The officals rules from Feb 06 state:
"Please keep threads on-topic and try to
avoid spam or "chit-chat" within the specialised forums. We don't want the forums to become stale with no sense-of-humour, but we also want people to be able to find the information they're after without having to wade through a lot of chatter. Basically we're aiming for an appropriate middle ground, just use your common sense."
"The
"General Chat" forum should be used for all off-topic posts that don't belong in the specialised forums."
So you are telling us that from FEB a tread that has the point of being funny and only applies to a small ground of people who like astronomy and like to laugh, will not be locked?