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agree

I'll just go and ask Purple Bob what (s)he thinks.

i just find it amazing that the colout of text would get to you so much. i would say we are all important enought to have red of green ect its just that some of us have more imagination and put a little more effort to brightening up the site.

give me more colour, thats what i say

Some of the colours i have to squint to read , now they are annoying  :)

I've only realised one person using colour, and i'm not 12 or mental so it doesnt bother one bit.

No worries here, and i can think of anyone using any dodgy colour schemes on here anyway.

Well, as I am the ONLY poster on blonde that consistently uses a non default font colour, I assume this thread is directed at me.

I have never implied or feel that my posts are more important than any other posters, and find it laughable that you would assume such a thing, it shows just how little you can know about a person by simply judging them on font colour.  I do not expect you to understand why I change the colour as I have no real reason why I do it, I like the colour, I choose to post in the colour and it's as simple as that.

The options are available for any person to use if they so wish, some people post pics in their sig line which I actually find annoying. But, the difference is I know it's each to their own and wouldn't dream of trying to make assumptions about a persons character based on such a ridiculous thing.

Welcome back MrsLime

Stop being a bitch and start posting again!

HOLLA

Thanks Bob

 ;popcorn;

No probs

I love your purple writing Ginger :-*

Couldn't agree more...

What harm is it doing?

If she wants to post in a non-default colour, let her...the option is obviously there for a reason.

i really don'tsee what the problem is with colours

Slime,

While you are on here, I'd like to alert you to a possible sighting of a spelling error in the PHA section of the forum, please make your way over there immediately and correct the heathen responsible for such an atrocity.

 ;izimbra;

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

See ?!?!  ;D

Amazingly, I was just experimenting with changing the size of the text so that I don't have to squint to read it. Yours was the first thread I opened, only to be confronted by inch high, bright yellow letters with a red border, I wondered wtf I had done.

That aside, I have no problem with coloured text. Vive la difference!

:goodpost:

had to change the colours....

Orange rocks

one mans pedantry is another mans precision

keep fighting the good fight brother

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I would reply, but that might reduce the effectiveness of replies to posts that warrant a reply

Good point.  ;iagree;

I like colourful posts - as long as they're not difficult to read

Even those are easy if you highlight them.

Heres one of Red Dogs Cryptic crossword clues

"One who finds coloured text annoying enough to start a thread about it" (4)

is it a rude word?

why does the poll say your colour is brown Kev?

Beat me to it, I was just about to suggest a poll lol.


Quite frankly MrsLime I think you stand pretty much alone on this issue. You are the first person in 18 months to mention that they find my posts in any way offensive, annoying or irritating. I do not believe they stand out as much as you believe they do, I feel it is more the case that you feel you have found something to pick at so will run with it if you can.

I will not change the purple, it's as much of my identity on blonde as my name or my sig line, and trying to make a point by using bright red highlight over yellow font simply looks foolish.

By the way "Imagine if every member was so undignified as to have....." that to me is making a judgement.

its the colour of stirred excrement :D

Solidarity, Reg.


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This same argument was used to help perpetuate the practise of racial segregation.

Which person do you think is trying to draw attention to themselves

Poster A- Uses coloured text?

Poster B- Makes nitpicking posts about coloured text?

I must admit I find it hard to read coloured text posts, but i try to not read them.
That usually works ;ifm;

I find your posts offensive, annoying and irritating.

The colour doesn't bother me though.... ;whistle;

 OH AH nothing to say, but the blue looks nice as well

I'm the exact opposite as I find coloured text easier to read, so I have to highlight everything on most web pages. That has nothing to do with my font colour choice though.

I like the colour purple.  I wasn't keen on the movie even though it always gets good reviews, but as far as text colour goes, purple is just fine by me  :)up

Are you trying to make out your special?  So Mrslime was correct
































Just kidding

why are you not in Bolton Craig ?




















Johnny not needing his bags carried?

By some, you mean one. Ginger is the only person on the forum to consistantly use another font colour in all her posts as you describe. As such, some people would look upon this as a personal attack you are making.

