Socrfan, help my memory, please.

[tekobari]

socrfan, what was it that pg called you when she made the pedophile reference? I almost hate to bring it up, because I'm sure it's a painful memory. I only do it to say that chops and I argued about it, because he liked pg. He defended her by saying she hadn't actually said you molest children, she'd said: whatever it was that she said.

I distinctly recall the argument itself, but not the hair-splitting terms he used, and always likes to use. I'd just gone through that myself with "aggie" (as binsuxdix--he has a thousand socks) and knew quite well what you were going through, since we both work with young people and children.

[peeep]

Tek, I remember that event, though I can't remember the exact phrase she used. Was that two years ago?

[tekobari]

peeep, it was a little over a year ago, I think. I know it was toward "the end," so to speak, and that was about a year ago. I'm glad you remember it, because it was SO bizarre, I almost can't believe it happened, you know what I mean? Was that in Espresso? Cause I'm feeling pretty sure it wasn't public. So maybe it mostly took place in LC.

You get much past a year ago, and I've pretty well blocked it from my mind. That's why when chops brings up things from three or four years ago to attack me with, I'm like..huh? He's held on to this for that long? WTF is going on in his mind?

[Heartland]

I thought it took place in IC. She called him a "pedophile." Chops said she hadn't accused him of committing the crime of child molesting or child porn, so in his mind it wasn't an accusation of wrong-doing, because not all pedophiles act on their tendencies. I'm not sure how he knows that for a fact, though.

[tekobari]

Sandy, the vast majority of pedophiles DO act on their sexual impulses, as I know YOU obviously know. I have no idea where the 2%-3% who don't fit in are, unless they become celibates (usually the church). And as WE all know, even they often act on them. A significant number, albeit a minority, marry and molest their own children as an outlet, although most parent-molesters aren't pedophiles. (I learned all this at the rape crisis center when I volunteered.)

Anyway, that was our whole argument, wasn't it? Plus that socrfan worked with kids. What an asshole chops is. All because he wanted so desperately to be liked by her.

[Heartland]

LOL, I remember. All she had to do was act like she had the hots for him, and he became her staunchest defender. He's the one who wanted us to give her a chance, and we did, and she blew it. Big time. Fucking with a group's live chats and screeching at them in a jealous rage (whether real or not) is hardly the best way to win friends and influence people.

[socrfan2]

Yeah, Tek, that's what she said -- that I'm one of those dreaded "P" people. There was nothing more in the immediate accusation. (I won't say the word she used because Queeg would c/p it and claim I'd admitted it.) It was at TRB. Surely one of the great moments in the OAI. I wasn't online when it happened and didn't see it for a few hours. A couple people asked Ross to take it down and he said "I don't know," and then finally I came on and said no, I'd rather leave it up there and let people see what a creep she is. So she got a chance to own her words.

Somewhere along the line (in the immediate aftermath, I think) she also made some reference to the bus driving thing which was an ongoing bit of whimsy from years and years ago. (Once upon a time, DCJ and some of her pals pulled a trick one night where they mass-invaded one OAI site after another, all arriving en masse, yucking it up for a set amount of time, then departing en masse. I came upon the shambles they'd left the next day and mentioned that in a recent trip to the UK, we had run into a "pink ladies bus tour" which turned out to be a bunch of ladies from a nearby town who had rented a bus, all put on pink costumes, and spent the day driving from pub to pub, barging in, line dancing to the song "Locomotion", and then moving on. Anyway, I said it looked like DCJ and her pals had kinda had their own pink ladies tour through the OAI the night before and we chuckled about that and somewhere along the line I volunteered to be their bus driver the next time they went.)

Anyhow, Queeg picked up on it from a comment DCJ made (online, DCJ wasn't breaking a confidence or anything) and seemed to think she was in possession of some really, really damaging inside information -- she kept throwing idiotic comments at me like if the parents of the kids I drove in my bus had any idea of how I spent my time and things like that. I was skeered, I can tell you!!! I sure wouldn't want to lose that imaginary bus-driving job for DCJ's next pink ladies' tour.

One of the things that makes Hepburn and PG's entire conspiracy theory so ludicrous is that they seem to have me at the center of this OAI wolfpack. I've been hanging around for more than 6 years, and well more than half the total off-board communications I've had in all that time came about during that single episode: one person called me to let me know it was there, and two people e mailed me to say they were sorry and suggest that I should get Ross to remove the comment.

