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To think I do not have the right wit to be on MN?

99 replies

NorksAkimbo · 24/06/2011 23:02

I am clever and have a good sense of humour, but I can't keep up with some of the quick witted responses to some of these threads. So, while I can appreciate how funny the comments are, I just can't join in!!

Am I hopeless??

PS. there was Wine involved in the writing of this thread. Is that a start?

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mrsdonkeybucketVAMOSRAFA · 24/06/2011 23:03

Oh yes, helps a lot ! Especially on Fri. nights.

No worries about keeping up, just join in ! Grin

microserf · 24/06/2011 23:06

oh, i often feel the same way. the Wine helps. there are some damnably quickwitted people on MN.

i find my own posts annoyingly earnest TBH.

begonyabampot · 24/06/2011 23:10

ha, me too microserf. Funny but in real life i can be a bit of a clown - doesn't really transfer well to the PC and I end up sounding like the daughter of Mary Whitehouse!

mrsdonkeybucketVAMOSRAFA · 24/06/2011 23:10

I just waffle on regardless. Grin

NorksAkimbo · 24/06/2011 23:11

Oh...I feel so much better!! Seriously, I want to have great responses to some of these threads, particularly the light hearted ones, and I just can't do it. To be fair, I'm not very quick in RL, either Grin I'm one of those that thinks of great comebacks hours after! Blush

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VanillaRooibos · 24/06/2011 23:11

YOu are not alone....I can never think of quick witted answers and it seems that everyone else can...how do they come up with this stuff

Shinyshoes1 · 24/06/2011 23:12

I very often get ignored, I wouldn't worry about it .

We should all sit on the loners bench with lots of Wine to go around

GreenEyesandHam · 24/06/2011 23:12

I'm the same. By the time I've typed out something funny, the thread has moved on, and I just look like a slow witted dumbass

NorksAkimbo · 24/06/2011 23:13

I know!!! I am usually crying with laughter at many of these, but can I think of ANYTHING to add??? Of course not!

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NorksAkimbo · 24/06/2011 23:13

Shiny I agree!!

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shakey1500 · 24/06/2011 23:13

I also believe myself to have a quick wit but I quickly learnt that I am a mere dot on the landscape compared to some of the insanely funny posters on here.

It's my mission in life now to post somthing so high up in the witty stakes to have readers comment on it for a few pages :)

I did get a mention once, when I first joined (few months ago), got all giddy with excitement but haven't managed it since Confused

I love it here :)

midlandsmumof4 · 24/06/2011 23:14

Friday night thread-good. You are not alone.......Grin.

NorksAkimbo · 24/06/2011 23:15

Hooray!! I managed to do something right!!!

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midlandsmumof4 · 24/06/2011 23:18

Have lost count of the number of times I've composed a comment then not posted and when I have plucked up the courage I find I'm about 20 posts down so it's no longer relevant.....probably like this one. Grin.

BrokenBananaTantrum · 24/06/2011 23:22

I just lurk a lot because I feel the same. Also sometimes can't fathom the way some threads go completely the opposite way to what I expected and people get a kicking

BrokenBananaTantrum · 24/06/2011 23:23

Great name Norks. Made me laugh.

NorksAkimbo · 24/06/2011 23:25

Hey, thanks...at least my name is witty (though it took weeks of lurking to get just right) Grin

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tethersend · 24/06/2011 23:28

It's what's known as a serious sandwich.

It's all jokey and funny, then you post your most inspired and acerbic witty comment a nano-second after someone posts about how their mum died of whatever it was you were making fun of and you look like the biggest cunt in the world.

It happens to me a lot.

superjobeespecs · 24/06/2011 23:28

i spent 2 hours on the phone to my best friend talking about what would happen if bananas in pajamas were muslim. and wore hijabs/turbans and had beards etc my wit is nowhere near intelligent enough for this place so i just sit quietly lurking :)

GreenEyesandHam · 24/06/2011 23:31

OMG I'm chuckling lots at Tethers sandwich and the Muslim bananas on pyjamas Grin

See you lot are way funnier than anything I can come up with

LDNmummy · 24/06/2011 23:33

Oh I have the same thought frequently OP. In real life I am actually the opposite and have a reputation for being able to use my wit quite effectively, especially in banter etc..

Don't know why but it just will not translate when I am on here but I think that is simply because i am typing. In RL I just say things off the cuff that I am thinking but the thought process isnt the same here.

I just appreciate the funny things others come up with, MN can be a very funny place sometimes.

superjobeespecs · 24/06/2011 23:33

my OH and my mates OH can never understand how a 5 minute catch up call can turn into 2/3 hours of total bollocks nonsense :)

NorksAkimbo · 24/06/2011 23:36

Bahaha tethers and super...I do believe I've spat my Wine

I suppose I just have to keep appreciating...

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LeQueen · 24/06/2011 23:37

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NorksAkimbo · 24/06/2011 23:37

Wine is finished...I'll leave you all to it while I sleep it off go to bed.

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