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Why bother doing the work when you know someone else will do it for you in an effort to impress.

Unfortunately I have two colleagues in the former category and one in the latter.

I'm not sure any of them are on my Christmas card list.

oops my apologies an oversite

i'm new to this so far freindly site and didn't that realise i might get insults for trying to help asomeone. i would now do more to annoy chorley9,

Albert, firstly Welcome and trust me this is a friendly site. Chorley's response may have turned wrongly on the ones who answered a bit , I don't really see it that way.

Those who answer do not know the rules of the quiz nor the requests of the setter - Ernie has owned up to an oversight, fair enough but in general I am in favour of abiding by the rules of the quiz, apart from an occasional query re wrong letter counts for example.

I love to be first in with an answer and have occasionally fallen foul of a misleading question title before realising it is not a crossword, at least in this case the correct quiz title was given.

Don't give up on us. :-)

Hi chorley9 & georgeiii.
I hope you both haven't forgotten that this a "help forum".
I find your comments rather demeaning to those that offer assistance.
Not everyone has the "quiz" in front of them and as such would not know what the setter has requested.

In this case the original "poster" has admitted fault.

Other members of the forum do not supply information to those that request it just to prove "superior intelligence" as you both seem to indicate.
"Some people like to assist others".
Maybe this is not a characteristic either of you share.

The site is called Crossword help forum and those who use it like that really help people. As for the asker not realising this is not the first time they have asked one that says on the sheet please do not ask on forums

Albert I find your reply far from friendly I find it quite insulting. I am not the only person who commented on asking on a quiz that requested no asking, so why single me out.

I agree with keenquizzer. The OP has done this before so whilst he has apologized, does it really mean as much as someone who has just had an oversight and missed the quiz rules? Many of the people who provide answers do not have that particular quiz (for whatever reason), so they would be unaware of the quiz rules. The onus must be on the OP to abide by the rules of the quiz-after all they presumably comply with other rules, entry date and fee, so why not the "no asking" element?

Chorley9 - this works both ways. The Heage quiz says no asking, but you don't seem to have followed that rule have you?

Aldo Bear please get your facts right.

I did not ask for an answer I asked if anyone had found the answer. I also asked on a private site that has approx. 16 members.

No you didn't ask for an answer, but you got a clue that was so easy, it may as well have been the answer. Private site it may be, but as far as I know it's still part of the internet? If you're going to criticism people for asking, surely you need to abide by the same rules?