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Hi guys,

Another peaceful afternoon......!

I just thought I'd bring you up to speed, we promised earlier to let you know.

It's been a bit of a "hot" afternoon, I was trying, along with The Mods, to keep the lid on this, still sorting out last night's fire - PM's galore coming in to me - and trying to play the Laddies $250, in whch I managed to squander a big chip lead to eventually end up 3rd. (Any excuse for a chirp....).

We need to put this afternoon in it's right context.

It's a blonde rule that we don't flame, offend or insult other Poker Sites, and, we hope, they reciprocate in kind. I get on fine with Derek & Barry at Gutshot, & have had many a happy evening there. To the best of my knowledge, blondes have never flamed any other poker site, or their Members. Long may it last.

OK, a Member signed up as "Gutshot Owns You" - OK - but he then started putting Posts all over blonde speaking ill of blonde & blondeites, including (later withdrawn) accusations that blondes indulge in soft-play against each other. Yeah, right.....!

The Mods & I agreed that this could only go one way - a mud-slinging contest, & who needs that? A "fight fiight fight" Post appeared on blonde, but Tighty & I asked everyone to cool it, & not dignify the comments by arguing. To the eternal credit of the blondes, it calmed down on here after that - I was well proud!

Meanwhile, blonde Posts on the issue were being Cut & Pasted onto Gutshot Forum.

But it got hotter & hotter on Gutshot, they (Gutshot Posters) were having a field day at our expense, insulting us left right & centre, but no matter, let them was my view.

Dingdell, in particular, (but a few others too) posted polite, well-reasoned rebuttals, fair play to her for doing so in an honourable, polite & dignified way. In fact I think she elicited an apology for the "slow-play/colluding " accusation.

The fire burned for an hour or two, & then a Post appeared on Gutshot, by one of their most regular Posters, (and, therefore, presumably an accepted Member) attacking Rhowena. They attacked Rhowena, behind her back, & made suggestions about her personal morals. How nice....... I'm delighted to say, the Post was soon Deleted, I hope by the Gutshot Management, but I really don't know or care that much.

As it stands right now, a well-intentioned blondeite (I assume) is Posting some stuff on Gutshot, "stone-throwing" really, & while I am grateful for the spirited defence, I really don't want anyone from here getting involved.

They can do their thing, & we will do ours. Only harm can come from dignifying their accusations by getting involved in kind.

References were also made to Online Cardrooms, it being suggested they have one, & we don't. Whatever......

And a Challenge was issued, either/and a Team Event, or a Forum Challenge. I don't really approve of Team Events - they invite collusion, lets be honest. I would have been amenable to a Forum v Forum challenge, but given the things that were said, in particular about Rhow, behind her back, I think that's one best left for another day, another time. I can imagine many blondes would be pretty upset about the attack on Rhow, so it would be a bit "personal", so that's that scuppered. They can, indeed have, accused us of running scared. So be it. Hard to imagine how Dave would handle it too, playing with peeps who make unprovoked slurs on his wife's nature..... I think that one's a no-no now!

I could not be more proud of the restraint the blondes have shown this afternoon. Accused of being "treacly sweet" & "nice" we may be, but we, the blonde Membership, run our place the way we like it, & they can run theirs howsoever they wish. I rung Barry Martin mid-afternoon in an attenpt to get things calmed down - one assumes their Management were not aware of the "darker" stuff flying around - but he as in Lanzarote, on holiday with his family. I tried to ring Derek Kelly, but I could not get through, maybe I took his number down wrong from Barry. Nobody from Gutshot has contacted me personally.

Please don't add to the fire by getting involved with the attempted "Forum War". It's just not something that grown-ups do, reallly. A Post was made which alluded to the Legality of the Gutshot Card Club. blonde apologise for that, if it came from a blondeite, that's not the line from blonde at all - we wish Gutshot well in their attempt to liberalise the poker scene.

PS - As of right now, more "innuendo" is being thrown at Rhow, by the original mud-slinger, presumably because one of our Members - I assume - has has slung a little retaliatory mud their way. And thats EXACTLY why it makes no sense to descend to that level.

Ignore it, is my advice.

Tomorrow is another day. I hope to retain my warm relationships with Derek & Barry, & all my many pals at Gutshot, so let's turn the other cheek & move on. Let the children play.