Anyone who does reject a request is a complete git.

Or, in American, a dick. :-) but is it rare?

OMG +1

Or in yiddish, a putz. But I don't see it happening that often.

I'm not up on my British idioms, so what is a git? If I was trying to use a British term I would have gone with "is a complete wanker." But as I said, what do I know.

@Alderian
Because some people have become upset about swearing lately in the forum I chose to use a word that is less sweary. Other than that I don't know what git actually means: I just like the sound of it.

Also "Is a complete wanker" is the least of what I could have said had I not had these concerns.

Hmmm. apparently this poor guy is in 4 games - and ALL FOUR aren't pausing. The people in the game I'm in say they see pauses being rejected all the time. It seems there's a disconnect between Forum participants, who I often play with, and others. That's actually not surprising, it's all about community.

if everyone but a single person has voted for a pause, everyone should gang up against the one who is witholding the vote and is using it to the disadvantage of the one who asked for the pause.

this is a game, and eventhough lying and cheating are cannonical parts of gameplay, there is a difference between gaining a fair advantage through skill, or being a dick to gain a unfair advantage.
Such players deserve to be eliminated as fast as possible.


To be fair, the person who wants the pause has to ask for it in time. If he waits until the last day, then it's his own fault

Perhaps there should be a majority vote rule so if 6 players accept the pause and there is one who is trying to misuse it the pause still holds.

I think peer pressure is enough in most cases.

He asked Thursday morning (around noon GMT). THe first turn that hurt him went off this morning. So there was about 24 hours between his request and the first time it hurt him. He'll CD in about 11 hours. Luckily for him, his biggest rival on the board is about to CD also.

If anyone wants a 7sc England, that's a great opportunity for a pickup! :-)

"Anyone who does reject a request is a complete git."

LOL, I'm reading the latest novel by Christopher Moore (who has gone down hill since Lamb), and that's where I learned the word 'git'. Never heard it before, so this thread is now the 2nd time.

What's his latest? Read Lamb, Coyete Blue and a couple others - they were great.

The latest is 'Fool'. Lamb was a great book, actually re-read it, which is something I never do. If you like a book that pokes fun at religion in a light-hearted way (much lighter than say the movie Dogma), its a great book. I find myself bringing up the book anytime someone mentions that Jews (in America anyway) stereotypically eat Chinese food on Christmas.

I live in an area we sometimes call "Little Israel".

The Chinese food restaurants are always very busy on Christmas. :-)

For those who haven't read it, and this won't ruin it, after Jesus and his childhood friend Biff (who tells the story) are expelled from Jerusalem, they go east and study for years under a Yogi. The Yogi has a few hot female Chinese 'employees' who serve as servants/cooks/concubines. Every year on Jesus's birthday, they would cook him a big feast... so even after he left the Yogi, he always wanted Chinese food for his birthday.

ROTFLMAO

My brother-in-law converted to Judaism and married a JAP. Last Christmas eve, we had chinese.

But you have to admit the jewish people know how to eat their beef. Too bad we'll never know how they would have prepared prok.

oops, pork.

Well, it isn't kosher to eat pork. What about cooking it for others?

Certain players join games, and request pauses for reasons that should be obviously foreseen.

"My family is going on vacation." "I have a week of exams coming up." etc.

Such people are rude, and should be told where to shove their pause request. These instances are rare, but they do exist.

I don't think I've ever seen a pause request denied personally, but it's at the discretion of each player whether or not they should pause it.

If you can't get a pause, you can also try getting someone to sit your account while you're away. Just post in the forum and let a moderator know.

did you know that the adhesive on the back of israel's stamp is certified kosher

Onar, in what kitchen? Kosher is more than the food, it's the way it's prepared down to the utensils used to cook it. For Jewish households that follow the strictest traditions, they have a set of pans for each type of food and certain ingredients cannot be combined. This is mostly due to the past when those ingredients could spoil and result in foodpoisoning before modern refrigeration and an understanding of virii and bacterium.