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Sortofok Comes Clean

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  • daphne_descends
    daphne_descends Posts: 2,517 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    You claim to have been a regular visitor to these forums for years - of course you know what a moderator is.

    PS Your book idea sounds !!!!, I think I'd rather read something by Ben Elton.
  • paddy's_mum
    paddy's_mum Posts: 3,977 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I suggest you look up, read and absorb the meaning of the word Machiavellian. Can't imagine any of the great writers of the last century or two homing in/preying on people's fears and worries and getting away with it by calling it some sort of research.

    Unpleasant and manipulative might be a better description. (Do I detect a faint whiff of something bovine .... ?)
  • stiffnuts69
    stiffnuts69 Posts: 442 Forumite
    superb, you have made my day

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :T :T :T :j :j :j :money: :money: :money:

    Long Live Sortofok even if you are a few pennies short of a pound
  • Toto
    Toto Posts: 6,680 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    sortof, it's up to you if you stay so long as you're ip isn't banned. No one here can give you permission, none of us own this forum. We do however choose to be valuable members who are here to help and join in the community spirit. You are an adult and free to make all of those decisions for yourself.
    :A
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    "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid" - Albert Einstein
  • thesaint
    thesaint Posts: 4,324 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    JanCee wrote: »
    Threads can be deleted without explanation if they break any of the site rules.

    In your efforts to come clean sortofok you have given away far too much information about yourself. Your financial standing is your own personal business and not for broadcast on an open forum on the internet. Your naivety about internet forums is the first area of research you should have addressed.

    There is a thread on this board where lots of people have stated the very same information, also have you read the DFW board recently?
    Well life is harsh, hug me don't reject me.
  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    A few years ago on a football forum I frequent someone posted wind up messages for about a week. His friend was a fan of the team and he thought it would be "funny".

    He confessed at the end of the week, acknowledged his mistake and admitted to being 13 yrs old.

    I'm not sure what you think you've got out of this "experience", but I think he learnt more than you will have done.
  • sortofok
    sortofok Posts: 515 Forumite
    fac73 wrote: »
    You claim to have been a regular visitor to these forums for years - of course you know what a moderator is.

    PS Your book idea sounds !!!!, I think I'd rather read something by Ben Elton.


    I'm sorry for any misunderstanding - I meant I've always been a visitor and have been unable to do the things a registered member can do.

    I can honestly say that I have never ever given any thought as to what a moderator is or does.

    It has never concerned me.

    I am a big fan of Ben Elton by the way.
    Whenthemusicstopsmakesureyou'renotleftstanding
  • stolt
    stolt Posts: 2,865 Forumite
    also noticed that you seem to be thanking everyone that posts a reply.

    it also crossed my mind that you might be teenager, but as you say your a teacher, what do you teach at school, is it a secondary school?
    Listen to what people say, but watch what people what people do!!
  • sortofok
    sortofok Posts: 515 Forumite
    stolt wrote: »
    also noticed that you seem to be thanking everyone that posts a reply.
    it also crossed my mind that you might be teenager, but as you say your a teacher, what do you teach at school, is it a secondary school?


    I see it as some sort of rehabilitation I suppose.

    You know.....if I acknowledge their reply it's like an admission of guilt and an aplogy.
    Whenthemusicstopsmakesureyou'renotleftstanding
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 50,017 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    You, just like anyone else, can be who they want on an open forum. Is your opening post true or just another wind up? Who knows and who cares!

    Your costs did amuse me, once you stopped just bleating about the iminent HPC and a dry humour appeared.

    Stick around if you want the choice is yours.
    I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.
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