People you "can't stand!" on the Forum.
  • noel jones, aagonoel jones, aago
    Posts: 6,605
    M. Jackson Osborn may be one of the list members I respect the most. His comments always are thoroughly thought out and well-written. In my mind I often disagree with him, but it is never because he is wrong, rude or out of line.

    I know that my responses to his posts are frequently critical and people must think that he and I are oil and water.

    But we are not. I trust and hope he knows that. People you'd welcome being stuck sitting next to on an 8 hour flight to Europe. His name is checked off on my list.
    Thanked by 1M. Jackson Osborn
  • SalieriSalieri
    Posts: 3,177
    Adam Wood.
    Thanked by 3Adam Wood Ben noel jones, aago
  • Bobby Bolin
    Posts: 417
    Anyone who knows more about music, has a better vocabulary, and is wittier than me.

    Therefore, everyone.
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,694
    Chonak, the TYRANT who BANS PEOPLE from our BELOVED MESSAGE BOARD... but he brought me Maple Leaf Cookies from Canada, so I also appreciate his great kindness and generosity.
    Thanked by 3noel jones, aago BruceL Jeffrey Quick
  • CharlesW
    Posts: 11,934
    I believe in equality. I hate everyone!

    Thanked by 2EMH noel jones, aago
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,451
    I think Francis is a total nut, but I also think he's brilliant and I love him. I'd spend 8 hours on a plane with him, as long as we had an empty seat between us. (I am NOT sharing an arm rest.)
    Thanked by 3Ben noel jones, aago Cantus67
  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
    Posts: 1,916
    I thoroughly dislike ClergetKubisz. I've heard stories about how he likes to drop-kick infants during soccer games. He spends his spare time transcribing video game music for organ, and if that doesn't earn your ire I don't know what will. I probably also misspelled his forum name, but I refuse to double-check and correct it, because I abhor him so much.
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,500
    I both like and admire matthewj, but almost everything he says on the forum makes me SO MAD
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • canadashcanadash
    Posts: 1,499
    Chonak the TYRANT... brought me Maple Leaf Cookies from Canada,


    Chonak is Canadian? Or did I misread that?


    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • M. Jackson Osborn
    Posts: 8,368
    I believe that the sentiment is mutual, Noel. Of all persons on our delightful forum, it is your occasional, um, unseemly? retort that causes me chagrin. But then, my experience is that many (not by any means all, but many) people with this or that unseemly attribute are really quite admirable persons with genuine human spirits. And, we could use more people who contribute as much as you to the cause of Catholic liturgical music.

    Otherwise, I am disqualified from further comment on this thread. There are none whom I 'can't stand'. I may add, though, that Adam is one of the very most enjoyable interlocutors, both amusing and informative... and, occasionally, delightfully droll.

    And Chonak? How could you hate anyone who brought maple leaf cookies? I buy Canadian ones every week at my grocer's. The brand is 'Dare', and they also make very good lemon cremes and coconut cremes. (By the way - why do we over here call cookies 'cookies'? They are baked, not cooked, and should, therefore, be called 'bakies' .......if not biscuits.)
    Thanked by 2noel jones, aago CHGiffen
  • donr
    Posts: 971
    Can't stand? so sit already!
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,694
    DARE IS WHAT CHONAK BROUGHT ME. THEY ARE THE BEST.
    Thanked by 5M. Jackson Osborn Salieri noel jones, aago CHGiffen BruceL
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,694

    Chonak is Canadian? Or did I misread that?


    No, he's not.

    I was..or... am.. depending on who's asking.
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • EMH
    Posts: 47
    I've never been on an 8-hour flight to anywhere...
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,694
    If you're from America, a trip to "the home office across the pond" takes over 8 hours.
    Thanked by 2EMH noel jones, aago
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    I vote, based upon FNJ's title, for melofluent. I love you all, and my affection for Jackson is the same as Noel's. I have tried the patience of others whom I truly love, Kathy most of all, Richard a close second. I have also been edified by the support of many whom I'm offended in my zeal and rash responses and who've forgiven me nonetheless.
    I thank God for all of you, and if He graces me, I think His face will most resemble Mahrt's.
    Thanked by 2noel jones, aago Kathy
  • M. Jackson Osborn
    Posts: 8,368
    'I was..or... am.. depending on who's asking.'

