Üzümlü Morel Mushroom Festival

[kevin3]

Tinx, Could you give me the date and venue for the Newt Festival in Coca Chalis please as ive got two in training in the UK and dont want them to peak too early.Also are the entry forms in Turkish or English ?? Sorry to go off topic.!!!

[pookie]

the day this Forum loses its sense of humour will be a very sad day indeed.  For goodness sake !  have some people lost the plot entirely ?   Why can't people have a bit of fun !  Yes, this topic was about a mushroom festival in uzumlu - a fantastic day, and I'm sure will attract many visitors and will be a wonderful success.  But crikey !  Can't we inject a bit of fun and banter into the communications ?   -  Some people need to lighten up.  [!]

[Scunner]

This Uzumlu event is officially recognised by CBF

Scunner
Honorary Member

[alec]

Now that's the sort of thing we need.  I'm not sure if they've got a logo yet.  Nobody's come up with a slogan yet though...

[peterw]

Ooo-errr Missus!

I do seem to have set the cat amongst the pigeons with my "questionable morels". (Oooops! Sorry if I've now just offended all you bird lovers out there).  

As Alec knows from my direct contacts, I'm very supportive of the idea and happy to help promote the event.  My intention was to show support (serious bit) and extend the excruciatingly bad running gags about morels (jokey bit).  I'll even spell out the JOKE . . . that should kill it if it's not dead already.  Questionable morels = mushrooms that respond to questions - geddit?

Sorry Scunner - I don't know how you put up with this sometimes.  Please don't give up on us.  I'm sure most people on the board appreciate what you do to keep this going.  

Peter

[Scunner]

I don't put up with it sometimes   Sometimes I don't come near it. If your post was "offensive" we might as well close down, because nobody helping run this forum has seen the possible offense therein.

I wish Alec all the very best for this festival, good on him for taking interest in it and alerting people.

[peecee]

PeterW
I know some people reading the forum do find some of the quips amusing. And some don't.  I have found a few things put on rather offensive although I'm sure they're not meant to be.
What really infuriated me were the responses posted by Scunner directed at Mrs V.  She HAD signed Mrs. V (not just Voyageur) so for Scunner to make such a verbal attacks was uncalled for (to the point where he felt he had to look up previous posts?!)
The icing on the cake was Scunner deciding that Mrs. V was responsible for husband's thoughts actions etc.  What a ridiculous thing to say.  The only person who is resposible for an adult's actions is that person not wife, mother aunt or whomever.
Mrs. V is one of the kindest, most gentle, thoughtful ladies, and I do mean lady, anyone could meet.  She did not deserve the attack metered out by Scunner especially when he called her an idiot.
I still think an apology is due.

[Scunner]

quote:Originally posted by voyageur

I cannot believe the idiotic replies from people

The words of "one of the kindest, most gentle, thoughtful ladies, and I do mean lady, anyone could meet". Please try to be a little more thoughtful and not insult good, honest and valued CBF members who enjoy a little light banter to go with the heavy stuff. Quite tepid stuff, believe me, when compared to the vitriol of her husband on CBF a while back (for which I assume no apology is thought necessary or expected by this kindest of ladies of her own husband!).

I will apologise

[voyageur]

Scunner - you have shown your true colours again.  The way this discussion has developed is proof of what I was trying to say in the first place.  Someone posts a perfectly sensible idea, which is taken over by the people in charge of the forum and turned into an excuse for schoolboy jumour at the expense of others.  What you are now saying is an exact example of the reason so many people avoid posting - because they know any simple remark may end up as vicious dog-fight.  I had forgotten just how nasty it can be, otherwise I too would have kept my fingers off the keyboard.
You can gurantree you will not be hearing from Mrs. Voyageur again.  But when you tell me I should have moved here if I do not like it, I would point out that my husband and I were living here a long time before you came along - not that you even live in Uzumlu!  And yes, you and remarks from your side kick, Kevin 3 do make me feel I would like to be long gone. One up to the two of you!?
I am not responsible for my husband's posts, just as he is not responsible for mine, but in my view your vitriolic comments on an open forum about someone you neither know nor know anything about, are unforgivable.

[Scunner]

Listen darling, I am ultimately responsible for the house rules here and I stand by them. If I ever have the misfortune to visit your house I'll abide by your house rules too. Can't see an invitation coming anytime soon mind you. Tongue in cheek humour is permitted and yes, encouraged. That isn't going to change so it really does seem that this place isn't for you.

You seem to think that there was a "vicious dog fight" here. There was not. Alec is publicising a bloody mushroom festival and good luck to him. He chose the best place to do it. Mention of mushrooms do seem to attract mushroom related puns and gags, don't ask me why, I'm not a humourologist. Do you know, with every 'joke', Alec's topic returns to the top of the pile. No bad thing, and I don't hear Alec complaining at all.

Your post, to me, personifies everything that is wrong with certain Brits living over there, and for your entertainment I will list them:

1. You subscribe to the belief that because you have been there longer than someone else, you know more than them.

2. You believe that people who live outside Uzumlu have no right to an opinion on anything relating to Uzumlu.

3. When describing the comments of various members of this forum as "idiotic", you refer to them as idiots. However, when I call you an idiot, it was "vitriolic comments" and "unforgivable". I've mentioned before where you need to look for vitriolic comments, a lot closer to home than me!!!

I had no idea Kevin3 was my sidekick, we only met once in the fish market for about 5 minutes, a few years ago

So, finally, can you and your "sidekick" peecee give it a rest, finding offence in perfectly tame posts by CBF members. Let Alec publicise his mushroom festival information and let a whole lot of fully grown men tell some pretty crappy one liners.

Mr Scunner
p.s. I certainly didn't tell you that you shouldn't have moved here. WRONG AGAIN!!!