I don't think this really applies to me.

Ok, fine. Here ya go. One comment from somebody who has absolutely nothing to add to the conversation. Think that will do you until the next national delurkers week? I hope so, cause I seriously just have nothing to say---ever. Love your blog tho!

Uhhh... now what?

I don't have to comment all week, do I?!

Hi my name is Pablo...H.

I won't post more info because of NSA will get me.

Am I a lurker?

I comment, but nobody seems to notice...

Maybe I am really invisible!

All week!!? Nah.

I've always been here, but noboby's smart or funny enough to make me come out of hiding.

National delurkers week, eh? Sounds like placating to me.

So was this delurkers week chosen for the passage of the anti-annoy VAWA, or is the ability to toss em in jail just the cherry on top?

I want a flying car.
And, we should live in space.

My name is Stinky and I have a lurking problem, but that's all.

Wow, look at all these jackasses with nothing worthwhile to say! Good call on the lurking, former lurkers!

Now crawl back under your rocks before you bore us all to death.

Now crawl back under your rocks before you bore us all to death.

Wait a minute, Bob. We've identified a lurker who calls herself Big Titted Whore Babe, and who is begging to be coaxed out. That's gotta be worth something.

Or maybe not. It could be Ace.

Show us your Lurk!

Not you, Bob.

Um...okay.

... delurking to comment ...

/TJ
... NIF

Speaking of lurkers, how did Ace manage to alienate his guest bloggers?

Do Dr. Symes, Harry, Tanker, and Lauraw feel slighted now that Ace is all up in Allah's stuff?

I've always been here, but noboby's smart or funny enough to make me come out of hiding.

Yeah, I know. That's why I just kinda hang out on the edge of perception.

Show us your Lurk!

Not you, Bob.

I'm not a lurker, moron. See, this is the kind of stupidity I'm talking about. If you can't hack it, then just pretend that you have giant breasts and don't post because nobody's smart or funny enough for you.

Send them to meet their makers and they sure wont be going to paradise as they think they will be

Dr. Symes took off for personal/job reasons. LauraW comments sometimes, and Tanker and Harry post occasionally.

Enjoy reading your stuff and would rather read other folk's comments here.

Well, welcome delurkers. It's just good to see some different names. I was starting to fear my traffic was just Michael, Bart, JackM., etc., hitting the relaod button 2000 times a day each.

Actually, I'm still pretty sure that's most of my traffic, but it's good to know there are five or six other people out ther, too.

Send them to meet their makers and they sure wont be going to paradise as they think they will be

Speaking of the edge of perception.

No, it's just us.

Since Allah has been forcefeeding you links, I've been reloading a lot more recently. I hate missing out.

Hate to add fuel to the fire, but JackM, Michael, geoff, Monty, and Bart are the same person.

And we are also all the trolls. So in reality, there are only three people who visit this site per day.

And, furthermore, all three of those people are me.

Delurking is fine but should not be done on demand. The natural way to do it is to delurk when something particularly outrages you and you can stay silent no longer.

If Ace really wants to celebrate delurking week then perhaps he should get the ball rolling on this by posting, say, another caged-animal fight (I think the last one was lion vs. bear) while stating that since it's already happened it's OK to post a video of it.

Or he could really get offensive and post that naked Spider-Man guy.

But if Ace really wants to bring them out of the woodwork, he should go back to finding tangential stories about Brokeback Mountain and posting every one of them along with his inciteful commentary ("I'm just not sure how criticizing the movie is antisemitic...it's almost as if 'they' have decided that no criticism of this movie will be allowed!").

I would comment more often, but my name makes it seem like I'm just the other Geoff on vacation. And really, what's the point of posting your scary smart comments on this moron blog if everyone is just going to believe that some other cocksucker is the one writing them?

Hate to add fuel to the fire, but JackM, Michael, geoff, Monty, and Bart are the same person.

Fuck! How did you figure that out?

And why did you have to tell everyone?

I'm really Dave at Garfield Ridge.

Just thought you should know.

Kidding...Unlike Dave, I don't have an Xbox 360.

Dammit.

I would comment more often, but my name makes it seem like I'm just the other Geoff on vacation.

Wanna trade?

Wanna trade?

