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>Smug? the very definition: >'I suspect the concept of irony is a little lost on you' Feel free to elaborate on that one? Someone comes on belligerently posting about what a waste of time posting is and screaming that people are bullying and they must do as she says, when actually the debate had been largely good humoured and well reasoned up until then. And when people politely retort (it is a discussion forum after all), she declares that she has just been proved right and she can rest her case. Smug means inappropriate or offensive self-satisfaction. Fuschia's there with the name callings, satisfied in her righteousness and wholly missing the irony of her position. I tried to point out said irony and I'm smug? Nice. No doubt this post is smug, rather than reasoned, too is it?

:-$ I'm replanting my window boxes immediately!! that has something of the finbarr saunders about it

Sounds great, it's a tough old business so I wish you all the luck in the world; see you when you open.

Mind you, I more to worry about than Malaria, as searching for our first port of call I found this

I suspect the concept of irony is a little lost on you, but fair enough Fuschia, I shall stop my blatant bullying and bitching, and go and address my rumbling tummy.

Yeah, I was very uncomfortable about the possible side effects and checking it out showed there's next to no incidence in that area, it's pretty dry right now (and very hot). It might be a different story in Guatemala on my honeymoon!

Speaking as a suitably chastised self-satisfied smug type I humbly say it's lucky we have you Fuschia to move the forum in the right direction in such an exemplary manner. Pity you have better things to do with your time though.

A regular contributor to the forum brought this to my attention BBC Have Your Say I was reluctant to bring it up here lest it be (and it is a bit) trollsome of me. But actually now I look at it, it is an interesting comparison. Both HYS and EDF produce moments of pure comedy gold, both witting and un (though more intentional wit here methinks) but I'm struck how little room for dialogue or discussion there is on HYS. Anyway, don't know if I'm provoking debate on fora in general, encouraging some navel gazing or sparking discussion re the BBC's debate about the white working class. Ooh, I've lots of work to do today you know, hmm cup of tea methinks.

As it goes, in tuscany/umbria last year I was surprised by how many places I struggled with the food. Fresh ingredients, home cooked fare, drowned in salt. What's with that?

missd, I was going to say I've never really heard of a black/asian anything, cross pollination doesn't seem to be a big thing but I have found you one. http://tinyurl.com/2kyza4 Kids might well be welcome. Are you uncomfortable with the idea of a general purpose/pluralist parents group in the area, just curious?

Quality posts from ted, paragon and keef. I feel the steam being released from this one, women only swim-thursday it ain't (thank god). I for one am happy to give cazzyr the benefit of the doubt and put it down to unfamiliarity with forum mores. There have been other fingers burned in the past on arrival (the lovely BB springs to mind) who have soon returned to be valued contributors to this place. Here's hoping no ones the worse for this (often very funny, lets face it) exchange.

I said it was a good time to play us :(

The wood chips have it. "It is American, first recorded in the Long Island Telegraph for 20 May 1830: ?When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoulder of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril?. The same idea is mentioned in the issue of The Onondaga Standard of Syracuse, New York, for 8 December the same year: ??He waylay me,? said I, ?the mean sneaking fellow ? I am only afraid that he will sue me for damages. Oh! if I only could get him to knock a chip off my shoulder, and so get round the law, I would give him one of the soundest thrashings he ever had.?? It seems to have been a challenge in the same spirit as a medieval knight throwing down his gauntlet. If your opponent picked up the glove, or knocked the chip of wood off your shoulder, the challenge was accepted and the fight was on. Later it came to suggest somebody who shows a belligerent attitude, acting as though he were spoiling for a fight; the chip was figurative, but the idea was the same." Oh and Keef, I know what you mean. I've just caught up with the beer prices thread and was wiping away tears. Comedy geniusness all round.

Oh yeah, I'd always gone for woodchip, once jokingly used a fried chip, but never even considered a chip as in a missing bit. Then there's casino chips, microchips, California Highway Patrols, aaaagh, which is it?!?!

I didn't touch mine. There's almost no malaria out there at all.

Frond Flange-Fissure. Cookwank Foxtons. Now that's a to-do list to be scared of.

If we're all sticking the boot in then I thought "Please this post is meant for gay and lesbian parents" was somewhat presumptuous. The lounge has few rules, you can't just go making your cake up as you go along and then ...err....eat it? Perhaps this would indeed have been better placed in the wanted section. Having said all that I hope you're not discouraged cazzyr, we've all in the past trodden on each others toes or been quick to take offence, usually through the aforementioned written word/tone problems. It's actually a pretty nice, open-minded bunch on here.

Frond, Flange, Fissure, Feisty, Cookwank, Foxtons...doh!!!

Went a few years ago, so it may have changed since then. But I enjoyed Baga, a little more chilled than Calangute (which was a bit costaey), with some great food. Believe it or not I had probably the best Italian meal of my life there. We basically hired mopeds and just pootled around the area avoiding cows and the lorries that go for you, tooting your horn permanently. Gokarna and nearby Ohm beach (2k walk) were worth a few days visit, it's south of Goa in Karnataka (about 6 hours by taxi though), and at least then was largely unspoilt, with Gokarna being a lovely little town and a pilgrimage centre with all the associated sights sounds and smells. Ohm Beach Gokarna

It's a pity we can't hang on to our talent. Half the England squad seem to have come out of our academy and I don't doubt I'll be seeing Noble at one of our rivals and in an England shirt at some point. I seem to recall a chant at White Hart lane a few short years ago on the lines of "West Ham is our feeder club doo dah" You can guess the rest. *silently weeps*

Arab Strap, band name always makes me chuckle. This one is also deceptively mellow lambchop fucking sunny day

I gather they may have another quality in their midst soon, the mill is rife with rumours that they're after a certain noble young player.

I'd see how far your paper aeroplane can go, is your office high up?

114/117 in the european capitals. For some reason thought Brno was the Slovakian capital, not Bratislava. Doh!

I'm always up for one of them, purely coincidental that it's with the two of you I assure you. *bounds in slow motion towards hug through wheat field to the strains of greensleeves*