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Onkel Neal

04-25-15, 10:52 PM

Radio Room Red Alert Team (RRRATs)
Special Ops members who monitor the site for spam, forbidden content, and server outages and alert the sysadmin 24/7, 365.25 days a year.

Just a quick update to inform you that over the last three years, we have been pretty good about killing spam here with the diligent help of ucrank, Sailor Steve, and Jimbuna, and many sharp eyed members such as cdrsubron7, Skybird, TLAM Strike, joea, Oberon, Lucky Starr, Hitman, Nippelspanner, seaniam81, raymond6751, Chad, Pisces, Mud, CCIP, guntherprien, Rhodes, Sniper297, HunterICX, ReallyDedPoet, d@rk51d3, darius359au, Kptlt. Hellmut Neuerburg, Trevally., u1950, Tango589, Schroeder, Vendor, in_vino_vomitus, kraznyi_oktjabr, gi_dan2987, gap, BossMark, volodya61, BigWalleye, BL!TZKR!EG, Admiral Halsey, Aktungbby, depthtok33l, Sinkmore, ikalugin, Pigmachine, Pigboatcook, thegrindre, and Relmu. :subsim:

I try to make sure each spam hunter gets recognition with the badge,
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=165&pictureid=4424
but if you report a spammer and I do not award it to you, don't be shy, PM me.

Was discussing spam busting tactics with some other forum admins, and one told me a funny story I thought I would share with you. :rotfl2:

Something that did amuse me no end recently, I installed SMF on one of my domains to test something out. I forgot to delete the installation and didn't revisit it for around three months. When I returned it had a thriving community of bots mostly extolling the virtues of a Canadian pharmaceutical company. The number of users, threads and posts were in the thousands. There was more activity there than on some of my forums.

Sailor Steve

04-25-15, 10:55 PM

Hilarious! :rock:

u crank

04-26-15, 04:43 AM

That's all they ever wanted ..... a place of their own. :D

Rhodes

04-26-15, 04:48 AM

:Kaleun_Salute:

Jimbuna

04-26-15, 06:08 AM

SINK EM ALL!! http://s29.postimg.org/jtdcseper/wolfcop_1.gif (http://postimage.org/)

Platapus

04-26-15, 06:38 AM

If there's something strange
in your thread of posts
Who ya gonna call?
SPAMBUSTERS

If there's something weird
and it don't look good
Who ya gonna call?
SPAMBUSTERS

I ain't afraid of no ads
I ain't afraid of no scams

If you're seeing things
running through your post
Who can ya call?
SPAMBUSTERS

:D

danasan

04-26-15, 08:18 AM

I'll try my very best!

Chad

04-26-15, 10:56 AM

Danasan has surpassed us by not just having the badge but making it his avatar too! :D

Onkel Neal

04-26-15, 11:04 AM

Haha, that's dedication :up:

Aktungbby

04-26-15, 11:28 AM

Sorry I'm late to the party;:salute:I picked off another within two minutes as I first logged in this AM. I think he's a regular offender...http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/mn/MNAUSspam_slammin.jpg

Sailor Steve

04-26-15, 01:19 PM

Danasan has surpassed us by not just having the badge but making it his avatar too! :D
It's not just what he does...it's who he is! :stare:

Oberon

04-26-15, 01:47 PM

I was a mod on an old nation-simulator game board, when the game wound down I stupidly didn't lock everything up. I came back a few months later and the place was infested with the sods. I had to go through and weed them all out and lock everything up.
I renamed myself the 'Gardener' after that. :haha:

Torplexed

04-26-15, 01:57 PM

It's not just what he does...it's who he is! :stare:

I blame the Spamtoonist.

http://pyxis.homestead.com/SpamHunter.jpg

Aktungbby

04-26-15, 02:06 PM

Can you make that a goldenboy Henry!:O:

danasan

04-26-15, 03:18 PM

Here is the whole (old) story, we were two... Paco and me...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=183894&highlight=elite+spam+hunter&page=15

Well, bad tongues would say, it had to do with where we come from :haha:

Oh, and please don't take that avatar away from me, Neal. I'll keep it in honor, if you don't mind.

And, it's a one-of-a-kind.

