Exchange - a - WUM

I just spent an amusing few minutes browsing the ' Don't be a one section hermit ' thread, was delighted to see that the fame of our favourite eccentric, the redoubtable and inimitable D4, has spread beyond our borders. He now enjoys notoriety and affection - in equal measure , in the sunnier climes of the tennis forum, and is also getting a foothold with the folks at the rugby league and football sections. Of particular note is the number of Chelsea supporters who now wish Ancelotti to spend some of his master's roubles in tempting Manny Pacquiao to operate in centre midfield for Chelsea next season, and how some are calling for Manny to be given a wild card entry into the American Open at Flushing Meadow at the end of this year. Manny will be seeded with Ilie Nastase, Rod Laver, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg in his side of the draw. At the special request of Freddie Roach it has also been agreed that all players will play left handed except, of course, Laver and McEnroe.

Anyway, back to the point.

I expect you'll all remember that, as kids, there was a ' school exchange ' system in operation. I remember my sister exchanged with a French girl, name of Dubost, and as a healthy seven year old I was most disappointed to find out that the exchange was only temporary. I would have happily surrendered my sister in order that I could live with Mademoiselle Dubost, who seemed to me to be every schoolboy's dream. Sadly, showering her with Liquorice Allsorts and copies of Ring magazine were to no avail, and my passion remained unrequited. Anyway, she came to live with us for a while, and my sister later toddled off to France to acquaint herself with the French language and snails. All very cultural and to everybody's benefit.

I haven't run this by the admin fellas yet, but I thought it might be fun to operate an ' Exchange - a - WUM ' system here at 606v2. It would work like this :

Every month, each forum has a poll in which members vote for ' WUM - of - the - month, ' with the understanding that each elected WUM cannot serve consecutive terms. He CAN be re - elected, but only after a period of three months. Said WUM would then be required to surrender his passport for ONE WEEK, during which he practises his trade at another forum. We, in turn, enjoy the company of a WUM from another forum during the same period. Imagine, if you will, the joy to be derived when, amidst the tedium of ' Who had the best jab in history ? ' we can also sample fare along the lines of ' Federer is a ducker - still won't play Rafa, ' or ' Gooners are chokers, ' and perhaps even the strange phenomenon by which Time runs at a different speed at Old Trafford when Manchester United aren't winning. Being as we are, twenty first century progressive chaps and ladies, multi - culturalism should be reflected in the forum, in my opinion. I can already imagine how, a few short months from now, we'll be waxing lyrical about the topspin which Manny applies to his right hook, the footwork of Stephen Hendry, the best ' cuts ' man in golf, the stamina of Eric Bristow and the benefits of modern nutrition and training methods enjoyed by today's cricket umpires.

' Exchange - a - WUM ' makes all this possible. What say you ?

Personally i think it's a brilliant idea

Apart from i think they can be re-elected month after month, mainly because 1 person will get the vote every time. Which would make me happy.

Thought you might approve, coxy.

Could it be for a year instead of a week?

Excellent idea, Windy. Just a shame that we don't have Southpaw_20 from the old 606 over here, though; we could send him out to all the other forums so that he could do his 'talk back to me and I'll beat you up' routine, so then everyone would know not to mess with the boxing forum lads - we're proper 'ard over here, ya know!

88Chris05 wrote:we're proper 'ard over here, ya know!

Except for those that get beaten up by a group of girls

Scottrf wrote:

88Chris05 wrote:we're proper 'ard over here, ya know!

Except for those that get beaten up by a group of girls

I was weight drained, Scott, and you damn well know it.

Nothing beats that Darren fella off the old 606, think it was him who get banned along with SBS for quite possibly one of the biggest arguements i've seen. Lots of swearing, abuse and threats coming out. Proper popcorn stuff

And i more than approve, i would also suggest that 3 "wum" awards means an enforced absence for 3 months.

Be careful what you wish for. We, on the golf forum, could always send you LondonJohnnyO for a month

Davie wrote:Be careful what you wish for. We, on the golf forum, could always send you LondonJohnnyO for a month

Having sampled his wares, Davie, methinks it would require heated negotiations to enact an exchange. Perhaps our lot should check him out.

HumanWindmill wrote:Having sampled his wares, Davie, methinks it would require heated negotiations to enact an exchange. Perhaps our lot should check him out.

