FFS. This place gets worse and its nowt to do with the banter. Its all the moaning.
An age old adage, if you dont like it dont log in.
This place would be shit without the banter, it carries the forum through the summer... Why dont you start your own forum Gaffer, run it with an iron fist, all sweetness and light, no farting ect and see how it does? My guess would be that you wouldnt be able to keep the numbers up with all the bans, then you would have a similar effect, a forum where no one posts...