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In article , jmsmith2010 @live.co.uk says... > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:41:52 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?" >  wrote: > > >Ian, what I choose to take the piss out of online is pretty much my > >business I think. Nobody forces you to read a word of it. You seem a > >tad like Trevor, scouring the nets for things about which to complain. > >Have you noticed the cumulative effect of the incremental improvements > >in the Brompton in the last few years? It's hard to credit that the > >sum of such small changes is so large in the aggregate. I can't help > >contrasting it with BL's appalling mismanagement of the Mini, where > >they never gave any impression of really understanding what they had > >and why it was such a hit with their customers. Brompton have achieved > >a significant improvement in the product without impacting the iconic > >brand and design, and over three decades after Andrew Ritchie saw a > >Bickerton and thought "I can do better than that" it's an aspirational > >brand, the standard by which others are judged, and selling like hot > >cakes in Japan. Don't you think that's amazing? I really hope the > >business schools run study trips to the Brompton works. > > I think you may be mentally ill.

Wow, I agree. That Chapman post was more "What the hell's he on about?" than any of Wm...'s, which is a stellar achievement. I think the term "mentally ill" must surely apply to anyone who:

1. Wallows in shit. 2. Complains that he's covered in shit. 3. Repeats steps 1 and 2 roughly 10000 times and counting. 4. When challenged about wallowing in shit, admits it and says he's stopped but then does it again immediately. 5. Repeats step 4 a few thousand times. 6. When challenged again about wallowing in shit, shoots the messenger, then goes off on a bizarre rant (above) indicating that he truly is cracking up in a most disturbing way. 7. *Still* keeps wallowing in shit even after all that.

Oh, and:

8. Constantly goes to his doctor to get prescriptions for his mental problems. 9. Had a nasty bang on the head recently (possibly exacerbated by not wearing a helmet)...this of course couldn't have happened to a nicer person, and I'm sure it's nothing to do with the fact that he's constantly picking fights with motorists simply because they're driving and he thinks they shouldn't be (because all motoring, except when he does it, is automatically bad, and he has a perfect right to force his opinions on others through direct action whenever he feels like it).

He's approaching Spindrift levels of mental illness...the worst car- haters always seem to go that way in the end...presumably something to do with so vehemently taking a position that they know, somewhere deep down inside, is utterly irrational and pointless. Spindrift finally disappeared getting on for a year ago (my guess is suicide)...let's hope Chapman follows suit soon.