STEED

04-26-15, 04:24 PM

the 'Gardener'

Sounds great, I must have missed this classic 1960's spy series. :)

Wolferz

04-26-15, 05:39 PM

That's all they ever wanted ..... a place of their own. :D

At the risk of losing our friends, Armistead and Eichhornchen...
Maybe steer our bots over there...
Got address?

:D

Oberon

04-26-15, 06:51 PM

Sounds great, I must have missed this classic 1960's spy series. :)

It's the sequal to 'The Milkman'...

http://jamesbond007.net/seconds/Necros.jpg

Eichhörnchen

04-27-15, 01:33 AM

At the risk of losing our friends, Armistead and Eichhornchen...
Maybe steer our bots over there...
Got address?

:D

http://i.imgur.com/bI0Agyd.jpg "Start the car..."

mapuc

11-12-15, 01:42 PM

Made a post in the cat-thread toke a look at my avatar and post count

WHAT !?

My avatar was different from the one I had yesterday and I had 4000 + posting here at Subsim.

I have been searching this forum for a special avatar, I did this to find the one I remember i had yesterday before I closed my computer. I count find this avatar I do remember how it looks like but forgot the name(alias)

I have been thinking a lot, but I'm 99.99 % sure I had more than 4000 + posting and a different avatar.

I let my anti virus program make a clean-up before I closed my computer, I'm not an expert on computers and forums, I doubt that this cleaning of my computer should have any thing to do with this.

So I'm confused.

Markus

Oberon

11-12-15, 02:37 PM

Let me see...am I still Chester?

EDIT: Nope...I am Bull. Yup, something broke, I was Nimitz earlier, now I'm Halsey.

Dowly

11-12-15, 02:50 PM

Probably something to do with the mass spamming earlier today. :hmmm:

mapuc

11-12-15, 02:51 PM

Let me see...am I still Chester?

EDIT: Nope...I am Bull. Yup, something broke, I was Nimitz earlier, now I'm Halsey.

I seem also to remember Jim having 107000 post or something and now he has only 105000 post or something.

It looks like we all have lost about 2-2500 post counts

Markus

Rockstar

11-12-15, 03:15 PM

Probably something to do with the mass spamming earlier today. :hmmm:

A WITCH! How exactley did you know about this and when did you know it?

August

11-12-15, 03:30 PM

Checking :hmmm:

Onkel Neal

11-12-15, 04:04 PM

In case you missed it, we were hit by the biggest spam attack since Kennedy was President. :timeout: Starting at approx 02:37 CST, a horde of new "members" began signing up and flooding GT and SH3 Workshop with chinese-ish spam and there was no let up. Luckily for us, Spam Hunters Dowly, a.g., Bera, Rhodes, padi, and rowi58 took immediate action and rang the alarm, launching Jimbuna into action. Jim says there were over 260 spam posts landed, and quickly u crank joined in the effort to block them out. We had a breakdown of my awesome emergency procedure, which I am trying to fix now. We cannot stop the first few spammers from getting in the gate, but I will try to give our moderators better tools to shut the gate before it gets as bad as last night.

Thank you Jim, u crank, Dowly, a.g., Bera, Rhodes, padi, and rowi58 !:rock:

Oberon

11-12-15, 05:07 PM

Betonov did mention that we'd been invaded by Koreans, probably Best Korea trying to learn the secret behind Jimbunas post count.

EDIT: It's quite impressive to read a post by ikalugin and see that his post count is 0. The Koreans really did a number, didn't they?

http://cdn0.theawl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/red-dawn-freedom-lie.png

Rhodes

11-12-15, 05:21 PM

:salute::up:! It must have been some N. Korean spam party!

eddie

11-12-15, 05:23 PM

The Islamic terrorism thread is completely gone too,lol Its ISIS I tell ya!!:D I'm down to one post too!! Now I won't get to sleep tonight, LMAO!!!

u crank

11-12-15, 05:26 PM

Hey Eddie, welcome to SubSim. :O:

eddie

11-12-15, 05:31 PM

Hey Eddie, welcome to SubSim. :O:

:haha:

Rhodes

11-12-15, 06:01 PM

And only tomorrow is Friday the 13th!:woot:

Platapus

11-12-15, 06:02 PM

The NSA thinks you are posting too much and too often and suggests that you get back to those chores you have been putting off.