Nah. Someone has to pick up the slack for all those metrosexual Jap guys and it might as well be me. All I ask is that you remember those of us who devote our lives to keeping the tide of disgruntled Asian woman from reaching your doorstep, allowing you to post comments in peace.

You could always be Geoff or Geoff in Japan, and I'll stay all lower case and modest 'n stuff. Or if you feel that isn't adequate differentiation, I'll be geoff stuck in CO, and you can be lucky slob geoff reveling in japan.

"And, furthermore, all three of those people are me."

Posted by ace at January 10, 2006 09:31 PM

That explains a lot.

But what about our trolls - geno, jersey, Bob Munch, et al - are they also all you? (Heaven help us if you admit you're jersey.)

PS Michael's pool guy is (i) real) and (ii) someone else.

I don't really have anything interesting to say anyway. I think it's best if I just disappear back into the ether and allow Ace of Spades HQ to return to its single-Geoff existence.

That, of course, is my modest way of saying that I don't have the time or inclination to work commenting on this blog into my Asian-pooter filled schedule. And they're all 8 to 10s, I assure you.

OK, Geoff in Japan made me laugh twice.

Delurkers week is a good thing.

Well, yeah, I lurk around here, and now, I'm not. Woo?

God, if I only i was amusing!

Well, yeah, I lurk around here, and now, I'm not. Woo?

God, if I only I was amusing!

Um, just checking for a friend; does this delurkers week apply to scary smart, witty, charming, but generally underappreciated thread killers who occasionally post? (kinda like the invisible sinner above)

Please let me know, for my friend.

Hello?

Am I doing this right?

Sigh.

Carry on.

dobule-commenting=not amusing

Crap.

Too bad about Dr. Symes. He posted some good stuff.

Delurkers week is a good thing.

Yeah, I wish they'd stop telling us how little they have to say and just join the gab-fest (now 90% information-free!!).

Too bad about Dr. Symes. He posted some good stuff.

"Where's that confounded bridge?"

Present! :)

Hi! My name is Timmy.
I'm a lurker. I do it for...

...my research.

:)

Those damn terrorists aren't winning... I've de-lurked

Look at all the delurkers. Personally, I blame Bush.

Ok. I'm here .... I'm coming out now .... don't nobody get anxious. It's just li'l ole me ....

What ever happened to the hotels on the moon you Americans promised us in the Seventies? You guys ever gonna get to that?

Checkin' in...

TexasAC

I know I cant compare to Dave in Texas, but Ill try to represent us Bugeaters. BTW, Ace, I know Chris Klein..I know for a fact he doesnt placate.

Brit_lurker, that would be cool, wouldn't it? We'll get to it someday, I'm sure, but it sure has taken a while. Although, the ESA has really gotten pretty good lately, hasn't it? Mars Express and Venus Express (fingers crossed!) are great. So maybe you guys should get crackin'!

Dave in Nebraska, we want details.

Who is Chris Klein kidding? Klein is a douchebag with the IQ of a watermelon seed, who has to placate just to get a woman to look his way. Any guy who has to pathetically talk about his skills with women, undoubtably has few to no skills. His 15 minutes is up.

Well so long as it's not "Hit the Tipjar" week.

Show us your Lurk!

Not you, Bob.

I'm not a lurker, moron. See, this is the kind of stupidity I'm talking about. If you can't hack it, then just pretend that you have giant breasts and don't post because nobody's smart or funny enough for you.

Jesus Christ, who fucked your wife recently, Bob? You blanket insult everybody who pops up here in the spirit of things, then after I make a light aside (two level humor - note to self - have to remember to avoid that with 'bobs' in the future) you then personally attacked me. Piss off.

Keep throwing your weight around on the Internet, someday you might notice that the exercise is an oxymoron.

Back to lurking, Ace, ain't got time for 'bobs'.

Doesn't "de-lurkers week" violate the Treaty of Algeron?

Hello. Yet another non-posting reader.
A few quotes I like which characterize some of my personal views -

Education is the best defense against the media.

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. Bierce

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him. FDR

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth. Chris Klein ... I mean Abe Lincoln. Sorry always get them confused.

A lot of us more quiet types have plenty of opinions. We just don't actually have to type them here. We rely on Geoff, Sortelli, Brewfan, Monty, Bart, DBS, Phinn, Timmy, Slublog, Geoff, Sobek, Mike, Allah, Warden, your Steves, the Daves, Spongeworthy, Sandy, Sue, Michael, Utron, your various Dogs/UDawg, Sandy, Mr. Atwater ... (can't really list all the excellent commenters) but these workhorses convey our collective brilliance.

