[Closed] What the hell does "poking the sponge" mean?

but no dice.

Unsurprising really, try googling 'poking the dice' instead.

Funsponge is dracs alter ego, perhaps couger is just the sponge for obvious reasons

i think i've said enough on the matter today...
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Only white sash in Google Fu but perhaps this...

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I'm disappointed by the google image search for docking, just lots and lots of computer peripherals and two lambs.

It's become one of those STW in-jokes like baby robins and badger's tyres.
That's a delightful series of diagrams teasel. Good job they're one image and not separated into 3.

I don't know but if you could go away and poke the sponge over this one then come back to me when you've actioned that? Then we'll reach out and ideate over the insights and hopefully generate some thought leadership around it.

It's what Spongebob gets up to during the evening. 😯
Apparently he's a taker, not a giver....

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Goddamnit I need an answer!

Goddamnit I need an answer!

Oh....Alright... Since I sent you down this rabbit hole in the first place, it falls to me to explain it, I suppose.

You know Drac?

The Mod.

Famed for his cheery disposition and playful sense of humour?

He has been referred to on the forum on many occasions as being a "Fun Sponge".

A couple of days back someone was having a bit of a pop at Drac on this thread....

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/people-eating-breakfast-in-shared-offices/page/3

bigyinn of this parish interjected with the humourous one liner "Do not poke the sponge" and a new phrase for mildly antagonising one of our beloved mods was born.

I used it in context today as I was light heartedly poking fun at one of our other hard working, volunteer, mods who normally do an excellent and even handed job but who was, let's face it, being just a tiny bit fun-spongey today.

I'll hold my hand up here, I made a mistake.

I should've closed all the threads anonymously and let you assume Drac had done it.

But Drac never calls me a shithead.

That's half the fun. 🙂

Ok, got it! Lol

Trouble is on here I don't know if I'm missing out on a whole phenomenon or an in joke.

Fortunately I have virtually no dignity and don't mind asking! 😀

I should've closed all the threads anonymously and let you assume Drac had done it

Cougar - Moderator
I'll hold my hand up here, I made a mistake.

I should've closed all the threads anonymously and let you assume Drac had done it.

That would have been an act of evil genius. 🙂

Cougar - Moderator

Ok, this is getting silly now.

It was this. This is what forced me to poke the sponge on this one.

Getting silly is my raison d'etre 😉

I won't be denied.

I wish fasthaggis had put some trousers on before he took that picture of himself standing on a shag pile rug. At least he kept his legs crossed.

I should've closed all the threads anonymously and let you assume Drac had done it.

I’d have opted for scotroutes the secret mod 😉

I work with a "fun-sponge" (obvs not THE fun sponge)
Also referred to as The Moral Vampire, Oxygen Thief, Thrush...

muppetWrangler - Member
I'm disappointed by the google image search for docking, just lots and lots of computer peripherals and two lambs.

Count yourself lucky. I thought I was a man of the world until I saw one very particular definition of the word on the net. [b]Definitely not work safe I should add![/b]

I'm going to try and fit 'poke the sponge' into a meeting this week

plyphon - Member
I'm going to try and fit 'poke the sponge' into a meeting this week

Hell yes, report back!

It was this. This is what forced me to poke the sponge on this one.

😆

Getting out of hand, I should've said. One or two threads is fine, but it was clogging up half of the forum.

Thrush...

Admit it, you only posted that in the hope that someone would ask, didn't you?

😆
He is an irritating c u next tuesday
Sorry...

A couple of days back someone was having a bit of a pop at Drac on this thread....

I wasn't really having a pop (not in a nasty sense anyway), though I wouldn't be surprised if sponge-Drac-mardy-pants may have construed it that way :-). However I did think an irony check was in order for someone who was complaining about being too busy to leave their desk for breakfast, who also finds the time to monitor the nonsense on here all day.

Maybe the breakfast is a long way away.Had you thought about that?

It's probably in a drawer, with c#00g5 Xeons 😛

Drac doesn't work regular office hours, I believe.

Quite disappointed it's not something urethra based tbh. Never mind, there's always next time

playful sense of humour

Sorry who?

I'm never sure if I just don't "get" Drac and he's funnier than I think or whether on the rare occasions we do interact on here I'm just really ******* him off. Maybe both on reflection...

Poking the sponge is however a great phrase.

Paging posts are against the rules.

on the rare occasions we do interact on here I'm just really ******* him off.

Can’t say I even recall any conversation with you.

What’s to say I didn’t close the thread?

Good job they're one image and not separated into 3.

Heh

Yeah, that'd be a ban or a snotty email.

As for Drac - he's a vindictive git and can't separate his emotions from his modding decisions. He tries too hard to be funny and get in with who he sees as the popular crowd and won't really rock the boat when it comes to them and generally plays to what he perceives as an audience (as do a lot of folk on here). He'll happily pick on those considered by others to be fair game - y'know the users - and, most importantly, he's a ****ing hypocrite.

