TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS: The Elvis Forum

Elvis forums are infested with bullies. Acting as the Elvis Police they form little groups of like-minded cowardly fools and harass anyone not in agreement with their every word.

We all know them. Some of us are victims of their misinformation and slurs.

The fibbing Dutchman Rijff tells people how I was 'slaughtered' on FECC whilst conveniently and dishonestly failing to inform them of the many honest and decent friends I have there.

It's quite obvious he resents the amount of attention my posts receive and is now throwing a childish tantrum.

His usual behaviour.

John it's not my intention to disrupt this forum. Therefore you can delete this thread if you wish.

It's not for me to delete it, but we don't want to start any wars.

If he says you were slaughtered, and if you were, then it's not a fib. The fact that you have many honest and decent friends there doesn't make it less true. I do remember a lot of people having a go at you when I was there. Were you slaughtered? Don't know.

You're free to say what you want on here within reason as is anyone else.

Anyway, m'lud, over to you.

Yeah I can imagine that !

There wasn't a mark on me after those mangy sheep attempted to 'slaughter' me.

Truth of the matter is a lot of Elvis fans on FECC supported me especially fairminded people. Some openly and others by email and pms. Then the 'Moderator' locked me out of the Forum so I could not respond to the liars there. So I broke in a few times to set the record straight. Then I discovered another way to reply. Just post on any Elvis forum. Word gets back to FECC anyway, via the Elvis grapevine.

Or start a, 'For Elvis Presley CD Collectors' page of your own. Google is handy for that.

Now all this fuss because I like to share stories about all sorts of things simply because I AM that interesting. Ask Francesc, he's been following me around barking at my ankles since 2002!!!

I haven't followed you or your Circus. Usually you come where I am already.

Mr C, we all have our fecc stories, that's why this place exists. Let's leave them where they belong and get on with a pleasant existence here.

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Mr C, we all have our fecc stories, that's why this place exists. Let's leave them where they belong and get on with a pleasant existence here.[/quote]

That's fair enough, John.
We just need to have a little less intolerance.

Mr C, we all have our fecc stories, that's why this place exists. Let's leave them where they belong and get on with a pleasant existence here.[/quote]

That's fair enough, John.
We just need to have a little less intolerance.[/quote]

We?

That's fair enough, John.
We just need to have a little less intolerance.[/quote]

We?[/quote]

A figure of speech.
Elvis fans in general.

I think I need to lie down now.

for the record, Colgan: you have now started two topics against me,
in this section. Good god, you're hungry for attention aren't you?!
And yes, at the time on fecc people could smell your burned flesh
2 blocks away while being burned at the stake by your many, many
'friends' on fecc. Remember that 'classic' about the letter you had/have
from Elvis?! Everybody told you it was written by one of his
secretaries...But no, you knew better. You even had it 'authenticated'
to proof your point. No outsiders were needed to spot your letter
being one of thousands that went to fans worldwide...ALL written
by his secretaries. But no, Yours was one from Elvishimselvis.
And that's one of your many shortcomings Colgan: your knowledge
about Elvis in general is 10 below zero. And that's why it's my waist
of time to even bother getting back at you. In the Elvis scene you're
a nobody. A Xmas card from mother Dolores or a tap on the shoulder
from some Tupelo bizniz people is not gonna change that. You're sad.

At last, your true colours, Rijff.

As I have already pointed out, a far wiser person than you, once said, "The more we speak of things in general, the more we portray ourselves".
(yourself)

So what you are saying is Elvis himselvis actually set me up, a 19 year old father in 1961, my seriously ill wife in hospital, and many other very innocent Elvis fans, along with public Elvis memorabilia experts all around the world, by knowingly allowing his secretary to forge his signature on correspondence.

Do I need to sue Sothebys, Bonham's, and a few other Elvis memorabilia experts and Auctioneers for misleading me?

An Elvis fan bought the letters a few years ago for 2,400 pounds sterling at an auction in London. I went out of my way to publicise that auction before the event in case there were any objections.

Your unclevester waited till the Auction was over to attack me about them on FECC.

You yourself Rijff pointed out to him fans did not know too much about the goings on in Graceland back in 1961. Remember?

We had to wait till the self appointed and infamous Elvis experts on FECC arrived to enlighten us all.

