Thanks for asking Three … I was just totally lumaxed by not getting any response from Six in spite of having written him 3 times… like he says, I thought he was ignoring me… couldn’t figure out why, and then… well… you know how the mind starts to work overtime trying to come up with an answer… right?
I just have to share this amazing video that my daughter shared with me yesterday… luckily I was able to see it all the way through (for a change!) It has lots and lots of ‘awwww’ and ‘wow’ moments in it… make yourselves comfy…
@beviek Bo-Bo is really cute too… reminds me of ‘Boo-Boo’ -my sister’s petname for me when we were nippers! You must be overjoyed that he’s back to his old self!
Yeah, ‘The Lion Whisperer’ is totally stunning… it’s one of those vids that you can just watch over and over… and never get tired of! BCNGU2
@Number Six Must confess that I don’t recall ’Colin’s Sandwich’ at all… was a funny clip tho! @Eldo Disc Golf I have access to the internet… so go ahead and sprinkle the breadcrumbs for me to follow…@x_Tech I am immensly fond of the colour blue and mostly all af it’s wonderful nuances, but even I cannot bring myself to warm to that particular shade of blue! A bluescreen post mortem very rarely leads to a satisfactory conclusion either… have you tried a partial reinstall… where you just allow it to repair broken or missing files in the Op Sys?@Number Three Hello Lady Three… I trust your judgement and therefore am quite happy to take your word for it… @jOhndrAkE Hello JD … so far I’ve only managed to view the episodes ARRIVAL & FREE FOR ALL (having problems with You Tube crashing my web browser), so most of what you and Six talk about goes right over my head… one day tho… it’ll all make sense!@Number Two I’ve got a secret to tell you… come closer… Well, now I have to go and get busy again, so it’ll be a good while before I get to come back again, so I’ll BCNGU all later…
Is it just me or did anybody else find hawgowar’s comment on PBS gender-biased and a little offensive? Almost every comment I’ve read of his is ‘women-bashing’…
@Number SixI just saw your Catweazle pics! I used to love that series! Takes me back many, many years!
Seriously!?George Clooney?GC & PM look nothing alike… so how does a person transform from looking like one to the other?
You know, for all of our efforts yesterday, that offensive comment never got removed. Seems to me that the administration here have a very ‘wavering’ policy on what is and what isn’t tolerated…
I’m afraid Number Six has been suspended for a short while. As you can see, His comments are no longer here. But he says not to worry as the break will do him good.
I was inspired by Lady Shade’s comment at Broom Hilda and have emailed GoComics about how wrong it is to punish Number Six as well as Raspberryice (who started the whole argument by calling Number Six a Nazi.) Who wouldn’t react? I was there when Raspberryice admitted he overreacted, but he had the audacity to start the comment by saying ‘for the benefit of all commenters, EXCLUDING Number Six!’ Number Six was quite right in his final comment when he told Raspberry that he should have addressed it to Number Six as it was he who he called an anti semitic Nazi.
I am writing to appeal on behalf of a fellow member of GoComics, ‘Number Six’, whose ability to comment has been suspended, and thereby also his ability to maintain contact with the community of which he is a part.
The dispute between him and another fellow member, ‘Raspberryice54’, arose from a misunderstanding of ‘Number Six’s’ comment, and which ‘Raspberryice54’ reacted very strongly to.
‘Number Six’s’ comment was intended to be understood as Lio’s pet monster looking like circumcised male appendages, and so as not to use taboo sexual references when there could be tender eyes reading, he referred to the creature as being ‘Jewish’ simply because circumcision is part of the Jewish culture – it was neither a derogatory reference to religion nor a comparison between the ‘Jewish’ and Lio’s pet monster, but unfortunately, that is how ‘Raspberryice54’ understood it, and from this misunderstanding he unleashed his feelings onto ‘Number Six’.
There are many of us that can understand (not to be mistaken for condoning) ’Raspberryice54’s’ reaction, given his personal circumstances, and which, had ‘Number Six’s comment been so intended, would have been justified – but I believe it is plain to see that ‘Number Six’s’’ comment was not so intended.
