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http://www.stoptiltpoker.net

who is sid harris?

lol, looks dodgy

"Multi-tournament Winner
and Author, Sid Harris
South of England Champion
EPT finalist, GUKPT finalist,
Cashed in WSOP."

Why don't you start one up, your young so must be better right? Guaranteed winner imo ;D

When Sid won that South of England Championship, I came 3rd and Noflops came 4th .......so I wouldn't read to much into that. :D

?

So he uses NLP to stop you from tilting.....

Can't Swordpoker on here do that?

Some great quotes on there but why hasn't he put the greatest quote of all?

This time next year we will be millionaires. Del Trotter.

Looks like it is the same guy who is advertises his (losing) racing advice in the racing papers....must have run out of mugs to pay a pound a minute to be told a 6/4 shot has a decent chance of winning.....ldo!!!!

sid has been ripping it up for the last two years. Think its pretty appauling false advertisement and reminiscent of the dean's blackjack strat.

Awesome.

"Within 5 years I was number 3 in Europe"

("In the over 55's")

Made me lol.

Surprised he didn't use 1pt type for the over 55's bit.

Just lol
Too much time on his hands getting quotes from his bookshop

he's my new hero

"The player is starting to think kamikaze and the other players know this; they can smell the fear."

"Some of my very best friends get their living on the internet by playing the nuts on multiple tables"

Might have to try and get my living like this in future.

He is friends with Martin Green

he joined my table yesterday and nitted it up for 4 orbits before before opening the button to 2500 at 300/600.

Did it get through?

No, Trigg could smell the fear.

Don't remember you on the table - did you manage to make it through the day?

rotflmfao

I don't know if that was an attempted rub, but as it goes he did, yeah. Name is Richard Trigg.

I'm genuinely interested in your site.

What are your rates for coaching? Does it seem to work?

Would you encourage any student of yours to open the button to 2500 at 300/600 in an unopened/unlimped pot?

Under what basis do you feel qualified to coach?

Many thanks in advance.

Rick Trigg - Sorry I can't remember you on the table, seems that not only my short term memory is bad, simple perception seem not to be what it was.  What positon were you in on the table and can you give me some clue that might jog what is obviously a failing memory, don't get afraid that it will happen to you in old age. It's quite fun - when you keep forgetting things - especially bad beats - they cease to exist. Never come across this chatty area of the game before - looks like you all have a lot of fun.

Rates vary - according to players potential - Most of my High Rolling Clients - pay a percentage - I'm alway happy to help players that are starting out,
as they are the future of the game, and I regard myeslf as the past. Would always reccomend strange play - as it sets people up - who become confused.  Contrary to popular belief that I have been ripping up for the last couple of years - I've actually been involved in a think tank on global warming - which has taken up a lot of time. Lord Stern the Climate advisor spurred on by my book "The Truth About Food"  has taken the same stance as me.  There is of course more to life than poker - and we must all remember that.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=g&n=89061

duh duh duh duh duh Inspector Trigg duh duh duh duh duh whoo whoo!

Why should rates vary on potential? Do you take a cut of winnings? This seems wrong to me.

I used to do weights at the gym with my friend Evilpie. He was 6 inches taller and a lot bigger set. Our personal trainer never charged me more than him because he had greater potential as a weightlifter.

'I regard myself as the past' - This I most definitely agree with sir. If you're opening to 2500 at 300/600 on the button you are clearly lacking in some of the fundamentals of tournament poker. I can't think of a single winning player who makes opens like this these days. 'Strange play' to 'set people up' is a pretty weak excuse to justify that you don't have a clue about why your sizing is what it is.

Please name some of your high rolling clients. Let me guess, they all want to remain anonymous?

Like your style - interesting that you are critic of other players - this could well come in your favour - find you extremely interesting and would be interested in how you might improve my business - maybe we could help each other - I keep losing things around the house.

Rates vary on potential - as some players, unfortunatelly, have very little potential, and it would not be fair to charge them anything, as they will be among the 98 per cent of losers in the game. They are entiitled to be seen for free.

omg so true rotlfmfao

go go go gadget blind steal


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ive heard rick triggs setting up a site on dress sense around the poker scene

Who is the fellow in the Burberry?

c'etait le trigg

I criticise myself too. Like yourself I'm not a great player.

Unlike yourself I don't charge people for a service I can't really provide.

What service can't you provide?  Have we had some previous - you seem to have taken against me? I have noticed that the aggrssion factor in body builders is high ( build up of testosterone forced into aggression )  My NLP encompasses anger management -

Why do these threads always go down this route? If someone want to offer a service let 'em do it, if they are any good they will get customers, if they aren't they won't, market forces and all that.............

lolololololol

lots of gullibility itt.

