Re: Inappropriate product names

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 13:47:43 +0000, hairy.biker@xxxxxxxxx (Andy Hewitt)
wrote:

>Andy Bonwick <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>> >Why not take it a step further and suggest checking Google before
>> >posting a new article, just in case it's been done before. Or even
>> >before replying in case somebody used a similar answer before. We could
>> >simply use Google, and cut and paste all of the original content!
>>
>> It doesn't take a minute to check on google before posting but the
>> other thing to do is take your stance and simply not post if you cba
>> to check. I rarely post links to anything because I cba to look but on
>> the rare occasion I feel the need to share I try to avoid putting
>> myself in the firing line.
>
>So what's the problem with simply ignoring the repeated one's? Surely
>less wasted time and effort than the ridiculous 'Ginge' threads. Perhaps
>it might not have occurred to some that not everybody has seen some of
>these things?
>
I'll have to search to find when I last shouted Ginge at someone for
posting a repeat. What pisses me off is the fact that a thread morphs
from someone not giving enough of a toss to make sure they're not
repeating a post into a tedious arguement that could have been
avoided.

>Do you perhaps *never* watch a repeated programme on TV just because
>sometime in your life you have already seen it?

I still don't think it was me who started in with the Ginge bit. I
watch repeats, read books more than once, listen to music more than
once but I don't foist it on an unsuspecting public.
.

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