I'm surprised he mixes with the common folk online. I'll keep D4.

Where's Ralphy when you need him, sure an irrational love of Richie Woodhall and several comments about how large his "lady pleaser" is would enliven any board

How about Truss hitting the Soccer boards ??

I'm sure he'll go down a storm

Rodders

I was waiting to see who was the first poster to volunteer me..

I like soccer...big Man City fan..

If that's not a contradictin in terms.

Truss gets my vote - to the wrestling thread. Where he can discuss whether his thighs are in fact, bigger than the Rock's.

oxring wrote:Truss gets my vote - to the wrestling thread. Where he can discuss whether his thighs are in fact, bigger than the Rock's.

Just as long as they don't send us Davidemore.

Bromance.

No doubt if I was British I wouldn't be up for this wonderful honor..

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:No doubt if I was British I wouldn't be up for this wonderful honor..

If you were British you probably wouldn't be such an ass.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:No doubt if I was British I wouldn't be up for this wonderful honor..

Nonsense - your lot elected Bush.

I didn't elect him......

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:I didn't elect him......

I'm not surprised, Truss.

You Bostonians are far too hard - bitten to swallow his charm.

I know it's nice to get bush thrown at me..had that problem since I reached 16 but please don't tar all Americans with the same brush...

Maybe if you'd had the twin towers terrorist act happen in your Country you'd understand why a war monger got re-elected..

People were scared....

Grow up..........

Has to be D4? Surely? He drives perfectly sane and reasonable posters round the bend!!!

Oh and lads; let's keep nationality out of it. It is a bit of a cheap shot to be honest.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:I know it's nice to get bush thrown at me..had that problem since I reached 16 but please don't tar all Americans with the same brush...

Maybe if you'd had the twin towers terrorist act happen in your Country you'd understand why a war monger got re-elected..

People were scared....

Grow up..........

Wrong side of the bed this morning ?

It was a joke. Apologies if I offended you.

I'm not offended.....Just pointing out the reasons for his re-election..

No love for George Bush.

Kennedy democrats my family..

Used to win the WUM of the month on the old 606 too.....

Guess opinions are okay as long as they are not American.

Fair enough I suppose.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:I'm not offended.....Just pointing out the reasons for his re-election..

No love for George Bush.

Kennedy democrats my family..

Used to win the WUM of the month on the old 606 too.....

Guess opinions are okay as long as they are not American.

Fair enough I suppose.

Not all of us regard you as a WUM, Truss, as well you know.

It's too late I know when I'm not wanted..

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:I'm not offended.....Just pointing out the reasons for his re-election..

No love for George Bush.

Kennedy democrats my family..

Used to win the WUM of the month on the old 606 too.....

Guess opinions are okay as long as they are not American.

Fair enough I suppose.

Nothing to do with being American Truss mate, I lived over there for two years loved the place I'd go back tomorrow, it's maybe because your opinions have more contradictions than 1980's tory party.


Cheers

Rodders

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:It's too late I know when I'm not wanted..

You're breaking my heart.

Never contradicted myself mate. Just that some can't understand my degree-educated standard arguments..

Why I try to dumb it down on here.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Never contradicted myself mate. Just that some can't understand my degree-educated standard arguments..

Why I try to dumb it down on here.

Ha fairplay, appreciate you doing that for us mate.

Cheers

Rodders

Hey, Truss.

Quiz question for you :

What was Jack Sharkey's nickname ?

I'm a team-player..

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:I'm a team-player..

Close, but not quite. Try again.

With all due respect a WUM is a "wind up merchant" someone that says thing they don't believe just to get an reaction.

I believe in what I say and I write my opinion, some people agree some don't but hand on heart I can honestly say Mayweather is a ducker he is overrated and Pacquiao would beat probably by KO if they fought.

Boston gob....was one of them......

Fight chucking numpty... was another

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Boston gob....was one of them......

There it is !

You're a good sport, mate.

D4thincarnation wrote:With all due respect a WUM is a "wind up merchant" someone that says thing they don't believe just to get an reaction.

I believe in what I say and I write my opinion, some people agree some don't but hand on heart I can honestly say Mayweather is a ducker he is overrated and Pacquiao would beat probably by KO if they fought.

A fair point well made, but you have repeated that opinion, lets see, 1137 times.

