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In this sequence, X is the unfounded rumour posited by a "journalist" seeking clicks.

1.  What if X is happening?  That wouldn't be good.

2.  Is X happening?  Does anybody have any info?

3.  I read that X is happening.  It's all over Big Footy as well.

4.  People are saying that X is happening.  The grapevine is buzzing.

5.  Are the rumours about X really true?  Sounds that way.

6.  It appears that X is happening.  It's the logical conclusion.

7.  X is is definitely happening.  Take it to the bank.

8.  No smoke without fire.  Told you so.

9.  The club needs to make a statement.  Why aren't we members being kept informed?

10. This crisis is another typical MFC shemozzle.  Pert and Roffey must go.

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    Excellently summed up. Not sure the 10 evolutionary steps are taken by many (most?) people though……3 often seems to do it 

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    "We need to hear from the player, everything else is elevator music"

    3 more days of elevator music.

    "Player is being a brat"

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      On 02/09/2024 at 23:26, Demonstone said:

    In this sequence, X is the unfounded rumour posited by a "journalist" seeking clicks.

    1.  What if X is happening?  That wouldn't be good.

    2.  Is X happening?  Does anybody have any info?

    3.  I read that X is happening.  It's all over Big Footy as well.

    4.  People are saying that X is happening.  The grapevine is buzzing.

    5.  Are the rumours about X really true?  Sounds that way.

    6.  It appears that X is happening.  It's the logical conclusion.

    7.  X is is definitely happening.  Take it to the bank.

    8.  No smoke without fire.  Told you so.

    9.  The club needs to make a statement.  Why aren't we members being kept informed?

    10. This crisis is another typical MFC shemozzle.  Pert and Roffey must go.

    Yep.  I call it the Chicken Little Syndrome.

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    In a similar vein, I found these today at my local op shop.

    They offered to pay me $20 for the lot if I took them off their hands.

     Bz8E3xJ.jpg

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    ‘If you took off your red and blue googles for just a second you could clearly see that X is happening!’

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      On 03/09/2024 at 05:32, Demonstone said:

    In a similar vein, I found these today at my local op shop.

    They offered to pay me $20 for the lot if I took them off their hands.

     Bz8E3xJ.jpg

    did you try to barter them up to $50?

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      On 03/09/2024 at 05:32, Demonstone said:

    In a similar vein, I found these today at my local op shop.

    They offered to pay me $20 for the lot if I took them off their hands.

     Bz8E3xJ.jpg

    Clearly one of these is a fake. My copy of "Lies and Prejudice" is the same thickness as "War and Peace".

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    The difference between listening to direct sources and listening to journalists these days is vast.

    there are the actual people and clubs involved and then there are the characters the media talk about that often have little in common with the actual people and or clubs.

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      On 02/09/2024 at 23:26, Demonstone said:

     

    8.  No smoke without fire.  Told you so.

    My personal favourite. And by favourite I mean I hate this with a passion because this is the most destructive of the lot.

    Journos are smoke aficionados. They make more smoke in one day than at any of the parties I went to in my misspent youth 😁

     

     

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      On 02/09/2024 at 23:26, Demonstone said:

    In this sequence, X is the unfounded rumour posited by a "journalist" seeking clicks.

    1.  What if X is happening?  That wouldn't be good.

    2.  Is X happening?  Does anybody have any info?

    3.  I read that X is happening.  It's all over Big Footy as well.

    4.  People are saying that X is happening.  The grapevine is buzzing.

    5.  Are the rumours about X really true?  Sounds that way.

    6.  It appears that X is happening.  It's the logical conclusion.

    7.  X is is definitely happening.  Take it to the bank.

    8.  No smoke without fire.  Told you so.

    9.  The club needs to make a statement.  Why aren't we members being kept informed?

    10. This crisis is another typical MFC shemozzle.  Pert and Roffey must go.

    That is priceless Demonstone and don’t you get hammered if you don’t concur with the conspiracy theorists.

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