{"id":6279,"date":"2010-01-26T19:50:54","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T00:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6279"},"modified":"2010-01-26T19:50:54","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T00:50:54","slug":"threadspotting-i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/26\/threadspotting-i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: ThreadSpotting: &#8220;I want to ride my bicycle&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How could we pass up a trainwreck of a thread that features Jesus giving somebody the finger and Hitler? And that&#8217;s just the first page!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>HalifaxTalk: <a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxtalk.com\/phpBB\/viewtopic.php?t=10878\" target=\"_blank\">A Web Page For Bicyclicists<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hoo boy. Random Shots-O-Snark Time!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does &#8220;Animal&#8221; (Who builds their persona on a character from a TV show that was cancelled 28 years ago?) have the arm strength to nail Mr. <strong>handyman<\/strong> with a bottle while riding by on the highway? If he can pull off that feat, will we have laws banning drive-by bottle tossings soon? What will the charge be? &#8220;Assault with intent to cause absolutely no bodily harm by using a ridiculous weapon?&#8221;\u00a0 If he threw a bottle of beer, maybe some would go into Mr. <strong>handyman<\/strong>&#8216;s bread and make it taste even better!<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s a shame that Mr. Conner took down the photo of Jesus giving the finger while riding a bike. That was Snarky Goodness all by itself. (more about that later&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Ms. <strong>ras<\/strong> (of Clan Talbott) wins a Bucket-O-Irony award for this quote&#8230; &#8220;two questionable judgment calls don&#8217;t equal one really good one&#8221;. Perhaps she&#8217;s reviewed Clan Talbott&#8217;s moderation skills when making that observation?<\/li>\n<li>Hitler! We all \u2665 photos of Hitler! It&#8217;s even hosted on the News &amp; Record&#8217;s website! I guess it comes in handy during meetings of their editorial board.<\/li>\n<li><strong>tangerine<\/strong> gets Gasps-O-Horror from the Holy Roller Social Club for using the &#8220;D&#8221; word. Only (oh the humanity!) she actually SAID the D-word!<\/li>\n<li>Ms. <strong>Boxers<\/strong> gets the word &#8220;fart&#8221; into the thread and her mission is accomplished. YAY!<\/li>\n<li>Sigh&#8230; just after the ladies of the Holy Roller Social Club have gotten back in the chair and are now fanning themselves, Ms. <strong>Boxers<\/strong> says &#8220;insert derogatory term for female anatomy that begins with &#8216;C&#8217; and rhymes with &#8216;hunt'&#8221;\u00a0 and the Holy Rollers have another case of The Vapors!<\/li>\n<li>The moderator wants to know why nobody has done the moderation for her. Boing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duck<\/strong> flies in and flaps her feathers around for being told &#8220;You got a problem, say something directly instead of running and telling the teacher.&#8221; Bonus points for Ms. ras (of Clan Talbott) for saying that.<\/li>\n<li>So it seems that Mr. <strong>handyman<\/strong> (and maybe <strong>Duck<\/strong>) are now staying away from HalifaxTalk. At this rate, that messageboard is going to be as empty as a Planning Commission meeting about Riverdale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ll wrap up this ThreadSpotting with a Nominee for Post-O-The-Year by Mr. <strong>handyman<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As for some ass tagging you with two and a half tons of SUV&#8230; we both know it is just a matter of time if you continue to operate a slow speed conveyance on a high speed roadway. Your insistence on continuing with a high risk activity almost guarantees it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Zing! Thanks for the submissions on this thread, readers!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>UPDATE #1<\/strong>: Darrin (of Clan Talbott) pops in to drop this into the conversation&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And I just wasted 30 seconds of my life to check it and see that Bruce is still whining about how things are over here.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad that he doesn&#8217;t want to come back.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Darrin: What you call &#8220;whining&#8221; is just a humorous recap of the trainwreck thread. And how your stories change&#8230; first it was something like &#8220;time heals all wounds&#8221; when your voice said something completely different. Feh. And by the way, I never said don&#8217;t want to come back. In fact, you&#8217;re lying. I do want to come back, but I know it&#8217;s not going to happen. But hey, your lies make you look good, eh?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>UPDATE #2<\/strong>: Darrin (of Clan Talbott) just doesn&#8217;t get it. I&#8217;m not sure, but I think he&#8217;s saying that the SC TipLine is a lie by saying that I&#8217;ve said that I will never reveal my sources? He brings up my outing of the <strong>userfriendly<\/strong> sockpuppet as an example, but that makes no sense. I protected the identity of who gave me the clues that I needed, so I have no idea what he&#8217;s talking about. <\/p>\n<p>My complaining will not get me &#8220;allowed&#8221; back on his site! 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