The viewpoints aren't all in sync on this site and that's a good thing. It goes without saying that the misguided Mr. T, Fake Vet and Co. do not speak for me. But all in all many here tend to concur on what's vital and right in the way of national security, loyalty to our military and pride and belief in America.

Also wanted to add - Ace you're gifted in humor, astute in politics and fascinating as an individual. An all-around decent guy for a blue state city boy. Thanks for what you do - support, entertain, educate and annoy the right people.

How do we know that Dr. Reo didn't meet with foul play?

We rely on Geoff, Sortelli, Brewfan, Monty, Bart, DBS, Phinn, Timmy, Slublog, Geoff, Sobek, Mike, Allah, Warden, your Steves, the Daves, Spongeworthy, Sandy, Sue, Michael, Utron, your various Dogs/UDawg, Sandy, Mr. Atwater

Hedley Lamarr: You said "Geoff" twice.

Beotcker7: I *like* Geoff.

*********************

You're absolutely right about Ace - he's doing a man's work.

BTW, Ace, I know Chris Klein..I know for a fact he doesnt placate.

Well, if the other Nebraskans are going to pimp their links to Chris Klein, I might as well join in. My story involves Chris Klein's cousin who, if I may speak pubescently for a moment, had a bit of a crush on me in high school. She was a freshman and I was a senior. And I was hot too, by the way. The braces had just come off and I was pretty darn popular. I remember girls competing over me, which was very exciting, to say the least.

So this girl expressed her interest in a sweet kinda way, but I could tell she was hungry. She wanted to be with me, you know, kissing and giving blow jobs; in the bed zone, not the friend zone. And I thought about it, but she had recently gained a few pounds, which I'm just not tolerant of at all. So I politely let her know that I appreciated the attention, but she needed to get out of my face. I try to respect the ladies, whether they're pretty or ugly.

Fast forward a few years. I'm back from Japan, visiting the family for Christmas, and I run into her. And man, if she ain't looking good. So I flash a smile and start a nice conversation. I'm all like "Hello" and then it was on, a real predator-prey situation. I wasn't really looking for a relationship, as I had to fly back to the Far East in a couple weeks, but that was alright. Fuck it, a two-week spark off could be just as fun.

I guess it wasn't meant to be, though. Turns out that she was already engaged to a sheepherder from out west. But it's cool. We ended on good terms. Are we still friends? Absolutely. Do we talk? No. And I wish her luck with her new fiance. I wish I could make it to the wedding, but unfortunately I've got fantasy football to play.

A sad story, really; I guess she's the one that got away, along with all the beautiful actresses I've worked with. She really was a great girl, despite being related to that douchebag Chris Klein...

Id streak through, but I know how you guys feel about that sort of thing .

I am generally so astounded by the wit on this blog, the sheer intelligence, that I am much too intimidated to delurk on most occasions.

On the other hand, here I am. So sue me.

I delurked once, but everyone thought it was an unblocked pop-up ad. (Yeah, yeah, boo-hoo, etc.).

Is this thread dead yet. I only comment on dead threads. Teddy and Nancy took awhile letting me know it was ok.

We rely on Geoff, Sortelli, Brewfan, Monty, Bart, DBS, Phinn, Timmy, Slublog, Geoff, Sobek, Mike, Allah, Warden, your Steves, the Daves, Spongeworthy, Sandy, Sue, Michael, Utron, your various Dogs/UDawg, Sandy, Mr. Atwater

Oh, what's next -- a fucking award show?

Josie is jealous!

Wow, there are a lot of lurkers out there.

I'd add Rightwingsparkle, bbeck, and Megan to that list above, even though they don't comment as much as I'd like. Megan and bbeck always made the boys excited, and RWS is like the sister I never had.

I'd only point out that you needn't be particularly funny or insightful to chip in here and I'm your proof. Just suck up to the regulars and tip the host.

It's kind of like a redneck bar in that respect.

Yeah, I wish they'd stop telling us how little they have to say and just join the gab-fest (now 90% information-free!!).

Exactly. It's not like we're hard to please. Just talk about hooters.

