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Are MN now advertising women/children/dogs?

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Tee2072 · 10/03/2013 08:33

It's black and white and shows a woman a child and a dog. But the image doesn't change and there's no text.

So where do I buy my own women/child/dog? In black and white?

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KateSMumsnet · 12/03/2013 21:16

MNHQ IS ARE OMNIPOTENT AND ABOVE THE PUNY HUMAN LAWS OF GRAMMAR.

(HelenMumsnet, our pedant in chief, will kill me for this)

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Tee2072 · 12/03/2013 15:43

Oh thank goodness it's fixed now! And it makes more sense!

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Trills · 12/03/2013 08:18

MNHQ is sadly not a tower.

MNHQ are lovely and deserve to have a tower if they want one.

NetworkGuy · 11/03/2013 23:04

FWIW, I'd probably have written "MN is ..." as it's a single entity/ website/ organisation, just as I'd probably write "MNHQ is ..." whereas if I was meaning the people at MNHQ I'd probably write "the staff at MNHQ are out to a liquid lunch a great bunch of people" :)

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Tee2072 · 11/03/2013 09:59

I had a feeling it was Helen!

Grin
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HelenMumsnet · 11/03/2013 09:21

Grin at this.

No, it's not a caption comp; it is a cock-up glitch in the ad file.

We'll fix it as soon as we can. Thanks so much for flagging it.

ripsishere · 11/03/2013 04:53

I understood the caption competition joke.
I don't have the advert though. I am being offered Pampers with a moving line.

Pan · 10/03/2013 15:52

In the circs, Tee it's a very good idea.Grin

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Tee2072 · 10/03/2013 15:47

See, I'm an American and I knew it was are.

Perhaps you should move the US, Pan?

And that's my point exactly, Trill. I did click on it ::brave:: and it goes to MN's Railway Children page...so is the dog running away? The child? The mother?

Very odd ad.

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Pan · 10/03/2013 15:34

I think it could be a sort of lead-in advert. After a few days something else will appear as a follow up.

FrankWippery · 10/03/2013 15:34

The words 'jokes' 'funny' and various members of MN rarely should be seen in the same sentence. And Tee is right, it's MN are in British English.

Pan · 10/03/2013 15:33

gosh, you're a tough gig today Tee! I do apologise if the humour didn't carry over t'internet. And thanks MT, it helps massively.

Trills · 10/03/2013 15:33

I can see it.

I tend to skim past the adverts, so hadn't especially noticed it.

But it is a bit strange - I don't want to click on it because I don't know what it wants from me.

YANBU to think that adverts should say what they are advertising.

MechanicalTheatre · 10/03/2013 15:29

MN is a noun of multitude. In American English, we would say "MN is" as we would say "Manchester United is" or "the staff is". In British English, it's "MN are" and "the staff are".

Hope that helps.

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Tee2072 · 10/03/2013 15:28

See, jokes are normally funny.

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Pan · 10/03/2013 15:26
Hmm

Caption competition was a joke? You really didn't see it in any other way? Wow.

Pedantry Committee needed! I think as Mumsnet is only one 'net' then it should be 'is'. Open to clarification by the Pedants topic people. Mildly curious, not much more.

MechanicalTheatre · 10/03/2013 15:22

Pan, that is so bloody rude.

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Tee2072 · 10/03/2013 15:21

Where does it say it's a caption competition?

As MN is plural, as in the Net of Mum s, are is correct.

So not only are you rude, you're wrong.

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Pan · 10/03/2013 14:39

And it should be "Is MN advertising..." hope this helps....

Pan · 10/03/2013 14:34

It's a caption competition.

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Tee2072 · 10/03/2013 14:23

It's also blurry...

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Tee2072 · 10/03/2013 14:23

I don't think it's offensive. Well...it's a bit creepy...all black and white and mysterious. Grin

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MooncupGoddess · 10/03/2013 14:21

I can see it! But it's pretty inoffensive (especially compared to the horrid nappy one) so I don't mind.

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Tee2072 · 10/03/2013 14:18

No one else sees this B&W ad of just 2 people and a dog that doesn't say what it's for?!?!

Gee, I turn of Adblock on MN and MN only and start getting weird targeted ads!

Grin
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pepperrabbit · 10/03/2013 14:18

I assumed it was a "typical happy MN member" type of picture, like wall paper, or they couldn't sell the space Grin