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I've just done the big prima donna flounce-out-in-high-dudgeon bit at the ABC. I've saved my parting message just in case the mod objects and doesn't post it (though there is not a remotely un-PC or family-unfriendly word or phrase therein).

And I'm not kidding. The whinging and conspiracy bullshit that forum has been full of ever since Sydney finished, really has stumbled on a little-known path up my nose and I've had an absolute gutful.

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 17 January 2004 09:18 (twenty-one years ago)

OK sod you ABC Moderator, you precious little turd. Here it is, completely unedited:

(1-5: responses to standard whinges from ccc. If vaguely interested, look for his dot-point post under 'The Katich Scenario'.)

1. Can't be bothered wading through all that rot
2. Platitude
3. In the meantime his batting form had well and truly kicked in (eg ton in each inns v WA)
4. Agree so far but I also recall Ian Healy's first summer
5. Have you ever seen a molehill you couldn't turn into a mountain?

And it's goodnight, farewell and Amen. From now on it's your sandpit. Since Sydney this forum has really given me the irrits with all the parochial paranoid whinging garbage.

Watch out the 'NSW Mafia' and all those other villains don't twig to the fact that you've rumbled them. Maybe this is your one shot at fame. Maybe they'll make a movie and Dustin Hoffman will play you and Robert Redford will play TMS. In the meantime, I'll leave you all to get on with your whining and moaning and conspiracy theories and I'll just follow the AUSTRALIAN Test team.

(Pretty inflammatory, eh? Sure glad I'm not pouring him a whiskey....)

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Saturday, 17 January 2004 10:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe you're taking it too seriously Fred.

btw I guess you've an idea who TMS is ...??

― pieman (pieman), Saturday, 17 January 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Attaboy Fred. I gave up on talking to them weeks ago. Only read the stuff after a long hot bath when I'm completely relaxed, calm and collected. And when I can still get back into the tub afterwards . . . .

― tailender (tailender), Sunday, 18 January 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

FFS! They've shut down shop even before the Indian innings is finished!

― tailender (tailender), Sunday, 18 January 2004 07:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"It's Obsession for Fred"

Simpson, Grandpa.

LOL.

REB

― Rik E Boy (Rik E Boy), Thursday, 22 January 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

looks like the misfit zoo has been opened at ABC.

― Cleavy, Thursday, 22 January 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

No Nath, they have improved the tone of debate and behaviour of the posters. Officially, anyway.

― tailender (tailender), Friday, 23 January 2004 07:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Bet it doesn't get through. ;) But, really, I'm only trying to be helpful . . .

Topic: Hey Mod!

"Given that this pale imitation of a cricket forum is now on permanent pre-moderation, would it not make sense to turn off the automatic re-fresh, and just have the page re-freshed on the rare occasions you get around to allowing a few posts through?"

― tailender (tailender), Friday, 30 January 2004 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

From: jock clark ® 20/02/2004 8:55:02 PM

Subject: re: LBW post id: 299182

bowl to me wildman & i'll hit you HIGH & LONG !!!
keep on spinning BASH WHACK WHAMMO DOROTHY AFTER DOROTHY i'll get you in the history books high & long

. . . . . . . .

Yep. This is deemed acceptable to post on our forum's corpse, while our usual night-time blitherings were a waste of bandwidth. What a modding joke.

― tailender (tailender), Friday, 20 February 2004 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)

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