It is funny. You would think anyone with an ounce of sense would recognize that accusation was taking things too far or at least recognize that it hadn't gone over well and that they should apologize. As far as I know, Queeg has never backed down and doesn't see one single reason why anyone should have a problem with her saying that.

I haven't seen enough of Chops to really have much of an opinion on him, except to say I don't think anything he did would surprise me.

Anyway, Tek, I appreciate the kind words. You and I got off on the wrong foot somewhere along the line, but I've always enjoyed reading what you write.

[peeep]

I'm glad you remember it, because it was SO bizarre, I almost can't believe it happened, you know what I mean? Was that in Espresso? Cause I'm feeling pretty sure it wasn't public. So maybe it mostly took place in LC.

Yes, I know what you mean. I remember the conversation, but can't remember where it took place. In live chat I do remember he told her he had a "kick ass post" for her board regarding the event. Does that phrase "kick ass post" sound familiar? I don't know if he followed through with the post, I seldom followed his links or guidelines.

Ah, we all know if PG had called Chops' the same, he would have threatened the rabid beaver with his, formerly a Michael Jackson attorney.

[tekobari]

[snip]Ah, we all know if PG had called Chops' the same, he would have threatened the rabid beaver with his, formerly a Michael Jackson attorney.OH, YEAH! That would have been something. But his famous lawyer would get right on it!

Thanks, guys, for refreshing my memory. Especially you, socrfan. You know, I don't even recall we weren't on the right foot, let alone what caused it. That's how stuff slides off my agenda--no harm, no foul.

But ever since she did that to you, I've had a jones about her. I can't believe anyone who wasn't evil would fight that low. I don't mean sick, either--flat out evil. A choice. Of course, no one gave it a second's thought, so her bullshit didn't work. But it did cause you a mess.

[agentorange]

Tek, PLEASE change your avatar, seriously, that just isn't right. It's horribly wrong. I'm driven to violence by it.

[Heartland]

You both have the freakiest avatars.

Tek's scares me more, because old dolls always scare me. I made the mistake of going to a doll auction once, and got a little nervous because of all the eyes ... and I don't mean just the eyes on the hundreds of old dolls. They were auctioning off bags and bags of doll eyes and they were getting big bucks for them. *shudder*

[tekobari]

Tek, PLEASE change your avatar, seriously, that just isn't right. It's horribly wrong. I'm driven to violence by it.Base, yours is so disgusting, vile, lurid, frighteningly right for you--it's like a John Waters film. You have the "Pink Flamingos" of avatars!! How dare you be driven mad by my sweet dolly?

Sandy, I know you have a "thing" about dolls...heh heh. Bags of doll eyes. My kind of people.

[KatieP]

Did you know that you can go into your control panel (User CP on the blue bar just under "The Ross Show" banner), Esit Options, and uncheck the box beside "Show Avatars." Poof, all creepy avatar images are gone.

[TurtleTrax]

KatieP - I'm running Adblock with Firefox - some of the avatars here are so huge that I've been blocking them using that.

[Powerhouse]

KatieP - I'm running Adblock with Firefox - some of the avatars here are so huge that I've been blocking them using that.

Dale, are you blocking my Hobbes? :1cryhard:

[TurtleTrax]

Dale, are you blocking my Hobbes? No, Mikey, but I sure wish he was smaller! Those big ones just kind of mess up the page for me. I wish there was a standard size (like on OTWA) - I guess that's just what I'm used to - a more uniform size. (It's just me.)

[Powerhouse]

But.. but.. I deserve a bigger size! ;)


Actually it IS a little large, maybe ross or PM can cut off some of the upper and lower border for us?

[Therp]

Actually it IS a little largeThat's a rough problem to have PH...:D

[Heartland]

:2gamecock

[tekobari]

Actually it IS a little large, maybe ross or PM can cut off some....Local or general anesthetic?

[ADMIRAL]

A "slimmed down" version of Hobbes.


http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/113/hobbes4si.jpg

[agentorange]

Base, yours is so disgusting, vile, lurid, frighteningly right for you--it's like a John Waters film. You have the "Pink Flamingos" of avatars!! How dare you be driven mad by my sweet dolly?
OMG, how dare you! This not just an avatar, it's a photograph of my dear sister Brenda!