*wave*

Okay, here's a comment!

Ha ha!
Timmy gets higher billing than Slublog, Allah, and Sandy.

Geoff: "now 90% information-free!!"
There's nothing happening in the news. How many times can we beat the same path?

Geoff in Japan, excellent job working all things AoS in your story.

Josie, if you had a real name, you would have got mentioned in the list. No, probably not.

Yeah, laugh it up, fuzzball...

You know what they say about being careful what you wish for, Ace? I'm asking because I forget and I'm too lazy to Google for the answer.

I think it has something to do with 55-year-old starlets posing for Playboy.

There's nothing happening in the news. How many times can we beat the same path?

Yeah, it's deathly slow - the libs have been working overtime, trying to create controversy out of nothing with the NSA and Abramoff issues, so you've got to give them credit for that. Without the moonbat tides, Alito, and Iran, we'd all have to get back to work.

It makes one wish for the return of Harriet Miers.

Bite your tongue, Bart! No one should wish for such a thing.

Why don't you just wish for another Terri Schiavo situation while you're at it? :-)

It wasn't me. It was someone who _lurked_ like me!

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Geoff in Japan wrote:

I don't really have anything interesting to say anyway. I think it's best if I just disappear back into the ether and allow Ace of Spades HQ to return to its single-Geoff existence.

OK. Buh-bye now.

Shawn wrote:

Well, yeah, I lurk around here, and now, I'm not. Woo?

God, if I only i was amusing!

Yes, if only. Later.

Shawn wrote:

ll, yeah, I lurk around here, and now, I'm not. Woo?

God, if I only I was amusing!

Great, a newbie double post. This is why you lurk. Again, later.

"" wrote:

Show us your Lurk!

Not you, Bob.

I'm not a lurker, moron. See, this is the kind of stupidity I'm talking about. If you can't hack it, then just pretend that you have giant breasts and don't post because nobody's smart or funny enough for you.

Jesus Christ, who fucked your wife recently, Bob? You blanket insult everybody who pops up here in the spirit of things, then after I make a light aside (two level humor - note to self - have to remember to avoid that with 'bobs' in the future) you then personally attacked me. Piss off.

Awesome. Nothing like a lurker with no name "delurking": "Hey, look at me, everyone! Here I am! The world will never forget me, uh, well, uh, I don't really want to say who I am, but...here I am!"

Also, you should try to italicize or blockquote the people you're quoting so everyone can figure out what is you and what is someone else. I guess that's why you lurk.

"" continues:

Keep throwing your weight around on the Internet, someday you might notice that the exercise is an oxymoron.

I don't think "oxymoron" means what you think it does.

"" further blathers:

Back to lurking, Ace, ain't got time for 'bobs'.

Good call.

An asskisser named Boetcker7 wrote:

Also wanted to add - Ace you're gifted in humor, astute in politics and fascinating as an individual. An all-around decent guy for a blue state city boy. Thanks for what you do - support, entertain, educate and annoy the right people.

Yikes. It's going to take Ace weeks to lip all this lipstick off his butt.

Sue Dohnim wrote:

Wow, there are a lot of lurkers out there.

I'd add Rightwingsparkle, bbeck, and Megan to that list above, even though they don't comment as much as I'd like. Megan and bbeck always made the boys excited, and RWS is like the sister I never had.

Great, Sue kissing up to bbeck, who is probably one of her aliases anyway. Megan and Rightwingsparkle are all right, though. Bbeck and Sue couldn't argue their way out of a paper bag.

For all you whiners out there, the joke was to beat up on lurkers as they revealed themselves, to be as unwelcoming as possible. It was kind of my spoof on the whole "delurkers week" thing.

It was kind of my spoof on the whole "delurkers week" thing.

It was as funny as a fart in a space suit. Good job.

It was as funny as a fart in a space suit. Good job.

Yeah, now we'll have six more weeks of winter.

Bob, don't take this the wrong way, but you're an asshole.

You know, people don't post for a reason. In some cases it's just a lack of interest. In other cases it's because they've just never done it before, and feel odd about doing so.

So you come in here and insult them.

Nice job, dick.

BrewFan wrote:

It was kind of my spoof on the whole "delurkers week" thing.

It was as funny as a fart in a space suit. Good job.

Thanks.

geoff wrote:

It was as funny as a fart in a space suit. Good job.