How's that for poking the sponge...

I doubt this'll stand cos it's negative use of the forum or whatever he informs me of in those pissy emails.

A mile wide of the mark there teasel.

Of course you'd claim that.

🙄

Well the fact you’re talking about me gives me a pretty good insight into it.

I've actually 'said' nothing but... I don't have a clue what your last post means regardless of that cock up.

Edit : Ah, you've edited and it makes a bit more sense. You know why I have a problem with you - you have a problem with me and deleted various posts while at the same time using the forum in a negative fashion yourself.

That makes you a hypocrite.

Can’t say I even recall any conversation with you.

Not only does it seem that I am over sensitive it seems I'm instantly forgettable too! 😥

It was I think a couple of car related threads a while back that I was thinking of.

No offence intended btw more a comment on me than you I think.

I have honestly have no idea, teasel might know.

teasel - Member

I've actually 'said' nothing

Except for your mad rant anyway

Please, do not poke the sponge 😉

Except for your mad rant anyway

I wrote some things, I didn't say anything.

Hey you lot, just because you've found out what "poking the sponge" means, you don't have to keep doing it 🙄

You know how when you take the lid off a can of worms how hard it is to put it back on because they're all out and wriggling away over the floor.

Don't worry, guys - I'm oot.

Not worth it...

[i]*captures worms and places them in can*[/i]

(Wonders quietly if Drac has ever ridden a Cove G Spot)

Yes I have.

teasel - Member

I wrote some things, I didn't say anything.

Oh dear

It's a fact, isn't it. The fact there is no associative tone is what makes the written word so hard to understand.

So, y'know, don't be such a dick about it, eh. [/serious]

Edit : And stop trying to create the illusion that I'm bonkers or whatever you're trying to do with that "oh dear" shit. More folk than me think Drac has issues and have claimed as much. It's not just me and I'm not frothing or anything, just stating a fact - he shouldn't be a mod on this or any other forum because he can't be impartial.

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teasel - Member

Edit : And stop trying to create the illusion that I'm bonkers or whatever you're trying to do with that "oh dear"

I'm not "trying to create the illusion that you're bonkers". I'm saying you're being an arse. "I didn't say anything, I wrote it" is absolutely pathetic.

come on guys, I started this thread out of genuine curiosity. Didn't want to cause a bust up.

I fought during the Ling Wars (1 tour, 5 days, 2017) I carry the scars. 😀

No more trench warfare please!

Have a pop at Trump. Makes me feel better anyway. 😛

"I didn't say anything, I wrote it" is absolutely pathetic.

It's a ****ing fact, you dense prick. Re-read my post - the nuance of speech is absent from this media.

Arse, my arse.

Jeez...

Come on, breath guys, breath!

There's a lot of buried emotion here obviously but all of this must have been said before surely.

I don't want to see anyone banned over a dumb thread I started. 🙁

You're right.

**** y'all...

It's a **** fact, you dense prick.

Once again, Mr Burgundy provides the only approx response;

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...and you’re out of here.

..for a couple of days.

teasel - Member
You're right.

I had to be right one day on here. Lol

...and you’re out of here.

So its not ?

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How i envisage teasel's paranoid and sweaty flounce went down

I'm never sure if I just don't "get" Drac and he's funnier than I think or whether on the rare occasions we do interact on here I'm just really ******* him off.

He can be a grumpy shit but he has a very dry sense of humour. In honesty, I can relate because I'd describe myself in the same way. I've met Drac, he's honestly a good guy.

It's very easy to come across badly in text-based communication, nuance is difficult and easily lost.

More emoji in the new forum?

teasel - Member

Edit : And stop trying to create the illusion that I'm bonkers or whatever you're trying to do with that "oh dear" shit. More folk than me think Drac has issues and have claimed as much. It's not just me and I'm not frothing or anything, just stating a fact - he shouldn't be a mod on this or any other forum because he can't be impartial.

To be fair to Teasel, this has come up numerous times (no, I haven't recorded them :roll:, if I spent my time doing that I wouldn't have the time to leave my desk to get breakfast :-)) but is tolerated for whatever reason.

Hardly worth getting angry about though.

Cougar - Moderator

It's very easy to come across badly in text-based communication, nuance is difficult and easily lost.

Yep, the cause of most arguments on internet forums.

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teasel - Member
Edit : And stop trying to create the illusion that I'm bonkers or whatever you're trying to do with that "oh dear" shit. More folk than me think Drac has issues and have claimed as much. It's not just me and I'm not frothing or anything, just stating a fact - he shouldn't be a mod on this or any other forum because he can't be impartial.

Thats not the issue. The concern is where personal bias overtly interferes with what should be neutral moderation? It’s not so much about ‘being allowed’, rather is it the best system for a good forum? Perhaps that isn’t the aim.