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Coachbuster
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I'm thinking it's not possible.

What about the WTC news ,that must have taken up a few spaces in its day ?
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Report canaryboy • November 8, 2009 10:59 AM GMT
wind up surely?

michael jackson was a major meltdown

which i just so happened to kick off
Report digdeep • November 8, 2009 11:00 AM GMT
Back in the day there was plenty and very entertaining it was imo.
Report canaryboy • November 8, 2009 11:00 AM GMT
doubt the forum was very active in 2001
Report Coachbuster • November 8, 2009 11:01 AM GMT
yes, 'michael jackson' was a busy one ,but cant remember anything like a meltdown
Report canaryboy • November 8, 2009 11:01 AM GMT
the forum wars?
Report Coachbuster • November 8, 2009 11:01 AM GMT
nearest i can remember were all the McCann threads on here ,around 50 of them in a 3 hour period :0
Report digdeep • November 8, 2009 11:01 AM GMT
Was thinking EW Canary
Report Coachbuster • November 8, 2009 11:02 AM GMT
digdeep ...can you remember any examples ?
Report The Magic Flea • November 8, 2009 11:02 AM GMT
what about 7/7/05? there must've been a meltdown
Report canaryboy • November 8, 2009 11:02 AM GMT
they were just isolated rucks tho

but defo more severe than anything witnessed since
Report digdeep • November 8, 2009 11:04 AM GMT
After last night no,but I`m sure someone can bring one back.
Report Coachbuster • November 8, 2009 11:05 AM GMT
yes we need some more contraversial characters
Report redbag • November 8, 2009 11:06 AM GMT
when ew bummed canaryboy imvcho
Report canaryboy • November 8, 2009 11:08 AM GMT
some classic rucks back in the day

had a few on the phone in the last week

pleased to report i tasted victory on every occasion
Report redbag • November 8, 2009 11:10 AM GMT
yeh i agree the rucks are sadly lacking


forum meltdown when tams put up a thread about 15 yr old girls
Report Five By Five • November 8, 2009 11:11 AM GMT
Actually chit chat was quite busy in 2001! can't remember any major meltdowns betfair police were quite quick of the mark back then. I even got a yellow card.. the cheek of it.
Report Joel • November 8, 2009 11:12 AM GMT
A couple of years ago I didn't access it for at least a month, I am sure it was close to meltdown then.
Report redbag • November 8, 2009 11:13 AM GMT
each way v anybody was an evenings entertainment
Report positively4thsteet • November 8, 2009 11:16 AM GMT
the recent bnp threads have been a bit of a melt down.

seemed to be one every minute.
Report Big Charlie • November 8, 2009 12:41 PM GMT
How about welcoming those nice Somalis the same way they did to this US soldier in Mogadishu in 1993.



http://i35.tinypic.com/dgtno5.jpg
Report positively4thsteet • November 8, 2009 12:44 PM GMT
**soldier attempted a meltdown one weekday morning. starting loads of threads about killing uk soldiers and "who is your fav suicide bomber" threads etc.

lasted about 30 mins and got banned.
Report a bitofinterest • November 8, 2009 12:46 PM GMT
bit harsh
Report Ronaldinho's dentist • November 8, 2009 1:10 PM GMT
havent had a good meltdown since Bert was around
Report shergarburger • November 8, 2009 1:14 PM GMT
used to get a bit lively when it was more like a chat room rather than threads you comment on...
Report bigmo • April 6, 2017 6:25 PM BST
bump
Report SlippyBlue • April 6, 2017 6:35 PM BST
Each way just couldn't cope as he was not the sharpest tool in the box, all that Blackfriars bridge nonsense when he looked like he couldn't fight his way out of a soggy paper bag. Eachy peachy and ThementallyUnstableDrHuxleypig or whatever his name was had a right set to about who was the better looking Laugh That was comedy gold. Bert had the biggest meltdown I've ever seen on here. He complete lost the plot and became extremely spiteful and vitriolic which was rather distasteful.
Report Coachbuster • April 6, 2017 6:42 PM BST
2009  Shocked  this was possibly the last thread  i created on chit chat - i can't think of a more recnt offering .

where the hell did ye find this one ?  Laugh
Report kenny mann • April 6, 2017 7:44 PM BST
Great to see canaryboy back. How's the cat mate?
Report tobermory • April 6, 2017 8:00 PM BST
Biggest meltdown was the forum war when Tennis Forum conquered Chit Chat i think

The Chit Chat generals had easily taken over the Golf Forum but made the fatal mistake of invading Tennis during The French Open
Report Capt__F • April 6, 2017 8:54 PM BST
Oui.Fin
Report scandanavian_haven • April 6, 2017 9:17 PM BST
what year tober did the tennis forum invasion occur ?
Report tobermory • April 6, 2017 9:24 PM BST
Would have been May/June 2009

The idea was Chit Chatters would go to another forum and began chit chat type threads about favourite crisps and stuff .The first page of the Golf Forum was entirely taken up by that sort of thing .

Then they moved on to tennis ; think about 20 threads were started but suddenly chit chat was swamped by threads about fixed matches and WTA chokers.

Eventually someone from tennis simultaneously began about 300 threads and wiped CC out , but a chit chatter took out about 20 pages of Tennis forum with the same nuclear tactic . Apocalyptic scens .

Bans were handed out which brought peace.

There were other wars around that time : The Horse Racing Forum actually surrendered to the  Big Brother Forum.
Report Ovalman. • April 6, 2017 9:29 PM BST
Nobody has mention Fish night.

Back on the old forum v1.0 there was a meltdown with a fish related topic starting every 10 seconds. On the old forum when a thread dropped out of the top 50 it was gone for good (I think that's where Thread Rescue Services started, "Because nobody should start a topic without a reply"). Threads lasted 10 minutes that night. There were many bans but I must admit it was one of the funniest ever.

O/T but another good night was phoning late night radio shows and getting the presenters to say the words Chit Chat. I think someone got George Galloway to say it iirc.
Report clarkson • April 6, 2017 10:10 PM BST
Each way , what a legend, comedy gold those late nights were just wall to wall banter.
Lendusafiver was good value also.
Been some great wind-ups and melt downs over the years, good times
Report Capt__F • April 6, 2017 10:14 PM BST
ewHappyHappy
Report Capt__F • April 6, 2017 10:15 PM BST
forgot the , Happy
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