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*bob* you don't know how right you are - I used to come on here for my daily dose of swoon - and now I have to leer at the poor postman as I don't got no other candy

You're probably right BB - and it doubtless serves me right that I've never really got round to getting involved with real life forum activities and now everyone's getting p*ssed off and drifting off. Note to self for future: carpe diem Anyway, I suspect that this thread is becoming just as interminable and tedious as some of the ones people (including myself) have complained of. I would just suggest that when posting, that forumites give some thought to their fellow posters - cliquiness, whether old-school and self-congratulatory, or arriviste and brash, can be off-putting and quickly kill a thread, as the original point gets lost in a whirl of "you're so marvellous" "no you are"s or "you're a w@nker" "no you are"s. I used to be more fun than this. When did I start being so fecking worthy? Sheesh. Edited for reasons of turning into a tedious @rse.

Just brilliant! Why does this never happen when I nip in for my paper (or early hours dirty snacks)?

Thanks Sue, probably quicker just to order them online but will have a peruse at the weekend and see what's what. (if you are looking for some, these are what I found )

Hey Sue, or anyone else who's been in, happen to know whether this new ethical footwear concept includes converse-style trainers? There are some nice Ethletic ones that I've seen that if I can buy locally rather than send off for I will, but not sure if I'll get there before the weekend and there's an added sense of urgency now my last pair of non-ethical plimsolls have completely worn through.

AnnaJ and Sean, spot on. Tony my dear, what I'm reading is not schadenfreude, it's playground insults. I like a bit of wit with my banter. I do like edgy, honest I do - I've got a Bill Hicks dvd and everything - but what's been happening on here lately has been more like hitting the girl you fancy in the playground to get her to notice you. So I was suggesting that you guys might want to get a room to get it out of your systems once and for all: a little never hurt anyone.

Mikecg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I saw that film the other week, I think it must > have had a profound affect on you because youve > mentioned it twice in as many weeks? Yes I have - funny how some conversations just go round and round and round and round and round.... It's the best image I can think of to represent this homoerotic d*ck waving that seems to be the current theme. Perhaps you should all just get together and touch willies and then we can move on.

Now Mikecg, it's this very notion that sex is in some way naughty that prevents you and the dog and the wolf and Tony making like Oliver Reed and Alan Bates and getting it all out in the open in front of a lovely roaring fire.

MadWorld74 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can think of one person in particular on this > thread who has 'squealed' to Admin, and they have > really gotten my goat. Or am I just presuming? Man, who do I have to sleep with to be in the know on these things? For my part, I'm less offended by language than disappointed and bored that the level of wit has sunk beneath that of Dave's continuity announcers (oh and the very excellent Cobra sponsorship ads on the same channel)

Well I shall be gracing it with my custom, but sadly not til next Thursday (very excited about the whole spooky stories thing - can someone please go in and keep it open until then

Tony, I offer my own experience as a counter to your argument. My ex, who happens to be black, and of afro-caribbean descent, was quite happy to receive shoulder rubs in the sauna from men he believed to be gay. Now you might argue that that merely suggests that I'm in terrible denial (and I wouldn't blame you). Whereas I feel that if I were to follow your argument, I would take this to mean that all black people are egotistical indolent sybarites. If you're to make a considered argument, citing one example of a forum and one comment from your jamaican ladyfriend doesn't constitute strong evidence. Going back to the point Sean made several hundred posts ago, there may be something cultural at work if all your evidence is anecdotal from people who move in your circle.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This guy > > regularly demolishes these stories given their > spurious origins. Well worth a read. Sean, I love you even more - you are second in my affections only to the very fabulous, funny, angry and not-unhandsome Ben Goldacre. Everyone should be prescribed a weekly dose of Goldacre and stop fretting about broccoli giving them cancer or the perfect equation for a sexy Marilyn Monroe wiggle when they walk (merci a Veet I think). We're all going to die of something at some point. I fully intend to do so having eaten and drunk much deliciousnes en route.

Yeah PGC, I've heard that too - and it does make sense - although helpfully I can't cite any evidence to back it up. But I think for that reason, helping kids at that stage, to go on and lead successful lives, can only do the community at large the power of good.