I have witnessed ‘Number Six’ jump to the defence of many a disparaged person/group, and I feel it is unjust to punish him when he was the one who came under attack over a misunderstanding, and especially when ‘Raspberryice54’ has now admitted that he overreacted.
Please reinstate ‘Number Six’s’ commenting privileges ASAP, as we all miss him terribly.
Thank you for taking the time to read my appeal.
best regards
Lady Shades
Feel free to use any or all of the above to help ‘free’ our beloved fellow villager Number Six!
@beviekHey Bevie! So we passed each other by a small margin yet again! Thanks for your praise… yours was excellent too! One of these days we’re gonna have to get back in sync!
Eldo, I think everyone in here has already made a statement to GC.
I think it’s been announced loud & clear ‘out in the strips’ that we are grateful for any and all support in our attempts to get Number Six reinstated as quickly as possible – I’m afraid that we risk alienating people if we begin ‘coming on too strong’…
Don’t worry. As I was at ‘Lio’ on Monday, I witnessed the whole thing from the start, and so I’ve been posting the facts where they’ve been requested by commenters in the dark. I see that Number Six has updated his Profile!
See my comment containing the facts at ‘The Buckets’. In my opinion (for what it’s worth) Number Six is innocent (I was there at the time). I suspect he’s only been suspended…
I emailed GoComics yesterday and my Big Brother or in your case Number Six ( LOL) is back next week.
Sorry it took this long to tell you but I was going to stay off GoComics for a while. I would hate myself if I didn’t tell you all first. That’s just ignorant and I’m not like that. So….. Yeah. He’s back next week. Spread the word to the other strips such as Andy Capp & The Buckets.
It’s ‘Many Happy Returns’ all over again. I’m so glad I joined GoComics when I did! I’d suggest evacuating to the 28th but it wouldn’t seem right somehow. As beviek would say – “I’m off to do my rounds…” BCNU.
Oh… ok Two … had my hopes up there for a few minutes! I still think it’s not right that GC suspended Six, but they’ve imposed the penalty and it seems as though it’ll soon be over.
Yes… I thought I should let people know that Six will soon be back with us…
Well, everyone, it’s been a long and arduous day, so I’ll bid you all A Very…
Hello All - Sorry to barge in here uninvited (though Eldo kinda halfway invited and uninvited [sniffle] me a few days ago.)
I just wanted to see whether there was more news here about No. 6 than what Lady Shades posted on Brevity.
(BTW I answered you there, L.S. — though I guess by now you won’t see this either…. at least for a while.)
Anyway I posted requests for support e-mail and added live links to 6’s profile in several forums (but then you didn’t say anything there, 6!)
Time to stop — but I hope it helped!
I wanted to say a couple of things here, as opposed to on current forums, just for a BIT more privacy….
I’m going to put them in separate posts, next, so I can delete them later if I want to.
But please, folks, never think that going back to old forums makes this completely private, when you can easily follow anybody’s last 10 posts.
In fact, I’ve known about “The Village” since I checked out Beviek’s profile long ago, looking for where she had posted something to me that I knew I hadn’t answered.
I thought it was kinda funny it was supposed to be “secret” so of course I never told or broke in — till today.Sorry!
One thing: RaspberryIce is apparently banned as well. I’m not sure what, in all fairness, should be done about it.
She’s female… used to be Sunnye and then Ladyfingers86.
And she tries to be friendly to me…. but she tends to be jealous of attention paid to me or others, and makes remarks to that effect.
My take is that she wants to be the one making jokes and getting recognition, but she doesn’t quite know how… so she gets quite critical instead, just to have something to say — yet she’s hypersensitive to criticism herself.
Do we owe it to her to do anything about her ban?
I’ve seen words to the effect that people don’t want her back…
But I feel guilty about sitting on my hands….
Would really like a few opinions.
I was going to say I’d stay away now… but I have to come back to see if anyone responded.