But even then hundreds of newspaper articles about the letters had been published, 3 TV appearences and dozens of radio shows covered the Elvis letters story and not one objection appeared publicly in print.

I have publicly offered to buy back those letters, because as you may know I had amazing good fortune because of them.

They may become the most famous/infamous Elvis letters in history.... after the one to Anita Wood of course.

So Ger me boyo, I may not know as much Elvis trivia as you obviously do.

But I shoot straighter!

"burnt flesh" indeed. LOL.

it only proves neither you and all these self proclaimed experts know twiddle dee
about what's real and what isn't. But be my guest and drown
in your fantasies. You deserve it.
Youre such an expert you didn't even know his secretaries signed his name under letters
they wrote in his name, hundreds of times a week, for years?! That was their job, Colgan.
That's how they earned their paycheck. Elvis didn't forced them. They did what was
exspected of them. Get real, man, this is the Planet Earth, not frikkin' dreamworld.

That at one time, I felt a little sorry for you gettin' ripped to pieces on fecc turns out to
be my mistake. It won't happen again.

I'm not the one spending my life leaning on Elvis, Rijff.

FECC locked me out so they could rip me to pieces? I can do and did some serious ripping myself.

Bullying and swaggering all over the Elvis forums has got you exactly where?

To the point where you cannot resist running decent Elvis fans like Brian Quinn away because your Elvis is the only Vince in town.
The reason I started posting threads about you was because of your insulting behaviour on threads I started about Elvis....and Colgan.

Yes we all know about the secretarials, very dubious and anonymous Elvis experts on FECC make quite sure we do.

You appear to not have a clue what I am about at all. Stick around it will be fun educating you.

http://www.rockabillyhall.com/ElvisLetters.html It's such a lovely story how could I not run with it.

Thanks Francesc. Rijff appreciates cartoons.

I like both of you guys even though we sometimes disagree. Bury the hatchet kids. It's only the internet. No one is going to go without supper tonight over anything said here and by the same token anything said here is not going to feed anyone either.

On the letter, I admit I don't know spit about Elvis' handwriting other than at times it could be sloppier than my own, which is quite a feat. Yet the representation about this being an Elvis letter, whether it was written by Elvis' secretary or not, was made by Elvis' organization not Maurice. In that he deserves some slack even when he's selling it because this was not something some outsider presented to him. This was something from Elvis' organization. They're saying it, not Maurice.

Excellent point, likethebike.

There's far more to this story than meets the eye.

Maurice, perhaps you'd like to let us have the story in a different section along with any relevant photos. I'm sure it would be of interest to a lot of people.

John, Before I address your question may I just point out that there are some very well known Elvis fans who have made a career out of following me from Elvis forum to forum attempting to ridicule me because of this story. They arrived on TCB World, Elvis Presley Topix Forum, Elvisnumberones Forum, and of course FECC.

They are the kind of people who delight in mocking other Elvis fans who may have innocently bought a suspect Elvis signature or other 'piece' of Elvis memorabilia.

They are cruel heartless types. Some with inflated egos and oh so 'knowledgable' when it come to all things Elvis.

So am I willing to face an onslaught here?

Why yes, of course I am.

But I cannot see the Colgan section.

Where shall I begin the Saga?

Disagree with a certain MM member and you get people at your front door wanting to kick your *ss. Or others publishing your photo all over the net with some ridiculous accusations.
Or after waiting a month for a buyer to show up, sell a CD to someone else and the guy threatens you. He even repeated this to a guy he knew was a friend of mine, yet when he saw me in person coming in the door at a venue, within seconds he was gone.
Some Elvis fans are just weird people.

Which section does it fit in to?

All you have to do is tell the story, you don't have to claim that it is true, just tell us what happened.

We'll soon tell you if it's untrue !

John, with shy, retiring members like this one, posts have to be coaxed out of them [cough].............

Yes Luuk, you are right. Some Elvis fans are weird. I have never met one that would insult me to my face. Having said that may I hurriedly add I'm an excellent shot.

Okay John, The truth and nothing but the truth, so help me.....................oops, I'm an Atheist.

Colin, A little more cajoling and I'll spill the beans to Heinz, Hans, Helmut and all their Kin.

Okay then, everyone!