Maxiii,
When involved in debate, surely I'm not required to declare my tictacs, am I?

e.g I'm saying this, so that if you say that, I can possibly win the debate by saying the other: But, if you don't say that, then I'll have to think of something else to try to win. I don't think so. How many halves was that?
Maxiii apart, no further questions, no responses, no logic (apparently).
That's fine, apart from when it shows no manners either.
Btw, I'm not talking about bananas, goalposts and any other mickey-taking. That's all fair game.
I have just re-read the recent posts, in particular mine.
Although it was not my intention, I submit that it's more logical to interpret my competitive half (mentioned third) as an alternative name for the first mentioned half. Using that logic, I only ever referred to two halves, albeit using two different names for one of them. We all know there are only ever two halves. But what about American Fooyball? Or do they call them periods?
I am now well past my boredom threshold on this topic. Everybody else probably is as well. Can we move on please?