The ads section needs a new category: "Complete twats seeking a whack to the head". Stealing someone's picture and pretending it's you is stupid enough. Stealing a moderator's picture...
There's nothing wrong with your hair (I quite like it). It's just a more effective disguise if you look different. Would you prefer a fake beard?
He's been writing greetings on Blue with his cock AND LIVED TO TELL THE TALE?
Music. The worst mistake ... maybe not the worst. One of my moderately bad mistakes was going to Indonesia for a week without my CD player.
I think you're taking the wrong approach.
Simply admit that you made a terrible mistake, and ruined the pictures. Then go back and do it properly.
You might need a few more attempts before you get it perfect. I suggest leaving one sock on, wearing mismatching stockings, putting worn-out batteries that fail after the first shot into the camera, and accidentally letting me take your place.
Promise you'll get it right, even if you have to spend every night until Christmas with them.
Tell you what, Blue... why don't you introduce Posh to the joys of the outdoors? Invite me to take the photos. An instant hit.
A man can dream, can't he?
Mine isn't on the list either.
Someone on mentioned dogging. Someone else replied with "what the hell is dogging?". I had no clue either, so when the address SH was posted as the place to find the answer, I had a look.
It turns out dogging isn't my thing, but the site seemed to cover more than just that. And there was a forum. Once I saw the Cafe there was no turning back.
But Mark... it looks good now (particularly with those new photos of Posh - ooooooh!). You mean it's going to get even better?
All you have to do is find one of Blue's posts (Blue, you need to post more often) and click on the WWW button at the bottom. So easy even I could do it!
I love the British accents. All of them. They're just so wonderful.
It must come from growing up in Australia, where we don't have different accents.
We've had music and films, but I don't remember books. Here's a few of my favourites:
Richard Flanagan "Gould's Book of Fish (A Novel in Twelve Fish)", but it has to be the hardcover version. Beautiful, and very creative.
David Foster "The Glade Within The Grove". Another Australian one. It's big and rambling, and fascinating from start to end. Foster is fond of playing games with the medium, and does it brilliantly in this one. The first time I read it I was very disappointed - the book ended just as the story was about to get REALLY interesting. Then I started thinking. How did I know it was going to get interesting? Because I already knew what was going to happen. Because he'd snuck in the entire story without me noticing.
Jim Dodge "Fup". It isn't just because I love ducks. This is a very short book, but it has more depth and emotion than just about anything else I've read. And it has the best opening line ever.
Umberto Eco "Foucault's Pendulum". But we've dealt with this one already. I'm still not sure what happens.
Primo Levi "The Wrench". He was a survivor of Auschwitz, and his books dealing with that are enough to make me ashamed of being human. This one is different - a celebration of Man the Maker.
Umm, Artificer... please tell me this digit of yours hasn't been anywhere near that avatar. Please.
I've been thinking that this post deserves a response, but I haven't known what to say.
You don't need to apologise for who you are. No one should. You shouldn't even need to explain it. It's sad that the world isn't a more understanding and accepting place.
We don't get to choose what the world does to us. Unless we have super-human strength of will, we don't even have much say in what affect it has.
I know it hasn't been a particularly cold winter, but it is still winter and we shouldn't turn down an opportunity for warmth as good as this.
With my experience of hot climates, I would be the obvious choice for measuring the temperature. However, my bit of the fabled land of Oz is quite dry - some recalibration will be required for the more humid environment of a naked group hug.
Any volunteers? It's for the future of Science.
Would that be those naked group hugs, Sappho? I never knew hugging was so energetic.
"Tired and shagged out after a long hug"
I'm very glad to hear that you've made the right decision, although I am slightly concerned that you took so long to do it.
I'll go and get the chocolates now.
You have to find the other person attractive, but that's a word with as many meanings as there are people. Everyone has their own individual idea about what makes someone attractive.
For Mr Gottohaveit (I'm assuming you're a mister - my apologies if I'm wrong), physical appearance is an important part of it. Fair enough. For me, it's a much smaller factor. I find a sense of fun to be more important. I'm not judging at all - we're different people and we value different things.
So whether or not photos are important depends on who you are, what you like, what mood you're in, and likely a host of others.
Now, just to show that my answers aren't always "it depends", and I can be decisive: if you send a photo of yourself to show what you look like, SEND A PHOTO OF YOURSELF. Blatant dishonesty like that isn't on.
(Flaunting his avatarlessness)
Apologies? The man'd be proud. Bravo!
Educated and intelligent you are, Jags. But I wasn't aware that you liked wrestling. Well, not that sort.
And my apologies to Stu. In my defense, it did look like you were trying to extend the evidence of your own experience to a new case. Perhaps I should have started with "Socrates is mortal" before introducing the counter-example.
I'm not interested in wind-ups, but I sometimes get upset when people take liberties with logic.
And I'm almost never entirely serious.
Oh dear... you're going to get absolutely swamped with offers to shrink it now.
"Another visitor! Stay a while... Stay forever! <evil laugh>"
Computer geeks of a certain age might know where that came from.