Answer: <Canada>, of course.

You know, they don't call <customers> "punters" over here.

More the pity, I say.

Signed:

A. Punter.

'Chairman Mao, he dug repetition...'

Although the comment I originally made about it was zapped.

I don't think anyone has ever been put on ignore in this thread.

This is the <fearless thread>.

Anyway -- there are so many more interesting ways of "ignoring" people without volunteering to cut off your own data stream.

<tech> "This" is neither a thread nor funny. It's a conspiracy and it's deadly serious. The funny-looking stuff is an intradiegetic code -- the only kind that still beats the machines -- and our target is All That Is Decent.

<whiteshark:> Why are you quoting Ciecero's defense speech for Milo here?

<JoeWms:> Cicero? ‘Zat who it is? You see, Shark, a few days past, a user posted all those words to show how educateed he was. He’s got a law degree, an engineering degree, and degress in Fahrenheit and Celsius. I never got past the eighth grade, so I didn’t know how to be impressed by all that Latin. I knew if I posted it in the Café, somebody would be nice enough to tell me. Thanks.

Many people enjoy <carnations>.

Very nice flower, when all's said and done.

Don't forget you can hang out at my house any time.

In fact,you can convert it into a Blog about <Formula One Racing> if you feel like it.

Well me, that's who.

Just saying again.

sigh. It's been cupla months since I hung a piece.

I never opened English before so it was fun. An English symmetrical!

Plus the game before I dismantled his Dragon.

I just whupped a Schveningen.

Took a few hours too!

Which one? Aha. DRAB -- The <Dogger Bank Republican Army> (yes, it should be DBRA, but that sounds like a rapper with a <laydeez underwear fetish>, D-Bra ... or maybe somebody named Deborah-in-a-real-hurry ... 'truth' is, our late founder was slightly dyslexic, blew himself up rather unpleasantly when he misread the instructions and mistook a nail-bomb for a suppository ... but these are the risks a warrior takes ...)

<Dogger Bank>, as everyone knows, is part of the Nordsee between Britain, Denmark, and Holland. It's currently submerged, but it has been solid ground in the past and we expect it to rise again. And this time we're ready to fight for our independence.

This means that attacks on Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Scheveningen, and other nearby metropolises have to go thru DRAB. No freelancing. If you want to attack somewhere slightly further away, like Skibby or Skibbereen, or even Seoul, that's cool.

Third, the <Triple Forces of Darkness> have used their <Third Evil Eye> on me, and screwed up my <s.pa.ce__bar>.

This means I risk producing space-free clumps of the type <Joe Williams> is unable to read properly. And, frankly, if not for Joe ... wot's the bleedin' point, eh?

But it's working adequately again now -- thought I was <brown bread> for a while there.

<Latest News> I bought eight books and a hat yesterday. The books are for disguise purposes, and I've read as far as the exciting bit on the hatband, so do excuse me for a while.

<Suggested Listening & Viewing while you wait>

Three Dog Knight.

The Cure -- Three Imaginary Boys (perhaps the first ever Goth record)

Edward Scissorhands (starring Johnny Depp as a mutant Goth named Ed)

It's Me, Eddie

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Jurassic Park (no Triceratops)

Aliens - Why They Are Here

East of Ed

Triclinic Systems (Nimzowitsch x 3)

Queer Edward II (Derek Jarman)