No quite the contrary. I'm now a marathon runner. 5'10" and weigh no more than 10 stone at any time of year. My training took a different route a while ago.

I don't wish this to become a silly childish fight BUT, I simply believe that looking at your website and some of the things I've subsequently heard from people who have played against you that you aren't a very good player.

Question) What's to stop someone clueless or new to poker seeing your website with all your quotes and 'accolades' that you so proudly advertise and think 'great, I'm gonna invest my money so this man can teach me'?

Answer) Nothing. They'll probably think it's all very impressive.

However, from what I've heard of your play, you shouldn't be teaching people of any levels as you will be charging people money for a service you (may believe you are providing sufficiently) probably can't provide to an adequate level.

I'm not saying you're intentionally ripping people off, because you may genuinely think you're a good player and capable of being a teacher to people of all stakes when you're not.

I have no grudge to bear with you and no hard feelings. I'm simply staying my exact opinion on your site.

The usual response is it takes a whole nother skill to teach.....



The more live old school players who are in the teaching market the better surely!?!

LOL u dudes are like a pack of bloodhounds..............

woof? :p

Dear Mr. Greekstine, pleased to hear you gave up weightlifing and moved to Marathon Running> I myself am 5ft 11 at the age of 65 - now amazingly I was 5ft 9in two years ago. You might ask - how did this come about - Well, I had my hip replaced and recovered the two inches I lost.
Now as for me being a crap poker player - that is common knowledge - all of my good play has always been down to other people's bad beats. I've never regarded myself as a professional - just a lucky amateur that enjoys the game. At the moment I swim in the sea every day - my friend Martin Green will verify that for you = as you might think I'm taking the mick + I am in training to swim the channel - which is dogged by problems because of the E U's laws on shipping lanes. ~What you have to understand is that I stop people going on tilt - in essence I get to the root of their fear and help them to overcome it. Steve Chauchan does it in the states - I do it over here - the little success I have had in poker has come through good humour - and luck -  As for my clients - they are happy and I leave it to them to decide what they are going to pay - it works out well as I decided some time ago, I wasn't taking anything with me and had enough money to get through. Le't be realistic I'm a coffin dodger and I  know it.  Hope you do well with youir marathon running -  Drink a pint and a half of beetroot juice every day, as this has been proven to increasre any athletes stamina by 15 per cent without them doiing any extra training. If your friend Richard is at day 2 tomorrow let him make himself known to me and I will give him a copy of my book  The Truth About Food  to give you- will help you in your training. Don't go over doing it, that was my mistake 40 years ago - and how I injured the hip.  ~All the very best -  think I might have to give up this chat thing - as it could become addictive.

You come across very well, unlike most new accounts. :)up

+1

ya sid does come across well, he's a nice bloke by all accounts, dubai and flushy. i was a bit bored and wanted to put the site up for discussion.
Sid, can you name any experiences outside of poker that you have resisted the urge to tilt or steam?

ive got a feeling that you will like this site.

fwiw, im not friends with cos, he's a baddy

Cheers El Sid.

Why would you need to teach people who are new to poker to not tilt? How do you even know they will tilt?

I think this discussion has made a valid point that maybe you could amend your site and maybe have a clear description of what exactly you are coaching.

Good luck with your swim. Eat a pickle just before you go to bed each night - it will help lactic acid not build up so much in your muscles and hence increase your endurance.

im a goody.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnzPx_MfdQ

Cos is a badass with a heart of gold

I'm assuming the one in the middle?

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Best gimmick account ever. Long rein Sid

thought u were on the way down?

hey sid, i read this on your amazon page


i thought that soy has got nasty estrogeny things in it that turns men into women? what do you think about the paleo diet? seems quite popular these days, obv similarities to atkins which you clearly don't like.

oh god coffee -> keyboard rotflmfao

So funny awesome thread innit

it's pretty obvious why it's important. if you're in a 6 max game with 5 excellent players the only time you'll ever get good winrates will be when someone isn't as mentally strong or in control of his emotions as the other players.

Interesting Greekstine, I set the site up to attract people who need it, or think they need it, it doesn't take long to find out who needs it, and even less time to work out who will benefit. You have to understand that a lot of players give up the day job to play poker, in these unsettled times that can be a big mistake. Most established players have gone through a lot of soul searching and suffering before they could make a living and we all know that the variance has broken a lot of hearts and spirits. Many people put the game before any kind of family life and when they look back they are saddened. Far be it for me to tear the seam of anyones dream, but if a player is honest with himself and his time could be spent on other areas of life dificult decisions have to be made about a game we all love. Temperament, mentality and a word that is frowned upon these days ID take players down a very hard road. There are resonances in the site that will get the right people to contact me - mind over matter is no new idea - Not everyone in the game is happy - especially when they strive for the virtually impossible, I'm overjoyed for our guys who have won bracelets the the wsop - but I also feel for the masses of players who have fallen into debt to play in a game, where the odds against them were thousands to one. Many family lives will have been ruined by this junket, and that's the downside of the game. There's an element of avaraciousness in this game - that must not be overlooked. Barry Greenstine has got it right and so has Peter Eastgate, the boy who knew the meaning of the word enough.

