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Remember when Friday nights on MN used to fun?

124 replies

LilacDrift · 12/06/2026 21:46

It's all so serious now. Way of the world I expect.

OP posts:
HoldMyWine · 13/06/2026 08:55

SamAylward · 13/06/2026 08:45

Does anyone else remember the New Years Eve that got so raucous Justine pulled the plug and shut MN down?

lol, no way!

SourdoughSally · 13/06/2026 08:58

I've been here since 2002 and have noticed how dry and puritanical it's all become.

Thank god I'm not the only one who misses the old days . And now I sound like my mother

TheyGrewUp · 13/06/2026 09:02

HoldMyWine · 13/06/2026 08:55

lol, no way!

Yep

SamAylward · 13/06/2026 10:08

HoldMyWine · 13/06/2026 08:55

lol, no way!

Sure did!

SamAylward · 13/06/2026 10:11

SourdoughSally · 13/06/2026 08:58

I've been here since 2002 and have noticed how dry and puritanical it's all become.

Thank god I'm not the only one who misses the old days . And now I sound like my mother

It's all a bit dull now really, isn't it.
A really useful source of advice and information just not FUN anymore.
I don't really come on for a laugh or to cheer myself up anymore.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 13/06/2026 10:12

AlcoholicAntibiotic · 13/06/2026 00:18

This one (if it gets through the filters)?

On that note does anyone recall taking the piss out of Barry in Cillit bang advert with a similar bulge?

JustaDream · 13/06/2026 10:40

LilacDrift · 12/06/2026 21:46

It's all so serious now. Way of the world I expect.

Everyone is so preachy. They think their opinion is correct and will sacrifice etiquette and relationships to be 'correct'. I hate it when people are pedantic, too. They equate this to intellect. You might be friends with a dictionary but your people skills are cock.

HelpMeGetThrough · 13/06/2026 12:26

AlcoholicAntibiotic · 13/06/2026 00:18

This one (if it gets through the filters)?

Terry Ten Inch

MardiBras · 13/06/2026 15:25

@AlcoholicAntibiotic, good to see ol’ Terry pop up again!

Peakyblinder18 · 15/06/2026 02:56

@Blondeshavemorefun
I think we used to have banter on the old dating thread. Possibly the original dating thread.
I've name changed recently. Hope all is going good.
As you were. Friday nights on here was better than going to the pub 😆

KittyCorncrake · 15/06/2026 03:00

YelramBob · 12/06/2026 22:20

Do you have no self respect OP? Or consideration for people who might work on Saturdays? How dare you expect fun on a Friday 🤬🤬🤬

Reported.

😂😂

Blondeshavemorefun · 15/06/2026 04:23

Peakyblinder18 · 15/06/2026 02:56

@Blondeshavemorefun
I think we used to have banter on the old dating thread. Possibly the original dating thread.
I've name changed recently. Hope all is going good.
As you were. Friday nights on here was better than going to the pub 😆

Edited

Not me. I don’t think I’ve been on any dating threads

was engaged to dh 1 when joined mn many years ago. Then when he died I met dh 2 on fb almost a year later when wasn’t even looking

things don’t always work out and divorced as from last month

tho thinking maybe of dipping one’s toe in then get cold feet 🙀😂

Namethenames · 15/06/2026 04:37

AlcoholicAntibiotic · 13/06/2026 00:18

This one (if it gets through the filters)?

😦😦

LittleMerrymaid · 15/06/2026 05:25

Boopydoo · 12/06/2026 23:48

oh! really haha I'm a bit stunned

Im another one who was a member there. In fact there are quite a few I’ve recognised here including the member who bought the forum after the original owner have it all up.

Namethenames · 15/06/2026 05:47

This rings some bells though can’t for the life of me remember what the forum was called.

Boopydoo · 15/06/2026 09:20

LittleMerrymaid · 15/06/2026 05:25

Im another one who was a member there. In fact there are quite a few I’ve recognised here including the member who bought the forum after the original owner have it all up.

Who, Spot?

ChocoChocoLatte · 15/06/2026 09:29

I miss the bar. The guys in there held my hands through some tough times under a different name. I still think of them often.

LineRunner3 · 15/06/2026 09:45

petitpasta · 12/06/2026 23:24

I remember the Friday night drunk threads. My kids are 25 and 20, I've been here a looooooong time.

Yeah, usualsuspect was the main ringmaster, and there was Cardibach, Catgirl1976, letsallgotostonehenge or wereallgoingtostonehenge? And I was on them too. And loads more lushes.

We were planning a massive summer holiday called Worstival but usualsuspect kept getting suspended. And then there was the business with her name and the hairybollocks number at the end. As you see, I have paid tribute.

Then I had a massive pulmonary embolism and everyone stood up and clapped.

(Actually I did and that thread saved my life. At least I remember it like that. Probably best. Also, there was the Hot Builder 🔥)

Kleptronic · 15/06/2026 10:20

Oh I fucking adored a good Drunk Thread let’s bring it back

LineRunner3 · 15/06/2026 10:37

Mylastusernamewasbetter · 12/06/2026 22:34

And they have to start their post with:

"Man here!" Ffs

And everyone’s thinking, “Mate, we can tell”.

Then it’s five long paragraphs about his lonely cock “whatever happened to the beautiful girl I married?” and everyone’s thinking, “you did”.

Twats.

LittlestBoho · 15/06/2026 10:52

LineRunner3 · 15/06/2026 10:37

And everyone’s thinking, “Mate, we can tell”.

Then it’s five long paragraphs about his lonely cock “whatever happened to the beautiful girl I married?” and everyone’s thinking, “you did”.

Twats.

Don't be so insensitive! His love language is clearly physical touch and he needs this to feel safe in the relationship. (His wife's love language is always somehow 'acts of service' which I read as 'she wants me to pick up my dirty laundry off the floor as a favour to her')

I know MN invented the Sex board to try to keep all the men freaks together, but it's just a cesspool over there.

I can also remember the New Years Eve shut down. Are we allowed to say the cursed name now since it's been ~13 years? In the past mentioning her, even obliquely, was an instant ban.

Blondeshavemorefun · 15/06/2026 12:24

Best not to speak of that name @LittlestBoho

taps nose !

LineRunner3 · 15/06/2026 13:03

LittlestBoho · 15/06/2026 10:52

Don't be so insensitive! His love language is clearly physical touch and he needs this to feel safe in the relationship. (His wife's love language is always somehow 'acts of service' which I read as 'she wants me to pick up my dirty laundry off the floor as a favour to her')

I know MN invented the Sex board to try to keep all the men freaks together, but it's just a cesspool over there.

I can also remember the New Years Eve shut down. Are we allowed to say the cursed name now since it's been ~13 years? In the past mentioning her, even obliquely, was an instant ban.

I think the New Year’s Eve shut-down was an inexperienced intern that had been left on sole duty because the rest of dear MNHQ were getting shit-faced at parties?

She’s probably the Cabinet Secretary or BBC’s Head of Content now or something.

Mylastusernamewasbetter · 15/06/2026 21:12

LineRunner3 · 15/06/2026 13:03

I think the New Year’s Eve shut-down was an inexperienced intern that had been left on sole duty because the rest of dear MNHQ were getting shit-faced at parties?

She’s probably the Cabinet Secretary or BBC’s Head of Content now or something.

Maybe the Andrew-formerly-known-as-prince (or he who shall not be named)'s Head of PR or something now

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