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Just glanced at a ticker headline and thought, 'Eww, that's a bit sick and I can't see the jo...' oh it's the BBC.
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That Newsbiscuit reality shift...
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Chip Paper
offlineMemberPosted 2 years ago # -
Chip Paper
offlineMemberOh thank you very much, Golgo, yes it is. Unfortunately I'm too sodding bone-idle to update it... keep meaning to... *adds another futile resolution to list*
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Well I commend your pains, Chip Paper, and urge all to click on Chip Paper's name, or indeed her avatar to the side of her posts, to see the kind of thing I was barking on about for the left alert spot back in July when ronseal posted that 'Arson About - the magazine for pyromaniacs'. Grumpy Farmer was good too.
There is, I swear, untapped talent among the visitors here, who are perhaps put off by the NiB/FP format and could thrive given something else to chew on.
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Gerontius
offlineMemberExcellent stuff Chippers
Very impressed
Keep up the good work
Golgo is quite right. There must be plenty of people wavering n' wondering if they should sub...maybe a bit concerned about the reaction/reception they will get.
You will get spit and support in equal measures.
As Esther Rantzen used to say... 'sausages'Posted 2 years ago # -
Doylem
offlineMemberAt the risk of taking credit where none is due, haven't people beeen a bit less abrasive recently?
I haven't been called a cunt since Christmas (ooh, that sounds like the chorus of a Chas 'n' Dave-style singalong Christmas number. I can hear the tune in my head. And the voices, of course)...
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Chip Paper
offlineMemberThanks for the encouragement - hugely appreciated. Googlebot is rubbish at feedback.
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@ Gerontius - I agree that the mosh pit that is the Writers' Room is one thing that might discourage potential contributors, but also that the approved formats & established house style might put off some very funny people who come here.
Some have had the guts to do non-conforming pieces, but without a coordinated end, I personally would hesitate to post something, worried that it would have nowhere to go.
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A slightly more subtle reality shift that I've just experienced is this:-
When I'm on other sites reading news-based humour, I have this urge to write "Like it" at the bottom of the article and give it a number of stars after I've read it.
That I can't is why I keep coming back here.
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4ty2
offlineMemberrisky phrase as if lik me you loose a few letters here and there in the process you can easily offend someone - as they won't know if you missed the c or the e. However what is nice is how some storys really develop here like the hole story with some brilliant add ons. apart from the excellent front pages that is indeed a real attraction of the site.
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4ty2
offlineMemberCan you try a bit harder, please? This would be a half-smile-raising Facebook status update, but it's just not enough for a site that's supposed to be for people who are already half-good at writing funny news stories.
I genuinely wish you well, but maybe try posting your subs on Facebook first, and if your friends all laugh at them, then try them here.
It would be a real shame for the few excellent submissions here to be drowned by people half-heartedly trying stuff out without really thinking about it, so please take the editor's advice and leave your stuff to ferment for a few days before posting just the very best.
just thinking about the coming back here bit. Guess one thing is that we can chip in or bash things here and no harm done. The banter is what makes it so good as it is the main reason to come here. However if people feel to embarassed about it as it is in public we might as well do this behind closed doors. Might make it easier for the more inhibited to come out. So anyone for a fermenting room here?
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I was thinking Wagonload of Monkeys (recent FP and NiB) must be a coalition of veterans of some sort...
I think group-biscuits would work especially well if "cells" could meet up for a couple of pairs of pints to bounce ideas off each other. Whenever I go out for a drink with funny people I come back with an idea for a sub. A good one mind.
I've also had a couple come out of skype chats...
it's a lot quicker than writing stuff down and passing it around anyway.
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