Am feeling mischievous, for some reason the first two people I thought of when I saw this were Greeky and Kinboshi, hehe sorry fellas :D

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 rotflmfao ;applause;

Perfect! 

lol VWP

To Action Man: Sure I have steamed; much more when I was younger. It's primal and it's unavoidable; in some instances. I'm teetotal and that's been a life-saver. I have seen one or two poker players who play better drunk than sober, but they are truly the exception that elucidates the rule. Sequences of events in my younger life, taught me the futility of 'losing my rag' Testosterone and Ego play a massive part in this game, if there were as many women players as men, the men would be left far behind in the winning stakes. Part of the game is getting players to go on tilt in the niciest possible way, it pays off. I know one player (we'll keep him anonymous) who fakes tilt amazingly. One of my counterparts in the U.S.A teaches this - how to fake tilt and get paid off. Youi have to find it amusing. There are no supermen - and you aren't going to meet a guy who would be willing to go through childbirth, men are just not that tough. I see a lot of guys having a love affair with themselves and poker when they should be chasing girls and forming relationships. There are sad people who play this game every night of their life, they haven't got an appreciation of time. They will look back with regret that they did not put a life together for themselves, that is inevitible. The danger of easy money is that it ceases to be real and all kinds of values get distorted. We are about to go through a period that will very much mirror the 1930's the only decent thing about it is that it will make better people with better values. Continue to play well, the only piece of advice I would give to any poker player is never criticise any players mistakes, they are to your advantage and a gift, surely that should be good enough.

Awesome

which one's on the computer and which one's trying to get him to come to bed?

Mad rubs!

El Sid         1
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There is ALOT of truth in that, please keeping posting here Sid.........

To Action Man -  Dear Richard,
Don't you just have to marvel at the synchonicity of it all.  You post something about me on Tuesday and on Thursday we're sitting at the same poker table. I've had a few amazing coincidences lately, they are a bit facinating.

This is very true. Did u make day 2 Sid?

Kind Regards to Stuart Hopkins and Woodsey - and in reply to 2 loose - Yes made it through to day 2 with just below average chips - Like to keep just below average chips unitl heads up LOL  =  Whenever I write lol, I can't believe I'm doiing it.

To Byron Kinkaid =  When I wrote The Truth About Food - sent a copy to over a thousand General Practitioners, the feedback gave me enough material to write at least another two books on the subject, but other projects have taken precedence. We are what we are due to the Paleo diet and seeing that it has worked since we lived in caves, I would be the last person to knock it. ~The bottom line is, it's difficult to avoid fast food and the way around it is compromise if we eat 20% whatever and 80% quality fresh food. That's fine.  We haven't got the problem, it's the third world that truly suffers. Our problem is too much and theirs too little. The planet is volatile and food stocks are lower now than ever. Bee extinction is about to cause great problems and we will all be having a reality check sooner than we think. But evolution has fixed it that we survived so far hopefully evolution has a few more tricks up it's sleeve.  All the best Byron.  A little tip for anyone you know who has high blood pressure, get them to drink pure cocoa for a month. They will be shocked at how their blood pressure levels drop.

Nice posts sid... like your calm well written style that elegantly bats aside all the young stars attempts to provoke.

Its a shame that they have to wait to get old to gain wisdom and engage brain before mouth...

Sid - what do you think of the half calorie diet?

Sid your a class act, plz post more.

agree with this except for the words stars lol..

And woodsey awesome picture! :)up

Eatrly morning regards to: Sicilian - Soviet Song - Maldini - Tiitaniumbean -
It's 6.55am and I have the site to myself - just had my early morning dip in the sea - only did 45 minutes because if I get lucky could be a long day at the Rendezvous. The update of runners and riders doesn't seem to be up yet - but well done to everyone who made it through - Well done to Albert for makiing it to a second day - be great if this one had his name on it - would cause a stir among some players.
It's going to be a really nice day here in Brighton - hope some of you come down for the side events - the place is worth a visit just to see the urinals on the first floor at the rendezvous, which have been in this state of repair for 6 months. You would think that a company as big as Hurrahs would not expect paying customers to piss in a bucket. But apart from that,the place has a nice atmospherre. The barr is up to a couple of our more colourful characters, one in particular whose spectacular insults ( his every other word motherfucker ) have quietened the game down a little but we all seem to be living with that. A good word for Charley Eaton and her partner ( a Terry Dene Lookalike ) who are moving on, but have done a great job of bringing the card room back to life. Charley's leaving soon and we may end up with a vacume and not much of a card room, I hope not. I only came back to playing regularly, recently when all games became dealer dealt.