    Um, are you, then, a nationalistical chameleon whose country of citizenship changes depending on who's asking?
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • EMH
    Posts: 47
    matthewj should be a Canadian chameleon. They have good cookies there.
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,694
    Well, I suppose I'm still a Canadian... though I've renounced my allegiance to Canada.
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • M. Jackson Osborn
    Posts: 8,368
    Why would you do that!? Canada is a very beautiful country. I've been all over the east and would be thrilled to live there. Except that, maybe, or so I've heard, after the new wore off I would find myself surrounded by folk who were far more liberal than I, even than most Americans. One of the things that is so magical about being up there is that 'south of the border' means Maine and Vermont! The more north I get, the more joyful is my spirit. Too, me being a royalist, it is very satisfying for me to be in one of HM's dominions. Where do you live?
    Thanked by 3canadash noel jones, aago StimsonInRehab
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,694
    To become a US Citizen you have to take an oath to renounce your allegiances to other nations. I recently took such an oath.
    Thanked by 2noel jones, aago Gavin
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,160
    Well, yes, I brought Matthew some Dare cookies, since my roundabout route to the colloquium last year took me through part of Ontario, and he didn't find them anywhere in Phoenix.
    Thanked by 2canadash noel jones, aago
  • M. Jackson Osborn
    Posts: 8,368
    Welcome!
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • ClergetKubiszClergetKubisz
    Posts: 1,912
    PGA and I have gone around before, but that's mainly because I like to play devil's advocate and play up whatever side he's not, just to make the point. That being said, I do respect the fact that he always stays on topic and does not resort to ad hominem arguments. That Stimson guy, however, you just can't reason with.
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • SalieriSalieri
    Posts: 3,177
    DARE cookies are wonderful. In Western MA I can usually find them quite easily. Though I'm sure that those imported to the US are of an inferior quality to those in Canada.
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • bonniebede
    Posts: 756
    I don't understand this thread. Cookies are called biscuits and biscuits are called scones. I am very careful with sarcasm because sometimes Americans don't seem to get it. That was not sarcasm . In Ireland the more you slag off someone, that means criticise them, the more you probably admire them. Unless you actually hate them. Then everyone will pretend you are only joking. We have a very high suicide rate.
    Thanked by 7noel jones, aago CHGiffen Jani EMH M. Jackson Osborn Salieri janetgorbitz
  • dhalkjdhalkj
    Posts: 61
    You do realize Mr Doerr was a Lutheran, I hope.
    http://www.darefoods.com/ca_en/about
    Thanks for all you're doing to keep my local economy alive.

    I lived in the States for two years while attending Yale Institute of Sacred Music and it was not an easy time. I was the envy of others because I had a snow brush in my car but I also would come out to drive somewhere and discover the battery had been stolen over night. My friend in the room across the hall disappeared after leaving a New Year's party in New York and was never seen again. I've signed up for the AGO regional convention in New Haven and will be returning for the first time in 31 years next month.

    I enjoy how the comments around here can go so radically off topic.
    Peace out.
    Seriously you're all a bunch of cranks.
    What's wrong with Wood that he hangs out with us?
    Thanked by 1noel jones, aago
  • francis
    Posts: 10,668
    I am honored to be mentioned in this list. Curious, Adam... what is your definition of 'nut'?
    Thanked by 1Adam Wood
  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,500
    Adam lives in California, so....
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  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
    Posts: 1,916
    Adam lives in California, so....


    "California's a great place to live . . . if you're a grapefruit." - Rod Serling
    Thanked by 2Kathy Adam Wood
  • Liam
    Posts: 4,944
    I am the Vine,
    you are the branches,
    and all who live in Me
    will bear grapefruit....
    Thanked by 7Kathy EMH chonak Caleferink CHGiffen Gavin JL
  • RomanticStringsRomanticStrings
    Posts: 337
    One of the things that is so magical about being up there is that 'south of the border' means Maine and Vermont!


    Having grown up in Maine (with a wife from Vermont), I constantly marvel at the fact that one can drive north, completely leave civilization, and then cross a border and suddenly approach not just civilization, but old European-looking civilization (Quebec). That and poutine.

