I was naughty...

[MarkFL]

I have a confession to make...I was mischievous and played a prank in the "boys v girls - Part 4" thread, whereby anyone whose profile says they are male (except me, so I could act like I couldn't replicate the issue), was prevented from posting in that thread. :lol::sadwavey:

The code I added made it appear that the affected users were trying to post a blank post, and would be shown the error message that their post was too short.

I've deactivated that code, and now it's back to normal. Shame on me! :woot:

 

[MoreCoffee]

I have a confession to make...I was mischievous and played a prank in the "boys v girls - Part 4" thread, whereby anyone whose profile says they are male (except me, so I could act like I couldn't replicate the issue), was prevented from posting in that thread. :lol::sadwavey:

The code I added made it appear that the affected users were trying to post a blank post, and would be shown the error message that their post was too short.

I've deactivated that code, and now it's back to normal. Shame on me! :woot:

Naughty Mark! Bad Mark! now go stand in the corner

 

[MarkFL]

 

[MoreCoffee]

Teachers used to use that as a punishment. I wonder if it is still used today?

 

[MarkFL]

Teachers used to us that as a punishment. I wonder if it is still used today?

Probably not...it might be seen as too damaging to a youngster's delicate self-esteem, and so they are suspended for 3 days when 15 minutes in the corner would have sufficed a generation or two ago.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Probably not...it might be seen as too damaging to a youngster's delicate self-esteem, and so they are suspended for 3 days when 15 minutes in the corner would have sufficed a generation or two ago.

My pastor gets worked up (only a little) about schools giving awards to pretty well every student - things like attending, drawing within the lines, and other trivialities so that nobody feels left out. He reckons that it makes awards for real achievement unnoticeable and close to worthless. I think he is probably right.

 

[MarkFL]

When I was a lad in school, we were given an award for perfect attendance. In second grade, I was given the award, even though I knew I had missed a day. After the ceremony, I went down to the office to turn in the award, and explained I had missed a day and didn't deserve the spiffy certificate they had given me. The school secretary became immediately annoyed with me and told me I must be mistaken and to essentially go away and stop bothering her.

I learned a valuable lesson that day...even well-intentioned honesty isn't always appreciated.

Before I went home that day, I discreetly threw the certificate away...I didn't want anything to do with it since I didn't deserve it.

 

[MoreCoffee]

When I was a lad in school, we were given an award for perfect attendance. In second grade, I was given the award, even though I knew I had missed a day. After the ceremony, I went down to the office to turn in the award, and explained I had missed a day and didn't deserve the spiffy certificate they had given me. The school secretary became immediately annoyed with me and told me I must be mistaken and to essentially go away and stop bothering her.

I learned a valuable lesson that day...even well-intentioned honesty isn't always appreciated.

Before I went home that day, I discreetly threw the certificate away...I didn't want anything to do with it since I didn't deserve it.

I believe that at schools here in Oz honesty of that kind would probably earn you an additional certificate "most honest student in class" or something

 

[Rens]

And still the girls didn't even win.
That was very naughty of you Mark and you blamed iBot, that's even more naughty.

 

[Rens]

Probably not...it might be seen as too damaging to a youngster's delicate self-esteem, and so they are suspended for 3 days when 15 minutes in the corner would have sufficed a generation or two ago.

I'm still damaged because my sister once put me in a corner when I was 3 and she had to babysit me. Lol she told me that she said: Go stand in the corner! and I just quietly stood in the corner and she didn't know what to do next. Well, you can come out now, she said.

 

[MarkFL]

And still the girls didn't even win.
That was very naughty of you Mark and you blamed iBot, that's even more naughty.

It's like when we pass gas...we blame the dog...hehehe.

 

[brinny]

I have a confession to make...I was mischievous and played a prank in the "boys v girls - Part 4" thread, whereby anyone whose profile says they are male (except me, so I could act like I couldn't replicate the issue), was prevented from posting in that thread. :lol::sadwavey:

The code I added made it appear that the affected users were trying to post a blank post, and would be shown the error message that their post was too short.

I've deactivated that code, and now it's back to normal. Shame on me! :woot:

LOL!!!!

 

[Lamb]

Your sins are forgiven, go in peace! LOL Oh Mark. What a danger it can be to have a tech guy running loose on the site

 

[psalms 91]

lol