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Right! That wasn't too bad. Registered and ready to post. Life without the Monitor each day? Perish the thought!

Monitor, you know we love you! But happy to remind you if you're having an insecure moment.

Re: the create-an-account process. I noticed the sentence "Once you have told us your date of birth, you will need to email us if you want to change it." How is this possible? Has the Monitor discovered the fountain of eternal youth?

Does anyone really want the Caption Comp back ?!

We all love you, Monitor, but do not know if you are a boy-monitor, a girl-monitor or a team of monitors. (I assume you are not monitor lizards, but could be wrong...)

I think we should have a collective noun for a group of monitors. Gaggle? Herd? Flock?


Cheers,
Carol from Portugal

DustinThyme: Yes. Yes, I do.

First time I've registered for this kind of thing. I was amazed at how many of the, what I thought unique, handles I cooked up had already been taken!

Where's that interrobang when you need it?!

Not many comments thus far: does no one love MM? Or, more likely, has everyone left work and gone home...?

Oh, all right, Giles. But I hope this will free up some of your time to write the occasional Adwatch? And, of course, reinstate the Caption Competition with magnificent prizes - I gather Broadcasting House has a stock of honey spoons!

Does this mean the end of the 502 errors? Looking forward to having something to comment on, Punorama? Caption Competition? Maybe a Lunchtime Bonus Question?

You do realise that asking Monitor regulars to register will mean that some of them adopt remarkably silly user names, possibly involving a regional stereotype?

How many attempts of choosing an ID for me? This name was the 10th attempt.

Why is the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ clock on GMT not BST? I am sending this at 9:25pm and the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ said I posted this at 8:25pm

What benefit? If no Caption Competition, Punorama or lbq who's going to comment?

For reasons I can’t quite remember, I registered a ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ ‘comments’ identity thing ages ago (*they* wouldn’t let me use the shorthand though). So, to those who ask why they might have been beaten to the username, it appears we are now conjoined with the 606 users, trillions of them. I’ve been there, God help us.

Incidentally, DavidDeeMoz, I’ve got one of those BH honey spoons. I’d trade it for the reappearance of the Caption Comp though..

All done, but please hurry up and bring a 'proper' caption competition back!

I think the collective noun for monitor must be multitude - a multitude of monitors - no?

I must echo the other requests to bring the caption comp back!

But what?! (hah see, i think it looks ok to use a question mark and exclamation mark together) do we now get no letters because Monitor is too busy wrestling with the new system? where are the letters? we need our daily demonstration of MM's ability as a compiler/editor.

Stigmondo? - Stig, is that you, and will there be Stigmondo's wife ? Or Stigwife Mondo?

I was already registered - as a forum user. so it was totally painless. Hope you are feeling loved MM.

The collective noun for a group of monitors: A Magazine of course!

If this was a comment to the Caption Competition which isn't - and therefore certainly it can't be - it might read:

I'll get off your foot if you stop kissing me.

Testing!

Is this going to be the dullest comments thread ever?

Luv'n'hugz to PM, MM and all the gang.

Crikey, this is beginning to feel a little Web 2.0. Should I be missing out more vowels?

Lucy Jones, Manchester

Can't believe no-one has taken this user name!

Ok ..that's the register called ...Present Sir!

Can we have Punorama, Cap Comp an' stuff back now please?

My good friend Periwinkle Throbgusset (pronounced Thrussay) may well drop by from time to time too ... ;-)

Tiffin anyone?

Ooh look at that... I think I registered for h2g2, a long time ago. How did a title become part of my username?

Anyway, of course we love you, even if you're becoming more mainstream internetty and less cosy teashoppy (I don't know why, I've always seen the Monitor like that).

Rights *and* responsibilities? Blimey, what will the 'I know my rights' brigade make of that?

oooh, that's clever, i'm a member of the bbc food boards, and my membership is carried over. Now if only my work could provide clever systems like that!

we all appreciate you montior, in fact, i'm making chocolate brownies this weekend - would you like me to save you one?

That was painless, I can use my 606 login! Bonus!

I bet you DO publish this! If I'm wrong, of course, nobody will ever know!

There's usually no letters on a Thursday (or at least late ones). Hopefully there'll be a big bumper bag for us today.

With my Cap Comp entry in.

Ah ha - my psydonym returns... but who am I?

There used to be letters on a Thursday. It's only in the last three weeks (I think) that it's become a definite trend of absence. I want to know what the Monitorettes are getting up to on Thursday afternoons.

(Incidentally, why does this entry still show Comments (0) on the main Monitor page?)

is it just me or is it not so much fun knowing that what you write WILL get published? I rather enjoy the suspense....

Damn. Pseudonym may have returned... my spelling ability hasn't!

Re: 35 ...isn't it much more satisfying knowing that what you've written is being read then knowingly ignored by such luminaries as we have signed up hereabouts?

I'd also like to think that they use expressions such as Pish! Tush! and Pshaw! liberally when doing so.

Kind of makes it all worthwhile.

Hello All. This is my first time. Haven't a clue what to write.

Tush!

Reactively moderated eh...

Does that mean we can submit subversive material that might lurk about for a bit before getting deleted?

Erm, in that case I declare myself as the kind of person who puts the teabag and the milk in the mug before pouring the hot water in. And I take the used teabag out with my fingers.

If the mods see "Comments (0)" then they might think there's no modding to do, which has got to be good news.

All you people who's names had been used - are you sure it wasn't you that used them perhaps by registering with Have Your Say?

PM you remind me of a needy facebook/myspacer groveling for comments, even without the promise of a comment back I will post... but only because I like you.

Happy now?!

I am impressed to find that when I became a Citizen of the Country of Lovely at the urging of the Prime Minister for Life , Danny Wallace , I also found myself able to say Hello to Monitor too. Which is nice.
I hope the feeling of being Loved by at least 40 ( slightly) odd souls is helping.

When I created my account, the clever little computer actually suggested this name for me. It freaked me out no end that it actually knew I was artistic, and I had visions of HAL running the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳....

it worked Yippee !!

I don't know ...what does it mean?

Eccles cake anyone?

Why did the answer to my secret question have to have 6 letters? My first pet's name was really short and I had to use another question. I can't remember what I wrote as my answer now!!

Happy to register to post comments, but where's the uplifting sense of validation in having your letter picked from the masses for publication by our old friend Monitor?

Woohoo - now, where do I pledge my allegiance??

MM, PM, Bunty and all;
I can think of a Right Shower of Monitors but are we dealing with thinkers or do'ers?

Surprise - the comments links have vanished from the letters page.....the world is a gloomier place - glad I managed to sneak back in here - anyone else here today?