D4thincarnation wrote:With all due respect a WUM is a "wind up merchant" someone that says thing they don't believe just to get an reaction.

I believe in what I say and I write my opinion, some people agree some don't but hand on heart I can honestly say Mayweather is a ducker he is overrated and Pacquiao would beat probably by KO if they fought.

Thank you SO much for the interpretation, D4.

That will save us all from scurrying off to our Oxford dictionaries. How thoughtful !

If you wish, we could change the name of the thread to ' Exchange - an - obsessive - repetitive - inconsistent - biased - prone to distortion of the facts - revisionist - contributor. '

Better ?

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Never contradicted myself mate. Just that some can't understand my degree-educated standard arguments..

Why I try to dumb it down on here.

Keele Poly?

Keele university when I was there as I've always said....How can that be a contradiction dumbass.

HumanWindmill wrote:

D4thincarnation wrote:With all due respect a WUM is a "wind up merchant" someone that says thing they don't believe just to get an reaction.

I believe in what I say and I write my opinion, some people agree some don't but hand on heart I can honestly say Mayweather is a ducker he is overrated and Pacquiao would beat probably by KO if they fought.

Thank you SO much for the interpretation, D4.

That will save us all from scurrying off to our Oxford dictionaries. How thoughtful !

If you wish, we could change the name of the thread to ' Exchange - an - obsessive - repetitive - inconsistent - biased - prone to distortion of the facts - revisionist - contributor. '

Better ?

I would prefer poster of the week, then It would give me chance to converse from the wider forum and we can share ideas. Some people on the boxing forum are very stuck in there ways.

D4thincarnation wrote:

HumanWindmill wrote:

D4thincarnation wrote:With all due respect a WUM is a "wind up merchant" someone that says thing they don't believe just to get an reaction.

I believe in what I say and I write my opinion, some people agree some don't but hand on heart I can honestly say Mayweather is a ducker he is overrated and Pacquiao would beat probably by KO if they fought.

Thank you SO much for the interpretation, D4.

That will save us all from scurrying off to our Oxford dictionaries. How thoughtful !

If you wish, we could change the name of the thread to ' Exchange - an - obsessive - repetitive - inconsistent - biased - prone to distortion of the facts - revisionist - contributor. '

Better ?

I would prefer poster of the week, then It would give me chance to converse from the wider forum and we can share ideas. Some people on the boxing forum are very stuck in there ways.

Then why don't you exercise your democratic right and open an appropriate thread ?

Then we can exercise our democratic rights and pursue this one. Easy, isn't it ?

D4thincarnation wrote:With all due respect a WUM is a "wind up merchant" someone that says thing they don't believe just to get an reaction.

I believe in what I say and I write my opinion, some people agree some don't but hand on heart I can honestly say Mayweather is a ducker he is overrated and Pacquiao would beat probably by KO if they fought.

And there you go again trying to HIJACK the thread.

oxring wrote:Truss gets my vote - to the wrestling thread. Where he can discuss whether his thighs are in fact, bigger than the Rock's.

You mean 'wrassling'..?

BALTIMORA wrote:

oxring wrote:Truss gets my vote - to the wrestling thread. Where he can discuss whether his thighs are in fact, bigger than the Rock's.

You mean 'wrassling'..?

'WRASSLING', surely...

coxy0001 wrote:

D4thincarnation wrote:With all due respect a WUM is a "wind up merchant" someone that says thing they don't believe just to get an reaction.

I believe in what I say and I write my opinion, some people agree some don't but hand on heart I can honestly say Mayweather is a ducker he is overrated and Pacquiao would beat probably by KO if they fought.

And there you go again trying to HIJACK the thread.

If I was on a plane and mentioned Mayweather or Pacquiao, coxy would think I'm trying to hijack it.

D4thincarnation wrote:

coxy0001 wrote:

D4thincarnation wrote:With all due respect a WUM is a "wind up merchant" someone that says thing they don't believe just to get an reaction.

I believe in what I say and I write my opinion, some people agree some don't but hand on heart I can honestly say Mayweather is a ducker he is overrated and Pacquiao would beat probably by KO if they fought.

And there you go again trying to HIJACK the thread.

If I was on a plane and mentioned Mayweather or Pacquiao, coxy would think I'm trying to hijack it.

If you were on a plane your head would be no more in the clouds than it is now.