I'm sure that's not what is going on, as you say, you only read here occasionly, so may have seen one person post in this manner, and you assume it's more than that.


How can you make such assumptions to her motives for posting in purple. A possible case of judging people by your own standards? The world is not so clear cut, and not everybody thinks like you.


They have the facility to sticky posts, send pm's on en masse, e-mail etc. They don't have much trouble getting the word out.


Dangerous precedent, picking on the aesthetic integrety responsibility of each poster.

The next step is to pick on spelling,,,,,, then we start lambasting a,,,,, poster such as sofa_king for his individuality

Before long, we're in the Third Reich forum.


Disagree

The day you see me carry anyones bags Booder ,Ill sit round the bar with you disussing how to play AJ in 1st position.

Why do you think I GOT MARRIED. ;)

ahhh it was a mystery how the colour worked

& still is  :dontask:

How do you do that?
I shouldnt have a problem with it as long as only one poster wants to be different, I cant go avoiding everyones posts though. LOL

Post of the year!!
Dark, dry, subtle and funny :D

4 pages before our first mfi ism         you been at work Ian ?

You still after the Mod job IFM?

I saw this and thought of this Doug Stanhope quote (I have to put it in now since I'm doubting there'll be that many pictures of rubber fists around):

Why would you need a rubber fist? At what point is your own fist going to be inadequate? I understand dildos, not everybody has 15 inches of dick to swing around and scare the children. But do you ever get fist envy at any point? Ever have a girl dump you for a guy with a bigger fist? When could you have your own two fists inside of somebody and have them say to you, "It's not enough....I still feel some gaps, do you have a third fist perhaps?"

Been watching the final series of stargate SG1 :D

Nailed on Craig, i've rejected 2 offers and Tikay has gone away to talk to the shareholders to see if he can get a few more percent rakeback for me.
If it not what i'm looking for then you may have to endure a female mod.

babysitting ?

She's 21 FFS!!!!

(http://www.damox.com/entertainment/dazed_and_confused/david_wooderson.jpg)

"I get older, they stay the same age."

Why the **** would you want to scare children with your dick?

Probably Barrymore goes swimming with one of those fists, as a BOYancy aid?

http://drawsketch.about.com/cs/tipsandideas/p/doodle_color.htm


james you are needed..............................quickly.

I know it - He's a comedian. ;)

I am going to have Bob shot.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Purple: Purple may represent sexual frustration or a need to appear unorthodox, and is a favorite color of artists.

Like Darius i'm colour blind so ......

......BOTHERED

Seriously, i think Jane(ginger) is the only member of the forum who consistently uses a different coloured font to the default and she (usually :) )makes intelligent and constructive posts which far outweigh any minor annoyance a minority of the forum users may feel at her purple (i think???) expressions.

A quote from Love/Hate might be apt here.

"Don't F*** with me and i won't f*** with you,
We can be brothers and wear our different colours too."

Shakespeare / Marlowe/ Wittgenstein it ain't but the message is universal.

and she has pigtails                  :-*

Yeah, but so do I... :P

I used to post on a few MSN groups when I was younger and most people would change the colour/font/size (mine was Comic Sans, Size 5, usually bright pink) So I've never had a problem with Ginger using purple text. I use the quick reply option so changing the colour would be too much hassle for me each time I post.

Stop bloody moaning, that's all you ever seem to do.

For me it depends on the colour. Ginger's choice of colour doesn't irritate me, but I imagine some of the other choices available would. Fortunately, I don't think many people use anything but the default.

you on the pull?

Bad John! Stop spoiling everyone else's fun. Don't you have books about squirrels to read or something?

Using Love/Hate and darius lyrics?

Gimme some credit man!

By the way that bothered above is supposed to be beige. It doesn't look beige to me, looks white. All this colour malarky confuses me. My mates find it very amusing when we're playing snooker to tell me the brown ball is the red so I pot it. Then they fall about laughing claiming their four points. Bastards.

There's only one colour I find offensive ..... Lime.

