You sooo missed the oportunity to make this the best Pit reply ever. All it needed was a SMOOCH at the end.
Hey Case Sensitive, how you doin’? What’s a big boy and/or girl like you doing in a pit thread like this?
Don’t be scared off, **gommsn ** – things have been a mite cranky around here of late.
Hi there, by the way.
[hoping Gommsn decides to pay and stay]
What’s the nick for, can I ask? It’s coming across as “Gom MSN”, with tiny MSN butterflies in the background somehow, which probably wasn’t what you had in mind.
GOMMSN. G rumpy O ld M an @ MSN Just something I use elsewhere on the net. When I join permanently I’ll likely change it. I needed something quick when I decided to jump in the pool. Sort of a spur of the moment thing. Gotta admit though, I’m kinda glad I did.
Thanx for asking. This can’t be the Pit, you guys are too nice!
Don’t push it, asshole.
Stifle it, Colibri, we don’t have his money–yet.
I submit that there are at least a couple of other major offenders with regard to flirting. Seems a bit harsh to say it’s almost always Kythereia.
And Kythereia, you hadn’t said earlier that you “wouldn’t flirt in the future,” you said “flirting in moderation, then?” A small discrepancy, perhaps, but a discrepancy nonetheless.
I thought it would make a fellow Grumpy Old Man feel more at home.
You are way off here; and out of line. You have grossly misinterpreted the mechanics of flirting.
They dot their "I"s with bubbly hearts, not smilies.
A kindred spirit? Yahoo!!! Where do I sign?
Just wait until he is paid up: first thing I’m gonna do is pit him for being so damn courteous in the Pit - that kind of gratuitous politeness makes my blood boil. Apologising for hijacking my hijack of his thread - da noive!
Good point, Nightwatch. I hereby officially swear off all flirting from now on the boards. Girl scout’s honour! (I actually was one, too…)
Case Sensitive, an olive branch from me to you–truce? No more inducing of vomiting or 'i’s dotted with bubbly hearts, I promise.
Case Sensitive, can she please still do the squid thing? Mariah would be broken-hearted if she couldn’t…you ever seen a squid give puppy dog eyes? Not easy to bear, let me tell you…
Pax, Kythereia. Sorry if I came on a bit strong earlier: I don’t mind a bit of flirting here and there - just not everywhere?
Pace! Just a tiny bit of flirting, now and then in a very few threads, I promise. shakes hands
But what about the squids?
Won’t somebody think of the squids?!
It’s okay, Mariah…Mommy still loves you…
Brava!
Flirting is okay sometimes, but not in every single thread. I’m sure you have interesting things to say which could contribute to the conversation, but if the only thing I ever see from you is the flirting then I’ll probably skip right over them.
In all things, moderation.
Except maybe chocolate. And coffee. Coffee is good in excess, too.
Yeeesh! They were making up, already. Don’t you think we’re sufficiently overworked that we have to come in and Moderate even peace gestures and reconciliations? “In all things, moderation, indeed.” We just can’t do enough to please some people.
Chocolate and coffee, baby. Ever had a mocha truffle cake?
is incredibly hungry now
Which was why I declared “Brava!” at the top of the post. I was applauding both Kythereia 's and Case Sensitive’s resolution. Mostly, Kythereia’s decision to not give up flirting all together, but to do it in moderation.
I suppose one could have read it as a mild attack. For that, I offer my apologies. That was not my intent.