2 hours ago, bjDee said:

How very dare you propose closure or even suspension of this life-sustaining thread.

This place is a sanctuary for the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.  The wretched refuse of teeming shores, the tempest-tossed homeless.

 

or something like that.

My God, this is desperate stuff, written by a sad and lonely person.

All  good reasons to close it down bj. 

I recommend medication.

Efexor, Prozac, Lyrica, Lithium, Tegretol, Epilim to name just a few.

Epilim is my preference.

You will find you can live without this thread.

You too Old, just a nightly single malt and a cuddle and you will be right.

Even a banana, just don't post about on this thread.

9 minutes ago, hemingway said:

My God, this is desperate stuff, written by a sad and lonely person.

All  good reasons to close it down bj. 

I recommend medication.

Efexor, Prozac, Lyrica, Lithium, Tegretol, Epilim to name just a few.

Epilim is my preference.

You will find you can live without this thread.

You too Old, just a nightly single malt and a cuddle and you will be right.

Even a banana, just don't post about on this thread.

i see what you are doing, ernie, you old dog

just posting to claim credit for 999

couldn't be any other reason to explain your rambling about your medical history

4 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

i see what you are doing, ernie, you old dog

just posting to claim credit for 999

couldn't be any other reason to explain your rambling about your medical history

Senility 

Settle down folks - it was a simple suggestion.

And by the way, as a moderator, the page count visible to me also includes deleted posts which means that the thread has officially reached 1,000 pages.

Congratulations go to Mr. Leg who tells me that he initiated this thread as a humanitarian gesture to save the western suburbs of Sydney from Chico Rolls, dim sims, potato cakes, French Fries and flavoured malted milk shakes (other than banana flavour). 

Love this thread, it’s a great antidote  to some BS that I have been subjected to in another life. 

And it’s much more sensible than some of the draft threads or football threafs

 go dees and let’s go bananas !

8 minutes ago, 640MD said:

Love this thread, it’s a great antidote  to some BS that I have been subjected to in another life. 

And it’s much more sensible than some of the draft threads or football threafs

 go dees and let’s go bananas !

Could not have said better 640MD

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Settle down folks - it was a simple suggestion.

And by the way, as a moderator, the page count visible to me also includes deleted posts which means that the thread has officially reached 1,000 pages.

Congratulations go to Mr. Leg who tells me that he initiated this thread as a humanitarian gesture to save the western suburbs of Sydney from Chico Rolls, dim sims, potato cakes, French Fries and flavoured malted milk shakes (other than banana flavour). 

And it still serving its humanatrian purpose. 

We seek it here, we seek it there, 
Those Posters seek it everywhere. 
Is it in heaven? — Is it in hell? 
That damned, elusive Page 999

Edited October 21, 20187 yr by daisycutter

Reading benefits : 

- Improves your concentration

- Helps you relax

- Can motivate you

- Makes you smarter ( We’ve learnt a lot about bananas, so yeah)

This thread delivers the above. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.

 

Edited October 21, 20187 yr by Dee Zephyr

I have denigrated this thread a couple of times. It took me a while to get the gist of it. I just thought the contributors were a little off the grid and a tad peculiar. I've just arrived in the midst of banana land and thought I'd put in my two penneth's worth. 

Just a question. Is page 1000 only open to the select few or can any mug have a crack at getting on it. ??

ps Signorellis in Balwyn are unloading ' experienced ' bananas for $ 2 per kilo if you get in quick. ( and they've got some lovely Italians ladies on the till ) 

3 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

I have denigrated this thread a couple of times. It took me a while to get the gist of it. I just thought the contributors were a little off the grid and a tad peculiar. I've just arrived in the midst of banana land and thought I'd put in my two penneth's worth. 

Just a question. Is page 1000 only open to the select few or can any mug have a crack at getting on it. ??

ps Signorellis in Balwyn are unloading ' experienced ' bananas for $ 2 per kilo if you get in quick. ( and they've got some lovely Italians ladies on the till ) 

Pity I did not know that this afternoon PD I was it that area. Oh well I will have to continue with the $5 / kg lot in my area.

4 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

I have denigrated this thread a couple of times. It took me a while to get the gist of it. I just thought the contributors were a little off the grid and a tad peculiar. I've just arrived in the midst of banana land and thought I'd put in my two penneth's worth. 

Just a question. Is page 1000 only open to the select few or can any mug have a crack at getting on it. ??

ps Signorellis in Balwyn are unloading ' experienced ' bananas for $ 2 per kilo if you get in quick. ( and they've got some lovely Italians ladies on the till ) 

bingo.....congratulations good sir

Page 999 - [censored] you Scully I hate you just as much at Hawthorn as I did a GWS. Look forward to booing you this year if your ankle is up to it.

