would stop. People in this area like nothing better than a good gossip - and nothing will ever stop that.

Malky

Malky, Malky, Malky, thou dost protest too loudly!

I have many aged, some would say ancient, relatives in town that have never knowingly been in a room with a PC but can quote chapter and verse what is being spouted on here. Of course you are quite right about the local rumour factory marching on with or without the forum. At the moment though, it is here, alive and kicking and for some it is the propoganda tool of choice.

I know you remain sceptical but there are two things worth having a think about. Firstly,the only place I have come across the Nigerian story is on here and secondly, it would need only one reader to take the story to the street and let it spread in the usual way.

Anyway, what's done is done. Time to move on I think

[Rolling Wave]

Apologies for double posting

[£3.73]

Rolling Wave,

I agree with you on one thing ... let's move on !!!

A perfectly reasonable thread, with a few perfectly reasonable humourous misgivings, has been taken, twisted, moaned about, misquoted, badly paraphrased & regurgitated by yourself and some of the other disciples... so it now has about 4 seperate threads going !

Have you ever considered, that watching the video of Ernesto Sirolli espousing the merit of "jumping down wells & breaking a few bones instead of doing the company books" might have registered (& resonated) with some of the more astute & business minded patrons of the forum?

I've listened to many motivational speakers in my time, and his message was riddled with vague, psycho-babble. nonsense !

Many farmers do actually enjoy farming .. many fishermen do actually enjoy fishing ... they do it "at the top of their form", but the economic climate of the last 20 years and questionable affiliations with Europe have battered both these industries.

The lines outside the Broo are getting increasingly larger, and I might sarcastically wonder if they might all be advised to go and audition for X Factor ! (everyone loves doing THEIR song at karaoke nights after all ...why not live the dream?)

The most important aspect we do agree on is that Kintyre is suffering, and steps must be taken NOW to hopefully prevent it being all but extinct in another 10 years. We can agree to disagree on how that is achieved, but it would perhaps be easier, and frankly, rather less distasteful, if there was some unity.

[Rolling Wave]

My reason for starting this thread was to point out that the foundation of any thread should not be thrown off course by the interjection of banter.I now seem to have become embroiled in local politics and ill-feeling.Not knowing enough about the situation in Kintyre I can not comment.I do feel that it is a tad unfair to therefore lay blame at my feet,just because of my feeble attempts at humour on this forum.Secondly,if rolling wave, you feel that I am a sad,un-funny clown,post some hilarious funnies of your own on The House of Fun and let the forum decide who is funny!The gauntlet has been thrown!Thirdly,rolling wave,you seem to have a knowledge of this forum which transcends the amount of time you have been on it.Are you therefore a double poster,hiding behind another entity?As Bobbie would no doubt say,"Fess up!"

LR - First of all if you are going to banter with people you are better to have a wee map with you which allows you to assess the landscape before posting. That would certainly prevent you getting embroiled in local politics and ill-feeling. Maybe have a think before you post? Resist that first temptation to deliver the killer line, pass on it, take advice if you're not sure (PM others - I'm sure that most people on here would be only too happy to keep you on the straight and narrow with regard to emotive issues if you ask them).

Secondly, I make no claims to being a stand-up comedian so I hope you don't mind if I pass on your kind offer of a "Chuckle- Off" in the House of Fun. However, I have had a quick read through some of your contributions. If that's your thing, that's fine -keep them coming. Although you haven't quite hit a vein for me yet. I promise I will keep checking and hoping - sometimes I could do with a good laugh.

Lastly, I am not a double poster although I did at one time use another identity back when Noah was very small. Then I had a long period of non-posting, changed e-mail address, forgot my log-in details and got locked out. Despite my lack of posting, like many others, I keep a keen eye on the Forum and have a keen interest in some of the subject matter on here, hence my interest from the outside looking in. I usually happily resist the temptation to become involved but I had previously read the Nigerian Friends thread and couldn't believe Bobbie's smug crassness in regurgitating it again on another thread after it had been dampened down on the original one. I'd better go now - no doubt she will be on shortly with the usual squawks of self-righteous indignation. I've seen it all so often over the past few years and quite honestly I can't be bothered with it.

Nice talking to you Roger, and I look forward to that day when I log on to House of Fun and have to change my trousers.

[Malky]

Malky, Malky, Malky, thou dost protest too loudly!

Really? Do you think so. Or are you just being patronising?

... it is here, alive and kicking and for some it is...

It is indeed here although there does seem to be an element locally who don't want it. It does seem to stir some people up into a frenzy especially on contentious issues.

I know you remain sceptical but ..

You're correct on that one

Malky

[Rolling Wave]

Rolling Wave,

I agree with you on one thing ... let's move on !!!

A perfectly reasonable thread, with a few perfectly reasonable humourous misgivings, has been taken, twisted,moaned about, misquoted, badly paraphrased & regurgitated by yourself and some of the other disciples... so it now has about 4 seperate threads going !

Have you ever considered, that watching the video of Ernesto Sirolli espousing the merit of "jumping down wells & breaking a few bones instead of doing the company books" might have registered (& resonated) with some of the more astute & business minded patrons of the forum?

I've listened to many motivational speakers in my time, and his message was riddled with vague, psycho-babble. nonsense !

Many farmers do actually enjoy farming .. many fishermen do actually enjoy fishing ... they do it "at the top of their form", but the economic climate of the last 20 years and questionable affiliations with Europe have battered both these industries.

The lines outside the Broo are getting increasingly larger, and I might sarcastically wonder if they might all be advised to go and audition for X Factor ! (everyone loves doing THEIR song at karaoke nights after all ...why not live the dream?)

The most important thig we do agree on is that Kintyre is suffering, and steps must be taken NOW to hopefully prevent it being all but extinct in another 10 years. We can agree to disagree on how that is achieved, but it would perhaps be easier if there was some unity.

£3.73 - I certainly agree with your first and last paragraphs.

Regarding the bit in between, you seem to be confusing me with others in that I have no particular stance on Sirolli/Opportunity Kintyre. What angered me and the reason I posted was the re-appearance of the cheap Nigerian jibe, despite the fact that the poster offered up some kind of an apology on the original thread. I thought that this was insulting the intelligence of not only to those involved in OK but also to casual readers like myself and was particularly inappropriate if, as I believe it is, the story about the tickets is true.

I'm sorry but I haven't looked at your video link so I am unable to comment on it.

I think you may be on to something with the X-Factor though!

[Rolling Wave]

Malky, Malky, Malky, thou dost protest too loudly!

Really? Do you think so. Or are you just being patronising?

How could you say such a thing?

... it is here, alive and kicking and for some it is...

It is indeed here although there does seem to be an element locally who don't want it. It does seem to stir some people up into a frenzy especially on contentious issues.

Hmm, yes I've met some of them and defended the Forum's right to exist over my shoulder as I hastily retreated in the other direction

I know you remain sceptical but ..

You're correct on that one

Fair enough, we'll say no more about it

Malky

[Bobbie En Tejas]

See, the difference between me and you, rolling, is I think the people of kintyre are perfectly able to think on their own, do their own research and are intelligent enough to be able to come to their own conclusions.

I doubt seriously that I swayed anyone's opinion...

And btw, rolling, I didn't make that nigerian friends thread, it was made by the mods when they split the thread. So if you have a problem with it, talk to the mods.

[A Horse called Juan Face]

Just title every thread anything and everything then give it a number. That way you can't possibly go off thread.