Joke Threads

[jackie]

Hi, I don't want to complain, but the dog house is over run with joke threads.

I like a laugh as much as the next person, but lately this part of PT is only email forwards, and it is pushing the rest of the topics down before they can be read.

Would we be able to confine the jokes to one single thread?

[lizbud]

For what it's worth, I agree with you. Combining them into one makes a lot of sense.

Lately it seems like one person creates 8-10 threads at the same time which
also shoves all the others down faster. It's easy to miss other peoples who
we could respond to if we'd seen them. Posting so many at once seems sort
of selfish in my opinion.

[critter crazy]

I can honestly say I am not bothered by it! I Think a good laugh does everyone some good. It wouldnt be all that interesting if they were all crammed into one Thread!! Think of how big that thread would be?? Seems kind of pointless to me!

[Cinder & Smoke]

... bypassing all of those news threads that are posted by Lizbud
that have mainly been read by most people the day before.

Hey Womby ...

THAT was a bit harsh!

Let's all *lighten up* a wee bit and respect differing opinions.

/s/ Phred

[Alysser]

Hi, I don't want to complain, but the dog house is over run with joke threads.

I like a laugh as much as the next person, but lately this part of PT is only email forwards, and it is pushing the rest of the topics down before they can be read.

Would we be able to confine the jokes to one single thread?

I agree 100% with this. Thanks for posting it.

[G535]

Maybe a separate section for jokes will keep everyone happy.

[Catty1]

Well - how about a Sticky like the Prayer thread in General? I think it would be neat to have a storehouse of humour and jokes! That would be a real centrepiece...er, as much as it can at the TOP of a page!

Wonder what Karen might think?

Or split up a few between General and here.

[Alysser]

Yah.......... well Phred......I was called selfish old mate.
If that is her opinion of me, then perhaps she should just put me on ignore, and then there won't be any bother....eh ???
Wom

Uh technically, she actually said ONE PERSON. NOT you directly.

[lunasmom]

I think the jokes are fun...I enjoy reading them when I sign on.

[Catty1]

Okay, this is splitting hairs...but just because a person thinks a behaviour/action is selfish does not mean they think the person is!

Beeg difference!

[crow_noir]

I agree.

My main tiff though is that they aren't labeled as a Joke or a Forward.

Hi, I don't want to complain, but the dog house is over run with joke threads.

I like a laugh as much as the next person, but lately this part of PT is only email forwards, and it is pushing the rest of the topics down before they can be read.

Would we be able to confine the jokes to one single thread?

[critter crazy]

So what is the deal?? the fact that the jokes came from Forwarded e-mails?? what difference does that make??

[Pam]

I think the original post should have probably gone to Karen in a PM as a suggestion and let her decide if it is a good idea. I enjoy the jokes and I have no problem with a joke thread, as we have had them before. I think Liz might have used a word other than "selfish," and that is why this thread got heated. If I was posting the jokes I certainly would have been offended by that. I find it easy to scroll through bunches of posts. I do it everyday.

[CathyBogart]

I'm really glad this thread was posted. That's not what the dog house was made for, and it irritates me that so many pop up every day. What's wrong with having one joke thread rather than dozens of them with one joke each??

[jackmilliesmom]

Everyone needs a little humour and at the moment some more than others. As for the complaint about missing out on threads there is more than one page on each section, General, Dog House, Dog Games - you get my drift I read through every page and and read most threads and then post if I feel the need to. So the problem here is that these people do not want to have to read any further than the first page of a section.

Jokes are good and healthy to laugh at and we need them some people only have the computer to talk to and therefore this is their way of communicating and they need humour the same as the rest of us get in our day to day contact with others.

Think about it..........................