PLEASE dont mention this post on other forums….. not, as I said, that others may not read it anyway.
@Susansunshine. It’s lovely to see you. I suppose you must do what your conscience tells you. Apparently Number Six has told GoComics he bears no ill feelings towards Raspberry. I got the impression he thought she was a he.
Hullo all…. and thanks for welcoming me, and “Welcome Back, Six,” and um…..all’s well that ends well….and….well, you can probably tell that I need to sleep.
Which I have been doing, right here in my chair, having had a loooong evening at the laundromat…..
I do have more to say/ask etc in all this…. especially about Raspberry etc, as I need some info in order to decide what to do….
but I’m too sleepy.
Meanwhile….. No. 6, when No 2 first came around I thought… almost assumed …. he was you cos he sounded like you….
But then I changed my mind…. silly me… or maybe you got better at separating the two “voices”.
I wonder what would have happened had you simply closed your banned account, IF that’ s possible…and then changed No 2’s “number” to 6.
I’m curious as to why they didn’t catch on to that “other” user having the same IP address.
Mabrndt tried to start a new ID while banned, and found his whole IP blocked…
And on Comics.com, when they banned a troll they deleted everything from that IP, which sometimes incuded sockpuppets they hadn’t known about.
I know they were cautious about that at first, because two users might share a computer, and thus have 2 legitimate ID’s….
but a couple of trolls got completely out of hand and they did it.
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
@Number ThreeReplying to Number Three’s comment:
“What’s wrong?You OK???”
Thanks for asking Three … I was just totally lumaxed by not getting any response from Six in spite of having written him 3 times… like he says, I thought he was ignoring me… couldn’t figure out why, and then… well… you know how the mind starts to work overtime trying to come up with an answer… right?Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
@Number ThreeHow’s your studying going Three? Do you have a lot on your plate?
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Well… hunger stops play! Have to go make something to eat! BCNGU!
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Replying to Eldo Disc Golf’s comment:
“8…8?…6…4…2…One….Zero…go…..I’m Hungry
Gather the Foxtrot album by Genesis; seek Thee Horizons, and One may be mamased…..”
I really wish I understood what that means…Eldo Disc Golf said“Can You say:Penrhyndeudraeth?
…..sure You can…….”
Penrhyndeudraeth>h2>Well… whaddya know? I sure could anyway!Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Hey!! How come I can’t delete my last comment for a ‘do-over’?
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
I just have to share this amazing video that my daughter shared with me yesterday… luckily I was able to see it all the way through (for a change!) It has lots and lots of ‘awwww’ and ‘wow’ moments in it… make yourselves comfy…
The Lion Whisperer
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Is this what people mean when they say someone has a “lot of junk in their trunk”?
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Well, it’s really late and I have a busy day tomorrow, so it’s off to for me!
Sleep well when you get there!
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
@beviek Bo-Bo is really cute too… reminds me of ‘Boo-Boo’ -my sister’s petname for me when we were nippers! You must be overjoyed that he’s back to his old self!
Yeah, ‘The Lion Whisperer’ is totally stunning… it’s one of those vids that you can just watch over and over… and never get tired of! BCNGU2
@Number Six Must confess that I don’t recall ’Colin’s Sandwich’ at all… was a funny clip tho! @Eldo Disc Golf I have access to the internet… so go ahead and sprinkle the breadcrumbs for me to follow…@x_Tech I am immensly fond of the colour blue and mostly all af it’s wonderful nuances, but even I cannot bring myself to warm to that particular shade of blue! A bluescreen post mortem very rarely leads to a satisfactory conclusion either… have you tried a partial reinstall… where you just allow it to repair broken or missing files in the Op Sys?@Number Three Hello Lady Three… I trust your judgement and therefore am quite happy to take your word for it… @jOhndrAkE Hello JD … so far I’ve only managed to view the episodes ARRIVAL & FREE FOR ALL (having problems with You Tube crashing my web browser), so most of what you and Six talk about goes right over my head… one day tho… it’ll all make sense!@Number Two I’ve got a secret to tell you… come closer… Well, now I have to go and get busy again, so it’ll be a good while before I get to come back again, so I’ll BCNGU all later…Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Is it just me or did anybody else find hawgowar’s comment on PBS gender-biased and a little offensive? Almost every comment I’ve read of his is ‘women-bashing’…
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Well… seems like I’m all that’s left… so…
BCNGU!Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
@Number SixI just saw your Catweazle pics! I used to love that series! Takes me back many, many years!
