Originally Posted By MissCandice Uk Fan, defend your overuse of the poor exclamation point in a series of posts saying what is good about using it so much and what is bad about using them so much. As a fellow exclamtaion point enthusiast I would like to be able to defend it if challenged about it.
Originally Posted By u k fan I have always used !. I quite often add it at the end of my signature so it was not something new to me when I started here at LP!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan The reason I use the exclamation point (or exclamation MARK in the UK) is twofold. Firstly, because when I came to LP I was very new to the internet and was not a member of any other internet communities. Coming from the UK in particular I did feel a bit like an outsider and I wasn't really up to speed with netiquette. Because of this I used the !!! at the end of my posts as a way of saying "My posts are just for fun, don't take them seriously." I suppose it was my British sense of politeness. The other reason is more to do with myself. As I said earlier in this thread I have a real split personality, to this end I have an affinity to the ! which is also multi-faceted (that's a big word for me). Particularly here on the 'net ! is a very reader friendly piece of punctuation. It can mean that my post is taken in jest or as a statement of annoyance. It helps to make the context of what I'm writing personal to the individual reader. Over time I've come to appreciate the originality of my !!!. In much the same way that basil fan posts a link to her excellent website it has become my signature mark!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan The downsides are that !!! doesn't really fit at the end of every post. In a topic about somebody's kitten falling down a well !!! is not appropriate. In these cases I leave it out. In other types of topic I have to try end my post in a way that allows me to use!!!, this isn't always easy. And of course I do sometimes forget. There is a post of mine in a very recent topic that has no !!!. These posts are rare however and are destined to become collector's items if you spot them!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan The other good thing is that, particularly in my handwriting I can turn the dot into a hidden Mickey!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan I've made over a hundred posts since this topic started on Tuesday, so thankyou all. I would love to get a topic into 3 figures. I don't think I've ever done that! Thinking about handwriting, I used to practice the Walt Disney signature while I was bored in my old Psychology class (I bet the tutor would have a had a field day with that), but consequently I tend to put circles over my i's instead of dots. I wondered if anyone else did this? Also, to most people it's just my handwriting, but I do wonder what other Disney fans think when they see it, do they even notice and if so do they think I'm sad because of it?!!!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 u k fan, you're certainly a unique person. I love your sense of humor and think you must be quite fun in person.
Originally Posted By MissCandice basil fan is a girl? Well, you learn something new everyday. Uk Fan, please explain why Inspector 57 hid my Scooby Doo lunch bag under the passenger seat of my car over 2 years ago. What would compel someone to do that?
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy u k fan, you crack me up!!! Now tell us how prevalent badgers are in the UK!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan Oh I hope I'm right now about basil fan! If memory serves me correctly we were emailing for a while regarding some UK merchandise and I too was surprised to find that basil fan was a girl. I don't know why I was surprised, but I was. As for why Inspector57 hid your Scooby Doo Lunchbag under the passenger seat of your car I can only assume that it was because there was already something under the seat on the driver's side!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan Badgers are actually quite rare as far as countryside animals go. This is mostly due to a "Sport" which was banned a long time ago called Badger Baiting. People even now are quite mean to badgers even though if memory serves me correctly they are protected now. They also get attacked by dogs. It's also very rare to see a badger as they are nocturnal and can be quite shy. We used to have badgers that lived in a wood that neighboured where I used to live and they were lovely!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan And Inspector57, thankyou for the kind words I am indeed unique and quite fun (and modest)! You are obviously very perceptive!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan Golden Girls isn't shown at the moment that I know of over here, but it was very popular back in the day. It was part of Channel 4's friday night comedy lineup and at the time if you were cool and in on a friday (possibly a contradiction in terms) then you watched Channel 4 on a friday. We also got the one about the Hotel, was it Golden Palace? The one I miss is Nurses, that was a fun show that no one remembers and is never repeated!!!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Very interesting...thanks, u k fan. Yes, the hotel one was "Golden Palace". *on British pins 'n needles waitin' to see how he answers post #95*
Originally Posted By u k fan Re 95: It depends if it's in a TDG way or in a Jerry Springer way. If it's in a Jerry Springer way then that's just plain wrong. I visited the zoo recently and the giraffe house smelled so bad, that smell should be nowhere near your soft furnishings!!!
Originally Posted By Ursula <<<basil fan is a girl? Well, you learn something new everyday.>>> OMG!!! I said that very same thing when I read that.
