TEST!! Had this been an actual post, you'd have been instructed to...

[westgrandboulevard]

Must be attacks dodge.

[144man]

Ouch!!!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

Just imagine if there were to be a coup d'etat, and they took over the running of this forum....

[moe]

Run for cover!!!!!!!!!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

We'd all be posting messages, while fully armed.....

[144man]

HALT! Who goes there?

[westgrandboulevard]

"Friend, or foe?"

Now, that might be tricky to tell....

[moe]

Depends.............ask them if they have any hooch!!

[westgrandboulevard]

And so they're going to tell you....?!!

[144man]

They all ran away. The hooch made them see double, and they thought there was twice as many of us.

[moe]

Observe and act [[in)appropriately..........

[westgrandboulevard]

Don't we always, in this quiet little corner of the SDF universe?

Compare this to the mainstream Word Association thread, which has had just under 6000 views in the last 36 hours....

[144man]

Only a small proportion actually post. I wonder how many are repeat viewers.

[westgrandboulevard]

In that 36 hour period, approximately 5949 views [[which is unusually high) , with 111 posts [[i.e. under 2% of total views)......

I wish we were receiving the residuals!

[144man]

Me too; every year I have a higher standard of poverty.

[westgrandboulevard]

Absolutely. It's cost me a lot of money to be this poor.

[144man]

Just think how much money you'd have if it wasn't for Motown.

[westgrandboulevard]

And just think how little they'd have had without us....

[144man]

How very true.

[moe]

Ditto...............

[westgrandboulevard]

It just shows that a talent is a gift, but it means absolutely nothing if no-one is aware of it...

[144man]

...especially if you're starving for your art.

[westgrandboulevard]

A wealthy patron is most handy in those circumstances!

[144man]

A wealthy patron is most handy in any circumstance!

[westgrandboulevard]

But, in almost all circumstances, they are seldom, if ever, to hand....

[144man]

I would never patronise anybody...by the way, that means "talking down to them".

[westgrandboulevard]

I think you'll find you've left out "I think you'll find...."

[moe]

Find what?

[144man]

Find out that he's been patronising me, moe. Of course, you can't do that. You'd have to matronise me instead.

[westgrandboulevard]

You walked right into that one, moe

[moe]

More like a run and a thud, westgrand

[144man]

Are you claiming on your collision damage waiver policy?

[westgrandboulevard]

First, moe needs to confirm she has sustained damage to her bodywork...

[[choose your words carefully moe, LOLOL)

[moe]

The body is damaged...........should I say damaged goods?

[westgrandboulevard]

Let's just say 'pre-loved'. A good mechanic could work miracles.

[moe]

Thank you for letting me off the hook on that one!!

[westgrandboulevard]

And if I find a good [[and goodlooking) mechanic of whom I am not in immediate need, I'll mention your name LOL

[moe]

Please do!!!

[westgrandboulevard]

So far, the selling points are looking good.

I'd say you had one careful lady owner as your registered keeper, having the same name as you, with GSOH

[144man]

Good Salary Own House?

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, those selling points should create great interest.

As would 'Good Salary Own Teeth'........

[moe]

They're still my own, westgrand, thanks for asking............

[westgrandboulevard]

So are mine, although a couple are now only there just to make up the numbers, assisted by root canal treatment.

I keep them out the back, for spares......

[moe]

How wise you are, westgrand!

[westgrandboulevard]

I don't know if it is used elsewhere, but there is an old saying in the UK, used by older people when asked their age :

"I'm as old as my nose, and a little older than my teeth"

Well, if the situation continues of my teeth quietly dying on me, I shall be CONSIDERABLY older than some of my teeth! LOL

[144man]

My dentist told me my canines needed attention, yet I've never owned a dog in my life.

[westgrandboulevard]

Chewing on bones would benefit your canines....

[moe]

Woof Woof!.......need some kibble?

[westgrandboulevard]

Bags of energy!

[144man]

...yet I'm dog tired.