Seriously!? George Clooney? GC & PM look nothing alike… so how does a person transform from looking like one to the other?
You know, for all of our efforts yesterday, that offensive comment never got removed. Seems to me that the administration here have a very ‘wavering’ policy on what is and what isn’t tolerated…
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
I have to go…
BCNGU all later…Number Three almost 13 years ago
Hi Villagers! I’ve decided to come back on GoComics and not have a break after all.
I’m full of cold and have been sneezing constantly for two days.
I know it’s only been a day but I missed you all!
Watching Likely Lads again.
‘Oh, Shove off will yer, Flint!’ I love Flint. I especially loved the part where he was impersonating the vicar and the vicar came up behind him. LOL.Number Three almost 13 years ago
Ohhhhhhh. I recognise that glass all right!
I should. It’s from my favourite episode.
Number Three almost 13 years ago
Hi Villagers!
I’m afraid Number Six has been suspended for a short while. As you can see, His comments are no longer here. But he says not to worry as the break will do him good.
He sends his love to all.
Number Three almost 13 years ago
I don’t really comment on the strip Lio but I have looked at the comments once or twice on it.
I seen yesterday’s and today’s. Number Six didn’t mention the ‘circumcision’ That was Dogsniff.
I haven’t got a clue why Number Six got suspended but I see that Raspberryice54 has been suspended too.
I thought it was down to the arguments but I’m probably wrong.
I suppose we could email GoComics and ask them to reactivate his account.
He done that for Gweedo Murray – and he was suspended for NO reason.
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
I’m sure Number Six is innocent. You’ve only got to look at his picture in ‘Childhood Photos’ at Teresa’s blog!
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
I was inspired by Lady Shade’s comment at Broom Hilda and have emailed GoComics about how wrong it is to punish Number Six as well as Raspberryice (who started the whole argument by calling Number Six a Nazi.) Who wouldn’t react? I was there when Raspberryice admitted he overreacted, but he had the audacity to start the comment by saying ‘for the benefit of all commenters, EXCLUDING Number Six!’ Number Six was quite right in his final comment when he told Raspberry that he should have addressed it to Number Six as it was he who he called an anti semitic Nazi.
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
I think you’re all marvelous, whatever you decide to do. As our ‘friend’ would say. “BCNU.” ;)
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Dear Villagers,
Here is what I have written to GoComics support:
Hello GoComics Support,I am writing to appeal on behalf of a fellow member of GoComics, ‘Number Six’, whose ability to comment has been suspended, and thereby also his ability to maintain contact with the community of which he is a part.
The dispute between him and another fellow member, ‘Raspberryice54’, arose from a misunderstanding of ‘Number Six’s’ comment, and which ‘Raspberryice54’ reacted very strongly to.
‘Number Six’s’ comment was intended to be understood as Lio’s pet monster looking like circumcised male appendages, and so as not to use taboo sexual references when there could be tender eyes reading, he referred to the creature as being ‘Jewish’ simply because circumcision is part of the Jewish culture – it was neither a derogatory reference to religion nor a comparison between the ‘Jewish’ and Lio’s pet monster, but unfortunately, that is how ‘Raspberryice54’ understood it, and from this misunderstanding he unleashed his feelings onto ‘Number Six’.
There are many of us that can understand (not to be mistaken for condoning) ’Raspberryice54’s’ reaction, given his personal circumstances, and which, had ‘Number Six’s comment been so intended, would have been justified – but I believe it is plain to see that ‘Number Six’s’’ comment was not so intended.
