I see some BOTf trolls have wandered through our living room, and some of you couldn't resist the urge to scratch. While we certainly are not obliged to be in lock-step here, I do recall some early thoughts on dealing with unwanted visitors.

Don't read, don't respond, (don't feed the trolls) seemed like a successful policy. Itches are annoying and not scratching takes a lot of discipline. But if the itch is located on an infected scab then you know that not scratching is the best thing in the long run...

I'm not trying to be preachy here folks... just trying to give a friendly reminder.

Fray Life at the very creation of Geezerdom, Luo Yi. They had to come here. It was written.

Otherwise, points taken. The Hunting Of The Snark is best undertaken on BOTF and FrayWatch these days. I had some tags and I just bagged my limit.

You just turn in your tags and get some more.

That Dave 2 is suffering from depression. Depression makes you do weird stuff like kick your dog or abuse a posters dead mother. But hey, I am not without sin so who am I to throw stones at people in glass houses? He should get into an AlaPress program as quickly as possible!

of your use of the glass house metaphor.

Just an attempt to mangle a metaphor..like that's a shoe of a different color.

or one just like it, needs to be top posted at least once a day. Come on people. We can do this.

Be a troll, feed a troll or write a lot of passive-aggressive stuff about not feeding the troll.

That's Entertainment!

set yourself up as the Jiminy Cricket of an anonymous bulletin board and make yourself feel superior!

Woot woot!

I thought I would bump this up to the top as a friendly reminder.

I just had a quick visit at the old house to see what the BOTf were talking about and it looks like we are on the brink of a full scale invasion. The solution is simple really. All you have to do is stop reading/responding to their posts.

Even reading is feeding as you can see by the Oaf's crooning. He gets his biggest hit counts ever just by showing up here. Why would you want to reward him/them?

Seriously folks... a little discipline goes a long way. Take it from someone who sat through numerous incursions from the Chatterbox crowd a few years back.

That's what I love about the Fray. If you want to be a cricket then be one.

God you've got a wonderful imagination. You go girl!

Nonetheless, while we're all comparing genitalia, I've gotta say some folks need to get out a bit more! That view count and reply count is pretty darn anemic for a Fraycentric brouhaha, even if it is his best ever. I've had far Longer and Bigger results several times, even slicing my best men in half.....

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god, you don't think they'd show up there do you? shudder.