I was genuinely just asking a question; you don't need to change your behaviour unless an actual event organiser has complained to you.

You disagree?

All "Maybe"'s are a "No" until they are a "Yes"

All "Yes"'s that don't show should be tied up, tickled , and asked why , repeatedly until their ribs hurt and they are out of breath.

Simples.

This is definitely worthy of a quote in an event RSVP.

By an attractive young lady in a french maid's outfit, with a feather duster?

Excuse me, I have some events to sign up for.

I've noticed similar look-at-me behaviour. A simple "No, can't make it" will suffice. Here are some compilation of contenders for the Why-do-you-thing-we-care-you're-not-coming list:

- Bummer! I will be taking a 19:20 flight to Lisbon that evening, ready for a few days of fado, portuguese, and Fernando Pessoa poetry...and eventually some work too. Have fun!!!
- Might be in Nuremberg, but will know on the day.
- Am on a mission at the KFC Quest. Yum!
- smuggling some fat to france
- Argh, in Scotland, would love to have joined!
- Fully booked for tennis tournament this weekend - no luck to shoot ya brethren
- I'm going hiking in Grindelwald ;-)
- Going to Stuttgart for their Summer Festival. Have fun! Have a bucket of extra spicy legs for me.
- Sigh. I'm hiking in Ticino again this weekend. Have fun!
- another going away party to attend.... why is everyone leaving?
- In Adelboden
- unexpected plans... see you guys in a month
- Alas, no. I'd love to meet some new faces, but I am in Strasbourg tomorrow.
- I shall be in Las Vegas, such a chore maybe the next one?
- Greek food is my favorite, but after spending a ton of $ in the US, I have to decline;(
- being whisked away...
- Helsinki
- On holiday.
- In Scozia
- Crete
- Hamburg - I will not eat cucumbers
- Sorry to miss you all again but have German and then am on holiday for the next 2 weeks. See you all when I'm back in July.
- This looks really good, but sorry I will be in England that weekend.
- Looks like a great trip, but will be in Denmark that weekend
- being kidnapped to an undisclosed location!
- Sorry to miss out, but I will be playing in Geneva tonight. Have fun!
- I will be in the land of freedom (and burgers).
- we live very close to Franche-Comté and would have loved to join you - but will be playing with grand-children in UK that week-end. Enjoy your trip
- Gstaading for weekend

AYB

Don't spoil the fun. I, for one, rather enjoy reading about what the 'Maybes' and the 'Nos' are doing at the weekend.

I would normally respond to this, but I'm too busy planning my Uni reunion weekend trip to the UK

German Conversation Group Winterthur MORNING

OH YAY!!!!!! LOOK AT ME!! LOOK AT ME!!!

I made the list!!!!!!! Wooohoooo!

Tightly organized fun in is always the best type of fun... especially when the fun organizing Nazis brutally punish individualism.

One of those entries (Castro's) was just above my "No" excuse. But mine didn't get used.

It's not fair!

Pfff! Mine is not there either. Dude, you really have to keep up here and keep an eye on the popular ones of this forum!

Where is my crown again....

I've been organizing various sport events for years. The Wednesday Evening ZH Jogging Group died a death here on EF because of apathy and no one willing to pick up the initiative to organize the odd evening. I ran a couple of times with just one or two people and as fun as that was, I could have done more exercise without wasting my time driving to and from the city. So I took the names of the regulars and kept a handy list of potential sports chums handy whenever I was planning an event in the mountains, on the trails or on the athletics tracks and now it's easier, because I tell the others what I'm going to do and it's up to them if they want to come or not. You still get the inevitable "my pet anaconda has PMT" excuses rolled out at the last minute or people tending to base their decisions to attend purely on whatever the weather is doing.

The bright side is if you have a bunch of people who love their interest or sport with as much passion as you yourself do, then it makes it easy. With the Zürich Intruders we have a great group of American Football players who get involved and play their hearts out on Sunday afternoons. Thanks for the shameless opportunity of plugging our team!

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His events ARE fantastic !

Thank goodness that Heisenberg was never an EF user.

Cheers,
Nick

Unless you are MrE's Dad , in which case you can be in two places at once.

AYB

The 'no' but would be 'yes' if not already doing something else - is a way of showing support for the event, hope it goes well and also indicate that it is an event that would defo be of interest if it happened again.
Rather than 'no' can't be bothered or 'just not my kind of thing' (rather than LOOK AT ME).

Totally agree about not turning up being so rude and off putting. I've only organised one minor event - and those who couldn't make it on the day did send a pm with their excuses (thank you and hope you make make it the next time).

In these enlightened times I was led to believe that "No" means "No".

My friends more experienced in swiss dating tell me "No" could be "Yes" if she was not already doing someone else.

AYB

To this one I have to put my hands up, and although I am never actually sure whether my dearly beloved is going to come home, untill he is here, I should have put in a little more effort in to giving you a definitive answer. At least this part I can correct, and apologise as I have never once considered how awkward this must be for the reservations.

I hope all of you in german group are well and I hope to see you all later in the year. business has kind of taken off a bit more than I expected ( at this point I must remind myself how nice it is that one of my Idea actually works) miss you all x

P.S. Prof. I have a pack of Camels drying out here, can I drop them down at stall 6 for you? (hadden`t forgotten)