 20thmaine  | 04 Mar 2009 6:11 a.m. PST |
There's been a lot of talk about stifles recently- so I'm wondering why people stifle. This poll would reveal the reason ! Hurrah ! 1. I haven't yet, but I will now because I hate polls about stifles
2. because I hate you
3. because of all your zardoz postings
4. because stifling gives me inner joy
5. because you are a sock puppet
6. because I am a sock puppet
7. it's the economy stupid
8. because you got the TMP alias I wanted first
9. because you are an idiot
10. because I am an idiot
11. what's a stifle ?
12. not a stifler
13. not a gamer |
 Virtualscratchbuilder  | 04 Mar 2009 6:23 a.m. PST |
I'm not a gamer. Eventually I will get around to stifling anyone who is a gamer, so that I can read only the non-gaming posts. |
| PapaSync | 04 Mar 2009 6:36 a.m. PST |
14. Becuase you haven't put out enough Zardoz postings. 8) |
| 20thmaine | 04 Mar 2009 6:37 a.m. PST |
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| Sane Max | 04 Mar 2009 6:38 a.m. PST |
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| Gwartizan | 04 Mar 2009 6:40 a.m. PST |
The first rule of Stifle Club is don't mention Stifle Club. |
| combatpainter | 04 Mar 2009 6:46 a.m. PST |
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| Brandlin | 04 Mar 2009 6:51 a.m. PST |
usually i stifle people for filling the boards with irrelevant low brow twaddle… |
| Zyphyr | 04 Mar 2009 7:51 a.m. PST |
Because I dress like Zardoz, so I stifle anyone who makes negative comments about my hero. |
| nazrat | 04 Mar 2009 7:56 a.m. PST |
15. Because. Just… because.
'Course I generally don't do Stifles, so it makes no diff to me!
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| richarDISNEY | 04 Mar 2009 8:01 a.m. PST |
Yea… I am going with #14… 
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| 20thmaine | 04 Mar 2009 8:15 a.m. PST |
Personaly I beleive that it'll be a close run thing between 2 and 4 when the poll goes live :-) |
| Caesar | 04 Mar 2009 8:33 a.m. PST |
Because I'm a hammock wetting coward that wants to hide in anonymity. |
| rddfxx | 04 Mar 2009 8:36 a.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 04 Mar 2009 8:44 a.m. PST |
17. Because your post makes me want to vomit. |
| galvinm | 04 Mar 2009 8:49 a.m. PST |
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| The Shadow | 04 Mar 2009 8:56 a.m. PST |
What is a "stifle"? I'm not kidding. |
| The Shadow | 04 Mar 2009 9:15 a.m. PST |
I just checked my account and I have 4 stifles (still don't know what that means) What concerns me more is that i've posted 1,341 times since 2005! Sheesh! I think that I'd better obtain a life! |
| The Monstrous Jake | 04 Mar 2009 9:18 a.m. PST |
More to the point, how do I figure out who hasn't stifled me? And why not? |
| Connard Sage | 04 Mar 2009 9:19 a.m. PST |
I've just picked another one up. I assume for this TMP link roll eyes |
| chonk34 | 04 Mar 2009 9:53 a.m. PST |
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| whill4 | 04 Mar 2009 10:00 a.m. PST |
I don't think I ever stifled anyone. |
| GoodBye | 04 Mar 2009 10:02 a.m. PST |
20. Because your words sound like those of a child molester. 21. Because you are a Piss-Ant. |
| The Shadow | 04 Mar 2009 10:19 a.m. PST |
Is a "stifle" a complaint? |
| Barmy Flutterz | 04 Mar 2009 10:43 a.m. PST |
It's a helluva' thing stifflin' a man, you take away all he's said, and all he's ever gonna say…. |
| John the OFM | 04 Mar 2009 11:35 a.m. PST |
The Shadow, THIS is what a Stifle is:
TMP link |
| Paul Hurst | 04 Mar 2009 12:01 p.m. PST |
22. Because yet another TMPer full of bovine excrement started yet another dumb stifle thread! |
| Griefbringer | 04 Mar 2009 12:28 p.m. PST |
23. Because of posting this link: picture Griefbringer |
| whill4 | 04 Mar 2009 12:31 p.m. PST |
Lol!! Good one Barmy. One of my favorite westerns. |
| adub74 | 04 Mar 2009 12:31 p.m. PST |
