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Wow, then perhaps Hans is trying to be funny? 
That was a fun-thread making fun of the Canadians (in good humor of course).
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A fun thread about cricket in the Lounge. Yes, what could be more humorous.
Did you happen to notice how that fun thread turned into another cricket thread that you agreed to move out of the Lounge?
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Hans Dietrich wrote: Did you happen to notice how that fun thread turned into another cricket thread that you agreed to move out of the Lounge?
What are you talking about?
The USA vs Canada Cricket match that people are talking about in that thread happened in 1844! I assume that you mistook that to be a reference to a current game happening in the world cup? If so I understand why you may have got upset.
As I said, I intent to keep the world cup discussions out of the Lounge.
But that does not mean I will never ever mention Cricket in the Lounge. Even after the world cup's done with, if I find something interesting to post about Cricket (like say an American cricket league**), I will post about it.
** not kidding. This is under discussion right now 
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: I hope you didn't mean my Oh Canada thread. That is certainly not a Cricket thread,
You say it's not about cricket?
Your very first sentence in that post is: "Do the Canadians here even know that Canada is playing in the cricket world cup?" And the entire thread then discusses cricket.
Maybe it belongs to the more nebulous category of "not about cricket" threads that actually discuss nothing but cricket. Which, apparently, you think is perfectly ok in the Lounge.
This is exactly why we need a sports forum. If a reasonable person like yourself doesn't understand when the line is crossed, there's no reason to think others will.
Just for bringing up this discussion I've been 1-voted. How much more immature does it have to get for you?
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Hans Dietrich wrote: Your very first sentence in that post is: "Do the Canadians here even know that Canada is playing in the cricket world cup?" And the entire thread then discusses cricket.
You have absolutely no idea what a real cricket discussion is about.
Hans Dietrich wrote: Maybe it belongs to the more nebulous category of "not about cricket" threads that actually discuss nothing but cricket. Which, apparently, you think is perfectly ok in the Lounge.
It's hard to believe you completely missed the humor angle in that thread.
Hans Dietrich wrote: If a reasonable person like yourself doesn't understand when the line is crossed, there's no reason to think others will.
I don't think I crossed the line. Not in the least.
Hans Dietrich wrote: Just for bringing up this discussion I've been 1-voted. How much more immature does it have to get for you?
I did not 1 vote you. But it's ironic that you are talking about immaturity after complaining about one "humorous" thread in the Lounge.
Check out the Indian forum. Every match thread gets 100s of posts, and when India played, there must have been at least 500 posts in 6-7 threads (despite an official 1 thread rule I originally suggested there).
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: You have absolutely no idea what a real cricket discussion is about.
That's the one correct thing you've said. I don't want to know, and I don't want to see this stuff in the Lounge. How could you possibly believe that a cricket thread won't turn into a discussion of, well, cricket? Do you really believe that discussing cricket is ok if don't mention scores, players, etc.?
I'm very disappointed that you feel it's ok to attach all these qualifiers to what I thought was a genuine - and honest - proposal for a solution. Whatever your good intentions were, what you're saying now just makes the whole thing a farce.
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Ok, not sure if you know this. But Canada, a country where there are less than 1000 people who even know what cricket is, is playing in the world cup. By definition, that bit of info is about cricket. At the same time, it's clearly a topic that will interest people.
I find it a little weird that my thread irritated you so much, but the daily CCC threads that run into pages are apparently not worth of even a mention here?
Once again, you are ignoring the context. Say I play cricket today and I get injured. Based on what you are saying, I should not post about my injury in the Lounge? Because that would mean I'd have to mention the word "cricket" ?
Once again people who are responding to my thread and mentioning the USA-Canada game from 160 years ago are doing it just to show that cricket used to be played here when the British effect had not fully worn off.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: that would mean I'd have to mention the word "cr***et"
Not in the least. You could:
- not mention the context of your injury at all;
- just say "during today's out-door game";
- be more specific and call it "today's bat-and-ball team sport";
- be pretty accurate and say "in today's performance of an ancient but silly ball game, the one with the never ending and incomprehensible set of rules, at which Canadians nor Americans excel in the least, so I prefer not to mention it by name on an international web site";
- or just name it and bear the consequences.
Anyway, I wish you recover well and never feel the need to mention it again.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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In the Game played all over the world but which is too complicated for Americans to understand...
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
Trolls[ ^]
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I've just checked the instructions at the top of the Lounge. At no point does it say no cricket posts. I find it ironic that people thought it was ok to dissect the Superbowl, even down to discussing who sang what, when that's only open to one nation, but talking about a sport played between multiple nations is taboo. Perhaps the priorities need to be reevaluated.
Honestly, if you don't like cricket don't read the threads. It's not as though you are being forced to read them.
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"Plumber lips".... That is a new one for me...
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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It means you can unblock the u-bend just by sucking on it.
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I think that qualifies at "Too much information"...
Thanks for the info, though.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Busted
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
The Code Project
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This[^] alternate has no content which means that it makes far more sense then the previous one.
It also has no 'Report' widget, which is why I am reporting it here.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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It's not a bug - it's a mobile version of the article.
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It isn't moving on my screen. Which browser should I use?
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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Safari works well for this article, especially on the back of a rhinoceros.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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Good to know, although, regrettably, I'm fresh out of Rhinos. Had the last one with my cocoa, last night.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus!
When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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No wonder the mobile concept is lost on you.
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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Why 1-vote! Coutnered. Reported something that looked different.
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I've got dibs on naming the new sports forum!
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