Non-motoring > Has Zero done a flounce?	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: bathtub tom	Replies: 59

Sun 15 Jan 12 15:01   Has Zero done a flounce? - bathtub tom

Cyclists in London thread 12:09 today. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 15:05   Has Zero done a flounce? - Clk Sec

Thankfully he only seems to do mini-flounces... Edits to say, I thought it was quiet. Last edited by: Clk Sec on Sun 15 Jan 12 at 15:06 Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 15:06   Has Zero done a flounce? - Old Navy

Its probably a minor flounce, maybe the truth hurts a bit. :-) EDIT:- SNAP! Last edited by: Old Navy on Sun 15 Jan 12 at 15:07 Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 15:09   Has Zero done a flounce? - Armel Coussine

From the thread, not the site one would think. Actually Bromptonaut had been uncharacteristically po-faced (I thought). But then I am rabidly frivolous. For example I sent yesterday's Matt cartoon, which I think is brilliant, to a friend in Europe. He said he thought the US troops/taliban photo to which it referred was so serious that it shouldn't be joked about. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 15:21   Has Zero done a flounce? - Bromptonaut

>> From the thread, not the site one would think. Actually Bromptonaut had been uncharacteristically po-faced >> (I thought). But then I am rabidly frivolous. Perhaps you're right Lud. I've slightly regretted my tone since. OTOH the thread is a serious one about a serious subject. Pat's husband's input was particularly useful as he's driving trucks in London. Didn't want it to turn into another spat. Reply to this message | Report message       2

Sun 15 Jan 12 21:11   Has Zero done a flounce? - Armel Coussine

>> Didn't want it to turn into another spat. It didn't look as if it would to me. But everyone knows your voice is sane, balanced and informed Bromptonaut. And of course that this matter of life and death for cyclists is indeed a serious one. Even I do. So much so that I didn't mind when no one took any notice of my thread-drifting fingering of Ken Livingstone. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 21:30   Has Zero done a flounce? - R.P.

fingering of Ken Livingstone ! Last edited by: R.P. on Sun 15 Jan 12 at 21:30 Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 21:53   Has Zero done a flounce? - Westpig

>> For example I sent yesterday's Matt cartoon, which I think is brilliant, to a friend >> in Europe. He said he thought the US troops/taliban photo to which it referred was >> so serious that it shouldn't be joked about. >> That cartoon was 'spot on' wasn't it. Very funny and most topical. Didn't realise an old lefty like you would read The Torygraph......anything you want to 'fess up to...or did you notice it in the newsagents, on the shelf....? Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 23:20   Has Zero done a flounce? - Armel Coussine

It's delivered every day Westpig. Actually I've been reading it since the seventies, when I started doing Africa hacking. It was the best of the British rags for Africa reporting, although it was almost overtly racist in those days sometimes. Nevertheless, it had stuff none of the others had. I used to read the DT and Le Monde every day. These days all the papers, including those two, are shadows of their former selves. But habit dies hard, and I'm quite content with the terrorflag as a daily read. Certainly don't want the masses of bien-pensant stodge you get in the Grauniad and Indy or to feed the Digger by paying for the once-imposing Times. Of course you have to know how to read any paper. They are all full of various sorts of excrement. You need a busy, active, sophisticated carp detector. Matt is a brilliant fellow. Makes my day at least twice a month. Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Sun 15 Jan 12 at 23:24 Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 15:06   Has Zero done a flounce? - Dog

No, he's made of sterner stuff than that but - he has quit that thread. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 15:50   Has Zero done a flounce? - Mr PDA

Something I said perhaps? ;) Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:11   Has Zero done a flounce? - Stuu

I seriously doubt Zero has a flounce in him. If he does, its a dark day for acerbic wit. Reply to this message | Report message       1

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:14   Has Zero done a flounce? - -

>> Something I said perhaps? ;) Absolutely not, when we here lose the great British tradition of keeping our sense of humour during adversity will be a sad day indeed. I saw nothing wrong in Z's post either, we all put a little jokey or fun quip in now and again to stir the pot up. Reply to this message | Report message       1

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:19   Has Zero done a flounce? - BobbyG

He throws a flounce when his missus reigns him in and tells him to get his housework done! Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:21   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

For gods sake, con't someone throw his hands in the air in exasperation at someone's pomposity, and toddle out to enjoy the bright winter sunshine, without coming home to find an inquest into his death in session! Get a grip people. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:23   Has Zero done a flounce? - Stuu

I suspect it was only started to draw you out. Suprised you went for it. Cheer up ya misery :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:24   Has Zero done a flounce? - Clk Sec