HW3

11-13-15, 02:11 AM

Good job guys!!!!:up:

Dowly

11-13-15, 05:53 AM

http://i.imgur.com/FbU1d4h.jpg
"Send... HELP!"

Jimbuna

11-13-15, 08:04 AM

I'll do my best to shed some light on this matter....

As many of you are now aware, SubSim found itself under a sustained and unprecedented attack yesterday from spammers base in the orient.

The timing was during sleeping hours across the pond and in the early hours of the morning here in the UK so you could say it happened during my watch.

The SubSim protocol already in place for such an event was immediately acted upon but such was the level of the attack no reasonable time could be given for a response so the decision was taken (by me) to go immediately to Defcon 1 in order that no further damage should be accomplished by these (insert appropriate expletive here).

In excess of 260 posts in various parts of the forum (mostly GT and SH3 Mods Workshop) as well as more than 20 accounts had to be hastily expunged because the attack was ongoing even as remedial action was being carried out.

At the conclusion further investigation showed at least one thread (music) and possibly more in GT had been lost. The outcome being that some members have lost posts and suffered a reduction in said post count (I personally lost 3500).

Personally speaking, I'm not overly bothered but if any member feels differently they should contact Neal and ask for a reinstatement of post count number.

Neal is investigating the possibility of reinstating any lost threads but it is not sure if that is possible.

I can only apologise for any detriment anyone feels they may have suffered, this was not intended but desperate times called for swift and decisive action and having spoken to Neal yesterday I take comfort in the fact he is happy in the actions I took.

Further protocols are now in place which hopefully will mean there is less possibility of such an event happening again.

Famous last words.

Dowly

11-13-15, 08:25 AM

It is understandable that in dealing of such mass spam attack, some real threads get mixed in as well.

All good. :yep:

Oberon

11-13-15, 08:27 AM

I'm not that fussed about lost posts either, I'll work my way back to Nimitz, although I'd rather be ABC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cunningham,_1st_Viscount_Cunningham_of_Hynd hope#/media/File:INF3-6_Portrait_of_Admiral_Sir_Andrew_Cunningham_%28c._ 1943%29.jpg), maybe one day.

Onkel Neal

11-13-15, 09:39 AM

Thanks for your patience. I did some db maintenance and it seems to have restored the user counts. Ranks look normal again. I cannot find the missing threads (2) anywhere in the db. I will check the backups, but will have to wait until I get to a friend's house to use some unlimited internet connection. Even then, the db is 6GB+ so it may be a lost cause as far as time/effort is worth it. :salute:

Dowly

11-13-15, 09:44 AM

If it was just the two threads (terrorist thread & music) I wouldn't worry about it too much. Oberon already made new 'terrorist' thread and we can just make a new music thread. :up:

Onkel Neal

11-13-15, 09:49 AM

I appreciate that, Dowly. Restoring a thread is possible, not all that difficult, even for me, but getting the backup db moved across the web is a chore.

Eichhörnchen

11-13-15, 09:55 AM

Good job we weren't still using the Animal Film Club then.

Don't worry about the music... I'll just post my links all over again so you can re-enjoy my favourite stuff.

August

11-13-15, 10:13 AM

Was discussing spam busting tactics with some other forum admins, and one told me a funny story I thought I would share with you. :rotfl2:

Would a forum with thousands of users be something that one could sell advertising space for? :hmmm:

mapuc

11-13-15, 12:02 PM

Thank you. Now I'm not confused any more

Markus

Aktungbby

11-13-15, 12:43 PM

If it was just the two threads (terrorist thread & music) I wouldn't worry about it too much. Oberon already made new 'terrorist' thread and we can just make a new music thread. :up:

Jimbuna, I, and Dowly have 'tied up'http://i.imgur.com/lRkj2fM.gif one lose Thread...soda speak:O:

August

11-13-15, 12:52 PM

.soda speak:O:

Issat like Pepsi Talk? :haha:

Oberon

11-13-15, 02:30 PM

w00t, I'm Nimitz again!

http://www.oz.net/markhow/pre-dred/mikasa2.gif

Jimbuna

11-14-15, 07:22 AM

w00t, I'm Nimitz again!

http://www.oz.net/markhow/pre-dred/mikasa2.gif

http://i.imgur.com/neGVefU.gif

http://i.imgur.com/pk3Iu8j.gif

Rockin Robbins

11-14-15, 10:52 AM

Wow! Those are awesome!

