Guideline #20

So you've tried to kick against the pricks - and lost. I hope you'll survive this unscathed in body and soul.

@MALUSE I suspect that's not intended to sound as rude as it does in English. If you kicked someone in the prick, he wouldn't be very happy about it.

@MALUSE Kick against the pricks? I've never heard that expression!

Because it is duplicate content, @jaboUK . At least that is what I am guessing. If you tell a joke in your discussion and someone reports it as duplicate I do believe Alex kills it.

@DaddyEvil The same old jokes go around every few years, with each new generation of 6 to 11 year olds, mainly. And then again at Fresher's/Freshman's week at college/university

Probably to preserve their sanity

@pgntwo ...If they aren't firing your in trouble.

I think the other neurone must have gone inhibitory that day, alas!

@pgntwo Personally, no, I wouldn't! That's why, when Alex apologized for telling me no on that link, I ask him not to apologize. He is doing his job and I appreciate that he is conscientious and fair about it. Even when the link I wanted to post would have helped so many. I can still pm it to Nanette and she can figure out how to give it to others who will use it as it is meant to be used!

@DaddyEvil I do not understand who Nanette is...?

Within certain bounds, yes. We would not want it any other way, would we, really?

I believe that what they mean by "no recipes" in the guidelines is, you shouldn't start a discussion and put ingredients and a few cooking directions and that's it. If you add something of substance along with a recipe, such as a memory or story associated with the recipe, it think it is acceptable here on myLot.

@Angelee_27 That is also my assumption.

@DaddyEvil A recipe is not 'definitely duplicate'. If I write how to make my two ingredient chocolate mousse, then it's NOT duplicated in any way. Only if the post is nothing but a copy paste of a recipe somebody found online or in a cook book is it a duplicate. I wrote about my mother's unfortunate ingredient substitutions and added a recipe of how the dish 'should' be made as a link. That didn't break any rules.

@pgntwo Uhm... if you are really curious, pgn, your post stayed up because Alex was very busy with his own family, so no one was checking on reported posts. (I know this because I had ask him to check a link I wanted to post. I ask him several days ago, but he only got back to me this afternoon and told me he had been gone for a long holiday.) Sorry that happened to your discussion, sir!

In my case, I mentioned the guideline in the post, so it stayed up over the Christmas and Boxing day period, possibly in the spirit of the season - not a bad innings.

@pgntwo Yah well it does happen now and then I guess so we do learn what they like and don't when this one happens to us here on the site.

There is that to it, yes.

Oh yes - there are some touchy subjects. I have added the link to the Guidelines in the parent post for this discussion - not sure why I did not do that before!

I doubt we shall ever know - a case of "mea culpa". Now water under the bridge and all that, even if some parts of northern England have water over the top of the bridge as well for the last couple of days!

@pgntwo Sometimes our 'minds' do their own things!

Thanks! Better to have tried and lost than never to have tried at all...

@AbbyGreenhill The problems arise when our fingers start expressing what our mind is contemplating...

@pgntwo It might be a good idea to face the music.

@softbabe44 ...and dance!

Leaving the state might be a bit rash, stay and face the music is a better prospect!

T'was aught but a bit o'banter, now consigned to that infinite bit-bucket in the sky.

Every day, every day!

@pgntwo Thats the way of life,learning something everyday

You win some, you lose some. So it goes.

Guidelines say different, so it had to go...