Why?

 rotflmfao rotflmfao ;danafish;   touche

If someone did post consistantly in this non-nneutral colour with the red and orange glow thing going on, rather than draw attention to their posts, it would have the opposite afffect.

I would sooner skip over their posts entirely than strain my eyes.

which posts?

Don't limes taste like shit?

Mrs Lime is just misunderstood ::)

whereas MR Slime      ......

....is apparently "One who finds coloured text annoying enough to start a thread about it" (4) a 4 letter word, hmmmm. I still can't work out what it is  :dontask:




 ;angel;

berk?

I met Mrs Lime in person. He was polite, unassuming, softly spoken, and totally non-confrontational. I had a problem with my computer and he let his dinner go cold while he spent two hours helping me to sort it. During that time, he spoke very little, when he did he didn't make eye contact and his voice was just loud enough to be audible.

I have a habit, developed over years people watching and dealing with total strangers, of catagorising people quickly, sometimes I'm wrong, but not often.

I had Mrs Lime down as one of life's good guys. Shy and retiring, helpful and accommodating. Obviously blessed with a massive intellect, he seemed secure in the knowledge that he was mentally superior to most of the people he came into contact with, and happy to use his abilities to assist those less capable without ever coming across as being arrogant or condescending.

Then I saw the version of Mrs Lime that you all know, the online version. Rude, caustic, outspoken, troublesome and vulgar. He seems to delight in upsetting people. Bulling them into submission by beating them over the head with his intelligence and his vocabulary.

I know it shouldn't really matter, and perhaps I've spoken out of turn here, I'm just as guilty of rising to his bait as everyone else. Somehow though, the whole thing saddens me.

It's not his fault, he's been locked in his house for weeks now with them funny squirrel books. His brain is probably dribbling out of his ears and nose on to his computer and hitting the keys in an arsey manner. It's not really him writing at all.

Oh, that's ok then....

P M T  ?

Pre-MySQL Tension

Could the whole thing not just be a wind up?
 Ive read some of Mrs Limes' previous posts and I agree with Red, hes obviously very intelligent and his posts make for good reading. (I dont agree with his views here BTW).

I dont know him or ever met him( to my knowledge) but Im sure a lot is wrote tongue in cheek.

written  

 :P

that's a tongue out of cheek smiley!

My view after knowing, and spending time, with MrsLime over the past several months:

MrsLime is a nice guy.

He has an uncontrollably obsessive character in which he views the world in a logical way. If something goes against the logic of that world (eg. using colour text when black text is easier to read) then he feels a compulsion to say so. He doesn't mean it in a nasty way and may sound abrupt at times, but that's the way he is. He is direct and to the point and clearly not a fan of decorating his posts with smilies in order to express himself. I don't think we should hold this against him, but rather be more udnerstanding of why he says what he does. As RED-DOG said himself, in person, John is a perfectly harmless human being who wouldnt say boo to a goose, he's a top chap. Unfortunately, when it comes to writing in text, not everyone has the ability to convey themselves in a manner that is deemed acceptable by everyone else.

Of course, there's no reason why people can't object to his posts and the manner in which he makes his comments, but what I don't like is this pack of wolves mentality in which people feel the need to group together to either mock or ambush with underhand insults and, quite frankly, flames, to insult the person they disagree with. In that sense, if you believe MrsLime has been derrogatory to anyone, then anyone who has responded in a similar manner is just as bad.

Bottom line. Don't judge someone until you've met them. However he comes across online, he's a decent human being.

Like RED-DOG, this thread has has also saddened me.

MrsLime has a good position in the Bait a Mod league table. i have been informed by a mole in the Mod's room that he also has a high position in the Difficult Posters League.

it will be interesting at the end of the season when the tables are released to the general public just how similar the two league tables are.

Don't give up though folks. there is plenty of time before the season ends to get into that coveted top position. As an added bonus all official warnings received this week will get DOUBLE POINTS! Also TRIPLE BONUS POINTS for anyone who can get RED DOG growling again. He is being much too reasonable so far this year.