Yeah, now we'll have six more weeks of winter.

Which Geoff is this now? Oh, the lowercase one. (See what kind of confusion results when you invoker lurkers?)

I don't know where you are, but I'm in Michigan, and as far as I can tell winter is done (thank goodness for global warming).

ace wrote:

Bob, don't take this the wrong way, but you're an asshole.

You know, people don't post for a reason. In some cases it's just a lack of interest. In other cases it's because they've just never done it before, and feel odd about doing so.

So you come in here and insult them.

Nice job, dick.

Is this the real Ace or one of the fakes? You got the lowercase thing right, so that's good.

Assuming it's the real Ace, yeah, you've called me an asshole before, but that's OK, I still like your blog. And, come on, if you're going to delurk you should be able to take a joke or two. Do you really want a bunch of wiener commenters who burst into tears at the first confrontation?

Come on, regular commenters, is this how you did it? Were you coaxed out of hiding for by a special week dedicated just for you? Were you glad when a Big Daddy figure protected you from insults and let you get your posting wings gradually? Is this how it works these days? Is this how it works on a conservative blog these days?

If so, then the terrorists have truly won.

Bob,

It's an idea called simple politeness, which they were supposed to teach you in kindergarten, but I guess you were too busy taking Gifted and Talented Douchebag classes.

I know of a woman who reads this site but won't comment here for fear of being flamed for no good reason at all. Thanks for confirming her fears.

It's different in a flame war thread or a thread for regulars, where everyone knows each other and no one takes offense.

Basically, I invited people to delurk, and you made an asshole out of me by insulting everyone who'd accepted my invitation.

Thanks a fucking lot, jerkoff.

Next time you're invited to a party, try some other "fun jokes" like shitting all over the floor.

Big laughs.

ace wrote:

It's an idea called simple politeness, which they were supposed to teach you in kindergarten, but I guess you were too busy taking Gifted and Talented Douchebag classes.

No, my gifted and talented classes didn't start until a few years after Kingergarten. And I never did have any "douchebag" classes.

I know of a woman who reads this site but won't comment here for fear of being flamed for no good reason at all. Thanks for confirming her fears.

No problem.

It's different in a flame war thread or a thread for regulars, where everyone knows each other and no one takes offense.

Yeah, that's what I thought about flame wars, too, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe people are bursting into tears left and right, waiting for you to console them.

Basically, I invited people to delurk, and you made an asshole out of me by insulting everyone who'd accepted my invitation.

Thanks a fucking lot, jerkoff.

Ha ha, good one. I thought this was actually Ace for while -- the guy who talks about raping people like a real viking, makes fun of other people for being crybabies, etc. But, come on, like the real Ace would actually pout and whine because he invited lurkers to post and their feelings got hurt. And I'm sure the real Ace would talk about some woman he knows that is (sob!) afraid to post on his site because of all the meanies on there and actually think the problem is the meanies and not the woman.

You really had me going there for a second, "Ace".

Bob,

Feel free to get last licks, but please don't do it again. It's a "Welcome" thread. It's not a chance to piss on complete strangers.

And I never did have any "douchebag" classes.

Obviously, your teachers saw your natural abilities, and decided to promote you to the advanced a-hole classes. Bob in a douchebag class would be like enrolling an opossum in a 9-hour seminar on "How to Eat Garbage".

Bob, it's not about you. Take a break, count to 20, and ask yourself "don't I have better things to do with my time than slam newbies?"

I for one, welcome our new de-lurkified overlords.

What you're missing, Bob, is that the real Ace has no good way of knowing much about the majority of the people who read his site, as they don't normally post. He's probably really curious to "meet" a few of them, regardless of whether or not they pass muster with alpha heterosexuals such as yourself.

This has been a fun thread to read, for the most part. It's kinduv weird to think that a lot of these people have been following many of the conversations we've all had here. So, for the record: nothing happened between Bart and me. And besides, we were really drunk and kinduv lonely. Everybody has skeletons in their closet, right? And besides, nothing happened. Nothing.

Anyhow, hopefully a few of these people will post more often, so I can impress them with my patented Sandy charm in the next flame war thread.

Whether it strikes Bob as strange or not, some people just aren't accustomed to joining in an on-line discussion. They either don't care to (which is fine) or maybe they do care to, but are shy.

