Tiptoes quietly into the corner...

[Typecast]

HAHAHAHA ONLY JOKING!!

TA-DA!!!! I'M FINALLY HERE after much moaning on Twitter and a lost application, Mumsnet have fast-tracked my application and I'm now officially a "Mumsnet Blogger". What have I let myself in for??

Some of you may already know me, in which case "Hi" - make yourselves known.
Some of you may never have heard of me, in which case "Hi" - where the frig have you been for the past two years?
Some of you may know me from a previous life where I had a different username, in which case "Hi" - and sssshhhh we don't talk about that any more.
Some of you may know me in real life, in which case "Hi" - isn't it time you rang me and we arranged a coffee date?
Some of you have probably clicked off by now and though "weirdo", in which case "Bye".

I have been described as Tigger, Quirky and The Queen of Rants. I blog at Typecast

I'm not a blogger but at least you're part of a bunch that can spell pseudo and just apostrophes appropriately, Dilly

Just should be use

I should employ a proof reader for my posts!

I'm a proofreader/editor and I still make my share of typos. Blame autocorrect.

On principle, though, I feel obliged to refrain from pointing out errors in other people's posts ... even horrid people

You're a nicer person than I am though, Martini

Oi. Chickens are not moronic. They a many things, but they are not moronic

No way MBJ, didn't mean it as slight on you or anyone else -- only that because it is my job, I feel I am not allowed to pick on people for that, iyswim. Lots of sitting on hands

just spotted 'troilus and cress eater'. Not strickly about chickens but still really very good

sorry 'strictly'

I've booked tickets for The Merry Wattles of Windsor

I can't think of any chicken Shakespeare puns. I have contributed none. The shame.

I had to google to remind myself what the bit hanging down from a chicken's chin is . Do chickens have chins?

Perhaps I should have expressed what I meant by mocking better.

I meant that in the respect that it seemed offence had been taken to the most non-offensive post Nickie could have written, I wanted to know what the justification was for the language being used. The abuse and vitriol squared at Nickie prior to the c word even being used.

How I can be accused of being more unpleasant then someone who called a new member a Cunt, well, that just shows the screwed reality at work here.

Yep, I mentioned awards, as I was asked to justify why us new (to Mumsnet) bloggers think we have rights to post in a public forum, for bloggers. I'm not some blogger whose been around for ten minutes and then suddenly announces myself as some second coming- I've been doing this, working hard at it, for years. Why any of you regular MNetters thought it was fine to round on someone purely for being new to a forum is beyond me- perhaps thats why I commented (as is my right) on Twitter my disbelief at such nonsense, and perhaps yes, I did make the argument of time of the month, but what is your actual excuse for the behaviour here?

If I was Mumsnet's owners, I would strongly suggest looking at whether the forum is so insular that an open network for blogs known of outside the shell of Mn is such a good idea. When NM started theirs, it says a lot for the character of its long-term members that they opened us outsiders with open arms, not out and out derision.

You come across as jealous harridans who have realised that, yep, you may be well known within Mumsnet, but there's a whole bigger 'net out there that's never heard of you. And will continue not to hear of you all the while you have this gang mentality around outsiders. It puts me in mind of League of Gentlemen- "Its Our forum for our people......"

No. They are seriously lacking in face furniture. It's all beak, eyes and tiny, tiny skull.

Actually if you deigned to have a look around the rest of the forum, instead of just bigging up your own blog and coming to defend your friend fwom the nasty mummies then you'd see plenty of people have been welcomed into the Mn blog fold with open arms. In fact it is only you and your fwend who haven't. Wonder why that is...?

So, its OK for regular MNs to round on Nickie over her post, but she can't ask why they did that then? Once again, I point you in the direction of irony.

So, I can't spell when I type on a forum, and? And I would be justified in this if I was a regular MNetter? Really?

