OK, I'm forming a RULY mob.

[trof]

We will be governed by Marquis of Queensbury Rules and Emily Post's "Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home"

Gentlemen will be attired in coat and tie at all times and ladies will wear dresses with skirt length at least 6 (six) inches below the knee.

No cursing, loud talk, or boisterous behavior.

We will draft a polite petition requesting the moderators to delete the Thread That Doesn't Die. All present will be signatories of same.

At the conclusion of proceedings tea and watercress sandwiches will be served.
Thank you.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Check your pitchforks and torches at the door, please.

:-)

[Richardo]

3. rumble rumble rumble. mutiny mutiny mutiny

:D

[trof]

5. Also no brass knuckles, coshes, saps, blackjacks, billy clubs

nor truncheons of any kind allowed.

[treepig]

2. i'm highly gruntled with your plan

n/t

[trof]

7. Gruntling is good.

Thank you.

[Richardo]

9. You're just being ingenuous...

[trof]

12. I am highly genuous.

So there!

[gratuitous]

4. Watercress? No cucumber sandwiches?

Forget it! I'm grabbin' me my sign and wavin' in the air like I just don't care!!!

Anarchy now, please.

[trof]

10. Cucumber sandwiches if we must,

but cucumbers are so plebian and declasse'.

[gratuitous]

13. I notice you also left the crusts on

C'est toujours le printemps d'un lyon en hiver. Ou quelque chose comme ça.

[trof]

15. Crusts will be removed and donated to the poor and homeless.

La plume de ma tant est sur le table.

[gratuitous]

20. Okay, I'm in

I just needed to be reassured that this was being treated with all the seriousness it deserved.

Le chevalier frappe à minuit.

[trof]

22. Je ne frappe pas le chevalier mort.

Or something.

[Melsky]

6. I'm in

but I prefer my skirts 6 inches above the knee!

[GOPisEvil]

8. That tends to cause unruly behavior in the male population.

And we can't have that, now can we? ;-)

[trof]

11. Absolutely NO exceptions, unless...

you have really nice knees.

[CO Liberal]

14. I'll Be Chalant About Joining Your Mob

:-)

[trof]

16. Your enthusiasm is underwhelming

and highly conformulating.

[Richardo]

18. I strive to be evenly whelming

neither under- not over-.

[trof]

21. Very well. I am whelmed.

Nice job.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

17. Je suis un corbeille

Je suis un corbeau

[trof]

19. Ici non pas le fil Francaise.

or words to that effect.

[Padraig18]

23. I shall send a note of protest...

...to the Rules Committee if gentlemen are required to extend their pinkies whilst drinking said tea.

[trof]

24. Are you hinting

that there is something ELSE you would prefer to extend?
Mais non!