Mini-flounce over, then? Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:27   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

Any flounce of mine would not be done with such a brief unassuming comment, you would suffer a resignation speech with a lot of name calling and general bitchiness. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:28   Has Zero done a flounce? - Stuu

How would we tell that apart from a normal post? Last edited by: FoR on Sun 15 Jan 12 at 16:28 Reply to this message | Report message       3

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:38   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

>> How would we tell that apart from a normal post? I wont need to tell you, you will know. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:29   Has Zero done a flounce? - Iffy

...Any flounce of mine... Which one? I think you've reached about five or six, counting the thread-only mini-flounces. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:37   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

They are not flounces, merely thread departures. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:57   Has Zero done a flounce? - Iffy

Perhaps we could have a c4p flouncing glossary: Mini-flounce - thread departure. Flounce - no more posts following an argument. King Flounce - departure marked by long, self-pitying and/or abusive post. Last edited by: Iffy on Sun 15 Jan 12 at 16:57 Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 16:58   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

Yup thats fine. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 18:15   Has Zero done a flounce? - PhilW

"King Flounce - departure marked by long, self-pitying and/or abusive post." Emperor Flounce - forget the "long, self-pitying and" bits - just VERY abusive. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 18:19   Has Zero done a flounce? - Old Navy

Stealth flounce, disappears in a huf without telling anyone. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 18:23   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

>> Stealth flounce, disappears in a huf without telling anyone. They may have, of course, died. They are excused. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 18:26   Has Zero done a flounce? - Robin O'Reliant

>> They may have, of course, died. >> The ULTIMATE flounce. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 15 Jan 12 18:47   Has Zero done a flounce? - Dog

>>King Flounce - departure marked by long, self-pitying and/or abusive post<< Shouldn't that be f'king flounce?? Reply to this message | Report message       2

Sun 15 Jan 12 23:06   Has Zero done a flounce? - Harleyman

If Z intends to get all steamed up and depart in high dudgeon, I've got just the thing for him..... tinyurl.com/85rk6bn :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 08:21   Has Zero done a flounce? - Cliff Pope

There's the more-in-sadness-than-in-anger flounce, accompanied by PMs to selected forumites to explain that he didn't mean you, but he can't go on putting up with A, B and C. What a flouncer is really angling for of course is his very own thread begging him not to go, then he can make a "reluctant" return capped with a halo. A bit like the Speaker being dragged onto the woolsack. You can tell Zero's wasn't a real flounce because he couldn't wait to get back into his own "where's Zero?" thread. A true flouncer knows to wait longer for the tributes to build up. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 08:30   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

>> What a flouncer is really angling for of course is his very own thread begging >> him not to go, then he can make a "reluctant" return capped with a halo. >> A bit like the Speaker being dragged onto the woolsack. I might get a pithy obituary at best. >> You can tell Zero's wasn't a real flounce because he couldn't wait to get back >> into his own "where's Zero?" thread. A true flouncer knows to wait longer for the >> tributes to build up. Exactly I had to scotch inaccurate rumours about my death. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 08:40   Has Zero done a flounce? - Pat

Shall we have a challenge? How many times can we make Z do a mini flounce in the course of a week;) Pat Reply to this message | Report message       1

Mon 16 Jan 12 09:51   Has Zero done a flounce? - Iffy

...How many times can we make Z do a mini flounce in the course of a week;)... Or put another way: How many times will someone disagree with Z in the course of a week? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 10:14   Has Zero done a flounce? - Old Navy

>> How many times will someone disagree with Z in the course of a week? >> >> We will lose count by lunch time. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 11:04   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

>> How many times will someone disagree with Z in the course of a week? Small wager there Iffy? I say None, starting now? Till This time next week? you prepared to put your reputation on the line? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 11:11   Has Zero done a flounce? - Old Navy

Going away from contact with the virtual world for a week Z? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 11:18   Has Zero done a flounce? - Iffy

Too many ways to bend this particular bet. Betting on a cricket match would be safer. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 12:06   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

Cluck cluck cluck.... Reply to this message | Report message       1

Mon 16 Jan 12 13:56   Has Zero done a flounce? - R.P.

What happens if one of us dies - seriously, the late lamented GRowler went....Not that I could ever fill his shoes but I could hope that Mrs RP might post something.... Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 13:59   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

>> but I could hope that Mrs RP might post >> something.... Claim form to the life assurance company probably. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 14:01   Has Zero done a flounce? - R.P.

