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I remember collecting a jam jar full of farthings until I figured out that thrupenny bits and tanners were a better investment.


Those were the days: a one and a half penny Jamboree bag, a halfpenny sherbet bomb and a farthing?s worth of flying saucers and liquorice would see me through the week.


My first pack of cigarettes was five Woodbines ? biggest mistake of my life, I reckon.

If posters want to accuse others of not being genuine, either as to who they say they are, or in the information being posted, why not accuse them directly via a Personal Message ? Rather than playing judge and jury and condemning them publicly. Basically it's like calling someone a liar, which, surely, you need to be pretty damned sure about don't you - and what's with having to advertise publicly that you're calling someone a liar ?

Weird.

The Eye wrote: -


"He has a powerful weapon.....he picks on you if you like it or not.....a joker, second to none.....the max with the golden pun"


"Lurking in some Peckham door-way.....or crouched over a laptop somewhere.....in the next post, a brisk one-on-one.....the max with the golden pun"


"Humours required whenever he's inspired, comes just before the thrill, no poster can match him, no mod can dispatch him because of his undeniable skill"


"One cutting jibe means another poor victim has come to an unflattering end, for a laugh he'll dig anyone...the max with the golden pun"


"His eye may be on he or she...who will he slam...weee-shaaall-seeee"


"Humours required, wheneevverr he's inspired, comes just before the thrill, no poster can match him, no mod can trace him due to his demanding skill"


"One damaging slur means another poor victim has come to a comedic dead end, if you want to slag of someone, summon the services of the max with the golden puunnnn"


"He'll sliigghhhttt anyone......he'll mocckkkk anyone......with his golden pun"

KidKruger Wrote:

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> If posters want to accuse others of not being

> genuine, either as to who they say they are, or in

> the information being posted, why not accuse them

> directly via a Personal Message ?


The freedom to 'out' suspected ne'er-do-wells in an open fashion, should you feel you have cause, is an essential tool and natural check against the freedom for any old Tom, Dick or Harry to register, log-on and tell 12,000 potential readers that they, for example, own a highly recommended chateau in France.


Famous 'Busteds!' - of which there have been countless on here - are all part of the fun.

Quite right *Bob*, quite right.


Although for the real 'Caesar on the steps of the senate' blood bath you've got to rally your allies with over 2 or 3 pages of poisonous insinuation before you commit. Otherwise it's like calling "100", and everyone soon forgets about it.

Roll Deep Wrote:

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> "I remember when there was a thread about the

> Russian Mafia, prostitutes and used condoms in

> East Dulwich. Can anyone remember who started the

> thread?"

>

> Lewishamman, so I'm told.


I seem to remember that the 'role' if it was one, was played by an 'old character' who could see the going on's from his window.

I am very very confused.


I would just like to add that it's a full-time job being me, so I applaud those of you who find the time to be more than one person. Really ? it?s not as if men are any good at multi-tasking so I don?t know how you manage. Any tips for us lesser mortals?

I've got a feeling we're about to be subject to a female feat of multi-tasking in the form of a strong collective expression of indignant self-righteous scowling whilst typing scathing - yet uncharacteristically rational - attacks at every swinging dick on the forum.

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