Sports Time To Retire Campaigner

[GreyCrow]

As a relative newcomer to BF I was surprised at first to see ''Campaigner'' used as a swear filter avoider. Thought it was kinda lame , but as time went on I could appreciate it.

NO LONGER

The meeja have now stolen it. 1st it was BT on a Friday Night Football call with '' Ahh the Old Campaigner still has it'' , then tonight on 5AA ( ok I know you hate Rowie) Eddie McGuire signs off by saying '' yeah us old campaigners have to do something' followed by Rowie using the term campaigner back to Eddie.

ENOUGH

So you have a problem GreyCrow but whats the solution?

Glad you asked. The Adelaide Club Board has been trialling a new word which has gained some serious cred , so much so we now have silly fellow of the Week award thread.

So BigFooty time to tell the meeja campaigners to go forth and multiply

silly fellow is the word from now on.

 

[Gough]

Thought this would be about Pavlich.

 

[t_94]

10/10 thread, would read again.

 

[the fly]

Wasn't the use of campaigner in the swear filter inspired by Eddie McGuire's use of it?

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Ahhhh no

 

[Marklar_33]

Yeah, Eddie started it you stupid campaigner

 

[exe ex machina]

Personally prefer zero filters. Its just words ffs. Censorship of words is my biggest bugbear

 

[Scotland]

I've never liked it.

Makes it hard to distinguish between an old campaigner like Bob Murphy and an old campaigner like Brent Harvey.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Just make it ****. The 'bad words' turning into other words is confusing and irritating. Chief

 

[exe ex machina]

Also censorship of breasts is another bugbear.

 

[Dan Moody]

2500 posts since March 2016 n00b.
Get a life campaigner

 

[Van_Dyke]

Thought this would be about Pavlich.

You calling Pavlich a campaigner? Please explain

 

[grouse mate]

OP sounds like a whinging campaigner.

 

[steve4445]

Eddie accidentally called Kane an old c in an interview on air and later said he meant old campaigner. That's why Eddie said it to Kane tonight on fiveaa

 

[Registered User]

How about "Knut" or Cnut", after Cnut the Great, King of England between 1016 and 1035?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great
It ain't a swear word, it's a Northern European christian name

 

[Thrawn]

I heard Alexander the Great was such a campaigner back in the day.

 

[Marklar_33]

Personally prefer zero filters. Its just words ffs. Censorship of words is my biggest bugbear

You just censored the words for, f&$k, and sake

 

[Marklar_33]

Also censorship of breasts is another bugbear.

If we are discussing ornithology, I need to be able to talk about ****, or the tit

Edit: ohhhh, you mean the visual!

 

[exe ex machina]

You just censored the words for, f&$k, and sake

No one likes a smart ass

 

[exe ex machina]

If we are discussing ornithology, I need to be able to talk about ****, or the tit

Edit: ohhhh, you mean the visual!

oh yeah

 

[Gosha]

Better than f***ing "ruddy"

 

[Keys]

Thread needs more campaign

 

[Scotland]

Thread needs more campaign

Campaign for it, then. Go on, be a campaigner.

 

[Procrastinator35]

I'm a seasoned campaigner.

****-wombles are endemic to South Australia only.

 

[BALKAN]

silly fellows? Adelaide pls