To Soviet Song:   There's a big misconception that all calories are equal - but they are not - although nuts have a highly condensed calorific value they have a direct effect on our metabolism which negates some of that calorific value. Don't go on a nut binge though - although they are great in moderation they are still highly calorific.

To Soviet Song:   All calories aren't equal - the calories in some foods have a direct effect on the meatabolism, negating some of their calorific value, this is the case with peanuts as an instance, but don't go on a peanut binge as their dense calorific value - even after some negation is high. Calorie counting is for yo yo dieters, portion control, exercise and common sense is all we need.

To Soviet Song: It's like New York - New York - so good I posted twice.

To Kinboshi:  Note you are a photographer in Nottingham, Do you know Terry Cryer the legendary Jazz photographer from leeds, I was his darkroom assistant when he was starting out and won the feature photograher of the year in 1957. The photography game was much more complex then. My vocation was to go into Glamour photography as I was great friends with Tony Roberts who worked with Harrison Marks,
 I lived in Lisle Street in Soho and Mark's studio was around the corner in Gerrard Street. Marks used to pay me sweatshop wages to work in his darkroom but for a kid of 15 printing glamour photos was a labour of love. Look up Terry's site, his photographs sell for up to a grand a time.
Started working in Terry's darkroom at the age of eleven. Different game then, Also studied colour photography with John Vickers ( The Old Vic
of Photography ) he used to photograph all the stage sets in the west end. John was a master of lighting technigues and spent most of his time discussing the finer colours of the red wine he was drinking. Terry and his then wife Anne lived two doors away from me in Lisle Street, the house he lived in had some illusrtious charachters live there: Dickie Dawson who married Diana Dors, Bill Maynard the comedian and last but not least
Teddy Green who played Sam Welller in Pickwick. This was before Lisle Street became Chinatown and was famous for Army Surplus stores and
brothels, the girls were still on the street then as the laws didn't change until 1957. Very colourful time and amazing memories.

El Sid, i think you may have got the words photographer and tosser mixed up in relation to Kinboshi.

ridic post

It's not about provoking. It's about questioning a service that's a bit of a joke.

If anyone can't see that then sorry for them

To Greekstine: You hit it right on the nail - Life's a bit of a joke - unfortunately it's taken too seriously, the only way to approach it is to ensure you do the best for the one's you love. ~Always put them first - you will never regret it. You never realise what anyone is worth until you lose them, so kiick on, and enjoy every minute of it, you're a fool if you dont!

el sid > greekstein

No, I'm not the photographer - the girlfriend is. 

I'm just that bloke at his keyboard in the pic that Woodsey posted.  I was born in Leeds though.

Can you provide a link to any studies that has 'proven' the 15% increase in athletes' stamina when they drink a pint and a half of beetroot juice every day?  Sounds interesting...

lolz.. i think you mistake the service sid is offering. It seems he offers to coach a person on their capabilities  to deal with the mental troughs and peaks of the game rather than how to play Jacks op to a raise and a call. perhaps akin to a sports psychologist who are often used to put athletes in the correct frame of mind. Whether he is qualified or not would be down to the individual and whether they felt they were benfitting from it. I don't think he is out to con anyone as you seem to imply. You seem a little quick to damm Cos you are entitled to your opinion of course...just doesnt neccesarily make you right. Its already obv that Sid has had a colourful life full of interesting experiences and he brings this to the debate in a calm non confrontational manner and has frankly pwned your soul.  :)

P.S I think Sid built his own website...lolz

would love to give you a chance but please write in shorter paragraphs. i can give you coaching in writing for 1% of your action today if you like?

this

don't think I've actually finished one of your posts yet because of the layout

use the enter key to put breaks between lines so I can read you pwning greekstein please

'coach a person on their capabilities'

Read that again. It's a joke mate.

you don't think a person can be taught how to deal with situations from a mental and psychological point of view ? and they cant be judged by someone else as to thier capabilities to be taught in such a way...?

Gl today El Sid

Dear Sid, you probz need to have a blonde pokerz glossary to liven up your posts a little, they are interesting but would benefit from terms like, pwned, crushed etc. Cause you are pwning and crushing imo

(also use imo a lot)

Sid might just be the best, gl today

It's true that Sid is offering to coach people on how to make the most of their own ability rather than coaching them with the aim of improving that ability.

