The "Ming is doing a good job" Thread

[spartak]

no you can't be forum slut. mikeh is the original forum slut. he'll post anywhere

[Tiamat]

POOF!!

**Tia waves Apolyton Princess wand**

By my official title as Apolyton Princess we dub thee red_jon Apolyton Forum Slut!

**Tia sticks out hand**

You may kiss our ring

[Provost Harrison]

Well with all the 'harsh' administration and moderation, I think a name change for this site is due:

Talepolyton

I am still convinced Stew is after someone, he is never this amiable at Apolyton. Rather the opposite, he is a complete and utter pain in the arse

[red_jon]

Re: POOF!!

Originally posted by Tiamat
**Tia waves Apolyton Princess wand**

By my official title as Apolyton Princess we dub thee red_jon Apolyton Forum Slut!

**Tia sticks out hand**

You may kiss our ring

Maybe I can live with king. It is very manly

[devilmunchkin]

well

at least we know who will wear the pants in whatever relationship red_jon gets into. but how did this go from "Ming is doing a good job" to red_jon trying to pick up his sons and becoming the poly whore???

[Ming]

Re: well

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
but how did this go from "Ming is doing a good job" to red_jon trying to pick up his sons and becoming the poly whore???

Apolyton works in mysterious ways

[Provost Harrison]

I think there is also a certain 'Chinese whisper' factor where people don't read the previous posts properly and fill in the gaps themselves, hence resulting in some of the most erratic changes in discussion. That and people just naturally digressing...

[Tiamat]

And then again some things never change and remain as always......predictable

[devilmunchkin]

mystery

what is a chinese whisper factor?
predictability: indeed.

[Provost Harrison]

A Chinese whisper is where one person whispers something to the next person, who in turn whispers to the next person and so on and so forth. But in this process, there is a slight mishearing of it from time to time, and these add up, so by the time you have been around a large enough group, the message that comes out sounds nothing like the original. And hence the connection with people replying to posts having not read them properly, and so on and so forth. This goes on ad infinitum...

[devilmunchkin]

this comes through

the mighty pms i would assume. but i would assume this would only occur with the juiciest of threads and that legimateor intellectual threads would not cause pm buzzing in the background. am i right?

[Asher]

At least Asher looks better in his pictures

[Provost Harrison]

Well I am not referring to PMs (although there is that, granted) but more the fact that people do not read previous posts to threads properly, and launch into a tirade that isn't strictly related, or deviating a bit from the theme. Or they get their own idea of what to talk about that is slighty 'off theme'. And it goes on from there from poster to poster. Until you can have threads which are totally irrelevent to their intended purpose...and it happens often; how a picture thread can turn into David Floyd b*tching about his love life, or this thread on Ming's Apolyton career turning into a discussion about the implications of Chinese whispers at Apolyton. It isn't threadjacking, but digression certainly happens and people talk around the subject as necessary!

[red_jon]

I really am the biggest slut, aren't I?

[devilmunchkin]

nah

i don't think you can be considering the majority of apolyton seems to be straight and taken men.