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Just noticed, I had a front page yesterday. Thanks Editor, who ever you are!

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Started 3 years ago by ronseal
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ronseal

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It still means something you know.

This accolade isn't just about me (translation: this is all about me)

I'd like to thank the people who made this possible (translation: I'm going to name check as many people as possible, shoe horning a micro mention of myself into each potted biography of 'people who helped', thus building, by increments, a massive favourable profile of myself, through the long self indulgent speech)

This is very humbling (translation: this is a massive go boost!)

[er. More later. We're going to an advertising break now]

Posted 3 years ago #
Titus

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I would like publicly and loudly to congratulate Ron on his brilliant achievement and thus attempt to jump on the golden bandwagon by being seen to associate with his success and to be perceived as a humble, generous, supportive, loyal and a generally all round good guy, and also in the hope that people might notice that I, too, got a front page story and a left alert at the same time although obviously I would never be so conceited as ever to mention the fact.

Posted 3 years ago #
Wrenfoe

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Gratz to all you humble folk

Posted 3 years ago #
ronseal

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It can't have been easy for you to guys to come out with that

I admire your bravery.

You know, when I was doing some voluntary work for Jeux san Frontiers and, I'll never forget this, a Dr Edward Waring who was reporting on the Fils Rouge - a messy conflict involving several european countries - said to me.... "You could have played your joker and got maximum points... but nobody know what's going to happen in this game, so well done." I was both elated and yet..... very.... SOB..... humbled. Thank you all so much!

Posted 3 years ago #
Titus

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Ron, as well as all those who, like me, have had to struggle all their lives to overcome the crippling handicap of excessive modesty, deserves sympathy, support and understanding. Those of you who are fortunate enough to be merely average and commonplace tend to take the tranquillity and simplicity of your low-achieving, humdrum lives for granted, little understanding how stressful it is for those of us with outstanding ability and achievement to have to struggle with our humility in acknowledging, reluctantly, the contribution we have made to the wellbeing of human society. As we continually have to remind ourselves, it's a tough job, being the best, but we just have to put up with it.

Well done, Ron. The world needs outstanding people like us.

Posted 3 years ago #
Grandson of Barnabas

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....and I think it would also be an appropriate moment to mention that it's shameful the way government subsidies for the promotion of humility are being cut. This will have a devastating effect on all the grossly egotistical members of our profession who are in subsidised rehab, desperately struggling to learn humility......

Posted 3 years ago #
Titus

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... desperately struggling to learn humility

Nah, that's easy. The hard thing is for all us outstandingly gifted but humility-wracked people to break free from the burden of our crippling modesty.

Posted 3 years ago #
beau-jolly

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Thought I'd just leave THIS here.

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