But it's also true that there is little evidence provided that Sid is in any way qualified to do so, other than that he can do it himself.

What I don't understand is why anyone gives a monkeys what service Sid is offering? If you want it go for it, if you don't leave him alone imo, no need to take the piss just for the sake of it............

who took the piss?

Sigh............

Sid is offering to try and help people improve the way they look at things and handle situations.

His posts on this thread are proof that he has a great outlook on life, and doesnt let petty comments get to him.

Pretty sure that makes him qualified to talk to people about how he stays calm and collected.

If you dont want it you dont want it.

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FYP

I tried it but I think some of the juice I bought was past its sell by date. It didn't end well, I'll spare you the details because...

(someone take care of the punchline plz)

kin

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160082.php
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8186947.stm

small sample size though

bacon got them nitrates in it innit? knew it was good for ya!

If I had to take issue with that trial it would be the choice of placebo rather than the sample size.

Blackcurrant cordial. How can they possibly justify this over some other fruit or vegetable juice that is lower in nitrate quantity than beetroot.

It's the same colour. Lol wtf, they thought that having yucky thick purple juice and yucky thick green juice might compromise the double blindness of the study (because obv they're going to be studying something purple) so let's go with blackcurrant cordial instead.

Hi and thanks for agreeing to take part in this trial by being the dude wot gives the boys the juice and takes the measurements and stuff.

I can't tell you what we're investigating to maintain the scientific integrity of the data you collect. You might conciously or subconciously influence the 8 dudes as to which test we're hypothesising they perform differently on.

In the other room you'll find a crate of beetroots, a juicer and a bottle of kiora.

Wtf

That was my favourite game on The Crystal Maze.

8 people!?!?!?

Why do they even bother?

Another possible problem is that the beetroot round was first. Possible that the volunteers felt more competitive as they didn't know what the gig was, maybe they thought there would be some sort of comparisom made between them and the other people who were taking the trial, so they tried that little bit harder.
When that didn't happen, the second time they came in, they knew there was no magical league table to aim for the top of, or keep of the bottom of, that it wasn't like the go-karting where after you finish you look up at the computer screen and see everyone's lap times, there's no incentive to put in every last bit of effort.

Although to be fair, it probably is true that beetroot juice is better for you than Kiora.

Say nitrates, wear white coats and publish.

undergraduate coursework?

maybe the beetroot actually reduced their stamina long term so by the time they got to the kia ora round they were well shit at cycling

...nobody likes to hear bad beet stories.

 ;marks;

Sid>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>bedi

:D love it!

Lol

Normally an amazing poster

That takes it though! Stunning.

As you say, kids here is an example of how to post on forums....

That's a win and a half!!!  ;tightend; ;applause;

Regard to all, once again have the site all to myself at 7.30 am.  Managed an hour and a half in the sea this morning, half an hour of power stroke, do follow my own advice and the beetroot juice seems to work for me. Maybe if a few of you who train regularly give it a shot, we might be able to see if there's a tangible difference. Good turn out for the side game at the Rendezvous last night, this might be the last Hurrah here, if you get the pun. If they never fixed those toxic carzies this week it bodes ill for the place, it's a shame as we have all had some wonderful times here, hope I'm wrong and the place continues to exist. Just squeezed into the money, great game, jokers to the left of me clowns to the right, four bettors destroying five bettors, players dropping like flies. If I had to categorise the game, it was a night of embarrasing show downs. Never criticise anyone in particular's game, but if the game continues along these lines it has to all go to hell in a bucket. They should re-name the game I'm a better thief than you. Having said that, there was a lot of bon-homme, I got to sing "How about you" To an internet lady with a voice deeper than Pavaroties,
long enought to convince her to lay down her hand. (Thank Heavens).  As my critics will tell you, got lucky again, can't play to save his life, total tosser. Somebody asked me why I was called El Sid, I explained that like the legendary Cid, Rodrigo de Tryano, who was strapped to a horse to lead a cavalry charge when he was dead. I play so few hands that other players at the table think I'm dead. Was eventually destroyed by getting that famous crap hand AK twice on the trot, once agains AJ, J first card out, and once against ~A something suited. The lady, and I say that with some hesitation, flopped the nut flush, Cheerio El Sid.  Luck evens out and it's the nature of the game, but had a good time meeting up with people that I don't see very often.   
                         

