harpo is still pissed off at the forum software(due to poor user design of forced subscriptions and may the stardockers that made this change get buried in thier subscriptions), but now puzzled

It's verbal humour, like "why did the chicken cross the road?".

It's common to most cultures, though it is said that Germans don't have a sense of humour...

"Mein Hund hat keine Nase." "Wie riecht er?" "furchtbar" ...

I work on a ferry that traffics Oslo, Norway/Kiel, Germany. I have been asked on a number of occasions: "who is the toilet" (to which I reply: Not me, today) and "where is the next toilet" (was there something wrong with the first one)

*Those sentences in German*

Wo ist die Toilette and wo ist die nächste Toilette

I don't like autosubscribe either 

*unchecks "subscribe to this post"*

regarding the chicken crossing the road, the fool that left the chicken loose deserves to have chicken pate after scraping the remains off the road.

have not met a german so have no opinion regarding the person, but as a person that has worked in retail or directlywith the public over several decades, I have found that there is NO safe time to laugh or PUN, and those that have tried to make humour with me have invariably CAUSED pain.

and WHEN isthis HORRIBLE forced subscribe to POST getting REMOVED, so that I can stop the planning of attaching the fools(that have forced this upon us) to POSTS permantly?

harpo the pissed off and puzzled

harpo the irritated, and puzzled

This IS that. But it isn't working.

I don't know what all the fuss is about as I never use the 'subscriptions' tab when browsing the forums.  At any time I want to check on previous posts I simply go to my recent posts, etc.

However, just so's I can have a bitch [thus far I haven't had one this week] and support the cause, I don't like the auto-subscribe feature, either ...nor do I need it. And I hate seeing that fechen tab with fechen numbers on it... reminds me of what my g/f's father said when I told him we were playing doctors and nurses and I was taking her temperature.... "When you pull that thing out of there it'd better have numbers on it!"

I look at the tab and see 32+ subscriptions and think "WTF, I been to all those threads?  Geez I've been a busy boy."  Thing is, while I don't like it and would much prefer to see it gone [banished eternally to the woods where monsters and greebies lurk], the auto-subscribe feature/tab doesn't bother me enough to get my knickers in a knot. I mean, it hasn't hurt me as yet... nor has it caused me any illnesses.  However, I may just have been lucky thus far.

It hasn't given me a headache as yet, or a STD [Sexually Transmitted Dialogue], but if it does I'll be right back here bitchin' and cussin' like a trooper who's just got a dose of the clap from a virgin.

This is why you don't see what the fuss is all about, because you don't use it.

I find the option very useful, handy even, when it used to work. The way it is now is like Leo said.

*Note to self: Remember to uncheck the subscribe box.*

Um, like, sorry, thought I was joking... being flippant in my previous post.

Well I tried to be.

Stump humper, eh?   Does that mean you're leaving the sheep alone?

Frankly, if I were you, I'd have stuck with the sheep.... like little to no chance of splinters.

Yuh, I guess!   S'pose it depends on what the sheep has been eating.  If it's a bit of bark with a bit of tree still attached, I guess there's the distinct possibility of splinters.

Frankly, I have more respect for my 'old fella' and don't bother livestock that may or may not have eaten 'woody' substances... well not since I lost my virginity to an old crone at age 12, at least.  Dunno if I was willing at the time or whether she put a spell on me, but in any event, there's no point to my complaining if she did. 

She'd be 85 now and have more warts and wrinkles, but that's not my greatest fear... no siree.  Nope, I'd be scared her magic was more powerful and she'd make me do it all over again.

[starkers sees no point unchecking the 'subscribe to this post' box... I unchecked the flu box and still got it   ]

Romance afoot? Hmmm.....