On 03 Aug 2012, "Farm1" wrote in rec.gardens:

"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
...
A professional victim on usenet and (unless the entire story is
fabricated) in life.

:-)) There is a woman like that on rec.food.cooking. She plays
:the victim
and always has excuses for why she can't accept any advice given
to her. I dont know why anyone ever bothers to reply to her and I
decided the same would probalby apply in this instance.

There's actually a name for this behavior. It's called the "Why
Don't You / Yes But" Game. It involves one party asking for help
with a problem, but rejecting all suggestions. The real goal is not
to solve their problem, but to get attention and keep the game going
on as long as possible. This article describes it more completely:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transac..._You.2FYes_But

In this case, Party 1 is "enhancing" the game by being vague and
making the would-be helpers laboriously tease out bits of the story,
scrap by incomplete scrap.

Almost every newsgroup attracts YDYYB game players eventually.