[SOC] Do you speak Froggy ?

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Hello friends,

Sorry but this one will require some medium to high level knowledge of Froggy 
language. Or a good dictionnary and a lot of patience !

http://qrzlami.free.fr/

This a site made by a SWL, listing how stupid, arrogant, unpolite, narrow-
minded, etc etc can be the ham operators.
This is a satiric collection, shooting at the REF (French ARRL) [one of my 
favorite from this site !], shooting at all these "Old Timers" calling 
themselves "Referees" but acting/speaking/QSOing like the very last CBer (and 
maybe worse).
I know this site for months but I like to visit it from time to time to help 
mood going up, really refreshing.
Last update is listed at the bottom of the page, and is called "The Shadock 
page" (http://qrzlami.free.fr/les%20Shadocks.htm ), refering to a French 
cartoon, "les Shadocks", (http://villemin.gerard.free.fr/Humour/Shadock.htm ) 
broadcasted on TV in early '70s, really well-known here.
By the way, the Shadock can apply for SOC membership. If you look at the 
previous site (Shadock.htm), you will see some of the Shadock Sayings. First 
one states : "If you go on trying, sooner or later you will succeed. So, more 
fails you get, more chance you have to finally succeed".
Last but one states : "It is wiser to concentrate your intelligence on 
stupidities than concentrate your stupidity on intelligent tasks".

So, back to the SWL Shadock page. The basic idea is to say that as there is a 
lot of bad OMs using our bands (and at first VHF and mainly repeaters) 
to "broadcast" stupidities, silly words, insults a.s.o.; then it can be for the 
good of everybody if we start QRMing this kind of QSOs.
The page http://qrzlami.free.fr/les%20Shadocks.htm is a wonderful "How To" !
Hilarous, absolutely hilarous but unfortunately showing a sad true reality : 
nowadays traffic (and in particular on VHF repeaters) is far far far away from 
being Ham oriented.

I will try to translate this "How To" in English, but pse allow some time ...
BTW, at the end of the page, there is a list of words. This is some kind of 
swearword dictionnary.
Enjoy ! (if you can !!)

72!
Claude