NO LOL CAMPAIGN

By now I am sure most of you have been well aware of the amazing new venture that Mutual Hockey Club has embarked on called the NO – LOL Campaign. This movement was started on the 14 May 2012 by our beloved 1^st team, great bunch of chaps they are.

The 1s together with the 1^stTCC (1^st team Censorship Commission) have started this crusade so that no person whether they be big or small #TellBasil, how amazing or how kak of a hockey player you are #TellRaff will ever 


never be have fun of again. EVER!

The NO-LOL campaign has been set in place so no one each person can be seen as an equal and so that we can Not laugh (NO-LOL) with each other instead of laughing at each other.

You might be asking where ‘LOL’ comes from….

It's original definition was "Laughing out loud" (also written occasionally as "Lots of Laughs"), used as a brief acronym to denote great amusement in chat conversations.

Now, it is overused to the point where nobody laughs out loud when they say it. In fact, they probably don't even give a shit about what you just wrote. More accurately, the acronym "lol" should be redefined as "Lack of laughter."

Depending on the chatter, its definition may vary. The list of its meanings includes, but is not limited to:
1) "I have nothing worthwhile to contribute to this conversation."
2) "I'm too lazy to read what you just wrote so I'm typing something useless in hopes that you'll think I'm still paying attention."
3) "Your statement lacks even the vaguest trace of humor but I'll pretend I'm amused."
4) "This is a pointless acronym I'm sticking in my sentence just because it's become so engraved into my mind that when chatting, I MUST use the meaningless sentence-filler 'lol.'" 

Let us try a quick example…..This - is not funny.

Testimonies

“Hi my name is ……… (this name has been withheld for security reasons)

I have always been a happy person, I prided myself in being the funny one in the group, hoping I was bringing joy to others. I was generally the butt of most jokes and I was picked on a little, but I thought “hey if I can be that guy who brings joy to the faces of others then I will let it go”.

So I’m sure you are wondering why on earth would such a happy guy join the NO LOL Campaign, well let me tell you why, I was minding my own business the other day making my usual jokes, finding some new material out there when I came across a juicy piece of gossip, I spoke to some people and this was validated, now that’s all I am allowed to say about the incident, (a Ricky Martin song sums it up somewhat) so after a couple people caught on, the 1TCC (1^st team Censorship Commission) made it clear that my jokes were not for public consumption and that I may never post internal jokes ever again!

So I have decided to never let them make fun of me again. They can take my jokes but they can never take my FREEDOM.”

Famous people have even hopped on the band wagon with our cause reaching as far as the United States.

“It all starting on an odd week day, things seemed bright and cheery and I could hear the birds chirping and life just seemed good, then it all happened so suddenly.

Who would have known that in such a short space of time the club will be torn apart so quickly that innocent bystanders didn’t even know what hit them

It started with a picture and will probably end in a blood bath

When a picture got posted of [CENSORED] and [CENSORED] doing [CENSORED] on the 1^st side group and millions of jokes started flying around. It was at this point that I realized that I don’t have an alliance there as I am not in the side any more so I thought it was only fair to share it with our other club members to take part in the fun and name calling.

It was at this point that the jokes started to get censored and the fun became dryer and dyer until there was just no LOL’s left.

It was then when I realized that I need to pick a side and be faithful to only one true cause

VIVA NO-LOL, VIVA RICKY MARTIN and his song [CENSORED]”

“Hi, I’m Scarred4LifeByLOL

I’m a happy go lucky type always poking fun at the obviously intellectually challenged and being poked out for my ginger loving styles. I’m the class clown for girly humour and like to bring the gutter into every road. There’s no joke that needs censoring with me, hence Jimmy Carr is my favourite comedian… no wait, idealist of all time! I think, or rather thought of myself as a bringer of smiles and laughs and inappropriate snigger. I’m not the type of girl you take home to meet your parents…

Why have I then joined the NO LOL campaign? Simply put, I believe in sharing. I’m a team sports kind of girl and when I cannot share in the woes of others and accurately retell the stories with additional creative joking, then how can we as a team enjoy our lives with each other? When the NO LOL condition was issued, I took it on myself to create a positive spin on it with relation to my team working ethics and encouraged fellow mates to join the then newly founded campaign so as to create a renewed team spirit and comradery amongst us all. This campaign is close to my heart and a no lol matter matter. As good old Leon would say “’n grap ‘n grap, maar jy maak nie ‘n sambreel oop in ‘n ander man se gaat nie”.

I have thus pledged to no longer poke and be poked at with any umbrellas! Join now!

NOLOL’s 4 life!!!”

“I am NO-LOL campaigner and this is my story….

Much like my Fellow NO-LOL Comrades, I too used to be a jolly fellow. I used make a joke here and there, sometimes I even laughed at other people, with other people AND even behind other peoples backs!! But those days are long gone (Four days and 8 hours and 30 mins to be precise).

It all started with the usual Monday Morning Laughing at Others  Expense (MMLAOE) banter. The LOL chirps were flowing and I even found a photo, which I later posted as my profile pic. I mean sharing the MMLAOE is what I’m all about!!! Everybody needs some LOL in their life on a Monday!!  Well, let me tell you THAT was a big mistake!!! The 1TCC (1^st Team Censorship Committee) swooped on me faster than a model could say K on twitter!!! I was still in Mid-LOL when the reply came to “remove said offending material” and I was reminded that only 1^st team players can LOL at 1^st Team Players! There was even a threat of revoking my special Non-1^st XI rights to a certain watering hole , where everybody knows my name, and it always stays the same, where the Kak Fat ****of a DJ plays the Same shit tunes week in and week out!!! The shock started to sink in and it felt like I had just been on tour with the Edgmead High rugby Team.

It was then that something happened to me, something beyond comprehension. Something that would change my life as I knew it. I started to shit Custard and Cry Rainbows!!! All the LOL in my heart vanished and I could LOL no more!!! With the laughter gone I felt lost and alone… It was a dark time in my life. Not even staring at Holly’s Boobs could cheer me up! But just as she was about to throw me out of the flat, and Tosser was about to Knock me out, he said something profound: “Join the NO-LOL cause, F*cker!!!”

Upon waking up, with strangely sore nipples, I inquired some more about the No-LOL Cause. It turned out that I was not the only one shunned by the 1TCC and that a group was founded where everybody could be miserable together. I had found my new family, and the rest is history!!!

I leave you with a famous, yet altered quote: “You may be a 1^st Team player who walks on the Red Carpet of Tiger, but I walk on Toilet Paper, because I am the shit!!”

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR……JOIN THE MOVEMENT TODAY!!