Who were they?

[c.d.]

Hello Ike,

Would you please be so kind as to tell P. I. that I am not part of the diary crowd and am but a mere bystander and that I actually did try to warn him? Thanks.

c.d.

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

But I said it so fondly - how could you be offended?

By the way, well done on the correct use of 'I' rather than 'me'.

As I say, you can stay. You can raise the general standard of spelling and grammar a bit ...

I don't need your permission to stay, but you may need to apologise for calling me an idiot if you want to stay.

[Iconoclast]

Are you denying that you called me an idiot?

No, I definitely called you an idiot, but I said it in a goodnatured tone never thinking for a moment you'd try to lead an army to Moscow to avenge the slight ...

[Iconoclast]

Where is the evidence?

If you cannot produce any evidence of the use of that expression, then that means it cannot be true.

I've forgotten what the expression was but if c.d. says he says it, that's fine with me.

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

You haven't been ganged-up on at all. Ero b and I have given you some honest feedback that you're about 20 years too late to the party, and the rest of them have basically said, "Run away!".

Personally, I hope you stay after that 'shirt' gag of yours ...

Are you denying that you called me an idiot?

[Iconoclast]

I have highlighted in bold the gratuitous insult in your post above.

If anyone should 'get out', it is you, not I.

But I said it so fondly - how could you be offended?

By the way, well done on the correct use of 'I' rather than 'me'.

As I say, you can stay. You can raise the general standard of spelling and grammar a bit ...

[Iconoclast]

lol. The shirts are the men that will not be blamed for nothing.

No wonder Warren rubbed it out - imagine the tailors that may have got a good kicking later that day if he hadn't!

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

The evidence is that it's primarily Yanky boys and girls who say it ...

Where is the evidence?

If you cannot produce any evidence of the use of that expression, then that means it cannot be true.

[Iconoclast]

You are not seriously suggesting that I have been treated fairly and have imagined that I have been 'ganged up on and mistreated'?

You haven't been ganged-up on at all. Ero b and I have given you some honest feedback that you're about 20 years too late to the party, and the rest of them have basically said, "Run away!".

Personally, I hope you stay after that 'shirt' gag of yours ...

[Iconoclast]

That's a bit strong cd. Sounds like poor old pi has been caught up in some heavy shirt.

Damn - I was going to say exactly that!

I hate being second!

[Iconoclast]

Again, you have missed the point, P.I. I care absolutely nothing about your views regarding the validity of the diary. They may be or not be correct. Again, I don't care. What I meant by I knew how it would turn out is that I knew with virtual metaphysical certainty that you would take a lot of flak for your views. That you would attempt to defend them all the way into dead horse territory. And I knew that you would feel ganged up on and mistreated. And I was right.

You should have no quarrel with me. I am not part of the diary crowd that is giving you ****. I tried to warn you and you didn't listen and now you are caught up in it with no way out.

c.d.

The diary crowd is giving PI 1 a shirt?

Can I get one?

[Iconoclast]

Where is the evidence?

The evidence is that it's primarily Yanky boys and girls who say it ...

[c.d.]

P.I., You seem to have mistaken me for the administrators of the website. I don't care how you have been treated or whether or not you have been fairly treated. If you remember, I told you this would happen. But again, you seem to think I am the one doing this to you. No, just no. All I did is tell you that this would happen. Good Lord, man try to get that through your head. I am not your enemy here.

c.d.

[PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 1]

If you take yourself too seriously - certainly on the Maybrick threads - you are guaranteed a roasting. I have literally begged new people to come on to these threads and post their opinions but I'm afraid you came on with such a loud shirt that you just invited opprobrium. The people who warned you were not your enemies, you idiot, they were worried about you because they knew what was coming.

Pretty much everyone gets it (as in, gets a shirt load of flak), but only a certain type of poster takes it to heart and you very quickly displayed yours on your shirt sleeve.

Guaranteed to set the sharks circling.

Stop taking yourself so seriously, recognise that it's probably all been done to death many times over, and enjoy the ride. You're like a wound-up passenger in the back of my taxi and - frankly - I'm looking forward to when you get out which is a shame because (as I say) I would love more people to contribute if for no other reason than I wouldn't have to read posts by muppets such as Palmer, AethelMermon, Fishcake, Normal, Wheatabix, etc..

No offence, by the way, lads ...

I have highlighted in bold the gratuitous insult in your post above.

If anyone should 'get out', it is you, not I.

[Iconoclast]

Where is the evidence that 'get your shirt straight' is an expression in English anywhere?

I typed it into Google's search engine and nothing came up.

That's more like it, PI 1 - I literally pissed myself at this one! Brilliant one-liner, love it!

Hey, you can stay if you're going to be hitting notes like this one ...