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It would be a shame if you were the only person to post on this thread, Luke.

yes a great pity

Hey, Alex! Nice to see you here.

Hey Gordon! Nice to see you back

Thanks Alex.

Now, the tone of this thread ought to be a bit different from the “Forum posting Policy” thread, I feel. That one is all about politeness. I’m not sure what this one is about, but there we are.

Hmmm Gordon, am I registering something different here compared to the other thread?

Yes, registering something different would be just the ticket.

[quote author="Gordon Cheng"]Yes, registering something different would be just the ticket.

I’ve just realised. If you combine Gordo and Craig B you get Gordon Bennett.

That’s destined to become an ould joke, David.

Who’s Gordon Bennett?

He was actually the commander of the Australian 8th Inf Div at Singapore in 1941, and fled the seige leaving the rest of the troops under British Cmmd (who eventually surrendered to the Japanese).

I think that’s how “Gordon Bennett” (said in an Alf Garnett accent) became a pejorative term - but perhaps it is rhyming slang for something else that I haven’t recognised.

Hmm, so maybe dis fread wil ‘ave a cockney fheme? Alf our luck, eh Dave?

[quote author="Gordon Cheng"]That’s destined to become an ould joke, David.

Who’s Gordon Bennett?

must be a British thing. It’s a cry of exasperation where I come from.

So, for example, if you come (hypothetically) across the umpteenth multi-thousand word posting from the same poster, despite having pleaded with him for brevity, you might exclaim “Gordon Bennett!!!”.

Vat’s fascinatin’, vat is. Maybe this could be the gordon bennett memorial fread for obscure turns of phrase. What say you, squire?

ooh ai laik da sound of that, alright - right proper ripper of a fread!

Or, we could even invent ahr own Cockney-style sayings, squire.

eg. “Hey Alex! You post like a man whose trouble-and-strife has just finished final exams, and is off celebrating with friends!”

A fairly limited use saying, that one. But you never know, it could take off.

Very limit’d usage that one. ;)

A bit like this one:

“Eh Guvnor, you post lik yur latest bok (wot you wrote by copy’ng ‘Ebrews) as just been sent ta print-in press!”

Again, very rare and limited usage. ;)