Slitherine

nikgaukroger wrote:

dave_r wrote: Sorry for reading the rule literally - how would I be expected to read it?

Sensibly. Oh, hang on ...

No, no, Nik. We will not go there again lest the 12-year-old (mentally) Gothic horseman comes riding through smiting left and right.

Relax, it's only the four horseman of the apocalypse. It's not the end of the world.

nikgaukroger wrote:

dave_r wrote: Sorry for reading the rule literally - how would I be expected to read it?

Sensibly. Oh, hang on ...

Just a minute! Aren't you the great champion of "let us play the rules as written rather than as intended" cos that's fairest?

Anyway, it was against Hammy....

Dave,

You must know how wrong you are...

Even I am with the majority here..

And that NEVER happens!!!

Madcam.

dave_r wrote:

nikgaukroger wrote:

dave_r wrote: Sorry for reading the rule literally - how would I be expected to read it?

Sensibly. Oh, hang on ...

Just a minute! Aren't you the great champion of "let us play the rules as written rather than as intended" cos that's fairest?

Certainly, however, that includes reading what is written sensibly, and, indeed, taking into account all the bits that are written and not forcing a perverse reading into the wording. Common sense still applies.

Mind you, even in the really literal days of DBM we didn't play it wholly as written due to applications of common sense - the definition of a group is a good example.

Anyway, it was against Hammy....

Certainly a mitigating point.

madcam2us wrote:Dave,

You must know how wrong you are...

Even I am with the majority here..

And that NEVER happens!!!

Madcam.

Indeed. A damning inditement of Dave's position

dave_r wrote:Relax, it's only the four horseman of the apocalypse. It's not the end of the world.

*Well now, there goes the comedy neighbourhood. Dave's attempting humour.*

Sorry for having to be blunt about this, Dave, but I'm not sure how good you are at reading between the lines (aka "sensibly"). All comedy requires a straightman. It's a thankless job, but a good straightman will make even a poor comedian look good and a poor straightman will make even a great comedian look feeble. Now here's the news for you, Dave. You are one great straightman (aka self-recti-linearizing for those familiar with the Pentagon's peculiar dialect of American - definitely not a dialect of English).

shadowdragon wrote:

Dave_r wrote:

shadowdragon wrote: No, no, Nik. We will not go there again lest the 12-year-old (mentally) Gothic horseman comes riding through smiting left and right.

Relax, it's only the four horseman of the apocalypse. It's not the end of the world.

*Well now, there goes the comedy neighbourhood. Dave's attempting humour.*

You really don't know me that well do you SD?

philqw78 wrote:You really don't know me that well do you SD?

OMG!!!! Phil and Dave are the same person!!!

I don't know you at all, Phil / Dave. I hardly know myself. However, you do *seem* to be a very funny guy...er, person..er, thing, but that's in good measure due to Dave / Phil setting you up.

For example, your post on another thread....."Dave is not sure what a rectangle is. See other thread", is *spit coffee on the keyboard* funny, but it's only so because of Dave / Phil's countless posts on this thread expounding the virtues of rectangular thingies on the wargames table.

So....what is it about you that I don't know? And, why in the world would I want to "know you that well"?

madcam2us wrote:Dave,

You must know how wrong you are...

Even I am with the majority here..

And that NEVER happens!!!

Madcam.

So what you are saying is that I must be right because you are always wrong?

dave_r wrote:

madcam2us wrote:Dave,

You must know how wrong you are...

Even I am with the majority here..

And that NEVER happens!!!

Madcam.

So what you are saying is that I must be right because you are always wrong?

Only if Madcam's two thoughts are connected....

"You must know how wrong you are..." ....which is pretty presumptious on Madcam's part since you are literally, but insensibly, right.

....and that being in the majority is an indication of being right or wrong. Now, where would democracy be with thinking like that, eh?

Only if Madcam's two thoughts are connected....

I must admit that I don't think I have ever seen or heard Madcam have two thoughts that are even vaguely connected.

"You must know how wrong you are..." ....which is pretty presumptious on Madcam's part since you are literally, but insensibly, right.

That's all that matters

....and that being in the majority is an indication of being right or wrong. Now, where would democracy be with thinking like that, eh?

Might is Right and all that. Well, until the umpire rules against you....

dave_r wrote:

"You must know how wrong you are..." ....which is pretty presumptious on Madcam's part since you are literally, but insensibly, right.

That's all that matters

You can get help for that, Dave.

In my case, one thing that DOES matter is that I now have this light horseman icon, which means I can now ride with the scourge of the heavy infantry armies. Yee Haw!

shadowdragon wrote:

dave_r wrote:

"You must know how wrong you are..." ....which is pretty presumptious on Madcam's part since you are literally, but insensibly, right.

That's all that matters

You can get help for that, Dave.

In my case, one thing that DOES matter is that I now have this light horseman icon, which means I can now ride with the scourge of the heavy infantry armies. Yee Haw!

Your slipping into the Dark Side may the Light Horse be with you.

shadowdragon wrote:

philqw78 wrote:You really don't know me that well do you SD?

OMG!!!! Phil and Dave are the same person!!!

I don't know you at all, Phil / Dave. I hardly know myself. However, you do *seem* to be a very funny guy...er, person..er, thing, but that's in good measure due to Dave / Phil setting you up.

For example, your post on another thread....."Dave is not sure what a rectangle is. See other thread", is *spit coffee on the keyboard* funny, but it's only so because of Dave / Phil's countless posts on this thread expounding the virtues of rectangular thingies on the wargames table.

So....what is it about you that I don't know? And, why in the world would I want to "know you that well"?

Not the same person but surgically seperated at birth. Dave got the body hair, Phil got the liver

grahambriggs wrote:

shadowdragon wrote: OMG!!!! Phil and Dave are the same person!!!

I don't know you at all, Phil / Dave. I hardly know myself. However, you do *seem* to be a very funny guy...er, person..er, thing, but that's in good measure due to Dave / Phil setting you up.

For example, your post on another thread....."Dave is not sure what a rectangle is. See other thread", is *spit coffee on the keyboard* funny, but it's only so because of Dave / Phil's countless posts on this thread expounding the virtues of rectangular thingies on the wargames table.

So....what is it about you that I don't know? And, why in the world would I want to "know you that well"?

Not the same person but surgically seperated at birth. Dave got the body hair, Phil got the liver

Why didn't I get a liver?

dave_r wrote:

grahambriggs wrote:

shadowdragon wrote: OMG!!!! Phil and Dave are the same person!!!

I don't know you at all, Phil / Dave. I hardly know myself. However, you do *seem* to be a very funny guy...er, person..er, thing, but that's in good measure due to Dave / Phil setting you up.

For example, your post on another thread....."Dave is not sure what a rectangle is. See other thread", is *spit coffee on the keyboard* funny, but it's only so because of Dave / Phil's countless posts on this thread expounding the virtues of rectangular thingies on the wargames table.

So....what is it about you that I don't know? And, why in the world would I want to "know you that well"?

Not the same person but surgically seperated at birth. Dave got the body hair, Phil got the liver

Why didn't I get a liver?

I'm not quite sure. I was told once but can't recall clearly. Something about being a "lightweight cissy girl" I think, but it was Phil telling me.

grahambriggs wrote:I'm not quite sure. I was told once but can't recall clearly. Something about being a "lightweight cissy girl" I think, but it was Phil telling me.

I think I said Dave turned into a Rubber Man. Which may mean something different across the pond

Can one expect anything other than more spam here?
Is there a consensus now?

The consensus is Dave's wrong and everyone else is right.