Onkel Neal

11-14-15, 10:56 AM

w00t, I'm Nimitz again!

Yeah, you look like you again :salute:

Oberon

11-14-15, 01:20 PM

Yeah, you look like you again :salute:

Ah, I can only hope to look that good at that age. :salute:

Oberon

11-17-15, 10:04 PM

Heads up folks, the Norks are getting restless again.

http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2005/22/656_110647428067.jpg

"We gotta nuke those red sonsabitches all the way back to the Yalu!"

HW3

11-17-15, 10:19 PM

Looks like the mods are on it! :up: :salute:

Rhodes

01-12-17, 12:36 PM

http://www.animateit.net/data/media/august2009/startrekredalert.gifhttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JGAKZprSNas/VI8T3INO8vI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/WMaSxra_DHk/w800-h800/Spam--Alert.gif

Kptlt. Neuerburg

01-12-17, 12:43 PM

Neal has been alerted.

Mr Quatro

01-12-17, 12:44 PM

Twenty-two (22) of them and still coming :o

Aktungbby

01-12-17, 12:44 PM

:Kaleun_Wink: already reported! :shucks:

Onkel Neal

01-12-17, 12:45 PM

Thanks for the excellent response, spammer nuked,

Rhodes

01-12-17, 12:46 PM

:Kaleun_Salute:

Tango589

01-12-17, 12:49 PM

It looks like Neal just ate a whole lot of spam sandwiches!

Mr Quatro

01-12-17, 01:02 PM

I clicked on one of those spam thingy's and got this:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nZIDc5I8w30/UQwSvjOFtvI/AAAAAAAAE3U/X8l8jt6Eh1k/s1600/Larson+cartoon.jpg

propbeanie

01-12-17, 01:04 PM

I used to ~love~ spam... in the can... like a ham...
I'd eat it with spread... on the bread... while laying in bed...

but this feller here... I'd like to strike fear... between his ears...
I'd better quit with the Seuss... 'fore ya cook muh goose... and kick me in the - arears...

Skybird

03-06-17, 06:12 AM

It seems a spamming oscar-class is attacking subsim.com and has emptied all its launch tubes of all its spam cruise missiles in on volley simultaneously...?! :o

Commander Wallace

03-06-17, 06:15 AM

The attacks were reported and should be cleared up in short order. :yep:

Reece

03-06-17, 06:27 AM

Seems they all point to a phone number starting with country code 91 (India I think) what ever that is, also something to do with Muslims!!:doh:

Oberon

03-06-17, 06:43 AM

https://youtu.be/rY7v21Zy1yE?t=44

Jimbuna

03-06-17, 07:03 AM

Attack repulsed and aggressors destroyed.

Gratitude and thanks to all who made timely reports :Kaleun_Cheers:

Onkel Neal

03-06-17, 07:24 AM

Yes, thank you Marcel and Jim, and the members who sent in bad post reports. There is plenty of tears in Mumbai now, for sure. :/\\k:

ikalugin

03-06-17, 07:26 AM

Never understood why anyone would use spam attacks.

Von Due

03-06-17, 08:26 AM

Never understood why anyone would use spam attacks.

Simple and depressing: Send out bots to make 20,000,000 posts across the web practically free of charge, wait for the one guy who is ready to send his credit card details to online stores noone but the Interpol have ever heard of.

Moonlight

03-06-17, 08:27 AM

You missed one in the SH4 Fleet Boat Mods Workshop thread.

Jimbuna

03-06-17, 08:29 AM

You missed one in the SH4 Fleet Boat Mods Workshop thread.

Can you point me to it?

STEED

03-06-17, 08:31 AM

Seems they all point to a phone number starting with country code 91 (India I think) what ever that is, also something to do with Muslims!!:doh:

Another good reason we should have stayed in India. :shifty: :03: :roll:

This would never had happen if the British Empire had not gone soft drinking fruity flavoured tea. :arrgh!:

Jimbuna

03-06-17, 08:36 AM

You missed one in the SH4 Fleet Boat Mods Workshop thread.

