partner froze at the sight of this coach

[26 Year Gap]

[Mark Padgett]

Hey - I tossed that guy twice last year!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Hey. I tossed that guy twice last year!

I bet your partner was Perseus. Did he look at the reflection of the coach in his shiny, patent leather shoes?

[Scrapper1]

I'm torn between a witty remark (like, Happy Belated Halloween?) and chastising you severely for daring to post an image in a thread that is not clearly marked as off-topic, thus offending moderator(s) and esteemed member(s) alike!

You're simply not allowed to do this anymore. Haven't you figured that out yet?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I'm torn between a witty remark (like, Happy Belated Halloween?) and chastising you severely for daring to post an image in a thread that is not clearly marked as off-topic, thus offending moderator(s) and esteemed member(s) alike!

You're simply not allowed to do this anymore. Haven't you figured that out yet?

Did something happen over the summer? Why is everyone so stonefaced?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Did something happen over the summer? Why is everyone so stonefaced?

Things got a little heated. Turned into something of a clash of the Titans.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Did something happen over the summer? Why is everyone so stonefaced?

This thread happened:

Moderators

Immediately after that thread, came some (IMHO) over-zealous moderating -- beginning with this thread, Jurassic Referee -- along with two months of people walking on eggshells because they were worried about getting moderated.

In the "Moderators" thread above, Mick wrote,

Lame jokes have a place in a forum. They give a forum a sort of personality.
Users have greatly reduced the number of pictures they have posted.
Crap is nearly everywhere, but it's existence is totally dependent on how it smells to whomever smells it.

This forum needs the Cowboys. Without them the rustlers rustle, or the herds wander away.

I cannot, in good conscience, delete every post that seems silly to me, because I do not want to impose, expose, dispose or transpose a specific character on an open forum.

For my old eyes, the line between facisim and negligence is very wide and kinda blurry.

While some may have felt that the Moderators were negligent over the summer, it is apparent to me that the pendulum has swung too far toward Mick's other option.