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Several visitors to this site have indicated that they’re not quite sure how it works. So here is a seven-point guide which should transform them into sinewy-thighed titans of the Net:(1) The front page lists all topics under discussion. Click on one of them to see what’s being said about it.
(2) Alternatively, click on “Recent Answers”. That tells you which topics have attracted contributions in the past seven days.
(3) If you check both the front page and “Recent Answers” each time you visit, you won’t miss anything (unless you’ve been away for more than a week).
(4) To add a new topic or question, click on “ Ask A Question” on the front page. What you write doesn’t actually have to be a question. Ignore the format. Write whatever.
(5) To add a comment to an existing discussion, click on “Contribute an answer” at the foot of the relevant page.
(6) When you do (4) or (5) you will be asked to state your full name, but you don’t have to. Call yourself what you like. But do provide an accurate e-mail address, or there are technical problems.
(7) Afterwards you will receive an e-mail, with attachment, entitled “Returned mail: see transcript for details”. Delete it, it’s harmless. It just means the forum has tried and failed to e-mail your contribution to the guy who set it up.
This is all you need to know to experience the matchless ecstasy of contributing to ASK A DRUNK!!!
-- Rex (rex@waitrose.com), October 15, 2001
If I follow these impeccable directions, will I be played by Hugh Grant in the forthcoming feature film?
-- Aimless (aimless@national_raffle_association.org), October 15, 2001.
Joyce Grenfell, possibly.
-- Rex (rex@waitrose.com), October 16, 2001.
Oh, there are /rules/!I can find room for seven new rules in my head if I discard seven old ones, some of which I can hardly remember in any case.
1. Never give a trucker uneven steak. 2. To thine own Guelph be true. 3. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's togs. 4. Wash hands after juice. 5. Pay up, pay up, and play the game. 6. Please do not ask to bed it, as a refusal often offends. 7. Never start a list of seven items if you're going to run out of faintly amusing ideas less than half way through.
-- Peter J Ross (peter.j.ross@btinternet.com), November 15, 2001.