May seem strange to some that someone might be shy about posting anonymously on a site filled with morons, retards, and assorted other mouth-breathing troglodytes, but some people are.

It's just a chance to allow people to see if they like commenting. If they don't, well, then back to reading. If they do, great, another poster who might have something interesting to say. (Although, based on the odds, they probably won't. This site attracts the fucking dregs of humanity, and I blame myself. How the fuck did I let all this riff-raff in?)

So, you know, go easy. You don't go jackhammering a virgin, unless, you know, she's one of those special "very dirty virgins," like my cousin Edna, who I nailed.

And she was hot, too. it was very exciting, to say the least.

Oh God, not this again.

Didn't your Uncle Vito make it very clear what was going to happen if you didn't stop following me around all the time?

Ace wrote:

Bob,

Feel free to get last licks, but please don't do it again. It's a "Welcome" thread. It's not a chance to piss on complete strangers.

Awesome. Last licks...for free!

Russ from Winterset wrote:

And I never did have any "douchebag" classes.

Obviously, your teachers saw your natural abilities, and decided to promote you to the advanced a-hole classes. Bob in a douchebag class would be like enrolling an opossum in a 9-hour seminar on "How to Eat Garbage".

Bob, it's not about you. Take a break, count to 20, and ask yourself "don't I have better things to do with my time than slam newbies?"

Nope, never had "advanced a-hole classes" either. Seriously, you people must have gone to much better school districts than I did to have such options.

I'm not slamming newbies. I'm hazing them. In time they'll see that was their true welcome.

Russ from Winterset further wrote:

I for one, welcome our new de-lurkified overlords.

Heh. I can't stay angry at you when you cite The Simpsons.

sandy burger wrote:

What you're missing, Bob,

This is great! Finally I'll know what I'm missing!

is

What?

that the real Ace

WHAT?

has no good way of knowing

WHAT?

much about the majority of the people who read his site, as they don't normally post. He's probably really curious to "meet" a few of them, regardless of whether or not they pass muster with alpha heterosexuals such as yourself.

Holy shit, I'm now consider an "alpha heterosexual"? That's so cool!

In all seriousness, I was just joking around. Nobody needs to pass muster with me. Post if you want to post. Don't let me, a (pretend) jerk or any other (real or pretend) jerks stop you.

Ace wrote:

Whether it strikes Bob as strange or not, some people just aren't accustomed to joining in an on-line discussion. They either don't care to (which is fine) or maybe they do care to, but are shy.

Who cares what strikes me as strange or not? It's not all about me, people. It's about you.

If people don't care to join discussions, then what's the point in talking about them? If they are too shy, then perhaps they shouldn't be coddled too much, as they're going to get a rude awakening sooner or later. If they couldn't take a little good-natured kidding then they're not going to survive too long.

(Although, based on the odds, they probably won't. This site attracts the fucking dregs of humanity, and I blame myself. How the fuck did I let all this riff-raff in?)

That has to be ten times as offensive as anything I said. Hey, lurkers: I don't think you're the "fucking dregs of humanity". I just thought you could take a joke. Who's the real villain here? (Hint: Not me)

So, you know, go easy. You don't go jackhammering a virgin, unless, you know, she's one of those special "very dirty virgins," like my cousin Edna, who I nailed.

And she was hot, too. it was very exciting, to say the least.

That's disgusting. You go from coddling virgins to nailing your filthy virgin cousin. Is it any wonder I'm confused?

Geebus, Bob! I had to go to the bathroom TWICE while I was reading that screed. I think I missed that part where the boat sank and Leo DeCaprio froze to death, but I did manage to muddle through it eventually.

As a guy who has to strictly control the urge to "go long" with posts, may I make a suggestion? Less is more.

It's almost as if he's trying to be funny. Almost.

Ace, maybe you should have a week where people are encouraged to try to make their first funny.

Bob,

Here's a thought:

Ahem....Fuck You

That is all

Veritas

I just thought you could take a joke.

Try being funny then. Instead of being a prick.

-- Thomas Jefferson

I'm an Aussie lurker. I don't have a lurking *policy*, per se; I do comment when I feel comment is called for. But frankly, when I'm reading here, I'm usually informing myself and stuff... rather than reading commentary on subjects upon which I'm already informed enough to comment constructively.