Why do people not respect the rules?
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Its not about winning Mark, its about putting you right after you turned a discussion into an argument by acting like a jerk, as you usually do. Take your own advice.
Putting me right? All I did was mention frappe, and you replied with this: "Café Frappe sounds American and I have never seen these in the UK or France (or Luxembourg or Belgium for that matter" So I (having drunk the damned things all over Europe) told you what a frappe is, and what a cafe frappe is, after which you googled (very badly, getting very incorrect results that claimed that frappe is an American invention) and started up with the "Oh, I've lived in France for years, so I know better than you what a frappe is!" bollocks. If you can't talk to people without googling, try not talking at all -- and also try saying "Oh, I never knew that" instead of googling in an effort to get one up on the person you're talking to. If you can't behave, why don't you just stay in the Soapbox and pound on about GW?
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For God's sake try harder, next time!
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At top of the lounge is a sticky post that states some rules for posting in the lounge. In the last little while it seems that the rules have gone out the window. There have been discussions about sex and religion and blatant personal attacks. The worse is that this comes from long time members who should know better. The powers that be have provided a forum for discussing sex and religion and the personal attacks are not suppose to be here at all.
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I always thought it was strange when someone says to "respect" the rules. You can "ignore" the rules, "break" the rules, and "follow" the rules. But respecting them seems a bit like worshiping them which is against the rules. Barbossa: First, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement so I must do nothing. And secondly, you must be a pirate for the pirate's code to apply and you're not. And thirdly, the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules. Welcome aboard the Black Pearl, Miss Turner.
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yes, I wondered if it was just me being sensitive and thought "I'll bite my tongue" - but the post beginning with 'Hello Infidels' is just wrong, anywhere, in my books - it doesnt matter that the poster probably has used that to mean 'unbeliever of Pastafarian', there's just so many other ways it can be mis-interpreted
Are you disrespecting The Profit? "Jamie" Dimon
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Putting me right? All I did was mention frappe, and you replied with this: "Café Frappe sounds American and I have never seen these in the UK or France (or Luxembourg or Belgium for that matter" So I (having drunk the damned things all over Europe) told you what a frappe is, and what a cafe frappe is, after which you googled (very badly, getting very incorrect results that claimed that frappe is an American invention) and started up with the "Oh, I've lived in France for years, so I know better than you what a frappe is!" bollocks. If you can't talk to people without googling, try not talking at all -- and also try saying "Oh, I never knew that" instead of googling in an effort to get one up on the person you're talking to. If you can't behave, why don't you just stay in the Soapbox and pound on about GW?
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
Café Frappe sounds American
Yes, WITHOUT THE ACCENT! Café frappé (WITH THE ACCENT) is French.
Mark_Wallace wrote:
and I have never seen these in the UK or France (or Luxembourg or Belgium for that matter"
Talking about the 'frappe machine' you said YOU had. frappe machine - Google Search[^] Which I HAVENT seen. And no, you didn't tell me what a Café Frappé is, you linked to a Greek imitation created in the 50s, an imitation of the original French (and most probably Italian) drink which predates the Greek version by at least a century. And no, you didn't tell me what a Caffé frappé is because I have drunk them often enough since I live in the South of France. You really need to learn to understand what people write and not what you think they, or want to, write. Most likely you do this in order to create an argument just as you have done here. Take you own advice eh, and do yourself a favour.
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
Café Frappe sounds American
Yes, WITHOUT THE ACCENT! Café frappé (WITH THE ACCENT) is French.
Mark_Wallace wrote:
and I have never seen these in the UK or France (or Luxembourg or Belgium for that matter"
Talking about the 'frappe machine' you said YOU had. frappe machine - Google Search[^] Which I HAVENT seen. And no, you didn't tell me what a Café Frappé is, you linked to a Greek imitation created in the 50s, an imitation of the original French (and most probably Italian) drink which predates the Greek version by at least a century. And no, you didn't tell me what a Caffé frappé is because I have drunk them often enough since I live in the South of France. You really need to learn to understand what people write and not what you think they, or want to, write. Most likely you do this in order to create an argument just as you have done here. Take you own advice eh, and do yourself a favour.
Jeeze. Once a troll, always a troll, I suppose.
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Jeeze. Once a troll, always a troll, I suppose.
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A troll is someone who looks for arguments and confrontation. That will be you then Mark.
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A troll is someone who looks for arguments and confrontation. That will be you then Mark.
A troll is someone who keeps on and on and on trying to prove that they're right, even thought they've proven themselves wrong. Me, I just don't run away from a fight. Until it gets too boring to bother with, of course. Can't you google some new "evidence" to "prove" that you knew what frappes are?
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Are you disrespecting The Profit? "Jamie" Dimon
I certainly hope so, no one could/would be more deserving.
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A troll is someone who keeps on and on and on trying to prove that they're right, even thought they've proven themselves wrong. Me, I just don't run away from a fight. Until it gets too boring to bother with, of course. Can't you google some new "evidence" to "prove" that you knew what frappes are?
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Je sais bien 'frappé', j'en ai bu souvent. Mais, toi t'es un troll. C'est evident.
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Huh. Well, I figured it was always because the rules were made to give them an unfair advantage, or that they realized that was the case to give someone else the advantage. That's how it seems to work here in USA for the corporate types. But then again, I've not been a fan of fascism. Guess I may need to warm up to it, both political parties seem to be moving away from democracy and towards fascism. Its either that or figure out how to escape the country and get somewhere safe. And by safe I mean where they don't tell you to give up your constitutional rights to gain safety that is merely a figment of their imagination.