"Because of posting this link:" What the  was that! |
| GoodBye | 04 Mar 2009 12:51 p.m. PST |
23. Because of posting this link:picture Griefbringer Damn lousey hax0rs took my picture again! |
| nazrat | 04 Mar 2009 1:03 p.m. PST |
Grief, you finally found a picture that will make us all pine for Zardoz and his nappies! Ugh! |
| The Shadow | 04 Mar 2009 1:07 p.m. PST |
John Thanks for the info. I didn't even know that someone could do that. I started looking at names and how many stifles they have and was surprised to see that some of the most polite and innocuous members get stifled, so I guess I ought to be happy with only four. Since my *average* post is somewhere around 150 words I guess some people got tired of reading. LOL |
| The Shadow | 04 Mar 2009 1:18 p.m. PST |
Hey Jerry. You have 24 stifles??!! What the Hell did *you* do? I've never seen a post from you that looked even *vaguely* controversial or provocative. LOL I'll tell you what would be more interesting to me though. I'd like to see how many times people did a search on my name just to read things that I've written. Or conversely, to see if *nobody* ever did a search on my name. |
| John the OFM | 04 Mar 2009 1:22 p.m. PST |
I started looking at names and how many stifles they have and was surprised to see that some of the most polite and innocuous members get stifled… Obviously, you aren't talking about me.  |
 Wolfshanza | 04 Mar 2009 1:27 p.m. PST |
All of the above |
| Griefbringer | 04 Mar 2009 3:17 p.m. PST |
Grief, you finally found a picture that will make us all pine for Zardoz and his nappies! Well, since you asked for it, here is a Zardoz picture then: picture Griefbringer |
| Connard Sage | 04 Mar 2009 3:47 p.m. PST |
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| nazrat | 04 Mar 2009 4:00 p.m. PST |
Yeah, Ed, it was 23 until today when I made a comment about humorless Nappie players. Not that I think that in general they are, but this one particular one certainly was. Ah, well, he just won't get to read all the useless pearls of wisdom I write. 8)= |
| Connard Sage | 04 Mar 2009 4:03 p.m. PST |
What did nazrat say? Connard Sage, a humourless Napoleonics player… |
| nazrat | 04 Mar 2009 4:20 p.m. PST |
Oh, please, you are ANYTHING but humorless, CS! 8)= |
| The Shadow | 04 Mar 2009 9:06 p.m. PST |
Want to laugh Jerry? Apparently somebody is trying to make a point as my number of stifles just went up from 4 to 6, and you know damned well that it ain't a coincidence. Sheesh. The level of maturity on TMP is really something. LOL |
| cfuzwuz | 04 Mar 2009 10:35 p.m. PST |
The Shadow- I laughed out loud at your original post! But then you said you needed to get a life because you had over 1,000 posts and this was an insult to John the OFM as he has over 40,000 posts!!! So now I must stifle you for at least a day! :} |
| 20thmaine | 05 Mar 2009 5:39 a.m. PST |
Griefbringer – is that YOU ? Thanks for sharing ! Oh, and yesterday I had 1 stifle, today I have 13. Oh my gawd no – 12 people don't think I'm funny at all. I think I'll go and……..have a cup of tea and a digestive biscuit. Mmm…tea, nice. |
| 20thmaine | 05 Mar 2009 5:44 a.m. PST |
It also suggests that option 1 will do better than perhaps I'd anticipated…. Should the poll allow the user to pick the top 5 reasons ??? |
| nazrat | 05 Mar 2009 7:55 a.m. PST |
Ed, since you didn't know about Stifles then you also wouldn't be aware that mentioning not having Stifles automatically will get you a bunch more. But they're generally good natured "jokey" Stifles that will disappear in a day or two. It's nothing personal and you just need to laugh it off and roll with it. |
| major blunder | 07 Mar 2009 8:10 a.m. PST |
Griefbringer, your name says it all. My eyes will recover, one day. |
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 04 Aug 2009 8:17 a.m. PST |
Waiting for 6-month moratorium to end… |
