c'mon - we all knew the score with Pat Brown many many years ago, and that's why i do little but clown him. i just can't for the life of me understand why people actually waste their valuable time taking such a mentally lazy and emotionally manipulative Troll seriously; he's proven time and time again that he is unwilling or unable to play the game here with any real intellectual effort, sincerity or integrity. we respond to him as we would to a retarded child trying to tie his shoelaces (we are caring people), but there are limits to human patience and sha-la-la, and he's successfully worked hard to reach them. like a size 3 shoe, the board has long since outgrown him. so it goes.

and yet i for one whole-heartedly welcome Pat to continue doing what he does best. the rest of us would be better served by shifting our perspective to one of entertainment. so...sorry, mick and ed, but you aren't the funniest posters anymore.

i don't want to see anyone 86'ed from here. i value and even love Dale, Kevin G, Marc and whoever else for the discussion-provoking and insight-providing opinions, facts and philosophies they bring to the table. they are vital to the life and health of this little village.

~ Brad