[tekobari]

OMG, how dare you! This not just an avatar, it's a photograph of my dear sister Brenda!base your sister Brenda is the most god-awful UGLIEST bitch I have ever seen!

That avatar is really getting to me. It's downright sick. :1jester:
:1chirol_r

[agentorange]

But she just had her hair done and took her braces off. I think she's purdy, don't you too?

[sadie999]

Someone once sent me that photo in email. I almost shat myself. :1rotfl1:

[agentorange]

Do you think it's one of those "what if these two celebrities had a child" morphs? Which celebrities are being spoofed?

I'm going to guess Nicholas Cage and Sandra Bullock, with a light dusting of some unidentified monkey creature on the side.

[sadie999]

I think it's more than two. A child and a grown man and something else. :1eek2:

Back in the olden days, they used to tell us that LSD led to birth defects. If they'd have shown us that, they could have kept a whole generation from dropping acid. :1chirol_r

Peace,
Sadie

[rossshow]

Boy, this topic sure got derailed.

KatieP - I'm running Adblock with Firefox - some of the avatars here are so huge that I've been blocking them using that.


LOL! "so huge" LOL! Yeah, whatever.

Why don't you just turn them all off at your control panel?

None are larger than 150x150, most are 100x100.

Neither size is "so huge"

Whatever.

[Powerhouse]

Thank you, Admiral, I needed a little liposuction there. :D
The new size is much more to my liking. Seriously, thanks again. :)

And thank you, ross, for adding in the Hobbes of a more reasonable size.

[TurtleTrax]

Why don't you just turn them all off at your control panel?[quote]Because I don't want to? Some of them I like; some I don't.

[quote]Whatever.Ross, I was just stating my preferences. As I said in my post, "it's just me". I don't understand what you're so upset about.

[TurtleTrax]

Why don't you just turn them all off at your control panel?Because I don't want to? Some of them I like; some I don't.

Whatever.
Ross, I was just stating my preferences. As I said in my post, "it's just me". I don't understand what you're so upset about.

(Ross - feel free to delete the post above - I screwed it up.)

[rossshow]

Not upset.

I'd catagorize the feeling as minorly annoyed. Hardly a blip on the radar.

Slightly more blip-ish was the derailment, but, still not upset.

Naw.

[tekobari]

Not upset.

I'd catagorize the feeling as minorly annoyed. Hardly a blip on the radar.

Slightly more blip-ish was the derailment, but, still not upset.

Naw.Naaaa. The thread was going nowhere anymore anyway. :1ross_mon

[rossshow]

Naaaa. The thread was going nowhere anymore anyway

LOL! Maybe it was the thunder storm that was going on when I posted that.

(let's derail it into a weather discussion)

[agentorange]

We've had HOURS of rain and storms every day for 2 weeks down here, Ross. I am beginning to think the drought may be over... wild weather scares me, I hate losing machines to lightning.

[tekobari]

base, you shouldn't even post anymore. I'm not looking at that face for the next five years. For the love of god, where did you find that thing?

[agentorange]

Dont tell anyone, but I made it in my photoshop with Alan, nuke, Carl, and Aggy's photos. Oh, and Walt, the guy with the fucked up teeth on my board, he provided the smile.

[Therp]

Musta been a while ago Base. :D I have a friend that used that for an avatar on AW about - oh 4 years or so ago. :D

[tekobari]

base's sister Brenda used to post on AW. I didn't know you knew her!

[Therp]

Lol! Nope, it wasn't Brenda - could have been a cousin or something though - there is a distinct family resemblance. :1chirol1:

[confusers]

Dont tell anyone, but I made it in my photoshop with Alan, nuke, Carl, and Aggy's photos. Oh, and Walt, the guy with the fucked up teeth on my board, he provided the smile.

I've seen that before. It used to be the screen shot on the front of Kai's Power Goo program. :1bradquac

[tekobari]

Lol! Nope, it wasn't Brenda - could have been a cousin or something though - there is a distinct family resemblance. :1chirol1:
:1neko5: :D

[ADMIRAL]

Thank you, Admiral, I needed a little liposuction there. :D
The new size is much more to my liking. Seriously, thanks again. :)

You're welcome.

As far as derailing to a weather thread, it is hotter than Hell and even more humid here.

[Parklane64]

How 'bout them 'niners?

They beat the Raiders!

:1clap: