I am troubled by the change to “Forum”. It may well attract readers describing fortunate moments in a supermarket where their arousal to a Swedish au pair dressed in fishing waders led to an interesting experience they wish to share with readers of a broad-minded outlook. Or is that just me?
I was advised that “Forum” was “educational”. How I wish it had been. Frankly, i reckon the letters were written with one-handedly, and were a pack of lies.
No sex education lessons at my school so everything I knew about sex came from Forum. I was only arrested twice
Didn’t Alistair Campbell cut his teeth writing such filth? From 38Ds to WMDs. Oho.
“Getting it” seemed fairly straightforward in these narratives, no payment or extended campaign of pleading and emotional blackmail seemed to be necessary. Not at all convincing.
Derek and Clive’s advice here: (“put your cock in their hand and cry”) is unhelpful, and may well also lead to a criminal conviction and registration on the Sex Offenders Register. Sensible advice for young men is lacking. Quoting Captain Beefheart lyrics is also unhelpful.
Well, the name change came as a timely reminder for me as I was making a dish involving frozen prawns and I was reminded that, before cooking ‘em, it’s a good idea to forum..
For at least free hours.
Now we’re a forum, it’s necessary to wear clothes of some description when posting or replying.
A Covid mask could possibly be repurposed as a minimalist loincloth, if you have some needlework skills.
Hoi! Careful with that needle, Eugene!
A toga surely?
By any other name.
If I remember correctly the letters were read one handedly too.
So there I was at the supermarket and you can imagine my surprise as I passed over my curly wurly to the girl at the check out, whose unfeasibly etc etc etc
A funny thing happened on my way here.
damn, 14 minutes too late …
So columns are more appropriate than posts now?
(NB This is a very clever joke)
No less clever the second time. So good you joked it twice. You are a veritable pillar of the community.
Enough with the pillar talk.
I thought as this Forum column was effectively the same as a previous Forum column we might as well copy-paste our comments from that. That was really my point, Mike. Maybe a bit too subtle? I’m often accused of that.
Still, a damn fine joke. I intend to repeat it whenever the word “forum” is mentioned.
….are you sure that’s paste?
ewwww
Whenever I read the Afterword I wrap it with Quietus so no one sees what I’m really up to.
😂😂😂👏👏👏
Name changes: Forum or Againstum?
We need a Pole.
The only good Pole is a deed Pole.
If you have too many poles, someone’s going to take a fence
If you don’t have enough, you’ll have a pole lack.
See, now I’m imagining an 18 rated movie about a fourth wall breaking superhero where they cast McGlashan from Absolutely instead of Ryan Reynolds. “Olla yar bams in yar bullets willnae be enny yoose agin Deedpole!”
Ah… McGlashan, author of the hit plays The Hurly-Burly Bag and Nip Nap Shite.
Another Forum filling exercise? Is that real life or just fantasy?
Something something something Coliseum
That’s a bit end of the Pier
About 10 years ago I think the Word forum had a very, very heated debate about the introduction of up and down arrows. This really opened my eyes because people felt so strongly about it.
I have an adult son who is active on social media and will sometimes tell me how many likes he gets for a particular video he has done. Also – the money he makes from the more popular ones. It’s like trying to having a hit single. Some will strike a chord with the viewers and others will just get quietly forgotten even though he thinks it’s one of his best. It’s a bit like being Jona Lewie 40 years ago. He’d regularly release singles and most would sink without trace and occasionally one would soar to the top – and at the time of release you can’t really tell which way it’s going to go.
I remember that.
Oh god, I’ve been looking at this load of old cobblers for ten whole years.
Merry Crustmus.
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