Can you point me to it?

'psychicraheem'

All sorted now, thanks.

Onkel Neal

03-06-17, 11:40 AM

Never understood why anyone would use spam attacks.

Also, these spammers get paid for every link that lives on.

mapuc

03-06-17, 01:52 PM

I got an idea, maybe its useless

When a person have registered, he or she will get a 6-8 digit number and are only allowed to post in the "Comments to SUBSIM Review" Here the person can create their first thread. The person who have registered will also receive a note in their conformations mail. In this note the person could read

"Dear N.N thank you for your interest in our Sub - community. Before we give you full access to all of goodies, we need a personal letter from you, where you tell us your interest, where you live, your age and so on. Until then feel free to post something about you in the Comments to SUBSIM Review, this is the only place you can post until on of our moderators has given the green lights. If everything goes as planned, you will receive another mail from us."

After a person has done so, send a pm to Neal or some other moderator, this person gets another mail from Subsim-Here the person can now create his or her nickname and log-on code.

Just an idea.

When this new "not yet approved member" post something in the Comments to SUBSIM Review-subforum, we will not see a nickname, but this 6-8 digit-This 6-8 digit will be there until this new member has been approved, then those 6-8 digit number will change to what alias he or she has picked

Markus

Eichhörnchen

03-06-17, 02:26 PM

Ooops! I haven't been on here today... just got message from another Red Alert team member and reported... but didn't check the time. Sorry, Neal

Onkel Neal

03-06-17, 02:58 PM

Haha, yeah, that got my attention

STEED

03-06-17, 04:13 PM

Ooops! I haven't been on here today... just got message from another Red Alert team member and reported... but didn't check the time. Sorry, Neal

Not buying it, now give President Trump a big wet kiss and all will be forgiven.

https://media.makeameme.org/created/where-is-my-q5a61n.jpg

mapuc

03-06-17, 05:09 PM

Forget my idea I wrote about before-It will not prevent a spammer to spam the only place this person are allowed to post in.

Eventually a new member are first allowed to post own threads or write comments after he or she has been approved by some of the moderator or Neal. Same here, the person has to send a mail with information about him or her, before getting the green light.

Markus

Eichhörnchen

03-07-17, 03:25 PM

Shows how long it's been since I bought a pint in a boozer: is it really up to £5 now, STEED? I get all mine from ALDI... you just reminded me that I've got another one for the 'Skippers Brewhouse'

STEED

03-07-17, 06:51 PM

Shows how long it's been since I bought a pint in a boozer: is it really up to £5 now, STEED? I get all mine from ALDI... you just reminded me that I've got another one for the 'Skippers Brewhouse'

Hey someone is reading my views on life, give that man a bottle of ale. :)

Every month a new view will appear in my sig. :03:

Eichhörnchen

05-20-17, 04:02 AM

http://i.imgur.com/kpjWaoO.jpg

(Spam attack email has been sent to Subsim)

Jimbuna

05-20-17, 04:28 AM

All sorted thanks.

Reece

05-20-17, 06:09 AM

How many points do I get E?:D

STEED

05-20-17, 07:19 AM

I like this new game..:)

STEED

05-20-17, 07:20 AM

WHACK

Onkel Neal

05-20-17, 07:51 AM

We relaxed for a minute and they launched a fresh offensive. Thanks to the RA team and ever-reliable Jimbuna, they were halted with only six spam posts.

Eichhörnchen

05-20-17, 08:06 AM

http://i.imgur.com/ERLaSxN.jpg

I've noticed from a previous attack and now this one, that the spammers never seem to be able to eliminate 'Whac-A-Squirrel'; their posts have gone down the page as far as mine and then stopped. Does this mean that Whac-A-Squirrel acts like some kind of Firewall? Maybe it should be a sticky and remain running permanently?

STEED

05-20-17, 08:10 AM

propbeanie

05-20-17, 08:56 AM

Don't aggravate der kleine eichhörnchen... He'll turn that flammenwerfer your direction!!!

Onkel Neal

01-18-21, 04:32 PM

UPDATE: Transmission intercept

.... in a dim, rusted metal-walled warehouse packed with work stations and beige computers in the sweltering Bombay heat, three swarthy young men in dirty, white business shirts and limp neckties gather around a gurgling water cooler...