I think the project louisiana touched on, Kids Company, run by Camilla Batmanghelidjh does absolutely amazing work, and anyone wanting to so something for the community could do a lot worse than help them out, helping out disenfranchised kids. You can help out by becoming a mentor to a kid who needs it, giving a regular donation, donations in kind (they help set kids up with decent homes so need stuff like bedding, clothes, toiletries etc), helping to refurbish one of those decent homes, raising money by climbing foreign mountains, or helping out with school and community projects. A friend also recently recommended Springboard to me - they help promote literacy in children. Don't have personal experience of them, but she said the work they do is fantastic.

penk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mmm actually I do, working in a very similar > field. Forums full of jokers posting under > pseudonyms will never replace a good old-fashioned > 'facts and figures' feasibility study based on > demographic and market research. > > Forums are great for some things and companies do > use them for things like this, but due to > legislation passed last year (which any company > paying for web PR and marketing will be well aware > of) it is an offence to not be completely > transparent if you are posting for a commercial > venture - ie the days of multiple-pseudonym 'buzz > creation' corporate logins are over as they're now > illegal. Without wanting to hijack this thread, if you do work in a very similar field, then you'll know that some companies have carried on regardless - some big (because they're stoopid and think no one will catch them) and some small (because they don't know about the legislation - see the Wanted, offered, recommended threads for examples of that). Anyway, back to the point, *bob*, you might be right from a comedy point of view, but for the ladies of ED who might actually WANT to have sex rather than know their fella's in the shed tending to himself and his specialist publication, my vote would go for fancy pants over old-school authenticity every time. All beside the point of course, because they're not coming.

mrs f Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Penk - 'viral' advertising such as forums are > increasingly very valuable for gauging publiccould well be someone trying to find out whether > it is viable, I am sure they would also conduct > other research, but something like this would be > really valuable and cheap way of getting > opinions.... > opinions.... don't rule out the idea that this > > > Ann Summers hey..... Well it would make for a fun > Saturday morning, pop out to shops, buy over > priced but yummy crackers in ED Deli, overpriced > and not really worth it veg in SMBS & and an > overpriced piece of tat from ann summers.... > > Personally I wouldn't go anywhere other than Myla. Quite right Mrs F - Penk don't you realise that in a world of consumer generated content, forums are a cheap place to get genuine opinion. And you're also quite right about Myla - I've got my eye on their new Sabar.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It'll soon be baby duckling time again... I'm so not down with nature. I need to up the cuteness quotient - when is duckling time please?

woofmarkthedog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mikethefag................ woofmarkthedog, mikecg - get a room and maybe try to work it out mano a mano

subtzy, please don't get angry and sad. Instead please instead read Mark's post directly above your own - no one was being serious. It's a humorous take on the SE15 / SE22 divide - you might argue that this thread isn't the place for it, but for all you people taking it seriously I would ask, "seriously..???"

andymat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Naughty undies is one thing but dildos and cock > rings? Just smacks of cheap nastiness. Not the > kind of thing I thought would happen in such an > upper middle class area. andy andy andy, don't tar us all with the same prudish brush. When hand crafted from highly polished jade, dildos and cock rings really can be not only practical but quite beautiful - something you'd be proud to display on any upper middle class mantelpiece

I get my naughty undies from Coco de Mer - they'd be more than welcome in my book

AllforNun Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What the @#$%& , a rat , in London ? surely you > can't be serious , in London, a Rat ? , can not > believe it. By the shopping trolleys ? in London, > East Dulwich, by a large food store ? A Rat , > London, a capital city in a 24hr globalised > economy, In London, a Rat, by some trolleys, where > people push food around in, In London a rat are > you sure and a scruffy one, @#$%& me ! This made me laugh out loud. Quite right AllforNun - in ED we prefer our rats with a subscription to The Chap - scruffbags verboten.

andymat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's disgusting. We pay considerably more to rent > in SE22 rather than we did in SE15. I can't > believe it. East Dulwich is certainly no Peckham. > There's a lot less chicken shops for start Hilarious, nice one real-andy.

I like this thread - little grebe just sounds nice doesn't it?

dulwichmum, if bouncing athletically through Dulwich Park, being shouted at and generally ordered about by a firm young man is not for you then I don't know who it is for. Well actually me perhaps. and I can confirm that yes, it is possible to exercise in a pair of Spanx, having done same when enamoured of a certain gym body - those man-made fibres make you sweat off a few more pounds too