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

I love the strikethrough and wish I could do it on text messages :)

Strikethrough is my friend, as are the wotnots. I'm easily pleased.

Is this still going?

[tyrannosaurus]

Disappointed. Or did I spell it wrong?

That a reasonable explanation

[iguana]
[clownfish]
plain old [sheep]

Still no ...

Not fair. Want a sheep emoticon.

[wolf] surely?

curses

I don't understand the pom bear. I must have missed what that was all about. Does it mean the same thing as the biscuit?

glitter, no no no. it's obviously:

[wolf fleece]

Oh.

[bitchwolf]?

sigh.

Is it wrong that I really want a wolf fleece now?

Join the wolf-fleece queue club!

Georgimama, according to piprabbit:
'That is not just any bear you know, that is a Pom-bear. To be used in slightly awkward social situations when you can distract everyone by passing round the Pom-bears.'

I find it fab! laugh my head off at most of the cross throughs, only wish I knew how to do it??? help? Also the emicon thing how do I do that? Apologise if someone has already explained but can they again as at work and haven't got the time to read all answers... ta

miltant, you just put two hyphens at the start of what you want to cross out and two at the end. Emoticons: square bracket, appropriate word eg 'blush' or 'grin' then square bracket.

Never, never have I done that until this very moment!

perhaps its [wolef] ?

the pombears originated on a thread from a poster who had been to a very odd dinner party with some neighbours who offeed PBs. It was one of those classic MN threads.
I can no longer see pombears without thinking of it. Will try and find it.

Nice try, superjobee. If wolef doesn't work then frankly I'm ready to give up.

Not really.

[parakeet]
[boa constrictor]
[okapi]

Honestly.

wolef has been doing the rounds lately if its not that im maybe [bat] has anyone tried that yet? or [terrywoganscock] seriously obsessed with the bat and twc

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1056940-to-think-this-couple-are-bonkers

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1056940-to-think-this-couple-are-bonkers even

[cuckoo]?

Thanks Lady, going to give it a try...

Here goes.

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