During the Break, Met up with Martin Green and a few of his pals. Martin was on his way to Hove dogs, he explained that he was going to back the 2 dog in the first race, and the 3 dog in the second race. I asked him why he wasn't backing the 4 dog in the third race and he explaiined that Mick the Electric said it was a dodge with a dairy about it. Then Flushy approached with a gold bracelet hanging off his left ear, I made out that I hadn't noticed, he walked around behind me and re-appeared with the bracelet hanging from his right ear, once again, I made like nothing was happening, later on in the toxic carzie, where you have to hold your breath for as long as it takes, because of the putrid smell of urine, he was trying to dangle the bracelet off the end of his water feature, I told him it wasn't a good idea and he put it back into his pocket. Once we returned to more pleasent surroundings of the foyer, up pops Dave Shallow, I asked why he was called Dubai and he said it was because he always played the Q8, I made some passing reference to LOL and UAE, and they then introduced me to Mr. Richard Trigg. Could understand why he has such a high opinion of himself, the fellow is a walking babe magnet, two girls sitting nearby looked as if they could devour him. Can't complain though pleasent little win will mean that I can shop at Asda next week instead of Aldi.

Hello Mr Sid. Great postage, long may it continue.


I hope you don't mind, but while quoting your excellent post, I've taken the liberty of braking it down into smaller paragraphs to enhance it's readability.

What do you think?

I love Tank..that's simply stunning

Blatant "I'm batting well above my average again" brag IMO.

Just LOL

;tightend;

Some of your finest work ;hattip;

Your reputation has proceeded you here Tank,it's not even that good,6/10 for effort.

I don't quite see it myself tbh, perhaps the high praise is some kind of level, 6/10 probs a fair score

To suggest it is some of your finest work is an insult,trust that to come from Kinboshi.

The work isn't mine tho. Once it is posted it belongs to all the little people, and they can revere it to whatever degree they choose.

If there's any youngsters watching, above post is example of when not to put a smiley to signify that you're joking, even though every fibre of your being compells you to do so.

Some people might think you're being 100% serious, but that's the sacrifice you've got to make for comedy comedy.

Although not a youngster, I feel I have much to learn from this post.  I often find myself editing my 'joke' posts to insert a smilie at the end as often if I do not said posts can appear bitchy or rude, and indeed have raised such comment in the past.  The instertion of the smilie feels like a sell-out a lot of the time though; a signpost saying 'look I've made a joke' at best and, at worst, 'look at me laughing at my own joke' which is a big no-no in the perfect delivery imo.

I'm going to be brave and next time I feel like making a joke I'm going to use a plain old full stop instead of a :) or a ;) or a :D I'll probably feel a bit dirty, but I think the rush will make up for that somewhat

*insert struck-through emoticon here (it won't let me do it)*

Smileys are signposts for the hard of thinking.

this is true.  is it wrong to want to make the hard of thinking appreciate one's jokes, or should one simply not give a toss?

It's not a blanket rule. If you think a smiley will allay bitchyness then your instincts are probs spot on.

Ur a nob

is prob not as good as

Ur a nob :)

Delight inwardly at the smiley inflicted missing the joke imo.

You shouldn't tailor jokes to an audience - put the joke out there for what it is and it will find its own audience.

Smileys are like when a comedian makes a joke, then pauses and looks at the audience with a 'hey, I just made a joke - did you see what I did there' face - it can take the shine off.

while we're on the subject here's one thing that peeves me a bit.  You make the perfect 'joke' post, getting the level of subtlety pretty much spot on, but don't use the smilie, then someone comes along and quotes it and spells out the joke thinking they've very cleverly made it themselves out of what they perceive to be your own one dimensional serious post.  Is this just something all the great humourists such as AndrewT and thetank learn to accept as a small sacrifice for maintaining the integrity of their art?

You forgot this.

;)

A bit like this  ;danafish;

You say sacrifice, what are you sacrificing? The applause?

We don't do this for the applause, we do this because we're smug gits. A situation such as the one you're talking about is a good prize for the smug git.

sacrifice is the wrong word innit.  not really sacrificing anything other than the state of not being a bit peeved.  And I wasn't really referring to my own posts, more other people's in fact.  Tikay's little hidden gems spring to mind - I sometimes wish I had mod powers just so i could delete the posts that spell out the jokes to everyone who might otherwise have missed them, but I guess that just makes me a snob of sorts and probs a bit clicky. 

Yep, pretty sure that makes you a snob.

Sid is just incred, excellent posts!

Well done to Jamie on winning the contest, my humble appologies to the Tomas Cibak who came second, when we were involved in a long winded pot, I sang a love song to him, under the genuine mis-apprehension that he was a lesbiant lady with a deep voice. Please accept my appologies and well done on coming second. El Sid.

Needs love.