"...did you hear? Pashhtek said he got a thread in Subsim past Jim and ucrank, it was there for 2 months."

"No sh^t?"

"Yeah, so he came back and edited the thread, inserting his essay link. It never made the thread pop up to the top, so it was super stealth, man!"

"s7rikeback didn't catch it? skidman?"

"No way, man."

You mean, it even got past aktungbby?"

"It did indeed."

"Yes! That's how a pro does it!"

"Yes! Yes!"

"It won't last," said a guy who was listening close by. The three turned to face this new guy.

"Why not? It has the links, it's buried on page 4, it's a success."

"No. And I tell you why. Every few days, the Onkel runs searches on the whole forum, by members with less than 50 posts, going back for years, and then exports the results as CSV. Then he imports them into a tool that can run searches for edited posts, for links in posts, and for specific key words --"

"--no!"

"Yes, I am afraid so."

"What key words?" gulped Pagoopda.

"Casino..." They all gasped. "Essays. Pharmacy. Prize. Potency".

They all looked at the floor. He finished in a whisper; "Even... Enhancement..."

"That bastard," Blenugh murmured. Slowly, they all drifted off to their workstations with sinking spirits.

Aktungbby

01-18-21, 04:53 PM

Bloody ex-Raj wogs! :Kaleun_Mad:But ya left out... ":Kaleun_Sleep:er spämmer"!:|\\:arrgh!:

skidman

01-18-21, 05:23 PM

:har:

Mr Quatro

01-18-21, 05:59 PM

Neal for funniest post of the year for 2021, but hey it's still early yet :D

Aktungbby

01-18-21, 07:40 PM

Neal for funniest post of the year for 2021, but hey it's still early yet :D "No sh^t?" Please use language that you would use around your mother. No vulgarities, obscenities, hate speech, or foul language. Do not use *******ing w*rds with aster*cks, that's the same thing as vulgar languge. Unfortunately it broke the :subsim: prime directive and used unmotherly lingo....'course he is a Texican :O: maybe he's 'leading from the front'...and technically it wasn't an "*'! :hmmm: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/90/f8/73/90f8734e13b1516aef6aa9853110aed0.gif https://i.pinimg.com/564x/35/4e/b9/354eb9a84b406005bc7c505475ed6ea9.jpg

Commander Wallace

01-18-21, 09:49 PM

Meanwhile, Martha, back at the ranch, Is laying in a ditch at the edge of town, having had a bit too much to drink, waiting for Sir Charles........

https://cdn.acidcow.com/pics/20111026/hilarious_drunk_and_wasted_people_30.gif

Mr Quatro

01-18-21, 10:12 PM

Commander Wallace

01-19-21, 02:34 AM

PS I hope Sir Charles didn't do anything nasty to Martha :o

I'm not sure yet. I'm still writing.:D

I think Sir Charles was furious at Martha's pending nuptials and angry at being rejected, Sir Charles hit's Martha over the head with a blunt instrument, probably the dog. Sir Charles then hypnotizes Martha into thinking she is Britney Spears and does plastic Surgery on her so she looks like Britney spears, Including all the plastic. Sir Charles even gives Martha a terrible singing voice to make it all the more convincing. :)

I stopped writing there.

Either Sir Charles mails Martha to Las Vegas, postage due, in a trunk where she does 2 shows a night, 3 on Saturdays with a matinee or with all of Britney's / Martha's plastic, she has a Tupperware party. :D

I haven't decided yet and I'm still working on it. This is a common story and I'm sure it happens everyday :yep:

Catfish

01-19-21, 03:01 AM

@Neal :haha:

^ Who is Sir Charles? :hmmm:

Commander Wallace

01-19-21, 06:51 AM

@Neal :haha:

^ Who is Sir Charles? :hmmm:

I suppose some explanation is due. When Neal did his update transmission post, the flamboyancy of his writing struck me and others as funny. For whatever reason, it reminded me of stories my great grandparents had told me of having dinner and then gathering around the big radio's to listen to the latest updates on WW2 and I'm guessing, WW1. This was of course before television.

As entertainment, there were also Melodrama's like the Shadow and comedy routines. When Neal did his shtick, I Immediately thought of that. As with melodrama's, the characters are exaggerated, usually in an absurd way.

