Truly weird co-incidence

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 03 Aug 2004, 22:38

I've worked out an utterly strange co-incidence revolving around this board.

It turns out that I knew / worked with one of our regular posters.

Not only that, I very briefly owned their house.

The question is - should I

1) not tell even that person just to annoy them and you all

2) tell them but not you so as to have a chuckle with them at the weirdness whilst still respecting their privacy

3) sing like a canary

What will be really interesting is the difference between the response of the person (who will probably post in this thread) to the above 3 choices when they find out it's actually them.....

Bob - don't worry, I won't post any personal info without prior consent from them if it's 2. or 3.

Beach Babe · Post by **Beach Babe** » 03 Aug 2004, 22:45

and I can verify that, for once, he's not just trying to wind everyone up

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 03 Aug 2004, 22:46

1)! However, I am not annoyed.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 03 Aug 2004, 22:56

Where's the fun in that, then?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 03 Aug 2004, 23:12

I thnk everyone else will be double annoyed as Im not annoyed by the thing that annoyed them. Are we having fun yet?

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 03 Aug 2004, 23:20

Porty darling, I'm developing a soft spot for you, in spite of your gruff exterior <grin>. But i'm afraid I'm not annoyed.

And I know it's not me so I say...spill!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 03 Aug 2004, 23:23

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 03 Aug 2004, 23:23

Yes. I am currently in a state of mild fun.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 03 Aug 2004, 23:26

If this turns out to be Mr Bean from the BBC it will be the most fun in these parts for quite some time.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 06 Aug 2004, 15:51

By my reckoning it's a tie, which means that the Status Quo wins ergo a de facto win for Porty.

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 06 Aug 2004, 16:11

I don't understand any of this but whatever it is, it ain't me...

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 06 Aug 2004, 18:05

yeah, c'mon - spill! Put us out of our misery.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 06 Aug 2004, 18:44

Does anyone actually understand what's happening here?

And BTW it's not me either.

I think.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 06 Aug 2004, 18:55

I'm glad you mentioned this, because I think there is a worrying trend here. Lately, I have found that fewer and fewer threads are actually making any sort of sense. I think we are losing our collective mind.

As far as I can gather, it's not me. Shred my diaries, I wasn't even in the country at the time etc. But then I would say that, wouldn't I?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 06 Aug 2004, 19:03

fewer and fewer threads are actually making any sort of sense

I thought I was keeping up quite nicely with this thread but now I'm worried.

Whatever, I know it's not me.
Or is it?

What's it all about again?

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 06 Aug 2004, 19:41

Dadaist wrote:
It turns out that I knew / worked with one of our regular posters.

Not only that, I very briefly owned their house.

Aha! I bet it's Beach babe. You definitely knew her. And probably owned at least half of her house.

And the reason i'm so sure it's not me is that i've never had a (oh, must take a moment to salute the capitalist patriarchy) "job" in edinburgh other than the very full time one I still have and which doesn't involve co-workers, only "service users". Although we keep meeitng people that used to own our house - except for the ones we bought it from, who ran away to the borders or somewhere leaving us to deal with the Sheriff's officers, police officers and bailiffs who were rather keen to find them...

Beach Babe · Post by **Beach Babe** » 06 Aug 2004, 20:31

Fine. By my reckoning the consensus is to talk.

I will at some point PM the person involved (and it isn't Beach Babe) and reveal my identity and the bizarre circumstances that have brought us together. Again.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 06 Aug 2004, 20:33

....and spot the deliberate mistake as I just posted that from Mrs Dadaist's laptop, which she was still logged in to the forum with.

Duh.

Sorry to make an already mysterious thread slightly more confusing.

Post by **wangi** » 08 Aug 2004, 18:59

Of course I never replied to this thread because I knew it couldn't possibly be me...

...But then it is!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 08 Aug 2004, 19:20

Hurrah for Wangi!
Now, do you win a prize or summat?

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 08 Aug 2004, 19:53

I have a tupperware box in my cupboard full of hand rolled plantation cigars that I brought back from the Vinales valley in Cuba. Do you smoke, Wangi?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 08 Aug 2004, 20:10

I have a tupperware box in my cupboard full of hand rolled plantation cigars

That's a lot of cigars!
Anyway, what's in the tupperware box?

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