Rogerthebutler I Salute You

I was minding my own business doing a bit around the garden (it’s a day off here in Eskimo Land), cut my grass, seeded some dodgy looking patches, layed a few rolls of turf to fix up the bit I dug up when I built my fence last summer, then found a convenient time to break for a cup of tea and a turkey sandwich.

I headed off for the only spot in my house that is guaranteed to cause a rift between me and Mrs Swearbox, that being sat in front of my computer.  It’s not like I spend ALL of my time there, just most of it, when I’m not otherwise engaged in doing men’s stuff outside.

I happened to wander onto the Betfair forums to check out who’s been doing what to whom and I came across what I consider to be one of the better quality posts that I think is worthy enough of a mention on here.

The thread appears on the Footy forum and was started by none other than everyone’s favourite bell end, your friend and mine, Money Tree.  Now don’t get me wrong, MT can be a very clever poster when he has a mind to be, and I seriously suspect he’s not the absolute cretin that most folk say he is however he does leave himself wide open to shedloads of abuse on occasion.

Consider the following post he made earlier today…

Good evening forum full of dunces and mugs.

 

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hows it going?

Now, while the content of the post, the simple ‘how’s it going?’ is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things it’s the thread title that grabs everyone’s attention and this was pounced upon in no uncertain terms by the forumite who goes by the name of Rogerthebutler.

Pleasingly Roger was first to reply to MT’s thread which serves to increase the effectiveness of his words which I can wait no longer to share with you my dear readers…cop this…

rogerthebutler 08 Oct 12 18:34

Well it was awful, but then you started your charm offensive, at which point golden rays of buttery sunshine chased away the miasma of hostility and indifference.

I tip my hat to Rogerthebutler for an outstanding reply, the likes of which are rare these days on the BF fora.  Since I started writing this piece there have been more replies to said thread, the ‘next best’ award going to another forum favourite, the mentally challenged Return_Of_Dawsy.  His simple yet effective ‘fck off’ reminds us that you don’t need to be articulate to get your point across.

Moving swiftly on I notice that there is a planned outage scheduled for tomorrow on Betfair.  They announce it thus on the Service forum…

Planned service outage Tuesday 9th October

 

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Please be aware that there is a planned release scheduled for Tuesday 9th October 05:00 AM (BST) – 06:00 AM (BST). While all products will remain available during this time, please be aware that there may be sporadic interruptions in service. Updates during the outage will be available at service.betfair.infoWe would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and assure you that we will do our best to complete this upgrade as soon as we can.

 

Could this be the long awaited upgrade that sees the forum back in full swing, ie new forum registrations permitted ?  Only time will tell but I for one will be glad when things get back to ‘normal’ as I’m looking forward immensely to seeing how the likes of Bobby V and Hudson fare in their quests to join the rest of the clowns that currently have posting rights.

One thing I really would like to see, and I’m being super sincere now, is that when the forum is operating properly again we have a change to the way the moderators currently handle the reports and requests for bans that come in from the pricks with a grudge to bear towards someone else.

I see posts daily that contravene T&C’s, some very close to the bone especially on Chit Chat since all this Jimmy Savile bollocks came to light, yet nothing is done.  I’m not saying ban the guys responsible but at least approach everyone with the same level of fairness.  I got a lifer ban after getting grassed for saying ‘Batty boy’ yet there are folk getting away with describing extremely explicit sex acts, albeit within the context of the mockery of a dead alleged paedophile.  Get real BF…level the playing field for EVERYONE.

No doubt this post will find it’s way to the forums at some point and if you’re reading and want to offer your thoughts then comment away.  If the ‘usual suspects’ show up and decide to post then please behave and post something semi sensible…the dog comments are just a waste of your time and mine as they’ll be going straight into the bin.

Woof Woof.