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> Richard Symonds, Oh what a tangled web
RMHED
post Wed 17th June 2009, 12:20am
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The Richard Symonds article is wonderful nonsense. Take a look at its page history, Chase me ladies, I'm the cavalry really is a naughty boy.

The article was created by Yeanold Viskersenn who is either Chase me or a friend of his, Chase me's real name being Richard Symonds. The article contains references to Chase me's real life and some nonsense, all mixed in with genuine content. Chase me obviously knows this but still reverted to the nonsense version.

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post Wed 17th June 2009, 1:39am
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QUOTE(RMHED @ Tue 16th June 2009, 8:20pm) *

The Richard Symonds article is wonderful nonsense. Take a look at its page history, Chase me ladies, I'm the cavalry really is a naughty boy.

The article was created by Yeanold Viskersenn who is either Chase me or a friend of his, Chase me's real name being Richard Symonds. The article contains references to Chase me's real life and some nonsense, all mixed in with genuine content. Chase me obviously knows this but still reverted to the nonsense version.


I am personally not too keen about the reference to something called "Like Flossing A Dead Horse (due for publication 2007)" angry.gif

But all frivolity aside...this article has been up since 2006 and no one ever realized it was a joke? unsure.gif
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post Wed 17th June 2009, 1:45am
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QUOTE(A Horse With No Name @ Wed 17th June 2009, 2:39am) *

QUOTE(RMHED @ Tue 16th June 2009, 8:20pm) *

The Richard Symonds article is wonderful nonsense. Take a look at its page history, Chase me ladies, I'm the cavalry really is a naughty boy.

The article was created by Yeanold Viskersenn who is either Chase me or a friend of his, Chase me's real name being Richard Symonds. The article contains references to Chase me's real life and some nonsense, all mixed in with genuine content. Chase me obviously knows this but still reverted to the nonsense version.


I am personally not too keen about the reference to something called "Like Flossing A Dead Horse (due for publication 2007)" angry.gif

But all frivolity aside...this article has been up since 2006 and no one ever realized it was a joke? unsure.gif

If you click on the external link obit, then you'll see about half of it is genuine, with added nonsense and refs to Chase me's real life thrown in (Bangor Uni, Redditch, naval officer). I guess Chase me's friend Yeanold couldn't resist the temptation, a nice little in-joke between the two of them.

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post Wed 17th June 2009, 2:35am
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heh... that is indeed a bit cheeky - the page gets a few views... I dropped chase a note anyways......
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RMHED   Richard Symonds   Wed 17th June 2009, 12:20am
Kato   It is still full of (albeit amusing) nonsense now....   Wed 17th June 2009, 2:33am
tarantino   That matches up with the bio of [url=http://ww...   Wed 17th June 2009, 3:30am
RMHED   [quote name='Kato' post='178999' date='Wed 17th J...   Wed 17th June 2009, 8:05pm
carbuncle   Now you've gone and frightened the poor man...   Wed 17th June 2009, 8:26pm
Kato   Someone wrote on the talk page: That was a year...   Wed 17th June 2009, 2:44am
TungstenCarbide   Someone wrote on the talk page: That was a yea...   Wed 17th June 2009, 3:14am
RMHED   It was the block entry at 17:06 that first piqued ...   Wed 17th June 2009, 8:40pm
A Horse With No Name   What a f**king idiot! "I've done not...   Sun 21st June 2009, 7:12pm
CharlotteWebb   (the guy looks like a real goofball -- not what I...   Sun 21st June 2009, 10:44pm
tarantino   What is even funnier is that while he claims to b...   Mon 22nd June 2009, 12:18am
A Horse With No Name   I'd mentioned his myspace page on June 17th, ...   Mon 22nd June 2009, 12:40am
EricBarbour   All academic now.....Thatcher and Privatemusings h...   Sun 21st June 2009, 10:42pm
Milton Roe   What cracks me up about that: Grawp is [url=http:...   Mon 22nd June 2009, 12:34am


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