To Red Dog, Thank's for banging in the paragraphs, not used to this semi word processor - only just noticed where the spell checker is - we have played at the same table a few times - and we sing from the song sheet - even more so when I read your profile - When I read what you said about Mrs. Red, it applied totally to my other half. The light of my life and my reason for living. Met her seven years ago - and there is a thirty year age gap, no she's not 95, it's the other way around. But statistically you can always be beaten in poker, that great poker player and inventor Sir Clive Sinclair has a missus 33 years his Junior. All the best - El Sid

Nice life,and congrats on your recent cashaments.

To Mondatoo:    Just what I thought this morning, what a life as I swam 14 miles from the horizon - grateful for everything - As my old mum used to say, "If the Germans aren't bombing you and you've got enough money for a bit of dinner - everything is O.K.  All the best  El Sid

please hang around Sid.  You're definitely in my top 10 favourite posters already.

Met her seven years ago - and there is a thirty year age gap, no she's not 95


 ;tightend;

Can't think of another newbie that was set on by the bloodhounds on arrival, and has managed to turn opinion around and get everyone on his side? Postive posting ftw.........

Not read this thread previously, was tipped off by a friend.

The thread is AWESOME - Sid, you old rascal, don't you understand, the Kids RULE here. You are not supposed to own them!

Sid, I think I love you.

Maybe Sid can help Cos overcome his erm....like for musicals?

Haha this thread is abs incred and long may it continue Sid!

please change title to El Sid - The Diary. Then quickly move to BOB.

Regards to: Flushie, (bracelets come first ) Boodah, Red Dog, Montadoo, Claw75, Woodsey, Bokdie and Tikay.
Dear Tikay, Loved you from the moment you went blonde, I never had the hair or the bottle to do that. As for owning anyone, we're here for a glimmer, most of my pals are brown bread, and the biggest sin is wasting time. I want to start a group of barely alive poker players and call it the,Dead Poker Player's Society. It ties in a lot with one of the books that I'm working on at the moment entitled: The Future Dictates the Past, has a lot to do with my specialist subject: Albert, no not Albert Sappiano, Albert Einstein. ( Although I had an interesting chat with Sappiano at the weekend about the imminent extinction of the Bee Population, he might not be a recognised expert in poker, but when it comes to honey, Albert is a monster )  As for the book, in essence, it's about living in that beautiful moment between our cedents and our antecedents. It relates to a dream walk I did in the 70's with an aboriginal tribe, and the long lasting effect that experience had on me. We all have pure happiness inside us and we can only find it by allowing our inner self the freedom it desires and to free as many trapped souls as each of us can. Jung could see it in the I Ching and I see it in the Kabalah. There's a resonance and Synchronicity brings it together in the end. The Beauty of it all is that - the end is just the beginning. All the best El Sid.

I'm with you on all that Sid, but what's your position on Cocoa Futures? Gone up 200%, highest price for 30 years, you know. Coffee Futures spiked a 20% surge in 2 days last week, too. WTF? And the 787 Dreamliner?

To: Smell the fear Kinboshie, could you please amend your earlier post with the following two changes: Add cashed in the UKIPT Brighton, and also with reference to the South of England Champion add IN PERPETUITY, I played so well that night that it was unanimously decided I could keep the title forever. And where is Greekstine these days?

Dear Tikay, The politicians daughter was fined for drinking water. Coffee is the second largest traded commodity. I always steer clear of Coffee and Oil. When I was with Armand Hammer, ( Give a few twats a chance to make a toothpaste joke )  he always said steer clear of Oil and Coffee, his advice has served me well over the years. If you have been following me on facebook you will note I have been in Cocoa for ages and came out of it last week. Like Danish Mortgage Bonds at the moment, but don't expect to see anything more than a safe haven in them at the moment. Always remember, never trust a financial advisor and that a long term investment is a short term investment that went wrong. If you want an endorsement on my predictive powers ask Sir Andrew Bowden, all round gent and local pokier player, you won't believe it, sometimes I hardly believe it myself.  All the best El Sid.

Do you do free consultations El Sid?

The poker playing ex MP who plays (used to play?) at Brighton, of whom, scurrilous rumour had it, was up to a bit of financial mischief? He struck me as a quite splendid old buff. Almost certainly moody, but huge fun. I interviewed him once, but then he refused to sign the Release Form, which struck me as a bit odd.

He divides his time between mashing beetroot and visits to the toilet.

GreekStein is still here. He still thinks your site is a bit silly (and is unlikely to change his mind on that one - he's a stubborn git) but he can't help himself finding you very likeable either.

I gotta admit, I first thought the site was set up by someone lookin for a bit of an angle to con people out of easy money. I see that's not the case now.

Keep posting on blonde.

