Other forum follies

Originally Posted by Bro Deal

LOL. If that douchebag had not unfairly banned me I might have considered dishing him a twenty. Now I hope his whole operation folds.

Too bad the dumbass that runs this site won't allow new posters so the forum could take advantage of the situation.

Originally Posted by Crankyfeet

He probably only does it because he made a few grand the first time he tried it.

Originally Posted by TheDarkLord

He probably hasn't met Jeff Vader here or in the Cult. He is easy fodder for Vader anyway. But now we know where is he is spending his time.

Originally Posted by Bro Deal

Was jimmypop banned on DPF? What for?

Originally Posted by jimmypop

I've been banned there for some time. If you can search my posts there, then you'll see that I was highly disruptive and generally unruly. It's truly a bastion of rational, mature debate since my exile.

I don't put any concerted effort into arguing about professional cycling any more, because there are more Vaughn- and Steve in ATL-types in cycling than sane folks. Remember, DPF is the place that tolerates (and protects the identity of) posters like Ali (although, to someone's credit, I think Chris H was asked to take a vacation; incidentally, this is around the same time that the Ali sockpuppet began a prolific posting binge).

Also, Scientology. 'nuff said.

EDIT: It seems I'm not banned, but I can't reply to threads, or access the PM functions of the board.

Originally Posted by earth_dweller

I bring you the versus forum for your enjoyment:

Now that Astana and last year's #1 and #3 were excluded, and since ASO managed to get rid of the Italians that climb well, with some phantom test that no one in the scientific community knows exists, let alone not having validated it. Congrats, you Frogs!

Johan Bruyneel is absolutely awesome on the panel! His invaluable insights and professionalism actually seem to temporarily cancel-out Mr. Hummer's glaring inadequacies as an anchor. Bravo!

Originally Posted by cynic

Does anyone know if Armstrong and McConaughey are still dating? I haven't seen any pictures of them frolicking on a beach together recently.

Originally Posted by Drongo

I think the point that has sailed over your head <thinks... that means he's underwater, scuba-diving, perhaps>, is that there is joy in life, and value in games, that do not fit your world view. Just because you or your kith and kin don't play a certain game, or because you think it's a parlour game, does not mean that it is so. You were horrified to think that beach volleyball could be considered other than a serious endeavour, but are happy to blithely dismiss table tennis as if it were some kind of kids' game. Millions of people, indeed hundreds of millions, disagree with you.
Table tennis is not a major US sport, it appears. It has fans and detractors. I don't like the sport to watch but I respect immensely the incredible skills of its best competitors. You and some others, Chris, seem instead to speak from a position of callous ignorance about the sport--not knowing, not caring to know--and then affect a wounded air when people do the same to your favoured sport. You can criticise a sport, of course: just do a better job and recognise the inconsistency of your stance.
For mine, I think table tennis is a worthy Olympic sport, whereas I have my doubts about beach volleyball. It is not about whether I find each sport entertaining (neither is, in my opinion), but simply because one is much more widely played than the other. The debate about whether beach volleyball ought to monopolise TV screen time is a different one, and then aesthetics (of both sport and, inevitably, its competitors) might more validly be discussed.
That is why the references to rugby instead of American football were made. (Not because either is an Olympic sport; everyone knows that neither of them is.) It is simply that different sports have different perceptions in different countries. American football is played in Australia, laughingly badly by US professional standards. I would be foolish to judge Brett Favre or Emmett Smith or whoever by the sport as it is played in Australia; I don't. Likewise, what I think of as a turgid, 3-hour advertisement collection interposed by occasionally riveting play, most Americans enjoy immensely. You doubtless wouldn't like or couldn't understand rugby (along with, I must say, most Australians). I have another view. It is not God's truth, though, it's just my opinion, informed no doubt by my country of origin.
Your jokes and arguments, if they may generously be termed such, are insular and parochial. Expand your horizons a little.
edit: spelling/clarity