    I imagine it might be good to consult this thread before putting one's forum name on the Colloquium badge, in case folks hate your guts, or worse, think you have nothing of value to contribute (I just ask that if the latter is the case with me, you might graciously pretend otherwise; the former is fine with me :)
    Thanked by 3noel jones, aago M. Jackson Osborn BruceL
  • SalieriSalieri
    Posts: 3,177
    Bonnie: I understand you completely, which I why, to be on the safe side I put Adam's name in purple. Just in case someone with no sense of humor (or humour) saw it--not that Adam doesn't have a sense of humo[u]r, he does, but someone else might not. Part of my family is Irish (that part which isn't Polish, German, or French/Canadian), and so sarcasm has always been a part of my life.

    I can't believe that I was taken in by Heretical Cookies (Biscuits)! Parce nobis, Domine.
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
    Posts: 6,451
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB-wmOYelnM
    Thanked by 5JulieColl StimsonInRehab lmassery Salieri Cantus67
  • kenstb
    Posts: 369
    I truly appreciate Francis. I often disagree with him, but I must admit that more than once he has persuaded me to reexamine my own position. I have learned quite a lot from discussions that he is involved in, and I thoroughly enjoy that his point of view has greatly broadened my own.
  • francis
    Posts: 10,668
    kenstb... tnx... for the kind words.

    i have been re-examining my position for 50 years. when do we arrive?
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  • TCJ
    Posts: 966
    Since I seem to agree with Francis so often it must mean that my journey to total nuthood has been much faster!
    Thanked by 1Adam Wood
  • francis
    Posts: 10,668
    OK... starting a new order of Catholic Church Musicians...

    N.U.T.S.

    What do the initials stand for?

    JulieColl, since you have the degree in theology, you might have some ideas.
  • RomanticStringsRomanticStrings
    Posts: 337
    Nota Universalis Theologiae Sacrae (Universal Notation of Sacred Theology), or something to that effect.
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  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
    Posts: 1,916
    . . . And while we're on the subject of JulieColl!

    "SSPX France" this. "SSPX France" that. We get it, Jules - you love SSPX France. Why don't we all just move to St. Nicholas du Chardonnet, eat croissants, never bathe, smoke a lot of cigarettes, and sing the Integralist version of "Kum-ba-yah"?!?
    Thanked by 2CharlesW Gavin
  • kevinfkevinf
    Posts: 1,184
    Advancing a lot of French stereotypes there Stimson.
  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
    Posts: 1,916
    I do so out of love, Kevin. I love the French. (I'm actually guilty of at least three out of the five above, not going to say which ones.)
    Thanked by 1CharlesW
  • JulieCollJulieColl
    Posts: 2,465
    Vive la France Catholique traditionaliste!

    Pas de modernisme!

    Pas de socialisme!

    Pas de communisme!

    Pas de liberalisme!

    Pas de faux ecumenisme!

    Pas de rationalisme!

    Vive la Messe de toujours!

    Vive le Catechisme de toujours!

    Vive la musique de l'eglise de toujours!

    Vive la doctrine de l'eglise de toujours!

    Vive l'eglise de toujours!

    Mon couer est pelerinage a Chartres!

    Vive la France, la France. la France!!
    Thanked by 2StimsonInRehab Chris Garton-Zavesky
  • Liam
    Posts: 4,944
    Zat ... mai woork een practissse, but not een theoreee.
  • JulieCollJulieColl
    Posts: 2,465
    Zen to *&^%%$$@ with theoree. C'est tres simple. : )
  • ClergetKubiszClergetKubisz
    Posts: 1,912
    It's the bathing isn't it Stimson?
  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
    Posts: 1,916
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o
  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
    Posts: 1,916
    No, Clerget, that's just the odor of mendacity.
  • kevinfkevinf
    Posts: 1,184
    Not bathing is what makes most French people mad. And for the women, not shaving.
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,160
    And from antiquity....
    https://youtu.be/QSo0duY7-9s
  • Liam
    Posts: 4,944
    See you and raise you:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x8MzcVQcehs

    Thanked by 1melofluent
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