Max Gawn is one of if not the best players in the league and you are worthless as far as trade value. So glad he spewed on you in China it has improved our culture.

29 minutes ago, Wrecker45 said:

Page 999 - [censored] you Scully I hate you just as much at Hawthorn as I did a GWS. Look forward to booing you this year if your ankle is up to it.

Max Gawn is one of if not the best players in the league and you are worthless as far as trade value. So glad he spewed on you in China it has improved our culture.

Wrecker that name is not allowed on this thread it is the prime reason the thread was created.

There is only one person fit to click this thread up to 1000 pages.

Mr Leg where are you?

3 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Settle down folks - it was a simple suggestion.

And by the way, as a moderator, the page count visible to me also includes deleted posts which means that the thread has officially reached 1,000 pages.

Congratulations go to Mr. Leg who tells me that he initiated this thread as a humanitarian gesture to save the western suburbs of Sydney from Chico Rolls, dim sims, potato cakes, French Fries and flavoured malted milk shakes (other than banana flavour). 

Give yourself a jolly good flogging WJ.

 

And then give one to Ernie!

You missed the irony in my original post.

Just a little entertaining social experiment with an outcome that was totally predictable. 

How whacky off-beat posters suddenly become establishment conservative and resistant to change. 

So defensive!

Look at the Greens now. Just middle class establishment and not a radical or fresh idea in their kitbag. 

Bananas and a patronising deviant becomes the new normal. Even Rakeleg is sounding so establishment. And Daisy what has become of you ? 

How many posters post or visit this thread. A dwindling number I suspect because it offers nothing new or interesting. So it has become the repository of the few whose habit has become a life sentence.  

Just a mundane example of what happens when you challenge the status quo. 

We need new posters and new thoughts otherwise this thread will die an ignominious death. 

Some may predecease this thread. 

 

If we need new posters...they will manifest.

Bananas 

You see...if you bold it.....they will come

Don’t get me wrong I love the loyalty of Old Dee and even Old Bitters whose spunk is clearly waining but who reluctantly posts to maintain relevance. Rakeleg invented the thread and regards it as some authorative source or text like Mabo. 

Others drop in for a titillating massage but are eventually disappointed with the unsatisfactory ending. 

All things must end like life and civilisation. 

There is a higher authority in things, in this case WJ. 

Gentlefolk, we cannot control much in this life, in fact we cannot control anything. 

Things must change, things do change. 

Very soon your mortal bodies will be dust and this thread forgotten in the mist of time. We will not be remembered or our posts. 

So submit yourselves to the end. 

Celebrate change, new life and new beginnings just as you will do in your next life. 

Edited October 21, 20187 yr by hemingway

40 minutes ago, old dee said:

Wrecker that name is not allowed on this thread it is the prime reason the thread was created.

Sorry I skipped over the first thousand pages.

Has your cellar run dry Ernest ? Is this the cause of such maudlin introspectivity ? 

My god man.. start drinking again !!

6 minutes ago, Wrecker45 said:

Sorry I skipped over the first thousand pages.

Now Wrecker....sorry my friend you'll just have to go right back to the beginning  ( its a very good place to start  ?)   . There's no way to fully appreciate the madness insanity drivel illumination insight pixelated-profanities humour, without so

The big question is where is Mr. Leg at what should be his moment of triumph?

My information is that he has, as Ernest implied, hit the wall and fled the jurisdiction; that he is on a vessel travelling the high seas with a rod in his hand in true Hemingway fashion. I can picture Ernie's next novel on the bookshelves at my local bookstore - "The Old Man and The Sea - Part 2".

2 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The big question is where is Mr. Leg at what should be his moment of triumph?

My information is that he has, as Ernest implied, hit the wall and fled the jurisdiction; that he is on a vessel travelling the high seas with a rod in his hand in true Hemingway fashion. I can picture Ernie's next novel on the bookshelves at my local bookstore - "The Old Man and The Sea - Part 2".

Yeah yeah.. having a whale of a time...we get it....sheeesh 

2 hours ago, hemingway said:

Don’t get me wrong I love the loyalty of Old Dee and even Old Bitters whose spunk is clearly waining but who reluctantly posts to maintain relevance. Rakeleg invented the thread and regards it as some authorative source or text like Mabo. 

Others drop in for a titillating massage but are eventually disappointed with the unsatisfactory ending. 

All things must end like life and civilisation. 

There is a higher authority in things, in this case WJ. 

Gentlefolk, we cannot control much in this life, in fact we cannot control anything. 

Things must change, things do change. 

Very soon your mortal bodies will be dust and this thread forgotten in the mist of time. We will not be remembered or our posts. 

So submit yourselves to the end. 

Celebrate change, new life and new beginnings just as you will do in your next life. 

nah, ernie.

this is what it's all about