why do people do this on mumsnet? What is the point?

[jasper]

I'm talking about this strike through thingy. I don't understand. Is it meant to be witty? Is it so you can say unkind things but pretend you didn't?

no need to reply, really. So unimportant but I have a lot of time on my hands today

laa laa laaaa shiney pink happy thoughts

It works!!!!!!! Oh manly non MN hug goodie

I think this thread illustrates perfectly all the wonderful ways strike out can be used. So there.

Bosom I LOVE think your nickname is rather naice.

I do it because I can and I want to,

No idea, irritating isn't it (as is the overuse of )

Thank you caramelwaffle. You sound tasty very nice yourself.

I still can't work it out - guidlines tell me to look to the right of this box for help - what help??? (would put confused face here if I knew how to bloody do it!)

It's below the box on my screen...

candr - the box on the right of the smileys shows you how to write your word inside dashes if you want to do a strike out

get a grip woman

Grrr! that one isn't even on the list below - how are you doing this (is about to cry like a 3 year old as hormonal and feeling very thick!!!)

the word bear inside []

i love the strike thru and the creepy wee brackets i even have a name change for them

Put the square brackets around the word bear

had a and some woke up with a hangover so had a

I like the stirke out and find myself triyng to do it on normal emails. fucking idiot How silly of me!

Thank you Kurri and Mac. I am so easily pleased and this has bugged me for ages.

It does work on google instant chat though - all the rules do. Infuriates Dh no end when i do it - because i am a petty petty woman and won't tell him the rules....

I find it really funny peurile too :o

Mardy, is okay with me unless the words in between the arrows are

and breathe

For some odd reason that phrase triggers my gag reflex.

Thanks one and all for making an old lady laugh.

mumsnet can we have a sad gits corner?

I wish we could strike through in real life. joins jasper in sad git corner

the biscuit doesn't do strikeout