Mumsnet Talk

Haven't read it yet but here it is:

women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6926734.ece

Was so tempted to give it the strapline 'Daisy does Justine' but it just didn't sound right you know?

We must have made one heck of an impression on Daisy- definitely sounds like she was badly mauled

stroppy are we? and btw, i can stop anytime- no really, i can- im just a social mner!

All that passed me by but I know there is history. Interesting stuff. Hate the use of 'bitches' but that's my pet hate anyway.

I said on another thread that I didn't think DC got a particularly bad ride but maybe that's just my perception.

Wonder when Justine and Carrie's live webchat will be, it's been lobbied for in the webchat topic.

Prefer vipers to bitches but even that is a bit hackneyed now I think.

I wonder if registrations are up day to day with all the publicity?

think justine looks like cate blanchett there
v nice
could we start gransnet now?

sits down with biscuit sherry and slippers

it would be interesting to chart whether visitor numbers are up in light of publicity. And also see how many new people actually register in the 4 weeks aftrewards?

Yeah, the bitches part was a little clunky, and I can't bear the word, either.

The remainder of the article was mediocre. Justine came out well (of course) but the writing was stilted, and I felt that either DG has not made up her mind about us, or she was stifling her real opinion.

You're right DIB, it didn't really flow but there was balance. It would have been easy to do a gushing piece, well not for Daisy as I understand it, but we are what we are, warts and all.

Gransnet is already here in embryo form...

Jeez, Daisy - still bitter? Perhaps you need a nice book of calming poems.

Hmmm, I think that Daisy does not like us.

I did snurk at the fact that it is easier to get a PM on MN than Gok.

Hey Habbs, how are you?

Oh Justine, we love you. We don't mean to give you a hard time, it's the hormones y'see, we don't always mean to be horrible it just come out.
Can I have my pocket money?
And I don't think it's fair that rustybear gets more pocket money than me.
<goes to tidy room>

That was a good line MmeLindt.

never. That's it, instead of banning we could have time out and the naughty step. It'd be great, we could have emoticons showing which consequence has been applied and how much time there is before we are allowed to post again.

It seemed to me that riven was unfairly singled out, the rest of it is fairly average, not too bitter or unbalanced.
Did not know we were in bed with the guardian!

y'know, for someone who makes a living writing opinion articles, daisy gets very narky if people disagree with her

Now I know that we are all a part of the MN community, but I suspect Justine might object to the thought of us all being in their bed.

Well, I'm older than you dragonbutter, so ner
<<sticks out tongue>>

move up a bit MmeLindt

I think you handled her brilliantly, Justine. You sounded truthful and wise and caring.

Don't know what she had against Riven, that was bitchy. The rest is OK, fairly true.

PS Is anyone else squirming at the idea of being addicted to Mumsnet and neglecting their children?

It is a none article. I love the suspicion that there is some collective attempt to behave in a certain way.........and it just couldn't purely be spontaneous.

Did learn that Justine's husband is the dep editor of the Guardian and I did not know that, and I am not sure that it is of any relevance that I do now know that

<gives rustybear a deadleg>