My blog, actually, centres around all sorts, including my son's illness. He was born at 28 weeks, and suffers all sorts of illnesses as problems as a result. I also mention my own struggles in the past, I write on parenting issues, amongst other topics, so please, don't start with the "disability" angle as if that justify's you being a bitch and a foul mouthed one at that (notice how you still refer to Nickie as the C word, despite being told off for it previously).We all have problems love. Just some of us don't throw them in to a discussion as a way of making excuses for what was an unwarranted and open attack on a blogger.

DillyTante Jealousy?

"Perhaps I should have expressed what I meant by mocking better."

Sorry, what? Please try harder, the point of a sentence is that it makes sense.

You weren't asked anything. You followed a link on another site, followed it, and launched an attack on it's members. You haven't even seen the post containing the "cunt" comment, so how can you possibly form and hold an informed opinion?

I will be reporting your post, you've used a RL name which is generally accepted to be A Very Bad Idea when on the internet - it's anonymous for a reason, the most obvious of those reasons being (in simplified format for the hard-of-thinking) so that spammers and hackers can't figure out folk's bank details and steal all their money...

I can assure you I wasn't christened 20somethingmumUK. At what point have I use a RL name?

I did see the post, actually.

And fwiw, I love how you're making any excuse to report me. Please do, then I will ask the team why they allow wholesale bullying and nastiness on their threads.

"Perhaps we should go musical - Dido and Eggnaeus, anyone?"

......The Bantam of the Opera

'DillyTante Jealousy?' of what?

I think the problem started with the words "Some of you may know me from a previous life where I had a different username, in which case "Hi" - and sssshhhh we don't talk about that any more." in the OP.

Now, obviously Tyepcast couldn't have known this, being newish and all (Okay, returning, but a lot changes in a couple of years), but occasionally, when a long-time troll and troublemaker comes back they will make such a reference, in an attempt to get around their banning but still let people know who they were despite not mentioning the name that they were banned with. It has happened before, and while I don't condone name-calling, I think what happened here was that people either misconstrued this as an old trouble-maker coming back with a new IP to cause new trouble in a flamboyant style, or a person hitherto unknown on Mumsnet trying to set themselves up as one of the new inner circle (if that sort of thing genuinely existed here).

Normally, when I join a new forum, I lurk for a few hours, get the tone of the site, and then either introduce myself appropriately, or realise that introductions are not needed and just post in threads. Given that there was a thread in existence for the purpose of promoting blogs, most new people have given themselves a small introduction there, and not felt the need to start a thread of their very own.

To clarify, I don't think there's anything wrong with starting a new thread to introduce yourself, but the unfortunate combination of what appeared to be an attention-seeking thread from a new person who made references to having been around before (which, unbeknownst to Typecast means "troll" to regular posters) meant that people got the wrong end of the stick and either assumed that Typecast was a returning troublemaker to be driven off, or someone with a bit of a superiority complex who was going to be annoying to have around.

In essence, generally, when you join a new forum, you don't do a big "TaDaaa!" unless you are someone who most people on the forum would have reason to know. I don't know of any other internet forum where such an entrance is the done thing, whatever the common link that brought people to it. The reaction was excessive, and the tone considerably more hostile than necessary, but its negative slant was, in my opinion, somewhat justified.

My Fowl Lady

i·ro·ny/ˈīrənē/
Noun: The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Does not =

"So, its OK for regular MNs to round on Typecast over her post, but she can't ask why they did that then?"

Your writing on here is the only representation of your personality I have. Your writing here is, I assume, indicative of your writing on your blog. I ignore these generally, because not everyone posting on the internet is experienced, and you never know their personal circumstances eg any problems they had with education, whether English is their first language, etc. You are representing yourself as an award-winning writer. You're not representing yourself as such here, due to the aforementioned spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes.

My blog, and the real life occupation and situations it's based on, are not intended to be a justification for anything. I don't need to justify my opinion - it's my own, and I am expressing it in an appropriate place.

I didn't attack Typecast - and if you had seen the comment, and knew the context I'd show your opinion on it a little more respect - I responded to her attack on me and other users. The attack would only be unwarranted if Typecast hadn't been so arrogant in the first place.