To the Tank:  Think I saw Greekstine's pal Elvilpie the weightlifter in Church Road, Hove today. He was about 6ft 5in but looked taller as he was on a skateboard, he was wearing a T.Shirt that said Rik Stein for fish - Greekstiine forever. Could that have been Elvipie. Maybe somebody could post a photo of Elvipie and I will be able to identify him. Talk about the usual suspects, how would Elvipie look if he was lined up with Kevin Space, Benito del Toro, and Freddy Deeb.  All the best El Sid.

Jeeves soon licked GreekBoy into shape. Next case.

To Tikay:   All I know about Sir Andrew is he fought on our side during the War, that's good enough for me, I do no for a man of 87 his present is pleasent - and you can't want more than that.

Hi Sid,

This is evilpie....

(http://tkohub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/keith-jardine.jpg)

I never got personal or flamed anyone btw. Just stated what I thought of the site.

Don't think that's unfair.

Yup, Jeeves has sorted him, that never took long.

The old GreekBoy would have volleyed that over long-on, now it's a fully-fledged defensive shot off the back foot.

Who'd have thought?

To Greekstine: Let me show you how we do it in my village, if you can't agree with me then I agree with you, The Site Is Crap - El Sid. How easy was that!  Now we all move on and live happily ever after.

Thanks for a pleasent half hour. I'm off now for some lobster on the sea front. No Chianti, No fava beans.  All have a good night!

I presume you are saving the beans and Chianti for Greeky's liver...

I'm sure you could smell their fear when you played them.

Anyway, El Pip can you post those studies that have proven that a pint of a half of beetroot juice increases athletes' stamina by 15%?  Thank you.  You seem to like quotes, and someone once said "Incredible claims require incredible evidence."  I'd love to see some credible evidence regarding the beetroot thing. 

'boshi demanding The Truth About Juice

yeah he's been banging on about it on msn too:


Daniel:  blah blah blah blah blah blah
Daniel:  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah scientific studies
Claire: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Daniel: blah blah blah Daily Fail readers blah blah blah
Daniel: blah blah blah blah blah
Claire: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Daniel: blah blah blah
Claire: sorry gtg - phone

Hang on, you started asking me about some woman's diet and was it safe to reheat a Chinese meal :D

Although, Tank was obviously the one you should have asked about the microwaving. 

artistic licence dear

"Perhaps the earliest known benefit of the beetroot was its use as an aphrodisiac during the Roman times. It contains high amounts of boron, which is directly related to the production of human sex hormones. Beetroot is also known to be effective in combating fever and maintaining stable blood sugar levels."


"Beet nutrition facts: Beetroots are considered to have several health benefits, because they are a rich source of several nutrients and have minimal calories. Below is a list of the various nutrients in the vegetable.
 
Vitamins A, B and C
Calcium
Phosphorous
Potassium
Magnesium
Iron
Folic acid
Betanin
Beta-carotene
Fiber"

from the website of the Diet Health Club

consistent with El Sid snagging a woman 30 years his junior.  Therefore proof imo.  in your eye boshi

Alan Sterne must drink beetroot as well.  Rod Stewart too ;)

FACT

I believe!!!!

Can people stop digressing so i don't have to read 18 pages of each thread to know wtf is going on?

k thx

It all becomes clear

a+b=c

kinbo's deffo not been drinking the beetroot juice - look how much he's aged since that top pic

Awesome .... this thread delivers !

I've always liked Sid. He's a charming man who quietly goes about his business and his composure is to be admired.

All the best Sid ... See ya in Brighton sometime soon !

 :)up

Sid, the doctor dude who wrote the foreward to your book is into his homeopathy according to his nutrition website.

Is that something you're into? If so, and if you're ever trying to find some common ground with kinboshi for whatever reason, probs best not to bring it up.

I think we're all sold on the fact that vegetables are good for you.

It's the claim that we should drink a pint and a half of beetroot juice every day...

 as this has been proven to increasre any athletes stamina by 15 per cent without them doiing any extra training

that is cause for concern.

Count me out, please.

Beetroot, however, is the secret of energy & longevity. Tinned salmon & crinkle cut beetroot slices are in my Top Five all time sarnies. Admittedly, an acquired taste for cultured palates.

Is that draught or bottled beetroot juice ?

hmmm, pint and a half ...

(http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/beetroot.jpg)

Lol, saw this posted on Facebook.

Sid Harris: "You are always better than your opponent, when faced with difficult decisions think of something far off in the distance, maybe a polar bear walking against a katabatic wind. When you return to the decision it will be simple to solve. If you think you are being exploited, ask your opponent the question: "Is this what you want to do? Why would you want to do this?" Then give them the sign that Spock used to give in Star Trek, this ancient sign is true magic. For more ancient wisdom, go to: www.stoptiltpoker.net."

        sounds good