Charles Schultz wrote the Peanuts gang, Charlie Brown and Snoopy comic strip. He frequently showed Snoopy on top of his doghouse behind a typewriter writing fictitious stories. Snoopy wrote in an exaggerated way as well.

David Ogden Stiers portrayed surgeon Charles Emerson Winchester. Mash was acclaimed as being both serious and also steeped in absurdity. Stiers did a fantastic job and interjected a lot of his personality into his role such as his love of Classical music.

I was also a fan of the English comedy Sitcom, As Time Goes By. It featured Judy Dench and Geoffrey Palmer.

The merging of these three gives us Sir Charles and Martha and serves as an inspiration. :)

It comes from the fertile imagination of yours truly and again, was meant to be completely absurd.

Catfish

01-19-21, 08:01 AM

Ah thanks!

I thought it had something to do with the equally absurd book by John Hulme (wo does not exist) and his book "Die gesammelten Werke des Lord Charles" (~"The collected works of Lord Charles"), who (allegedly) is said to be an excentric Lord living in England, who collected german songs and rhymes, "translated" into english only by sound, like "How fine am bough mine cook-hook s'arse" which would be "Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck saß".

It is presumably a fake name of some german, making fun of the english and german language.
Don't try to make sense of it :O:

Commander Wallace

01-19-21, 08:30 AM

^ I say ole bean, think you've got it. :O:

Moonlight

01-19-21, 08:56 AM

^No he bloody hasn't, I would like to inform you that the real Lord Charles is a highly respected member of the British establishment, apart from when he's drunk, which unfortunately for everyone else is every hour of every day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zn3M-WMzM

Eichhörnchen

01-19-21, 09:47 AM

Always loved Lord Charles, what?

Onkel Neal

06-06-22, 08:46 AM

This just in on the War on Spam!!!

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=1161&pictureid=12573

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Xerxes

06-06-22, 08:56 AM

This just in on the War on Spam!!!

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=1161&pictureid=12573

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I found the moose study more interesting

ET2SN

06-06-22, 08:59 AM

Seriously, Whack-A-Moose? :doh::yeah:

Aktungbby

06-06-22, 09:48 AM

What's Rocket J. Squirrel w/o his pal Bullwinkle?!:D

blackswan40

06-06-22, 10:27 AM

Squirels like spam fritters too dont tell elwhacko :D

u crank

06-06-22, 12:01 PM

I'm bored now.

:D:D:D

Xerxes

06-06-22, 02:36 PM

This just in on the War on Spam!!!

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=1161&pictureid=12573

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There goes my chance at spam hunter.

FUBAR295

06-06-22, 03:01 PM

I think I'll take up wabbit hunting now. :Kaleun_Periskop:

Jeff-Groves

06-06-22, 03:23 PM

Maybe we should launch attempts to spam for something to do.
:hmmm:

Hate to see Jimbuna out of a job! His post count would rise expotentually!

fred8615

06-06-22, 03:34 PM

I found the moose study more interesting

I know! What about the Antarctica Moose count???

Xerxes

06-06-22, 03:49 PM

I know! What about the Antarctica Moose count???

Experts estimate that the number could rise to ONE! That would be an event for the ages, truly something i'll be happy about being alive for!

HW3

06-06-22, 03:59 PM

Guess I can put my Red Alert telegraph machine away now.

Onkel Neal

06-06-22, 06:21 PM

I want to thank all the members, past and present, who have helped alert and weed out spammers. Jimbuna and ucrank especially. :up:

Skybird, Torplexed, les green01, FUBAR295, Deamon, joea, Oberon, Lucky Starr, Hitman, U56, Rockstar, nikimcbee, seaniam81, raymond6751, Chad, Pisces, Herman, Subnuts, Dowly, August, Zero Niner, HW3, Paco, Rhodes, Sniper297, STEED, HunterICX, rowi58, ReallyDedPoet, kylania, d@rk51d3, darius359au, Platapus, p7p8, Bera, VonDos, Rockin Robbins, razark, Kptlt. Neuerburg, Raptor1, ETR3(SS), Tango589, Captain Dave, tomfon, Schroeder, Buddahaid, Magic1111, UglyMowgli, Kaye T. Bai, Skarmy, Cyborg322, vdr1981, kapuhy, Hinrich Schwab, J0313, gi_dan2987, gap, BossMark, u crank, Cybermat47, =TFO=Katarn, padi, Commander Wallace, SnipersHunter, s7rikeback, Admiral Halsey, succerpunch, Aktungbby, depthtok33l, Sinkmore, ikalugin, Jeff-Groves, Pigmachine, Pigboatcook, james_nix, thegrindre, Relmu, a.g., propbeanie, Sean C, goldmastersims, Randomizer, O.Kusch, GrenSo, BungoJungo

