To hate the cliquey vomit-inducing threads on MN?

[HamsterzBollox]

Because they put me right off the whole of MN .

Maybe it's because I don't generally use MN for 'chatting'; more for getting advice and opinions on parenting issues, health issues, etc (have namechanged btw as am a longstanding and cowardly MNer). But I do click on 'most active' when I come on here to see what's going on, and the clique arse-kissing and 'in' jokes between some MNers make me cringe and really put me off the site. It's like the school playground mum cliques but worse - because at least there the people really do know each other.

And yes I know threads about a thread are against MN rules blah blah but I wanted to moan about and am happy to be slated for doing so - so there

I just think some MNers should get over themselves and go off and start a new 'love-in' site somewhere else. The End.

OP - I totally agree with you. I view MN as a forum for advice, a modern day "Enquire Within". Hopefully with humour and compassion, which is often the case, but it all goes wrong for me when as you say "It's really sad to read some of the "clique arse-kissing" that then hijacks the thread and picks on people.

Oh dear.

Do hamsters have bollox? Are they hairy?

Curious.

My english teacher at a level was brilliant. But he turned up every day with a briefcase in which he had two books and a whole cucumber.
We never asked.

....Picks on people ?

Who's been picked on, Driftwood999? I missed that.

Fabby, my hamster died of a bollock disease .

out of an almost full thread i havent seen any bjullying - other than the ducks but they are bad bastards anyway.

hamsters do have bollocks, dds old boy had massive hairy balls, if i dodnt know they were bollocks i'd have petted them

"done because we are too meny" dear Thomas did go too far with that one, I grant you.

But the Mayor of Casterbridge. Character is fate. How can you disagree?

(He did, of course, get all that from the Griks, but there is nothing new under the sun and he does exemplify it all quite quite beautifully.

And he had a fine way with a turnip

aww, tsc

I thought it meant that you thought you were Jesus

(but in a cute way. Not deranged)

Unfortunate x post there SHJ

Oh Sue Sorry!

only time my sister has ever cried at a book was at The Trumpet Major

don't think she's read anything since

S'orlright. It was a long time ago

Poor hammy .

odd creatures. odd that they dont exist au naturel dans le wild.

My dsis and her partner had a substitute child hamster that sat on the table with them while they ate their dinner and fed it tidbits. It was mutant, it got so fat it dragged itself along and got stuck in a toilet roll tube they gave it to play with.

See, you doubters, my post at 20:52 - living proof that even Mumsnet legends like moi can be stepped over when there is important business like little furry hamster bollocks to discuss.

Ooh, you are so attention seeking, Bibs! Honestly!

I posted on here but can't find it now

So who wants me in their gang?

Who was buliied - did i miss that as well?

(I'm not having a good day)

Yeah, what about my post of 17:03:01 that I posted in 1876?

Hmm? hmm?

bibbitybobbyityhat - Whilst discussing diverse topics other that the OP (is that allowed?) - do tell, how should I prune my magnolia tree?