who is the most curmudgeonly man on ILX?

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I think women do surly better rather than curmudgeonly.

― Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:42 (twenty years ago) link

Women can be curmudgeons. It's just that the thread asked who was the most curmudgeonly man on ILX?

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:44 (twenty years ago) link

nice grumpy old men = cuddlyudgeons

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 25 April 2004 16:06 (twenty years ago) link

me right now.

― pete s, Sunday, 25 April 2004 16:18 (twenty years ago) link

amateur!st

-- Eisbär (llamasfu...) (webmail), April 25th, 2004 9:23 AM. (llamasfur) (later) (link)

why???

― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 25 April 2004 17:00 (twenty years ago) link

curmudgeon only - the good natured need not apply

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 25 April 2004 17:30 (twenty years ago) link

come on people. obviously the resident curmudgeon is Chris Barrus. Hello!!!!

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 25 April 2004 17:34 (twenty years ago) link

Would you people keep it quiet in there! Young people these days!

― Michael White (Hereward), Sunday, 25 April 2004 17:44 (twenty years ago) link

Not M*m_s then?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago) link

not a bit of it! he's more like the enigmatic garden gnome.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:34 (twenty years ago) link

With a tangy smile indicating he's being severely rogered just out of your veiw.

― omg, Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:39 (twenty years ago) link

My idea of 'curmudgeonly' is pretty much the same as dictionary.com's, though the 'old' bit seems a bit ageist and unnecessary. It's one of those words that people seem to have odd ideas about. I forget what Nickie thought it meant but it was something quite odd. I think she was confused by Lee & Herring.

Basically, it = hating fun.

I thought strongo was the curmudgeon-in-chief of ILX.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:51 (twenty years ago) link

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary defines curmudgeon as 'a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person' -- so even though the term is usually applied to old men doesn't mean it has to be.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:55 (twenty years ago) link

that definition also doesn't fit amateurist at all

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:23 (twenty years ago) link

dave q then?

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:24 (twenty years ago) link

its an unattractive trait. sometimes it can be amusing and distracting for a short period, but then it become cliche. avoid

― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link

marc*llo.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago) link

finally!

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago) link

i would nominate myself, but i dont post enough, and i am much worse in person to strangers in real life.

― todd swiss (eliti), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:41 (twenty years ago) link

and i am a redundant motherfucker too

― todd swiss (eliti), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:42 (twenty years ago) link

Marcello is a wally, not a curmudgeon.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:01 (twenty years ago) link

[points to self]

― Nate in ST.P (natedetritus), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:06 (twenty years ago) link

Ooh - is 'wally' back?

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:06 (twenty years ago) link

http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/imgdata/4577020823.jpg

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:08 (twenty years ago) link

i always think of curmudgeon as being 'bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous etc', but in a cuddly sort of way. when i hear 'curmudgeon' i sort of think it implies a fondness for the grump in question. as for the question, uh, there have been some good suggestions above.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:08 (twenty years ago) link

I vote for Aja.

― andrew 'dean!' clay (deangulberry), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:10 (twenty years ago) link

I think that's just cause we find it hard to take curmudgeons seriously.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:10 (twenty years ago) link

That was in reply to Kilian, sorry.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:11 (twenty years ago) link

dean, are you suggesting that aja isnt really a 13 year old girl? insanity!

― todd swiss (eliti), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:12 (twenty years ago) link

That's three people now who haven't agreed with the dictionary definition of "curmudgeon". Is it the fault of sitcom scriptwriters? I think of Richard Briers in Ever Decreasing Circles, Victor Meldrew, Alf Garnett, Steptoe etc whenever I hear the word "curmudgeon" and the humour seems to go hand in hand with the grumpiness.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link

oochy wally.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:45 (twenty years ago) link

i was only joking when i said "amateurist," btw. (i did it mostly b/c he had posted immediately before i had.)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:47 (twenty years ago) link

It is an unfortunate coincidence that curmudgeon rhymes with gudgeon, leading the naive to associate 'a species of small fish' and its inherent harmlessness, with 'a misanthrope instructed by long experience' -- and don't even ask me about the misconstructions that attend the word 'sourpuss'. They are many and egregious.

Your true curmudgeon has quaffed deeply from the bitter springs of life and has adapted himself accordingly, unlike all you callow, shallow, doe-eyed naifs who think it will only get better if you try harder, or some such milk-fed, weak-kneed Sunday-schoolism. Fie on you!

The most curmudgeonly man on ILX is a namby-pamby goody two-shoes compared to the correct yardstick. Why, you wet-behind-the-ears greensick fools couldn't put together a complete curmudgeon, even if you pooled parts into a composite and then lied on its resume.

Harrumph!