She'll be in for a disappointment. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 14:02   Has Zero done a flounce? - Bromptonaut

I'd hope that Mrs B & the young Bromps would include here and Cyclechat amongst the death notices. There was one such in Pprune not long ago. Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Mon 16 Jan 12 at 14:03 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 14:04   Has Zero done a flounce? - bathtub tom

>>What happens if one of us dies I thought that a little while ago. I'd suggest a second e-mail address that a query could be sent to if nothing's heard for six months or so. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 14:06   Has Zero done a flounce? - -

>> What happens if one of us dies - Knowing some of this lot they'll be round to help empty the deceased garage of all his special tools and buy his car for half its worth...and to check up on the available talent in BB's case.:-) Reply to this message | Report message       1

Mon 16 Jan 12 14:40   Has Zero done a flounce? - Runfer D'Hills

I'll haunt the site for a bit if I get the chance. In a friendly sort of way of course... Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 15:45   Has Zero done a flounce? - BobbyG

I am sure there will be a few who have passed away and not been either missed or noticed. I had full respect for Growler, but filed his rambles under the "don't bother to read threads" similar to the other boy who became a mod over on the other place - was it Oilrag? Whatever happened to adam and Pologirl - now there was a flounce!!!! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 15:48   Has Zero done a flounce? - Duncan

And No(w)wheels? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 16:02   Has Zero done a flounce? - Clk Sec

And TooSlow (John)? Last edited by: Clk Sec on Mon 16 Jan 12 at 16:03 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 16:07   Has Zero done a flounce? - Armel Coussine

I liked NowWheels, quite a bright woman. But she took the road personally, thought the normal jostling and slobbing about on motorways was people trying to bully and intimidate her. And she didn't really like cars or, finally, approve of them. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 16:31   Has Zero done a flounce? - Armel Coussine

Three people so far have blamed me for their flounces, the last one quite recently. I wish he would come back. I quite like Humph's plan to come back and haunt the site after he is dead. There are some things I wouldn't mind trying. Spiking Iffy's pies with large doses of amphetamine and lsd... filling the boot of midlifecrisis's cruiser with 50 kilos of Colombian cocaine... persuading BBD that he is really a flamboyant gay transvestite... giving Bromptonaut a sudden taste for snorting V8 monsters or better still Peterbilt tractor units with chromed vertical stacks... coming back as myself but as an extreme pedant and blaring, lecturing, PC moralist and PITA (and believe me, I could do it)... Dog as a born-again Baptist and Zionist rooting for some awful half-witted Republican deadbeat and crook... What fun! In fact the thought of it almost makes me welcome the idea of checking out. Reply to this message | Report message       1

Mon 16 Jan 12 16:48   Has Zero done a flounce? - CGNorwich

Almost make we want you to check out too in anticipation. Please please do the pies first. Might make me buy the Mail for the resultant stories. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 16:52   Has Zero done a flounce? - Runfer D'Hills

I shall just appear in people's passenger seats and turn the aircon down for good measure. I've got a list prepared. :-) Reply to this message | Report message       1

Mon 16 Jan 12 17:02   Has Zero done a flounce? - Zero

Me I am going to haunt the airline reservation system and double book seats on Italian flights. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 17:04   Has Zero done a flounce? - bathtub tom

>>turn the aircon down for good measure. Kia Pride's not got air-con. ;>) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 17:08   Has Zero done a flounce? - Runfer D'Hills

Oh dear, I expect I'll whiff a bit then if it's too warm... Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 17:14   Has Zero done a flounce? - BobbyG

How do we know Humph isn't already in the after life and haunting us??? The beauty of anonymity on the web.......... Just think Humph, unless they have a cobbler down there, you will need to stick to the one pair of shoes from now on .... better make them heat proof! :) Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 17:21   Has Zero done a flounce? - Armel Coussine

>> ... better make them heat proof! :) I was a French hack during the Falklands war. Went to Brize Norton to cover the return of the crew from the (frigate was she ON?) Sheffield, hit by an Exocet which didn't go off, but whose remaining propellant started a catastrophic fire below decks. The youngest rating, a child about 17, told us that he had been working below in accordance with his training, but had started to feel his feet slipping as the deck got hotter and hotter. What had happened was that the rubber soles of his boots were melting. 'War (even small war) is hell'. Discuss. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 17:24   Has Zero done a flounce? - Dog

I'll shall endeavour to contact you via the ouija board Sire and you could pass the message on that Dogs brown bread! Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 16 Jan 12 17:27   Has Zero done a flounce? - Old Navy

Type 42 frigate, Sam Salt, an ex submarine CO was in command. Yes any war is hell, as is a fire in any ship. Reply to this message | Report message