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Thread: Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

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    Too many ladies in here. I'm worried I'll catch hysteria. Is a wandering uterus contagious?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Comedian View Post
    Brian Bean -- I hear your clarion call.

    Does anyone here smoke a good pipe or cigar? I'm off to the lake this week end to angle some fish and to fill pungent puffs of fine tobacco. Any recommendations, pipe or cigars?
    I used to enjoy a Corona Royale and a pint at the local. Smooth and rich, not too long but with a satisfying girth.

    Quote Originally Posted by imthefoolonthehill View Post
    Too many ladies in here. I'm worried I'll catch hysteria. Is a wandering uterus contagious?
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    It could be, half the worlds population seem to have caught it.

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    *spies an aniversary edition of the irish whiskey Bushmills that had been amongst the Scottish Whisky near Fool, picks it up puts in the crate and exits Cold Ale, goes past threads and enters coffee*
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Virgil View Post
    You drink Miller light? With all you English ales?

    I had a Boston Lager, which is a pretty good American beer, if you've ever tried one. Not sure if they are over the pond.
    I drink Miller light as a chaser to strong lager. I would prefer to drink English ale but it increases the waistline to a greater degree than lager.

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    So....is there a competition of the number of posts going on?
    Les Miserables,
    Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
    Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC View Post
    So....is there a competition of the number of posts going on?
    No, it's really a question of not letting the Blokes' thread slip off the page through lack of input. We coluld never match the women in pointless chatter.

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    I agree that we cannot match pointless chatter. But if you consider that the women have 2,668 posts over 952 days that would be 2.8 posts per day. The Blokes' thread has 815 posts over 41 days that would be 19.1 posts per day.

    Am I missing something...did the women have a point about something somewhere?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC View Post
    I agree that we cannot match pointless chatter. But if you consider that the women have 2,668 posts over 952 days that would be 2.8 posts per day. The Blokes' thread has 815 posts over 41 days that would be 19.1 posts per day.

    Am I missing something...did the women have a point about something somewhere?
    Your figures are correct, but that is because the men had been suppressed for so long by not having a thread of their own that, naturally enough, there was a great burst of enthusiasm when one was finally opened. Of course, that was bound to tail off after a while but, if we want to keep it going, we will have to watch its progress in the rankings. If the women have kept their thread going with 2.8 posts per day, it shouldn't be too difficult to do the same.

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    but! there is a high percentage of posts here from female litnetters, and this thread would slow substatially if we all finally got out of it. Do you not agree?
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Bean View Post
    the men had been suppressed for so long by not having a thread of their own that
    Just a correction:

    Men did have a thread...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Niamh View Post
    *spies an aniversary edition of the irish whiskey Bushmills that had been amongst the Scottish Whisky near Fool, picks it up puts in the crate and exits Cold Ale, goes past threads and enters coffee*
    Ahh Niamh, you give with one hand, and take with the other.

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    *feels guilty, keeps one or two bottles and gives the rest back.*
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Just a correction:

    Men did have a thread...
    Yes you are right. I had forgotten about the previous thread which by my reckoning lasted about nine months. Perhaps it should have been reactivated rather than start a new thread.

    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Just a correction:

    Men did have a thread...
    Quote Originally Posted by Niamh View Post
    but! there is a high percentage of posts here from female litnetters, and this thread would slow substatially if we all finally got out of it. Do you not agree?
    Not necessarily. It may be that a number of men don't want to contribute because there are too many women cornering the thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Bean View Post
    Yes you are right. I had forgotten about the previous thread which by my reckoning lasted about nine months. Perhaps it should have been reactivated rather than start a new thread.
    If you like, I can merge the threads under the new name.
    Not necessarily. It may be that a number of men don't want to contribute because there are too many women cornering the thread.
    Yep, that's right... Why don't you blame the good old girl for it?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Bean View Post
    I drink Miller light as a chaser to strong lager. I would prefer to drink English ale but it increases the waistline to a greater degree than lager.
    Yeah, I know how that feels. If I could give up on drinking, I could lose that ten pounds.
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