I have witnessed ‘Number Six’ jump to the defence of many a disparaged person/group, and I feel it is unjust to punish him when he was the one who came under attack over a misunderstanding, and especially when ‘Raspberryice54’ has now admitted that he overreacted.
Please reinstate ‘Number Six’s’ commenting privileges ASAP, as we all miss him terribly.
Thank you for taking the time to read my appeal.
best regards
Lady Shades
Feel free to use any or all of the above to help ‘free’ our beloved fellow villager Number Six!Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Ok… well, it’s late, soooo…
allSirzanne almost 13 years ago
@beviekHey Bevie! So we passed each other by a small margin yet again! Thanks for your praise… yours was excellent too! One of these days we’re gonna have to get back in sync!
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
See today’s Broom Hilda, fellow Villagers!
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Has anybody any idea if Number Three is ok? Don’t see much activity from her after she told us that Number Six had been banned…
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Well you guys… I have to go, but hopefully I can get back on later…
BCNGU ALLSirzanne almost 13 years ago
Eldo, I think everyone in here has already made a statement to GC.
I think it’s been announced loud & clear ‘out in the strips’ that we are grateful for any and all support in our attempts to get Number Six reinstated as quickly as possible – I’m afraid that we risk alienating people if we begin ‘coming on too strong’…
LLABDDO almost 13 years ago
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
Don’t worry. As I was at ‘Lio’ on Monday, I witnessed the whole thing from the start, and so I’ve been posting the facts where they’ve been requested by commenters in the dark. I see that Number Six has updated his Profile!
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
See my comment containing the facts at ‘The Buckets’. In my opinion (for what it’s worth) Number Six is innocent (I was there at the time). I suspect he’s only been suspended…
Number Three almost 13 years ago
I emailed GoComics yesterday and my Big Brother or in your case Number Six ( LOL) is back next week.
Sorry it took this long to tell you but I was going to stay off GoComics for a while. I would hate myself if I didn’t tell you all first. That’s just ignorant and I’m not like that. So….. Yeah. He’s back next week. Spread the word to the other strips such as Andy Capp & The Buckets.
Be seeing you!
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
It’s ‘Many Happy Returns’ all over again. I’m so glad I joined GoComics when I did! I’d suggest evacuating to the 28th but it wouldn’t seem right somehow. As beviek would say – “I’m off to do my rounds…” BCNU.
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
I wish I could express how I feel…
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
A short time ago, I received this response from GoComics Admin:
Hello Lady Shades,I’m up to date on the entire affair. I talked to Number Six yesterday when it happened and he understands and said he respects my decision.
It is a temporary suspension.
GoComics Admin
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
It certainly does… Monday is next week is after all…
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
@Lady Shades. I see you’ve been busy. I hope Number Six is watching! Wonderful. ;)
Sirzanne almost 13 years ago
Oh… ok Two … had my hopes up there for a few minutes! I still think it’s not right that GC suspended Six, but they’ve imposed the penalty and it seems as though it’ll soon be over.
Yes… I thought I should let people know that Six will soon be back with us…
Well, everyone, it’s been a long and arduous day, so I’ll bid you all A Very…Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
Are you there?
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Hello All - Sorry to barge in here uninvited (though Eldo kinda halfway invited and uninvited [sniffle] me a few days ago.)
I just wanted to see whether there was more news here about No. 6 than what Lady Shades posted on Brevity.
(BTW I answered you there, L.S. — though I guess by now you won’t see this either…. at least for a while.)
Anyway I posted requests for support e-mail and added live links to 6’s profile in several forums (but then you didn’t say anything there, 6!)
Time to stop — but I hope it helped!
I wanted to say a couple of things here, as opposed to on current forums, just for a BIT more privacy….
I’m going to put them in separate posts, next, so I can delete them later if I want to.
But please, folks, never think that going back to old forums makes this completely private, when you can easily follow anybody’s last 10 posts.
