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theboyfold

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11,362 posts

249 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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Did this thread get locked

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=351651&p=1

and this one, which is at a similar level didn't?

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=351635&f=141&h=0

Hughesie II

12,723 posts

305 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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Because one's about handy tips the others pants.

theboyfold

Original Poster:

11,362 posts

249 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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The Handy Tips Thread said:
Climb onto your neighbour's roof and dangle a fish on a bit of string in front of his windows. He'll think his house is underwater.

Girls. Too old to go on an 18 to 30 holiday? Simply get pissed, lie in a pit in your garden and shag every bloke who looks at you over the fence.

Buy a television set exactly like your neighbours. Then annoy them by standing outside their window and changing their channel using your identical remote control.

MOTORISTS. Pressing your 'fog lights' switch a second time after the fog has cleared will actually turn your fog lights off.

Cheer loudly at 8.00pm each Saturday to fool the neighbours into thinking you have won the Lottery.

Girls. Next time you feel like throwing a ball over-arm, don't, because you can't and it just looks silly. Just throw it girlie under-arm style, and no-one will laugh at you, or get hurt.

Don't buy expensive 'ribbed' condoms, just buy an ordinary one and slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.

X-Files fans. Create the effect of being abducted by aliens by drinking two bottles of vodka. You'll invariably wake up in a strange place the following morning, having had your memory mysteriously 'erased'.

Minor skin grafts can be performed on pigs by covering any cuts and grazes with thin strips of bacon.

Save money on expensive personalised car number plates by simply changing your name to match your existing plate. - Mr. KVL 741Y

Small child choking on a ice cube? Half a kettle of boiling water, poured straight down the throat will melt the ice and quickly clear the blockage, allowing said child to breathe again.

Don't eat the yellow snow.

Always keep books and CD Roms in a safe place for when you need them.

Don't wizz on the electric fence Copyright Ren + Stimpy, c.1992


All the above are handy tips??

Don't get me wrong, it's funny. But it's also a much of a waste of time as the god one, which seems odd that one gets closed and not the other.

theboyfold

Original Poster:

11,362 posts

249 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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My point being that should we (you) be locking all threads that you think are pointless or just the odd one here and there.

See Iraqi weather forecast for example. Pointless or funny?

Not trying to make a big point out of this, but would just like to understand the thinking behind it...

Hughesie II

12,723 posts

305 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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theboyfold said:
My point being that should we (you) be locking all threads that you think are pointless or just the odd one here and there.

See Iraqi weather forecast for example. Pointless or funny?

Not trying to make a big point out of this, but would just like to understand the thinking behind it...



Like we've said many times before, we cannot read every single thread, if i read a thread and deem it a waste of Teds/Haymarkets bandwidth i'll close it, as will any other moderator.


Edited by Hughesie II on Friday 2nd February 10:36

theboyfold

Original Poster:

11,362 posts

249 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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Fair enough, cheers for answering.

Hughesie II

12,723 posts

305 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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theboyfold said:
Fair enough, cheers for answering.



HTH, we try to be as consistent as possible, but its difficult when you've 60,000 members against 20 mods

Kermit power

29,622 posts

236 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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I was wondering about that too!

I thought maybe I'd broken some rule about religious posting by putting up a picture I thought was amusing. Nice to know it was nothing more sinister than a mod finding me boring! laugh

Polarbert

17,936 posts

254 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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I'll be a mod if it helps. thumbup I haven't been to the sin bin once so my record is clean https://www.facebook.com/kancelaria.adwokacka.wars...angel

Edited by Polarbert on Tuesday 21st August 14:32

Mrs Fish

30,018 posts

281 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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Polarbert said:
I'll be a mod if it helps. thumbup I haven't been to the sin bin once so my record is clean. angel



But then you would find out what we say about you behind your back

Polarbert

17,936 posts

254 months

Friday 2nd February 2007
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Mrs Fish said:
Polarbert said:
I'll be a mod if it helps. thumbup I haven't been to the sin bin once so my record is clean. angel



But then you would find out what we say about you behind your back



I don't care what other people say about me behind my back! Leads to a less stressful life. thumbup

Hughesie II

12,723 posts

305 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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Polarbert said:
Mrs Fish said:
Polarbert said:
I'll be a mod if it helps. thumbup I haven't been to the sin bin once so my record is clean. angel



But then you would find out what we say about you behind your back



I don't care what other people say about me behind my back! Leads to a less stressful life. thumbup


S'alright, you should hear what we say about Lisa in the Fish Tank