― Aimless (Aimless), Monday, 26 April 2004 00:21 (twenty years ago) link

Curmudgeon also rhymes with Gus Dudgeon.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 26 April 2004 00:30 (twenty years ago) link

Mark C is a total curmudgeon. So negative.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 26 April 2004 08:21 (twenty years ago) link

He's a complex man - in theory he's in favour of fun.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 26 April 2004 08:22 (twenty years ago) link

It's this conflict which makes him so compelling to viewers.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 26 April 2004 08:23 (twenty years ago) link

Mark C veers between the extremes of curmudgeonry and extreme excitement and overenthusiasm. Chris revels in his curmudgeonry.

Anyway, I nominate Nicole as most curmudgeonly person on ILE.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 26 April 2004 08:28 (twenty years ago) link

I was going to say Nicole, but I thought she wasn't a man. I'm so naive.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:00 (twenty years ago) link

don't try it, Dicky.

― Wally Klemmer, Monday, 26 April 2004 09:03 (twenty years ago) link

"An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions" or "a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas" according to dictionary.com

I vote for me

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:05 (twenty years ago) link

I think more people think you're a wanker.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:06 (twenty years ago) link

trife

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:39 (twenty years ago) link

Isn't everyone a wanker?

― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 26 April 2004 09:42 (twenty years ago) link

monks

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:43 (twenty years ago) link

Eunuchs.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:44 (twenty years ago) link

the paraplegic

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:45 (twenty years ago) link

Ha ha, Ronan, can always rely on you to take a mature approach to things

― Dadaismus (Dada), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:46 (twenty years ago) link

haha!

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 26 April 2004 09:47 (twenty years ago) link

don't qualify it.

― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 26 April 2004 09:52 (twenty years ago) link

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i've called for ilx going full meta for a while - countless polls about which poster is the most or least this or that

― Treeship, Sunday, 26 June 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link

Youre showing yr youth

Aimless- i took it for granted that women were included and certainly we'd have some in the bonus category (indeed theres scope there for a few multiple award winners) but not imo in the running for the main event though imo if the lamented estela had ever chosen to go full 'mudge we would live yet under the thrall of a great dark queen but for good or ill she passed on the power of that ring when tested and we do not speak of her now except in wearied sighs

― EU don't negotiate with errorists (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 June 2016 08:14 (seven years ago) link

aye. estela restrained the full force of her curmudgeonly talents for the good of humankind, which conclusively proves the milk of kindness ran abundantly in her.

― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 26 June 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link

I prefer to think she was under a court order from before

― EU don't negotiate with errorists (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 June 2016 18:15 (seven years ago) link

everyone here is a fucking curmudgeon, handing out medals for it is a dimwit project, and fp for citing a quality poster so soon after a literally worthless one

― oh, amazonaws (wins), Sunday, 26 June 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link

I mentioned an unspecified contending group u curmudgeon

― EU don't negotiate with errorists (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 June 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link

"ppl who aren't the worst ever"

― oh, amazonaws (wins), Sunday, 26 June 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link

;-)

― oh, amazonaws (wins), Sunday, 26 June 2016 19:12 (seven years ago) link

i do not have high level misanthropy dammit

― Inglan is a Bitch (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 26 June 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link

Oncoming man u in denial

― EU don't negotiate with errorists (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 June 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link

this country is probably utterly fucked and will never get better in my lifetime because that's how enough fuckers like it and this referendum is only a tiny bit of that

― Inglan is a Bitch (Noodle Vague), Sunday, June 26, 2016 11:18 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

LOL NV. A shade curmudgeonly perhaps?

― They could have been Stackridge. (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 June 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link

mere real talk your honour

― Inglan is a Bitch (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 26 June 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link

Tudge of 'mudge, judge

― EU don't negotiate with errorists (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 June 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link

six months pass...

bit of mudge about the place again, mudge to kill rising

― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 January 2017 23:43 (seven years ago) link

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mudge

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 12 January 2017 23:45 (seven years ago) link

Your true curmudgeon has quaffed deeply from the bitter springs of life and has adapted himself accordingly, unlike all you callow, shallow, doe-eyed naifs who think it will only get better if you try harder, or some such milk-fed, weak-kneed Sunday-schoolism. Fie on you!
The most curmudgeonly man on ILX is a namby-pamby goody two-shoes compared to the correct yardstick. Why, you wet-behind-the-ears greensick fools couldn't put together a complete curmudgeon, even if you pooled parts into a composite and then lied on its resume.
Harrumph!
― Aimless (Aimless), Sunday, April 25, 2004

I see it was on a Sunday in springtime, the only pretty ring time. Meanwhile, Morbs has been slaying all competition for months now.

― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 13 January 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link

how could it be anyone but our beloved morbius?

― marcos, Friday, 13 January 2017 02:17 (seven years ago) link

in fairness ive him listed as the champ against whom all contenders must be tested

― trilby mouth (darraghmac), Friday, 13 January 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link

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