Sarcy comments from Colchester kev have been taken off the bonus scheme as almost everyone on Blonde has received one of these by now.

All PM's sent by tikay saying pleeeeeeease STFU about that subject will continue to receive 10xBONUS POINTS for the remainder of the season.

Good Luck and keep up the good work folks

Best wishes

The  ;popcorn; league table committee

;popcorn;

How many points am I behind MrsLime?

lol 

Who said you were behind?

Here's my two cents (I have a lot of cents, my mum says, but not the common kind):

General discussion threads are often started on totally off topic (and frankly, off the wall) subjects just for a bit of colour.

I doubt very highly that MrsLime really cares whether anyone posts in purple, gold, or redwhiteandblue.  But it has made for an (in my opinion) highly amusing Random Thread.  For which we should give thanks.  I also heard a rumour that he comes from a two-dimensional black-and-white planet called Rix-On-8. 

You may carry on now.

byronkincaid has vaulted into a UEFA cup place.


Nemesis, Mrs Lime are vying for the title, although Nemesis' form has been more Conference South lately.


With added TV money for a European place this season, the battle can rage for many months yet.

I, in that case, apologise for saying that limes taste like shit.   

I've only ever had them when they come ready mixed in Lemonade!

Neither Nem or Mrs Lime are in the position of Blonde Poker's Number One Master Baiter.

With respect Jen, did you not notice by the reaction that a fair number of the members found Mrs Lime's comments on this thread to be discourteous and unpleasant?

Have you not noticed that they see most of his contributions the same way?

Granted, they do attract a lot of attention, and some people even find them amusing, but that would also be true of a public hanging, and like a public hanging, the amusement is at someone else's expense.

For this we should give thanks?

No thanks.

I'm one of your biggest fans Red, but I think comparing this thread to a public hanging is slighty ott.

Well who is it then? :D

1: I didn't compare it to a public hanging, I used it as a metaphor to illustrate a point. Don't tell me you don't know the difference.

2: I think saying that we should give thanks for this thread is slightly ott.

 ;iagree;

If MrsLime wants to act like a school bully, it's hardly surprising when eventually people gang up on him.

If I started a thread saying that I found people's Pokerstars avatars of cats creepy and wrong whilst simultaneously changing my picture on blonde to a big fat kitten (see the parallel between the 'complaint' and the ridiculous parodic font he put it in), I am sure lots of people who have these would find something somewhere to take offense in this.  Honestly, grow some rhino-skin, poker players.

P.S. Ginger, I like your purple writing.

I don't wish to enter into any kind of bickering contest, I just wanted to say that he's a nice guy and doesn't mean to be as mean as he sounds, that's all. Sorry if anyone took offense.

And RED, don't forget that money you owe me. Cheque will be fine.  ;hide;

Whilst I somewhat agree and understand what you are saying Jen, your post wasn't directed at a single player.... whereas MrsLimes post was. You won't find me hiding behind the sofa over this thread, as I couldn't care less what someone's opinions are on a font colour.  But, making assumptions about me based on such a trivial thing and then airing those 'judgements' on a forum is not on.

Yes, and by the same token, If I dissagreed with someone other than those you share a house with, I'm sure you wouldn't feel the need to interupt what you were doing in order to defend them.

Does Mrs Lime not posses this thick skin you speak of? If I have to endure his comments, why should he not endure mine?

I have just come across this thread and am wondering how this got so angry.

When I read Mrs Limes post I thought it was tongue in cheek and didn't at any time think it was directed at Ginger - it hadn't occured to me that Ginger was the only one posting in colour - it just wasn't important to me. In fact I was thinking what a waste of time a poll was and was going to click out of the thread when I realised it was all going awol.

Unless there is history to this that I don't know about I think this may have become a massive understanding - if there is history to this then I apologise for sticking my nose in - I just didnt read this as an acusatory or bullying post.

If anything I think Mrs Lime enjoys the controvesy his post has caused and having lit the touch paper retires and watches the fireworks. Not sure if there is any malice in the original post though.

