[Victor]

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[-Chris-]

WRT Chicken Dinners:

From Wikipedia: Troll

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

So, based on this definition, and the fact that you know that reference to Chicken Dinners will elicit an emotional response, even though you know you could make your point equally well without making the Chicken Dinners reference, you are trolling.

Obviously, it goes without saying that it is the spirit of this trolling, rather than the use of the specific words "Chicken" or "Dinner" that is at issue. It is not acceptable to substitute "Poultry", "Fowl", "Excursion Meal", "White Meat Ingestion Ceremony" or any similar phrasing.


Those who disregard this request will be infracted, those who repeatedly disregard the rule will receive a temporary ban. Those who use different wording in the belief that they've found a loophole in the regulations will be banned without warning.

Therefore: STOP! Thanks


Trolling or baiting of other posters or organisations is not acceptable. Users who are considered to be doing this will have their access removed to this forum. Whether users are trolling or baiting, and the duration of the subsequent ban, is entirely at the discretion of the Moderator.

If in doubt, err on the side of caution.

[-Chris-]

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[Victor]

All surveys shall be posted on this thread, following the rules there: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056575851