Some have left or are 'having a break' (BGB, Vipros etc.), some people's circumstances have changed (Roota) some are bored with the amount of 'in jokes' as some of us have got to know each other IRL, B3ta traffic is down overall on a long term trend, some people are bored of the meme's and lurkers are reluctant to post due to the welcome they'd get.

Then there's Al and Quinten. Two reasons in themselves to not bother.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:12, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Hmmm.
Considered reply is considered.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:16, Reply)

One of said lurkers here
All in all, an evening of being accused of being Bert is not something one would consider entertaining :)
(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:19, Reply)

good lurkage
do something funny and we'll forgo the berting
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:20, Reply)

Hang on
This could be Bert tricking us.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:22, Reply)

Good point. It is time to bury this meme.
until the genuine Bert reappears.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:24, Reply)

This is surely only a problem if you are actually Bert.
I got all the accusations when I stopped lurking and joined in.
The solution is to not be Bert.

Also, fuck off Bert.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:26, Reply)

Hello bedford.
Is the Bert thing the only things that is putting you off?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:27, Reply)

Along with the laziness and apathy that being an internet shut-in generally engenders

(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:30, Reply)

Get involved.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:34, Reply)

Meh

(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:34, Reply)

Post a rubbish pun instead.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:45, Reply)

You want him to steal your schtick?
To be honest, some fresh blood might not be a bad thing.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:46, Reply)

vampire lover

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:47, Reply)

If you're talking about Spike or Eric
then yes.
I like my vampires blond, apparently.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:56, Reply)

Eric is really rather fit
although I'm never quite sure if I prefer Sam.
(berk, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:38, Reply)

Bad pun along your line of expertise:
My dog refuses to let me take him for walks in the forest. He's scared of the trees' bark.
(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:49, Reply)

6/10
it's all in the delivery
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:58, Reply)

Would I get more votes
If I made it about bodily functions and wrote eight paragraphs of bollocks leading up to it?
(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:01, Reply)

I think you're getting us confused with QOTW

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:04, Reply)

Point taken

(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:07, Reply)

please please no
those qotw answers make me fill with rage.

6/10 is respectable
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:08, Reply)

Huzzah
Now for a celebratory pint
(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:11, Reply)

Are you in or from Bedford?
Cos I is in Luton.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:45, Reply)

Afraid not
I just like the name :)

Born in Lancashire, lived pretty much everywhere since.
(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:48, Reply)

I'll just pretend that you are, if that's OK
So, the new A421, innit great?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:49, Reply)

Bloody marvellous
I think the bit of A4146 near Caldecotte pips it to the post on my list of favourite A roads North West of London though.
(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:51, Reply)

That is a nice road, but the A421 is faster.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:54, Reply)

Is this your plan to save offtopic?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:57, Reply)

I'm trying to be nice to a newbie.
It's rather difficult.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:57, Reply)

Feel free to be an arse
It's not like I ever expected otherwise from OT :D
(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:59, Reply)

I'm happy to be nice.
I think it takes a deal of courage to de-lurk, given the "warm welcome" that normally awaits.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:05, Reply)

You make it sound like coming out to your parents
But I appreciate the effort :)
(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:12, Reply)

coming pulling to of
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 19:14, Reply)

Ha ha

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:58, Reply)

There's a joke about it not being speed that matters in there somewhere

(Bedford, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:58, Reply)

I refuse to take a serious answer
from someone who drives a Volvo.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:24, Reply)

Cheek!

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 28 Mar 2012, 18:28, Reply)