Guest Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) An amusing development recently. Thread titles have become increasingly longer. Which in your opinion has been 'the wordiest' Edited April 30, 2020 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) Shouldn't it be "increasingly long"? And surely it will be a fact, not opinion, which is the wordiest? But at a quick glance, the Harold McNaughton thread? Edited April 29, 2020 by waiheke1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, gustix said: An amusing development recently. Thread titles have become increasingly longer. Which in your opinion has been 'the wordiest' 4 hours ago, waiheke1 said: Shouldn't it be "increasingly long"? And surely it will be a fact, not opinion, which is the wordiest? But at a quick glance, the Harold McNaughton thread? I agree about the Harold McNaughton thread - in fact basically with your comment. Here are some others that I have noticed: (1) Which British League Two/National League Team Produced The Most Riders For British League One? (2)1950 Tamworth Second Half details wanted if possible Please. (3) Who Was The Best Rider From The Old Second Division? And just to recap waiheke1 the 'comment winning' Harold McNaughton thread title was: Harold McNaughton rode for Eastbourne, Hastings Saxons, Ipswich, New Cross and Southampton - late 40's early 50's Edited April 29, 2020 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, gustix said: I agree about the Harold McNaughton thread - in fact basically with your comment. Here are some others that I have noticed: (1) Which British League Two/National League Team Produced The Most Riders For British League One? (2)1950 Tamworth Second Half details wanted if possible Please. Sometimes it pays to be as explicit as possible when starting a thread as there is often some 'smart arse' out there only too willing to question what has been initiated and/or intended. Slap wrist for Tony Mac initiating a long titled thread when listing the latest editorials in "Backtrack"...not sure how he could improve upon it? Edited April 29, 2020 by steve roberts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 6 hours ago, steve roberts said: Sometimes it pays to be as explicit as possible when starting a thread as there is often some 'smart arse' out there only too willing to question what has been initiated and/or intended. Slap wrist for Tony Mac initiating a long titled thread when listing the latest editorials in "Backtrack"...not sure how he could improve upon it? Everyone is different Steve, when it comes to putting things into words. Variety is the spice of life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, cityrebel said: Everyone is different Steve, when it comes to putting things into words. Variety is the spice of life. Agree entirely but I'm not sure what point John is trying to make? Edited April 29, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 23 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Agree entirely but I'm not sure what point John is trying to make? Does anyone! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 2 hours ago, cityrebel said: Everyone is different Steve, when it comes to putting things into words. Variety is the spice of life. 2 hours ago, cityrebel said: Everyone is different Steve, when it comes to putting things into words. Variety is the spice of life. 27 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Agree entirely but I'm not sure what point John is trying to make? 4 minutes ago, cityrebel said: Does anyone! My point (sorry chunky!!!) was that thread titles should be 'snappy' rather than 'long winded' as some have become recently. It appears I was wrong and fully accept that fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, gustix said: My point (sorry chunky!!!) was that thread titles should be 'snappy' rather than 'long winded' as some have become recently. It appears I was wrong and fully accept that fact. Why drag me into this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, chunky said: Why drag me into this? Damn, you're good chunky.......you didn't even make a comment........LOL Edited April 30, 2020 by andout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Maybe not 'the wordiest' but the longest has to be the heading on the post by Phil on 23 October 2013 - Test Smiles. Why? Because there's a mile between the first and last letter of the second word. Yes, I know it's a very old joke and I can almost hear the groans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 On 4/29/2020 at 3:18 PM, steve roberts said: Sometimes it pays to be as explicit as possible when starting a thread as there is often some 'smart arse' out there only too willing to question what has been initiated and/or intended. Slap wrist for Tony Mac initiating a long titled thread when listing the latest editorials in "Backtrack"...not sure how he could improve upon it? This is true I once went on a thread titled 'My speedway experiences', expecting to read about someone's personal speedway experiences, as you would. What I found was just a few tales about speedway riders that didn't particularly have anything to do with the person who started the thread. It didn't even appear that the person was present at the time and maybe never even saw the riders in question. Just a mish-mash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I know. I looked at a thread entitled "Years Gone By" thinking it would be an interesting thread about the sport in yesteryear, but it turned out to be about thread titles being too long and had nothing to do with "years gone by". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 46 minutes ago, salty said: I know. I looked at a thread entitled "Years Gone By" thinking it would be an interesting thread about the sport in yesteryear, but it turned out to be about thread titles being too long and had nothing to do with "years gone by". The thread title has been amended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) Too late. I've already wasted two minutes of my life. Edited April 30, 2020 by salty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, salty said: Too late. I've already wasted two minutes of my life. Quit whining! I've wasted a whole day, worrying about why gustix dragged me into the conversation! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, chunky said: Quit whining! I've wasted a whole day, worrying about why gustix dragged me into the conversation! Relax! I keyed your name in error! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 45 minutes ago, gustix said: Relax! I keyed your name in error! See, you can't get me out of your head... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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