Is Rhino-skin the equivalent of +5 Leather Armour, going by 3rd Edition D&D rules?

D&D now that brings back some memories of wasted(in more ways than one) evenings as a youth

My humour has to be at other peoples expense . I find it impossible to poke fun at myself because im perfect.

What's wrong with pointing out someones spelling mistakes anyway?
The lobby on Tribeca is the place to do it!
People who do not know whether to use lose/loose or loser/looser (a classic example and a particular bugbear of mine) in a conversation may find that being politely informed of their indiscretion can indeed be useful, although they may not realise it at the time and often forget to thank me because they are too busy showing me their repertoire of mis-spelled anglo-saxon adjectives.
While I'm at it, it's  spelled TRIBECA, not any permutation of these letters and a few more added for good measure, a few of the posters on this forum seem unable to understand this including some of the more erudite ones.

standard

lamp?

If done by PM, fine, in public, we prefer not. Not all of us spell well, & if we are constantly corrected in public, it is likely to deter those less able to spell well from Posting. Folks can be very cruel, you know.

I really don't have a problem with folks spelling "Tribeca" incorrectly.

How do you change the colour of your text?

Sorry, I hadn't thought of it like that.
Maybe If you had a "think check" button next to the "spell check" button I would be tempted to use it....

Maybe someone could politely point out my errors in using quotes too.

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How do you change the colour of your text?

when you reply to a post up at the top is a box with "change colour" click the dropdown and choose a colour.

top right of the options when you are posting a new thread, above the cards

great now if i knew how to post  pictures i could have great fun

How do u change your font colour???

How exactly is this thread clever?

If you want to be a bunch of master baiters, surely it's not that tough.
 

But everyone's got their hands all busy typing!

I haven't...

Who gives a toss?

You've worked out the colours then?

yes, just need to know how to post pictures /photos  now

I think you've certainly got yourself an identity now.

If it's a picture that is on another site somewhere, it's dead easy.

Find the picture you want.  Right click on and select properties. Copy the URL for the image.

Then in the post editor click on the (http://blondepoker.com/forum/Themes/blonde2/images/bbc/img.gif) button.

That will put [img] [/img] tags round it.

Like so: (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/SumoAsashoryu_Detail.jpg/180px-SumoAsashoryu_Detail.jpg)

(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:1l3Ibet7BrLw-M:http://www.fancydresscostumeshop.com/images/small/11732.gif)
thanks  kinboshi

Where you get that pic of Kev?

(http://www.mevproductions.co.uk/TV/Partridge2.jpg)

just wanted to see if it works ..............aahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa

If I had a pic on my pc rather than on a website, how would I post that?

Additional options

As it happens snop you have a priveledged (sp? lime?) position on blonde and as such should be lambasting this sort of thing and not defending it.
He has on numerous occasions chosen (yes chosen) to be deliberatley (sp? lime?) abusive and condascending (sp? lime?) to all who populate this forum, this is wrong and away from the protection of the keyboard his personality/attitude is irrelevant.
If you wanna throw stones you should expect to wake up to a broken window or 2.

Thanks but still no luck, I hope I get it sorted before number 850 on the number game.

You have to type something to enable you to upload from a pc, a single character will do. Then click additional options >browse (locate the image you want to upload) click open, then post.

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Thank you Mrs Lime Sir!

As I said, I am just giving my view and explaining why he might be posting in such a manner. I am not defending the posts, I don't like them any more than you do and I sincerely hope he stops. I too find them condescending.

However, I will apologise publically to Red-Dog. I didn't mean to anger or upset you. I'd rather remove my posts than argue with such a good friend.

Snoop, while I disagree with you on this issue, I have the up-most respect for you as a person and hold you in the highest regard as a friend.

I know your motives were honourable.

Let's move on.

yawn

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Carful when you link pictures from outside URLS.

I have seen the people who own these sites get mighty pissed at people leeching their bandwith and change the picture to something Xrated the leecher is still linking to.

::)

Well, that thread certainly went from 'Slightly Annoying' to 'Completely Pissed Off'.