u crank

06-06-22, 07:36 PM

Maybe we should launch attempts to spam for something to do.
:hmmm:

Hate to see Jimbuna out of a job! His post count would rise expotentually!

Ha ha. Got to keep the old guy busy.:haha:

It's all good. Way to go Neal.

:up:

:salute:

Xerxes

06-06-22, 08:20 PM

Sean C

06-06-22, 09:51 PM

:up:

Vivid1963

06-07-22, 05:17 AM

Regarding the post about spammers - This sketch script is the origin of the term spam - for unwanted email etc. I provide this as a matter of historical and cultural interest to the group....so blame Monty Python`s flying circus..and please dont treat this as spam :Kaleun_Cheers:

From the second series of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”
Transcribed from “Monty Python’s Previous Record” by Jonathan Partington
(Spam = Spiced Pork And Ham, a sort of cheap luncheon meat)

Scene: A cafe. One table is occupied by a group of Vikings with horned helmets on. A man and his wife enter.

Man (Eric Idle): You sit here, dear.

Wife (Graham Chapman in drag): All right.

Man: (to Waitress)** Morning!

Waitress (Terry Jones, in drag as a bit of a rat-bag): Morning!

Man: Well, what’ve you got?

Waitress: Well, there’s egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;

Vikings: (starting to chant) Spam spam spam spam…

Waitress: …spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam…

Vikings: (singing) Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!

Waitress: …or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.

Wife: Have you got anything without spam?

Waitress: Well, there’s spam egg sausage and spam, that’s not got much spam in it.

Wife: I don’t want ANY spam!

Man: Why can’t she have egg bacon spam and sausage?

Wife: THAT’S got spam in it!

Man: Hasn’t got as much spam in it as spam egg sausage and spam, has it?

Vikings: Spam spam spam spam (crescendo through next few lines)

Wife: Could you do the egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam then?

Waitress: Urgghh!

Wife: What do you mean ‘Urgghh’? I don’t like spam!

Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

Waitress: Shut up!

Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can’t have egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam.

Wife: (shrieks) I don’t like spam!

Man: Sshh, dear, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your spam. I love it. I’m having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!

Vikings: (singing) Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.

Man: Well could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then?

Waitress: You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam… (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words)

Vikings: (singing elaborately) Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam!

nikimcbee

06-25-22, 04:59 PM

Maybe we should launch attempts to spam for something to do.
:hmmm:

Hate to see Jimbuna out of a job! His post count would rise expotentually!

I heard the EU was going to tax that, to fund Ukraine.:Kaleun_Wink:

nikimcbee

06-25-22, 05:20 PM

Anywhoo. regarding your spam problem, unleash a couple of hungry McBees and your spam will be gone!

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Kptlt. Neuerburg

06-25-22, 10:17 PM

THE SPAMMING SAILOR

What do we do with a spamming sailor,
What do we do with a spamming sailor,
What do we do with spamming sailor early in the morning!

Weigh heigh, up she rises
Weigh heigh, up she rises
Weigh heigh, up she rises, early in the morning!

Throw 'im in the brig with bilge rats on 'im,
Throw 'im the brig with bilge rats on 'im,
Throw 'im in the brig with bilge rats on 'im early in the morning!

Weigh heigh, up she rises,
Weigh heigh, up she rises,
Weigh heigh, up she rises, early in the morning!

Give him wack the with the 'ole ban hammer,
Give him wack the with the 'ole ban hammer,
Give him a wack with the 'ole ban hammer early in the morning!

Weigh heigh, up she rises,
Weigh heigh, up she rises,
Weigh heigh, up she rises, early in the morning!

Sorry couldn't resist posting this again! :D