lionel hutz Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 41 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Don't you remember awarding me joint best Bairn??? Evidently not 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Miguel Sanchez Posted November 22, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2017 (edited) The third worst poster in P&B history begins with an apology by way of a confession. My point about oaksoft, about how he brings no redeeming qualities in the way bennett and 8Mile do, wasn't supposed to be included there. It was supposed to be here. My own vote for top place, this poster's net contribution to P&B is unquestionably the worst of anyone who's ever been on the forum. My thanks again go to Mon Dieu: There have been boring entries, like mozza and Zen Archer. There have been rage inducing entries like Supras. There have been entries of literal idiots, like Jmo. There have been innumerable entrants who draped themselves over the forum like a moth-eaten curtain infested with ebola. None of them have done this with the combined intensity of Grim O'Grady. Posts about some diddy team in the whatever-level-is-below-the-seaside leagues don't count. Nobody gives a f**k. What was Grimbo's worst quality? Well, I suppose it was just that. Grimbo. Every post ended with Grimbo by means of a sign-off, which the feeble minded still, decades after the invent of the internet message board, use. Fucking look at it. Nothing in P&B's history has been quite the byword for eye-bleeding horror to the extent the name Grimbo has. Remember when people realised he was boring and he changed it to G-bore? When he tried to be cool and changed it to G-Bo? My fucking christ, what a fucking travesty. Part of the infamous dotting campaigns of the past year, With Grimbo you always got the distinct sense that he took P&B far more seriously than everyone else. Maybe his life was a bit empty, maybe he's not right in the head, either way if there's one thing this list has proven it's that the people who will talk down message boards as a concept who take them the most seriously. That such things as dotting campaigns exist, that anyone would care enough at all to organise a thing, just sit and consider that for a second. Grown men. The search for validation from our peers is something that sits with us all throughout our entire lives but when you see the extent to which some people take it, you wonder. I'm dancing around the ultimate issue here, of course. I'm reluctant to base these entries and the resultant criticisms on posters' personal lives too much, but there are an inevitable few who leave us with no choice. With that in mind I'll offer the abridged version. In fact, I'll leave you with the words of the Spartans club secretary: He said: "Grim saw smoke in the distance and made a joke saying 'I hope it isn't my house' and then five minutes later his son phoned and said it was their house on fire. "He was in an awful panic as he was worried about his pets. "His whole house is gutted and his family only have the clothes on their backs, they have lost everything else. "He is such a great man that we felt we must help him in any way we can so he can buy food and clothes and pay for accommodation." Oh dear, thinks P&B. Your lovable if only in small doses uncle's had a bad time, let's give him a break for a bit til he gets things in order. Then a year later the truth outs. The money raised from the subsequent online donation page goes towards renovating a house in Bolton he rents out. The rest he spends on a cruise. I'm not one to question the actions of people in such an obviously awful position but I think given the sense of community present on P&B the level of deception by omission on display here was disgraceful. Still, it did give Skidmarks the opportunity to spawn the phrase "crispy pets," so never let it be said that P&B can't make the best of a bad situation. The revelation of Grimbo's holiday was the beginning of the end. A descent further into madness and thread ruining banality followed, eventually becoming embroiled in the fiasco which saw Tedi and StandFree03 emptied. In the six months before that though I was a vocal advocate for his removal, citing his complete lack of any redeeming qualities and general ability to ruin any thread he posted on - mostly by talking about himself. After his banning he reappeared with a new account, ostensibly existing only to post match highlights or whatever in the relevant forums. I think he lasted three days before posting in General Nonsense again. Guess what he was posting about. Your words: "made this part of the forum unreadable for a long time. Was so boring that I couldn't finish his posts, even two liners. Descended in to lunacy towards the end and was rightly binned." "the world is a better place without his twee fraudulent ways and signing off with your own name is the behaviour of an actual nonce." "Made General Nonsense unreadable towards the end of his P&B career." "Absolutely destroyed GN with his attention seeking antics and its never really recovered to be honest. Even before him going full mentalist his posting style was a fucking trudge." "I liked him to begin with, he was harmless, but f**k me, he completely ruined threads, total me, me, me with him. Utter dick." "boring and tedious as f**k, continuous look at me patter took the extreme which has been well documented, making national news nonetheless. A genuinely terrible terrible poster, probably has a face like a thigh. " "he set his house on fire" "I skimmed past just about all of his posts, but unfortunately others didn't which saw the quality of just about every thread he was involved in plummet through the floor. He was like the scumbaggery of 8mile, the shite puns of Zen Archer and the sheer boredom of Bishop Briggs rolled into one. His con-job on the goodwill of others after he burnt his house down also showed him up as an immensely unpleasant person." "tried to kill off GN by having f**k all to say but sharing it multiple times a day on every single thread. Murders animals and involved in charity fraud" "serial thread ruiner. Used money donated to him to get him back on his feet for an expensive cruise before admitting he also owned a 2nd home where he was trying to con money out of the local council." I don't know if he's still on P&B, but the opportunity to bask in the attention this post will garner will surely flush him out if he is. With 70 points and 8 first place votes, @Grim O'Grady, @Grim O"Grady, @Spartans Telly, whatever he was, the third worst P&B has to offer. Edited September 2, 2020 by Miguel Sanchez 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Right, stop fucking about and get the top 2 done. Good post BTW 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Phrase: Damning with faint praise Definition: 3 hours ago, Bairnardo said: joint best Bairn??