Beanophile: from Sheffield - Sacred Arse "Sean Bean" and Greek philos "loving" can be generally defined as a person dedicated to the appreciation of the man and actor, Sean Bean.

Chat Room: Chat - Middle English chatten, short for chatteren. Chat Room - a real-time online interactive discussion group.

Beanophile Chat Room: A gathering of Beanophiles chatting about anything and everything under the sun, united by the commonality of being a Beanophile.

No personal battles. Take it outside, please, or have a moderator arrange "virtual grass before breakfast" (a mediated debate, the modern equivalent of a duel).

Leave politics and religion outside please. Such subjects are often very emotional with some people and can lead you to a slippery slope that nobody really wants to slide down.

No derogatory slurs or comments on someone's race, religion, political orientation and/or sexuality will be allowed. However, if you divulge anything of a sensitive nature about yourself, be advised that that tidbit of information will then be considered "fair game" and it will be your own darn fault.

Try to hold cursing, cussing or use of foul language to a minimum. Members here are from diverse cultures and use various native languages which make dictating acceptable language extremely difficult. If you find something offensive to the point that you cannot tolerate it, please contact a moderator. This is not your momma's house, grade school or church, so don't expect us to be angels and nobody is subject to having their mouths washed out with soap because of salty language. We are not the speech police. One special feature of the chat is the Ignore option. So, if you find that you just don't want to listen to someone brag or rag or cry in their beer, you can choose to ignore them (you can't ignore the mods, however).

Please remember that bragging is rude and can become quite boring. Just because you may have met Sean or have an autograph you don't have to rub it in. We do, however, love to hear all about these things (pics are even better). You will still be called a "jammy cow", but that is par for the course around here. (Jammy Cow = a most fortunate wench)

Anyone blatantly trying to advertise or promote websites, articles or whatever for profit will be banned immediately. Go and promote your stuff at eBay: we are not remotely interested!

Anyone coming in here with the sole purpose of flaming or chastising or intentionally stirring up shit will be immediately banned.

If you come in here and get pushy and try to hog the discussion, don't be surprised if you are asked to leave. No one person is the center of the universe no matter what they may believe.

This is not the Shrine of Saint Sean and everyone is entitled to their opinions. If you don't agree with someone who has a gripe about him, or anything else for that matter, be courteous in your discussion so that it remains a discussion. Almost everything is possible here as long as you're not hurting or offending anyone on purpose!

If you don't understand an abbreviation, Yorkshire/Brit slang, or an acronym, don't hesitate to ask. OR, if English is your second language and you need something explained, just ASK.

If you don't like bitchiness, don't come in here. We who use this chat room choose to do so because we like being bitchy just as much in writing as we do in real life. For some of us it is the only place we can really get away with it. Not that we are all particularly bitchy, but you never know when someone has had a bad day or their hormones are all out of whack.

Sable, Sylvene, the Mods, and common sense decide what goes and what doesn't. As such, frank and open discussion of things of a sexual nature are perfectly acceptable subjects. So if sex talk offends you, I suggest you quietly excuse yourself from the chat room or go to a personal chat should any discussion veer off in that direction. We are all adults here and this is the 21st Century, so prudishness will probably be laughed at.

And the most important rule of all: What is said in chat, stays in chat. That means that anyone who hears something salacious, gossipy or catty about anyone or anything in chat is not free to run off to any other boards or go to email or instant messenger, or Skype or PMs or any other type of communication media to repeat what has been said. If anyone is found guilty of doing such, they will be permanently banned from chat and their SBO membership will be subject to restrictions unless they come up with a damned good reason why they did it.