What is the reason behind newbies being green?

[eye_nose]

Won't this just encourage discrimination against us 'greenies'?

[VINNY100_2]

Nope...!!...my mum always said..eat..up..yer...greenies..!(:)and i still like em(:)

[eye_nose]

My mother always said I was to keep my greenies in my hanky and NOT eat them!

[silly moo]

It's supposed to encourage us to be nice and kind, and make allowances etc.
Is it working for you?

[VINNY100_2]

Put your Sprouts in your Hanky!!!!was she on medication..!:(:)

[THECORBYLOON]

It's to show you've been on for less than two weeks so we can welcome you wi open arms. < thinks "If you'd bothered to read the flaming rules you'd have seen the reason but obviously that was TOO much to expect.">

Welcome by the way.

[eye_nose]

Well, that was pretty much what I was talking about.

[mastadon]

don't worry eye_nose you'll figure out that a lot of people on here think they own the site and somehow you're trespassing. still makes me laugh, read the rules...of a website....holy moley. i guess if we all went out and read the rules to society, the law, then everything would be sweet...hmmm maybe not

[woofgang]

no sorry I am with the LOON on this one, although perhaps he was the tinyest smidgeon abrupt?

[netibiza]

Yes not like TLC at all - a tad crusty - is he getting old???

[jno]

initially an anti-imposter device. It means that for two weeks you will be treated as gently as rare porcelain; after that you will be smashed against the wall.

[MsBadely]

Thanks mastadon for your comments.

Don't know why people feel the need to be snide.

[eye_nose]

thanks to MsB and mastadon for support. I am a member of lots of other forums and message boards and I am well aware of flaming rules.

I notice people on here do tend to be rude. Was a bit fed up last night, but feel better now I know it's not just me that thinks that.

[Kerplunk]

Shut up newbie !!

(Only joking!!) ;-)

[jacko50]

hi eye-nose,msbadley, i also found that some people are downright rude on this site ,I just try to ignore them because i think they are just trying to wind you up to get a reaction from you.the serious topics on the left i find are generally good and people give you serious answers that can be very helpful .chatterbank to me appears to be much more lighthearted .when you are green people are a bit cautious because there have been a lot of people changing their names and coming back pretending they are new users and winding eveyone up .also some people jump straight down your throat if you spell somthing wrong but if you take no notice and just keep going they get fed up and move on to someone else.of course there will always be sarcastic people who seem to jump in take the mick out of you and then dissapear for the rest of the thread ,as i said it is just best to ignore these .the corby loon for instance is often sarcastic but i am sure he doesn't really mean to be unpleasant and anyway if he does who cares ,its not as if you will ever meet him so it is ok if you really want to have a pop at him carry on .cb seems to have different people on at different times i find myself that late at night it is very pleasant and it is normally the same crowd ,we just talk mostly trivia . also a few people who are green dip their toes in the water (so to speak ) late at night as there are fewer people on and it is easier to get going .of course you can join a thread and be totally ignored ,this is so annoying i know but it happens , if you just keep trying and do not ask obviously rude questions to offend people i find in the end someone will answer you and then most other people in the thread will respond also.

i hope this helps .

[eye_nose]

lol @ Kerplunk.

I feel like Kermit - it's not easy being green.

[dotjhawkes]

Hey eye-nose, I'm not actually as green as i am cabbage looking, this is my second green phase but I feel quite comfotable with my new slightly longer id, well, one letter longer actually. i hope one day to return to my original, but we can dream i guess.

[silly moo]

Dear eye_nose
My comment was meant to be polite , no sarcasm or 'getting at you' intended at all.
Sometimes comments can be taken the wrong way and then some people(I am not one of them) can get upset over the smallest slight ot perceived slight.
Hope you stay her long enough to lose the green.

[THECORBYLOON]

Since even netz mis-understood, can I please make it clear I was not being serious! I would have hoped by now that folk would have got ma sense of humour but just this once it seems not. As for me being sarcastic, that's not me, ironic yes but not sarcastic. If you were offended eye_nose then I apologise. I do not go in for emoticons, ROFLs, PMSLs or LOLs and I don't intend to. Anyway soz.

[jacko50]

sorry tcl ,ironic then not sarcastic .

[jno]

on the whole TCL I would have thought newbies would perhaps not yet have cottoned on to your sense of humour, owing to being... well, newbies. Feel free to be ironic with me any time, of course; I have been round since the dawn of time (actually last January) and I shall understand.