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 His behaviour towards the end was one of a seriously unhinged individual. How any grown man could allow a football message board to affect their life so much, was shite frankly worrying. Saying that, he torched his dog for a cruise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Grimbo was a good laugh, not getting the negativity surrounding him... -5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 15 minutes ago, Scotty Tunbridge said: We know the top 2 now are 8mile and bennet just get them posted. Patience grasshopper, give Sanchez some time to prepare his masterpiece 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 25 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: After their performance over the last few weeks, I am utterly delighted to be seen in a good light by other Bairns on here and hopefully they will continue to see me as a friend as I do them. I am also proud to tie with @Marshmallo So you sir can go f**k yourself. Grangemouth Bairn is the top boy now. Tells it as it is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 In real life Grimbo is probably a kind, fat man with a beard who laughs a lot and is generally welcomed at his local or the club social. Everyone tolerates his horrible heartiness, laughing at his own shite jokes and insisting being called Grimbo because he's a decent guy. Doesn't work in text alone unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Grimbo’s case is a curious one that highlights a number of social ills of the modern age. Grimbo has made it to middle age as a functioning member of society yet spiralled into madness over some dots on an Internet forum. Posters flocked to give him money out of the goodness of their hearts and were rightly angered when they felt they’d been stung. I’ll freely admit I didn’t pay anything into it as I thought “surely he must be insured”. They may sometimes take a bit of nagging but insurers generally really good at sorting out not only losses but alternative accommodation etc. Were folk caught up in wanting to be seen to be big hearted rather than looking at the cold facts? I did history as a degree and it’s maybe me me a bit of a cynical bugger as it gets you questioning everything and looking for motives behind stuff. Also, look how much content he still generates. The forum needs nutters and it’s a bit like hunting seasons. Some needs culled but fresh blood needs cultivated too. Places like the Heads Gone thread are a good shop window for the next generation of Grimbos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Didn’t know the first thing about that story. What a wrong ‘Un. However, who is gullible enough to donate their hard earned to some name on the internet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy85 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 1 minute ago, The Chlamydia Kid said: However, who is gullible enough to donate their hard earned to some name on the internet? Nearly every Dundee fan. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 6 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Grimbo’s case is a curious one that highlights a number of social ills of the modern age. Grimbo has made it to middle age as a functioning member of society yet spiralled into madness over some dots on an Internet forum. Posters flocked to give him money out of the goodness of their hearts and were rightly angered when they felt they’d been stung. I’ll freely admit I didn’t pay anything into it as I thought “surely he must be insured”. They may sometimes take a bit of nagging but insurers generally really good at sorting out not only losses but alternative accommodation etc. Were folk caught up in wanting to be seen to be big hearted rather than looking at the cold facts? I did history as a degree and it’s maybe me me a bit of a cynical bugger as it gets you questioning everything and looking for motives behind stuff. Also, look how much content he still generates. The forum needs nutters and it’s a bit like hunting seasons. Some needs culled but fresh blood needs cultivated too. Places like the Heads Gone thread are a good shop window for the next generation of Grimbos. Some insurers are shite. Never buy cheap travel insurance for example. But a house fire? I'm sure the first few days would be a bit bewildering and I've no idea how quickly they sorted him out, so I'm sure a few hundred could have been handy in the early days. If he hadn't bragged about spending the £10,000 donations on doing up a second home and going on a cruise he would just been remembered as harmless, annoying and needy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 15 minutes ago, G_Man1985 said: Cruelty to animals. Scum of the earth. Shouldn't of been the dog in that fire . At least it wasn't a cat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I dont think anyone who actually donated to Grimbo was outraged by what he spent the money on. He did offer to refund anyone who felt hard done by as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR #1 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, welshbairn said: bragged about spending the £10,000 donations 10 grand? All from people on here? That is tremendous. Wish I had been a member here when all the gullible, look at me I'm a do gooder types found out about his cruise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, throbber said: I dont think anyone who actually donated to Grimbo was outraged by what he spent the money on. He did offer to refund anyone who felt hard done by as well. Here, throbs, while this is probably true, please stop saying it. You're taking all the fun out of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefan27 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Anyone got a link to Crispy pet-gate? Have to say that passed me by, though I do remember his unhinged final months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 (edited) 36 minutes ago, throbber said: I dont think anyone who actually donated to Grimbo was outraged by what he spent the money on. He did offer to refund anyone who felt hard done by as well. Don't think anyone on here has confessed to donating. I was tempted to ask for a refund though. I was sympathetic for a while after it all came out, thought it was nice his family got to go on a wee cruise after a horrible event and his tenants were saved from being burnt to death by dodgy wiring, but got worn down by his constant whining. Edited November 22, 2017 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 7 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Fucking,,,,,, BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The only solution now is for you to step in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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