Ha Ha. Sorry WebDog, I thought you were the PHP guy and LammaGung was the Design man. Please swap chairs it's my unbirthday party. Apologies all round.
I make apps like this board in ColdFusion. They don't look the same but use all the same techniques. Wanna see a simple one? Go to
http://www.avarte.com (who I work for) click the hongkong link, sign in then click the Local News Link. That's a simple version of this board. Same principle but less features. I made it all gray and Microsofty and boring though. Also there is no news coz the HK Gateway site has not been advertised yet and now you've made this site there probably will never be any news about Lamma. Oh no I'll be sacked! LOL
I would offer to fix your avatars in ColdFusion coz its pretty easy to do but not in PHP because I'm a dunce at that. Anyway... I'm happy with avatars and I'd leave them on anyway, they are fun. I guess slow connection people can turn of graphics if things get to weighty.
RE the Weird UnderBlurb.
Yes its a bit British.
Micturition is "the extraction of urine samples" therefore...
Lord of "Taking the Piss" which means taking the micky or making fun of
A spoon is used for stirring things up. And for quite some time I did that on Lamma. So I thought "Keeper of the Spoon" was very apt and a bit like other daft things eg. "Defender of The Faith" and "Order of the Royal Garter" etc.
Also it sounded a bit dungeons and dragonish in a very silly way.
The "Degree in Budgies" is Monty-Python
Still puzzled?
OK I''ll own up, The truth is I'm as mad as the Mad Hatter and they won't let me out of hostital yet cause I ate the Dormouse.