Thanks.  I will try my hand after a more thorough investigation.

Well mannered and civil rabble-rousers. I love it!  I may not understand everything I am reading, but I recognize the textualizing of non-verbal ribald communication when I see it. I have become a huge fan and I am sure to join in once I figure out the secret code. Exactly whom are we poking fun of and why?

I am not sure what you are referring to by “sociopathic bully monitoring”, but you are a creative lot. You put me in mind of The Idler and its forum.  I suspect this is a similar bunch.

Mike, you really don't even need to wait for the ring. Just click on to one of the other forums that claim to deal with men's style issues.

Scroll down to see if they have one or more threads where members are posting what they have on today. It is very important to find one where members are posting about what clothes they have on, and yet a separate thread on what shoes they are wearing. Read the posts carefully to be sure that they think that anyone really cares what they are wearing. This is vital!

Finally, see if you can find one where the members are posting large pictures of themselves in their "new outfits", as in "What do you guys think of this new ensemble that just arrived today?" "The picture is a little blurry, but my wife was breast feeding the baby, when she took these pictures. At least you get a good view, in the background, of my palatial estate, and expensive cars." (It has to be clear that his question is strictly rhetorical. He really doesn't care what you think about his new ensemble.)

When you find the threads outlined above, BINGO! You have discovered a gathering place for neurotically self absorbed people that furnish an unlimited supply of material for side splitting yuks.

As with any group of disfunctional people, there must be several in charge to see that the inmates don't harm themselves. In any maximum security situation, you have the need for one sociopathic bully to be in charge of inmate behavior, and several helpers.

This isn't hard stuff Mike, when you have willing people generating reams of new material each day.

Last edited by Matt (2007-02-05 07:05:27)