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One more clarification. please.

Is a post on an Off-Topic thread in the Off-Topic category by necessity an off-topic post or an on-topic post?
 
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Spade said:
One more clarification. please.

Is a post on an Off-Topic thread in the Off-Topic category by necessity an off-topic post or an on-topic post?
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Here's the simple way to look at it.... if you create a thread that doesn't relate to any of the other sections it goes into the Off-Topic section, but inside that topic that is off of the beaten path, you stay on topic for that topic or you are hi-jacking that thread and it's original topic, which is wrong.

Therefore, talking about how to address Off-Topic threads within this thread is what is supposed to be talked about.

Talking about parsnips and topographical dressing is not.
 
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JLM,

If A implies not B. And B implies not A. Then C is off topic, but not A and not B, eh?
It's simple.

As always,
Cousin Spade
 
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Two parsnips were driving on the 401 and were sideswiped by a tractor-trailer unit. One was badly injured and rushed to the emergency department in the Toronto General. After hours of surgery, the attending physician came to inform the second parsnip who was nervously waiting for news about his friend's condition.

"I have some good news and bad news," the doctor said. " The good news is, your friend is going to live. The bad news is, he's going to be a vegetable all his life."


I got it! The preceding is an example of an off-topic post!
 
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Spade said:
One more clarification. please.

Is a post on an Off-Topic thread in the Off-Topic category by necessity an off-topic post or an on-topic post?
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Well, that would depend on the content of the off-topic thread, and the content of the message. It's not by necessity anything. Context is everything you need to answer your questions. :smile:
 
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German Chocolate Cake is not German. It is named after its maker, Sam German






When you hear of a German chocolate cake, your first thought is that Germany is where the cake originated – hence the name. This is one of those food items where the name is a bit deceiving, however. German chocolate cake gets its name from an ingredient it uses: German’s Sweet Chocolate.


This chocolate was originated by the Baker’s Chocolate Company (now a subsidiary of Kraft Foods) in the mid 1850s and was named after it’s creator, Sam German.


The story of the chocolate says that a misprint in a newspaper that included the recipe for the first German Chocolate Cake simply left out the “s” on the name, and this is why the chocolate is often known simply as “German.” The chocolate is similar to a semisweet chocolate, but has a higher sugar content to it. This means that recipes that use it tend to be a little bit sweeter than ones that don’t.




http://bakingbites.com/2010/01/what-is-german-chocolate/
 
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This thread is so old, if it were a child at birth, today it would be in school. Well, maybe not if it wore an afghan.
 
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Spade said:
This thread is so old, if it were a child at birth, today it would be in school. Well, maybe not if it wore an afghan.
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I'm four in dog years. Not sure about Afghan dog years though.
 
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