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  1. 10th November 2006, 03:50 PM #1
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    Here's some food for thought.

    It occurred to me today that over the years we've seen some absolutely brain numbing first posts. I'm talking about somebody who logs in, registers and puts up some ridiculous post about something way off the beam.

    I'm NOT talking about those asking woodworking questions, no matter how simple they may seem. Those are where most of us began.

    But the spam, stupid, hard to believe or even impossible to understand keep popping up every now and again.

    Perhaps we should start filing them away and make it like a Xmas bloopers thread where they all get put and give us a bit of a laugh.

    Just a thought.
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  3. 10th November 2006, 03:53 PM #2
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    Unfortunately it's all more work for the mods, but guess we are good at reporting it.

    Only good spam, is the Monty Python type of Spam, Spam, Spam, etc Lovely Spam?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gumby View Post
    Here's some food for thought.

    It occurred to me today that over the years we've seen some absolutely brain numbing first posts. I'm talking about somebody who logs in, registers and puts up some ridiculous post about something way off the beam.

    I'm NOT talking about those asking woodworking questions, no matter how simple they may seem. Those are where most of us began.

    But the spam, stupid, hard to believe or even impossible to understand keep popping up every now and again.

    Perhaps we should start filing them away and make it like a Xmas bloopers thread where they all get put and give us a bit of a laugh.

    Just a thought.
    The bloke looking for the carpenters from the Morgan building would have to be right up there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by craigb View Post
    The bloke looking for the carpenters from the Morgan building would have to be right up there.
    What do you think got me started ? he's top 10 at least.
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    But he was looking for you, Craig - and he said you were on holiday :confused:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gumby View Post
    ....about somebody who logs in, registers and puts up some ridiculous post ....
    Like Happy Birthday to somebody? :confused:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    Like Happy Birthday to somebody? :confused:
    of course, there's always 4268 ridiculous posts.
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    Do you think you could give us some kind of subtle clue where we might be able to find some of those posts Gumby?
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    Here is the one from the guy looking for the carpenters from the Morgan building.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gumby View Post
    of course, there's always 4268 ridiculous posts.
    Oops, sorry Gumby, did I miss something???? Was it your birthday?
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    Is it Gumbys' birthday again?
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    Yeap.... http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...d.php?p=408488
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers View Post
    Yeap.... http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...d.php?p=408488
    gee, that link doesn't seem to work for me. I wonder why?
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    No flam'n idea.
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