I consider Horse's whining a boring cheat...

[KhanMan]

I think that, in the interest of sportsmanship, AH should be muted in all mp games of 3 or more players. He has demonstrated a way of getting people's attention that, while legal in the game, undermines the spirit of communication, or, simply put, I don't like it.

-KhanMan

(anyone who hasn't gotten the joke is excused

[Rasputin]

He hasnt got to the level of whining that the great Raz does !!!!

[Hydey]

In all Aussie games involving Horse he is muted and we never have a problem

[finbar]

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He hasnt got to the level of whining that the great Raz does !!!!
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It's a close go these days, Raz.



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[SmartFart]

I haven't played him yet,but am waiting.
It could be fun.
AH: I suggest you disband your starting 2 settlers so you can skip a painful death

Khangirl, you wanker, I have never even played in a game with you! What would you know, you Kraut Git!

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[Crustacian]

I am a witness, but lest I get called being "baited" again, nuff said.

Whining should be allowed on the odd occasion only if a sincere expression of emotion (or lack of emotional & spiritial growth).
It should only be viewed a cheat when it is used to manipulate things or people, or done excessively. Excessive would be defined determined by those enduring it, whereby it must be immidiately halted.
In other words if someone should say like "Horse!! knock off the whinin!!" then the accused should humbly aquie-ess (sp)

Who has not whined breifly to say "My city is red!!....or ohhhhh my none settler just got toasted.... continued in own thread...

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[Crustacian]

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Khangirl, you wanker,
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Horse is that your mis pronunciation of Yankee? Texans are not Yankees. hehe

(I know it is just an Aussie word for some un utterable condition or state of being.) Could you explain its intended meaning?

I herd "derpy" or something close on Crocodile Dundee. I wondered what sort of word it was too.

[SuperSneak]

Crusty--what you do evey Friday night in lieu of having a date would classify you as a "wanker".
It involves Rosie Palm and her five sisters.
It also makes you go blind
(sneak says as he gropes around for his red and white cane).....

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Sure, War4 retired the day after playing me and makeo has disappeared in the middle of our duel claiming it was too "stressful". But what's that got to do with me? They are both flakes

OK, some help for Crusty and other foreigners outside Australia:
'wanker' is as described above, basically satsifying ones own needs in a certain department;
this is generally regarded as a waste of time;
SO, to say someone is a 'wanker' means they are wasting time and effort and maybe trying to achieve something they can't

finbar might wish to elaborate!

Only cos he's our expert language consultant - not for any other reason.....

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Interesting how certain people volunteer to explain what a wanker is

[SuperSneak]

Hey! Are you trying to tell us you've never been a wanker? Psssh. It takes a real man to admit it...
Proud member of the Wanker Coalition.

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[finbar]

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finbar might wish to elaborate!

Only cos he's our expert language consultant - not for any other reason.....

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Good morning, one and all.

The word "wanker" is obviously both noun and adjective. The verb, obviously, is "to wank". The present participle, equally obviously, is "wanking", and the past participle, ergo, is "wanked".

Warming to the task, the future tense is "shall wank", the present perfect tense is "have wanked", the past perfect is "had wanked", the future perfect is "shall have wanked", and the imperative, plainly, is "Wank!".

Now to some of the more esoteric tenses:

* The imperfect indicative tense, a form of past tense used - in Italian - to indicate an action that was performed habitually. In which case the form is "was wanking";

* the conditional perfect tense, used to express an action that would have happened if something else had been possible. A practical example: "He would have wanked if he'd had the time".

And so on, and so on. Even more tenses and their application available upon request.

Now to meaning. Apart from the literal - which is to say, for example, "practising the scales on the trouser trumpet" - its use is strictly perjorative. "To wank", metaphorically, is to be "up oneself", implying an unwarranted sense of self importance, an unwarranted assumption of knowledge, and, most importantly, a proclivity to pour forth same, at length, to a point beyond tedium.

