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# Hoorah!
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Now a threadjack...
Banning is a last resort option, and we'd prefer not to use it. Please read our forum rules to ensure we don't have to.
^ That actually says 'Please read our forum rules to save us reading them ourselves' - doesn't it? How can I make it say what I really mean?
(Pseudonym, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:21, archived)
# '...to ensure we can all stay lovely friends'?
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:25, archived)
# Hmmmmm
Could do. But I rather liked the "to ensure we don't have to" - I thought it was quite clever. It would be, too, if I could make it work properly...

EDIT: Or does it work perfectly adequately already? Am I just being a silly pedantic bastard?
(Pseudonym, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:30, archived)
# Try
"Banning is a last resort, and we'd prefer not to do it. Please read our forum rules to ensure we don't have to use that option."
(I helped save b3ta! Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:36, archived)
# Yes!
I knew one of you clever B3tans would have the answer. As a token of my gratitude, have a Yay-lion, and an IOU note for a jaffacake.

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(Pseudonym, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:40, archived)
# 'Lovely friends' is much nicer!
:)

Suppose it depends whether you're running some kind of mind-blowingly serious messageboard, though - it wouldn't really work on a paedo victims support network or whatever. :/
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:45, archived)
# Gosh, thanks!
*Ptols throws his hat in the air excitedly*

(I helped save b3ta! Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:46, archived)
# '...to ensure it doesn't come to this?'
/although I like grey kid's too :¬)
(I helped save b3ta! Geoff the Clownfish You know Myra, some people might think you're cute, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:39, archived)
# Or
That works too. You may fight Ptolemy for the prize.

/I like grey kid's too, but the rest of the message is quite formal. His would work well on a b3ta-style message, but not this one.
(Pseudonym, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:44, archived)
# Too late
I've eaten the Jaffa cake. Sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:47, archived)
# No, no
I bow to Ptolemy's superior use of the English language.
(I helped save b3ta! Geoff the Clownfish You know Myra, some people might think you're cute, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:48, archived)
# Cripes
*blushes* - to be honest Geoff, writing's the only damn thing I'm any good at; I'm crap at pictures and often think I'm here under false pretences
(I helped save b3ta! Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:52, archived)
# I like to think of the board in terms of appreciation
as much as talent*

*has none and therefore has yet to post a shopped pic*
(I helped save b3ta! Geoff the Clownfish You know Myra, some people might think you're cute, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:58, archived)
# how about...
Banning is a last resort option, and we'd prefer not to use it. Please read our forum rules and stay safe!.
(I helped save b3ta! dingochutney *parp*, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 10:36, archived)
# "Banning is a last resort option, and we'd prefer not to use it. To ensure we don't have to, please read our forum rules."
(Tarhun, Tue 1 Nov 2005, 20:51, archived)