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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 2749264" data-attributes="member: 18305">As Aeson said, they're from the latest series of the BBC TV show "Little Britain".  The caption for the picture goes: "Dudley from the Mike McShane Estate in Bruise wants a nice Thai bride - but gets Ting Tong."If it's the site that is posting bogus ads, then I agree that lawsuits should result.  Where people mis-represent themselves in a personal capacity... well, I treat online profiles the same way I treat CVs.  In other words, I expect people to paint a slightly rosie picture of themselves, but not outright lie.  If they have blatantly lied (and that's never happened to me yet), then I would just walk away.  I know people that take off their wedding ring before they go out clubbing on a Saturday night, so it's not just a problem in online dating...I personally know three people that met their future partner via personals - one in the 60's, one in the early 90's and one using online personals in 2000.  I know two other people in my room at work using online personals - one male and one female.  It's been happening for quite a while now, and is becoming more mainstream.  It's a valuable resource if you want to meet people.I disagree if it's done by the company - I see it as fraud.  It wastes my time and costs me money.  I am online in order to meet people in real life, not to chat to a virtual girlfriend.  Where an individual has exaggerated their looks, etc, then that's only to be expected and I have no problem with that - to a point...Cheers,Liam</blockquote>

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