The noun "wanker", though, can have a variety of other metaphorical meanings. In the case under study - Mr Alexander's Horse -v- Mr Khanman - I would argue that it can safely be assumed that Mr Horse was settling for one of "wanker"'s most basic translations - to wit, "knobhead".

Thank you, and good morning.

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ROTFLMAO!

Or something similar

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This thread has turned into an almost perfect example of wanking.

[finbar]

Absolutely. It's called irony. And thank you for pointing it out to others over whose heads it might well have passed.

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[Hydey]

I am proud to say I have been a wanker for a long time now . In fact I have almost mastered the art of wanking.

See Dad my teenage years where not wasted after all

Hey! I just noticed Khanfairy accused me of being a cheat as well. Gee, I must be concerned about that allegation

Oh and son, don't worried, I had you figured for a pud puller from way back

[Carolus Rex]

Pud puller???

finbar, to the rescue?

Carolus

[SuperSneak]

If I may:

A "pud puller" would be a synonym for "wanker", albeit without the wider range of meanings and applications. It is a more base and vulgar reference, used mainly by garbage collector types and, perhaps, state workers. It lacks the poetic grace and charm of the "wanker" descriptor, but has a certain rough-necked charm of its own.

Professor?

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Oh don't ask finbar! He's as much in love with Mrs Palmer as anyone else.

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[finbar]

Good morning, one and all.

Mr Alexander Horse's need to edit the above post surely suggests an eyesight problem not unrelated to his fondness for jerking the gherkin and its well-known consequences.

Indeed, Mr SuperSneak, I can confirm that your admirably scholastic analysis of the pud - vis a vis the pulling of same - is correct. You clearly spend too much time around the Oregon garbage collectors and state workers, sir. As it happens, Mr Alexander's Horse is what might loosely be described as a state worker, hence his familiarity with the term.

In order to avoid any possible confusion in the future, I have taken the trouble to provide a short list of other useful synonyms:

* a J. Arthur
* five-finger Mary
* four sisters on Thumb Street
* Lady Five Fingers
* mother fist and her five daughters
* Mrs Palm and her five daughters
* Onan's Olympics

Thank you, and good morning.



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[finbar]

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Pud puller???

finbar, to the rescue?

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Sorry, Carolus, with all our flummery we forgot to mention that pud is short for pudding. Ergo, pulling the pudding.



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[Hydey]

there goes finbar again having one off the wrist, feeding the chooks or was he just siphoning the trouser python.

[finbar]

Not so much a mixture of metaphors as a conflagration, Hydey.

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[Carolus Rex]

Thanks for the english lesson, lads! Never got the opportunity to pick up these terms in school...

Only one I don't get is "a J. Arthur"??? A famous Australian politician caught in the act or a play with words?

Carolus

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[finbar]

No, Carolus, not an Australian politician, but Australian politicians are great practitioners of the art under discussion. As are most politicians.

In fact, J. Arthur Rank makes the list as rhyming slang. What does J. Arthur Rank rhyme with? J. Arthur Rank was a British film producer working from the 1930s through to the 1960s. Beyond that, the company existed in name only. Whether Mr Rank ever knew his name came to be used as a rhyming synonym for the art under discussion will never be known. Let it be said here, however, in case any of the Rank family happen to read this forum and are feeling in the least bit litigious, we are in no way claiming he did. Or, indeed, was one.

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[Curumbor Elendil]

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"To wank", metaphorically, is to be "up oneself", implying an unwarranted sense of self importance, an unwarranted assumption of knowledge, and, most importantly, a proclivity to pour forth same, at length, to a point beyond tedium.


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Does anyone else find this metaphor positively revolting?

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[MacUser]

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Does anyone else find this metaphor positively revolting?


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Damn Yank! Rhymes with....

Ya' gotta love the Aussies!
ROFLOLM!!!

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