Phoenix's Curse

No thoughts from me on it as I am completely lost over what on enough it is about. Better things to do sorry

eazybee

The way this thread is going, this group of friends of Phoenix will end up being suspended, just as she was.

Who would be to blame though?

The way this thread is going, this group of friends of Phoenix will end up being suspended, just as she was.

Oh my goodness, wouldn't Phoenix just have revelled in the to-do that this has caused.

There is no reason for anyone to post such nasty text in Gransnet. It is no excuse that it was repeating someone else's words

SD to put it in context: the Curse was first posted very many years ago as a joke and to help someone in distress.

It has been repeated more than once on Gransnet over the years and it is still there on threads. Not deleted.
Perhaps you need to take it all with a large pinch of salo?

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merlotgran asked Are you the same bloke, SD?

No.

I am not going to report you.

I don't want anyone to leave Gransnet.

I did not try to derail another thread, I answered an issue that was raised. A lady had suggested to me that I read that thread, otherwise I probably would not have looked at the thread due to the title of the thread.

I have not even looked at the thread that is in memoriam of Phoenix.

If someone asks me a question or criticises me, I consider I have a right to reply, not just "take it".

Men who pop up on Gransnet seem to be such sensitive creatures and more than a little preachy. Phoenix used to incur the wrath of another one every time she started a jokey thread about her OH’s shopping mishaps.

I think he was shown the door by HQ.

Are you the same bloke, SD?

At this rate, most of us will be in the doghouse perhaps that is what some posters want?

I didn’t know Phoenix and the original post by the OP until it was explained did seem rather offensive.

Thank you everyone for your support

It was written by a woman for other women. And much enjoyed by them. You are speaking ill of the dead and many of us find that distressing. Please stop.

StarDreamer I think you are extraordinarily rude and insensitive, not only have you tried to derail this but also the other post that was in memory of Phoenix, even when to be requested to let it go out of respect you ignore the requests and follow your own self centred agenda promoting your own views. And, if you report me and I'm requested to leave GN for for saying this, so be it. I also sadly think this thread should be deleted.

Angela73 asked. If you were attending a memorial event for someone, would you stand up and loudly say something like, “The wording on the sheet should be in Times Roman, not Comic Sans”?

No, I would not.

Anglela73 stated You seem to me to not be showing respect for the lovely Phoenix, yet wish people to respect your lifestyle choices, such as veganism, at all times, in irrelevant ways

I was answering questions specifically asked to me.

The original post did not make any reference to in memoriam.

It was a posting of a nasty text which included nasty reference to a specifically male body part.

There is no reason for anyone to post such nasty text in Gransnet. It is no excuse that it was repeating someone else's words.

Oh no!
Is that you?

Have a lovely time on your cruise, StarDreamer
Hope the river Po has some water in it.

Ciao!

I wish - for many reasons - that Phoenix was still with us. Were she still posting, she’d have great fun with your posts, StarDreamer.
If you were attending a memorial event for someone, would you stand up and loudly say something like, “The wording on the sheet should be in Times Roman, not Comic Sans”?
You seem to me to not be showing respect for the lovely Phoenix, yet wish people to respect your lifestyle choices, such as veganism, at all times, in irrelevant ways

Blossoming

If this thread wasn’t ruined before it certainly has been now. That is totally uncalled for StarDreamer and not a little hypocritical. A dreadful way to behave in a thread celebrating a dead friend.

I felt that Lucca was implying that I am hypocritical and was referring to what happened in the following thread.

LINK > www.gransnet.com/forums/culture_arts/1313983-Virtual-cruise-from-Venice-along-the-river-Po-with-the-option-to-learn-some-Italian

So I clarified so as to respond to an attempt to represent my views in a sentence not written by me.

It's time this thread went, before even more upset is caused. I am amazed that, having been told that this thread was started in memory of a much missed lady, on the first anniversary of her death, people are still arguing the toss. Please, show some respect both to Phoenix and to those who loved her.

Callistemon21

^Well, if a claque arrives, then they can be politely asked to leave the theatre^

Are you politely asking those of us who want to reminisce about a lost friend to leave Gransnet, StarDreamer?

No, I was replying to Lucca.

In another thread, I suggested to some people that they could start another thread.

LINK > www.gransnet.com/forums/culture_arts/1313983-Virtual-cruise-from-Venice-along-the-river-Po-with-the-option-to-learn-some-Italian

I felt that the comment in this thread about starting another thread was a reference to that.

Shirley48

Surely, instead of bring so rude and cliquey, someone could just politely explain that Phoenix a Gransnetter who sadly died a year ago, had a wacky sense of humour and wrote a spell to be used for errant sons in law.

Probably you are right, Shirley48

If someone is extremely rude it's best to explain the context carefully to them, not descend to their level of rudeness.

Re your comment at 12,18

Nicely put, Shirley.

claque
/klak,klɑːk/
noun
noun: claque; plural noun: claques
1.
a group of sycophantic followers.
"she was surrounded by a claque of fawning admirers"
2.
a group of people hired to applaud (or heckle) a performer or public speaker.

Callistemon I concur. I now need a word for someone whose rudeness transcends all boundaries of decency while being cleverly wrapped in pretty words. Phoenix would indeed have had the best kind of riposte.

What on earth would our dear friend Phoenix make of it?
I think I know what she might be saying.