The daffodil

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Now that St David's day has been and gone, could we keep the daffodil, but re-name it, so that instead of typing [ stdavids ], we type [ mariecurie ], as a reminder of the symbol for their charity?

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Ahem.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Goodness it's quiet here

[withagoat]

AND can you get rid of the will young webchat that is ANCIENT

[HelenMumsnet]

Hello. Thanks for the suggestion. Anyone else agree?

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Agree about Will Young as well as the daffodil!

[BecauseImWorthIt]

When did Mumsnet go purple, btw?

[Toffeefudgecake]

I second Withgoat's point about Will Young, as well as agreeing with the suggestion about the daffodil.

[Toffeefudgecake]

Is the daffodil coming back? I'm sorry to see it's gone today.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease can we have it linked to Marie Curie?

[HMTheQueen]

Oh yes... Marie Curie. Great Idea!

[withagoat]

NO WAY CHAIRTY THINGS
PLEASE NO NO NONO

[withagoat]

wed hAVE TO HAVE FUCKING PUDESY WANKY BEAR

[FunnysInTheGarden]

why would you need a Marie Curie Emoticon?

[silverfrog]

I was about to post what withagoat did - where would it end?

why should a (undoubtedly worthwhile and fantastic) charity ahve an emoticon?

what would it be used for?

and, mor eimportantly, where would it end?

Pudsey? Red Nose day? A jigsaw piece for autism? Breast cancer twiddly thing? Poppy?

there are loads of charity/illness emblems, but why would we have any available to use in chat?

[withagoat]

tbh i htink there should be a cap on ten ever
its like a fucking primary school otherwise with stupid pictures

[Toffeefudgecake]

Withagoat - I thought that when I first joined MN, but I have grown to - er- like the emoticons.

[JemimaMop]

I don't personally see why charities need emoticons TBH. And I don't think that you caould support one charity without supporting others.

Using the daffodil for St Davids Day, just as the shamrock is being used for St Patrick's Day today, is one thing. I can't see any situation personally where I would need to say "Marie Curie" in a post but would want to express it using an emoticon.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

because it is a charity that was/is being advertised on MN.

And what's wrong with using something like that to remind people?

[BecauseImWorthIt]

And you wouldn't have to use it!

[FunnysInTheGarden]

ah don't sigh Because.

Twould be rather pointless is all. When would you ever need to say MC via a symbol, or Cancer Research/Oxfam come to that. Besides which folk would think you were still wishing them a Happy Davids Day, which would be vair confusing and potentially embarassing

[BecauseImWorthIt]

... or they might just think I was offering them a lovely bunch of flowers, in the way that people get offered or !

Or even ...

[FunnysInTheGarden]

well if it represents a nice bunch of flowers, then I may be more inclined to agree....

Didn't know you could still do

[ChippingInMistressSteamMop]

I'd rather not have it.

I think a lot of people come on MN to escape from stuff in real life and seeing the daffodil all the time is a bit in your face if you're trying not to think about cancer... JMHO of course...

...and then as others have said, where does it stop with the charity emoticons.