In fact, I’ve known about “The Village” since I checked out Beviek’s profile long ago, looking for where she had posted something to me that I knew I hadn’t answered.
I thought it was kinda funny it was supposed to be “secret” so of course I never told or broke in — till today.Sorry!
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
@Susansunshine. I think anyone’s welcome here!
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
One thing: RaspberryIce is apparently banned as well. I’m not sure what, in all fairness, should be done about it.
She’s female… used to be Sunnye and then Ladyfingers86.
And she tries to be friendly to me…. but she tends to be jealous of attention paid to me or others, and makes remarks to that effect.
My take is that she wants to be the one making jokes and getting recognition, but she doesn’t quite know how… so she gets quite critical instead, just to have something to say — yet she’s hypersensitive to criticism herself.
Do we owe it to her to do anything about her ban?
I’ve seen words to the effect that people don’t want her back…
But I feel guilty about sitting on my hands….
Would really like a few opinions.
I was going to say I’d stay away now… but I have to come back to see if anyone responded.
PLEASE dont mention this post on other forums….. not, as I said, that others may not read it anyway.
Thanks!
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Aw No 2— thanks!
And I can’t remember the other thing.Rats!
Getting older isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!
I’ll have to come back later….
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
@Susansunshine. It’s lovely to see you. I suppose you must do what your conscience tells you. Apparently Number Six has told GoComics he bears no ill feelings towards Raspberry. I got the impression he thought she was a he.
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
@Susansunshine. You can speak freely here, provided no one follows your tracks…
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
Can all the Villagers be here in 19 hrs time? There will be an announcement. BCNU…
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Thanks, you guys!
Eldo, I was only joking… which is something I do too much of sometimes.
The other day I was doing a quick run-through of my strips before running out the door.
I saw a comment from you on Lila, where I’d practically written a long essay, saying the Village needed me to analyse some Prisoner episodes.
When I got home later I tried to remember where I needed to return and answer people… but your comment to me was gone.
So I made some feeble joke about your comment disappearing ….I think I asked whether Rover did it…. and you told me YOU did.
That’s all I was referring to…. but I didn’t really think you “uninvited” me…. just that you withdrew your comment….
Hmmmm…..or maybe you HAD to….. cos you were breaking village security….Bwah ha ha..
Andrew Capp almost 13 years ago
Check out Number Six’s Profile!
LLABDDO almost 13 years ago
As soon as Six promises to play nice with all of the other boys and girls his time-out will be over. Until then he has to sit in a corner.
See you soon Six!Number Three almost 13 years ago
Thank you for your comment on The Buckets yesterday! What was the ‘On the other hand’ about?
Is there something you would like to say to me?
LOL Joking.
It was a nice comment.
Number Three almost 13 years ago
Oh well that’s OK then!
How’s the reading?
Number Three almost 13 years ago
You can say THAT again, Mister Drake! Took me 3 months to read The Amber Spyglass.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Hullo all…. and thanks for welcoming me, and “Welcome Back, Six,” and um…..all’s well that ends well….and….well, you can probably tell that I need to sleep.
Which I have been doing, right here in my chair, having had a loooong evening at the laundromat…..
I do have more to say/ask etc in all this…. especially about Raspberry etc, as I need some info in order to decide what to do….
but I’m too sleepy.
Meanwhile….. No. 6, when No 2 first came around I thought… almost assumed …. he was you cos he sounded like you….
But then I changed my mind…. silly me… or maybe you got better at separating the two “voices”.
I wonder what would have happened had you simply closed your banned account, IF that’ s possible…and then changed No 2’s “number” to 6.
I’m curious as to why they didn’t catch on to that “other” user having the same IP address.
Mabrndt tried to start a new ID while banned, and found his whole IP blocked…
And on Comics.com, when they banned a troll they deleted everything from that IP, which sometimes incuded sockpuppets they hadn’t known about.
I know they were cautious about that at first, because two users might share a computer, and thus have 2 legitimate ID’s….
but a couple of trolls got completely out of hand and they did it.
It’s THREE AM!! G’night…..