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Any chance of a hugs emoticon??

91 replies

bunnyrabbit · 11/03/2009 15:43

[hugs]

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theDreadPiratePerArdua · 12/03/2009 10:57

[tongue in ear]

RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 12/03/2009 10:51

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bunnyrabbit · 12/03/2009 10:51

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/720124-The-Princess-Bride-Discuss

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PlumBumMum · 12/03/2009 10:47

what about a boak emoticon? bleugh

hereidrawtheline · 12/03/2009 10:47

oh I LOVE the Princess Bride!!! I want in on the thread at the beginning!

bunnyrabbit · 12/03/2009 10:46

Right I'm of to chat to start a thread on The Princess Bride......

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bunnyrabbit · 12/03/2009 10:45

Well shiver me timbers, there be much mileage yet on this ear thread... arrrrr

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hereidrawtheline · 12/03/2009 10:43

ooohooh Can I be Buttercup??

theDreadPiratePerArdua · 12/03/2009 10:43

Right, I'm changing my name until Tech comes back and says we can have pirate hat emoticons

hereidrawtheline · 12/03/2009 10:35

flip I really want to say something funny back but right now ta me hearty and whip me with a wet noodle is all I got! Give me another nights sleep & I shall come back to you!

PerArduaAdNauseum · 12/03/2009 10:33

Aaarrr, you're as welcome as a drop o grog in a brothel me dear

hereidrawtheline · 12/03/2009 10:23

Ever So glad! LOL

I was just about to say, look at the miracle a whole nights sleep has produced in me!

hereidrawtheline · 12/03/2009 10:22

PerArdua, spaghetti is very effective! Ever do glad you are all catching on! Ta me hearties!

PerArduaAdNauseum · 12/03/2009 10:20
hereidrawtheline · 12/03/2009 10:16

workschmork, bunny

And I love "whip me with a wet noodle" when I have done something wrong but not really wrong! Its just soooooo fun to say!!! Makes me giggle every time! Hey when you sleep an average of 6 out of 24 hours you take what you can get!

FannyWaglour · 12/03/2009 10:13

bunnyrabbit you are spot on with your hug emoticon request. Mumsnet need to move with the times. New people, new times, new needs.

In the past, mumsnet was very keen to be different to netmums and other forums, and prided themselves on the differences, ie no avatars, no tickers telling us when posters last moved their bowels, and no "oh hun" hugging culture. But it is changing here.

Now posters get around it by saying stuff such as "I am not a huggy person but let me give you one any way" and "a very unhuggy hug" etc. Clearly there is a need for it, wouldnt you say?

KingRolo · 12/03/2009 10:12

I think that this thread should be on the registration page of MN.

bunnyrabbit · 12/03/2009 10:11

HIDTL

Your talents are shamefully overlooked. May be the additno of a pirate/cornish accent would ellicit a reaction?

Will now use Whip me with a wet noodle whenever possible.

BR
PS. You know I really should do some work!

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bunnyrabbit · 12/03/2009 10:09

mm hunni... interesting. Insult or term of endearment? Discuss.

DH and I are avid devotees of talk like a pirate day!!!! Will be dressing DSs up this year... not that DS1 isn't dressed like a pirate whenever possible anyway.

Feeling better now. Must be the hormones

BR

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hereidrawtheline · 12/03/2009 10:04

you know I have always said "ta me hearties" as thank you, and no one ever notices, or comments, or smiles, or anything. I feel so cheated over that. I mean a simple chuckle from time to time wouldnt hurt would it?

PerArduaAdNauseum · 12/03/2009 10:02

In the same sort of area, somebody called me hunni yesterday - I feel strangely soiled...

We should keep the same emoticons, but just make sure we get hats and eyepatches for International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So there. [sticks out tongue]

hereidrawtheline · 12/03/2009 09:55

BR I will join your meeting. I empathise with people a lot. Whip me with a wet noodle. (I am trying to make that phrase fashionable, help me here)

While I dont think I would be the babycentre type hugger where I passed out hugs if the tyre on your buggy deflated, I have recieved and been given hugs on the SN boards, and also recently on the pet board when my cat was shot with an air rifle. And they were much appreciated. For me, the sentiment is enough, the emoticon isnt necessary, but no of course you shouldnt be flamed for talking about it! MNers just dont like excessive emoticon use. Its just one of those unspoken rules.

bunnyrabbit · 12/03/2009 09:23

I've never been classed as a particularly emotionsl/girlie person and am quite bullish and matter of fact about most things.. each to their own is generally my motto.. so I can't believe how much the silly, throw away, patronising comments on this thread have affected me.

Not that I'm going to spit my dummy out and not come on mumsnet again. No way. I owe the mumsnet community too much and hope that I can give something back.

But... I searched hugs just to see if I am the only one who likes to give people a virtual hug when they're down. Apparantly not.

I appreciate the reasons people don't want this. Just not the comments.. not noticing the general feeling... outpouring of girly affection.. and the general implication that I am the only person who ever does this.

Perhaps that's what it is.... I'm an emotional, affectionate woman after all. How awful.

Is there some sort of meeting I can go to?

" My name is bunnyrabbit. I am a mother and I empathise with other people too much "

BR

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SoupDragon · 11/03/2009 19:10

I wish I remember the quote by someone when this came up before... it started "If you need a sill little picture in order to express sympathy/comfort, you shouldn't ..." but I can't remember the exact words and I can't find it

Grammaticus · 11/03/2009 16:31

This isn't netmums no, it still isn't.

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