Judge-and Jury Panda:

It's great to hear that my penalty will be wived. Now I can rest easy. I was quaking in my boots, fearing that the penalty would be...dare I say it-----husbanded.

Detective Inspector Superstar Scrunchy - you have just been magnificent on this thread. Without your help I'd NEVER have found all this - and you know how much Detective Dog loves an internet sleuth. I am but a work-experience boy in comparison to your skill.

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I've been bandying about various fictional characters to whom Ekscrunchy bears a striking resembleance. Miss Marple was the first, Nancy Drew the second, but I believe that I've -come up with the perfect one. Emma Peel.

Note that I have risen above her ridicule of my typing. Once again, pandas take the high road.

Eks - love it!

One can only hope that Oksana continues to lurk on this forum. That way she can see all of the joy and amusement she has brought into our lives.

Oh, I'm sure the blow-torch of public disapproval will swiftly point to someone else. We get easily bored. It's only a matter of time before it's one of us, gpanda. Fireproof the speedo.

I saw a post before from a mystery author: 'AskDogster'. I can tell I'm next in line. Soon there will be stories, filled with filth and wailing Thai women under the AskDogster banner. The shame of it all.

So watch your back gpanda: what goes around comes around. It'll be AskGpanda soon...

I shouldn't have told you about the err.. tongue incident...

Pandas do not get drawn into flaming exchanges. It's beneath us. Furthermore, we do not engage in the narrow-minded, judgemental writing that brought the hounds to Askoksana's heels. This and her other threads are really case studies in "How to alienate everyone." I can only hope that I get to stay at the same hotel as Gene and Askoksana at some gloden moment in the future. In real time, it would be a total scream.

its questionable then who the manager and staff would hate the most...

The last post is exactly what I've been talking about for all these years. Bob is so worried about what the manager thinks that he spends all of his time worrying about this issue. All of his sucking up to and flattering of assorted managers is designed to have someone, anyone think well of him. To no apparent end. A fruitless task.

What gloden moment would that be? May be gloaming, so you don't have to scream.