to warn you all of the dangers of starting threads on here?

[KateMiddIeton]

Just over a week ago I started a thread. As with most threads I start I expected a few replies but being in politics I expected about three or four. It's now gone viral. There's a blog, Twitter and Facebook pages, a whole #frothers hashtag trending on Twitter, a mention from the leader of the Labour Party and a second thread that's almost full.

So, AIBU to feel it is my duty to warn you? To warn you that if you will insist on posting threads on here you may just create something you can't stop?

And if you're feeling fed up with the ConDems and the cuts then get over here...

and me!!!

Do you mean like this? ^^

YANBU. And YANBU to be proud too. Well done %23frothers !

Stupid phone, changing hash tag to 23%. Why?

is the only Frothy badge I can find

Well done everybody. Some excellent frothing going on!

YABU

YANBU. Can I have a frothers badge too please? Although all these cuts means that covering for all the people at work who are off with stress/ depression/ pissed off enough to just walk, etc leaves me with very little time to actively froth (or see my family )

I don't think that bear can be a frother Voidka. He doesn't look nearly pissed off enough

Ah there's always one Proudfoot.

You're probably right

YANBU

I wish I had known this before I started posting on that thread. I thought it would be an interesting discussion, a bit of a laugh even.

Soon I was hooked. I was writing frothy and furious blog posts, criticising the government and even tweeting the Miliband brothers.

I didn't care which Miliband. I was so utterly frotherly under the spell of the FROTH.

:(

Take this as the warning that Kate means it to be.

Just say NO.

but say yes to Frothing and come and support us

Ah yes. The dangers of posting on a thread. Probably deserves a whole thread of its own. But I daren't start it. Goodness only knows what might happen.

Perhaps we need a 12 step plan?

Oh dear! New symptoms include fainting when your heroines tweet about t'cause. Like when Margaret Atwood did earlier.

Now that is what a boast looks like

bump

and the link again

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/politics/1355457--frothers-Unite-Time-for-change

Margaret Atwood, really?

I know!

I have favourited the tweet if you wish to gaze upon it. Go to twitter.com/tmc_frothers and you'll see it in our favourite tweets.

Credit goes to LoquaciousMinx

To be fair she's probably a nice lady who'll retweet anything... but I can dream

The favourite is only showing Minx's tweet. I have taken a screen-shot to be sure [saddo]

Nope, she definately retweeted - if you do a search on her name, and look down the box at the side when you click on her name, it shows up there.

Yes I got the RT - I just can't save it as a Margaret Atwood Retweet, just Minx's tweet. And while I love Minx she didn't write The Edible Woman the first feminist book I read when I was 13. Or The Handmaid's Tale quite possibly one of the best pieces of Sci-Fi literature of the 20th century.

I have taken a screen shot of the RT for posterity

(Apols Minx if you have a body of work to rival Atwood )

I had a look at her timeline, she doesn't retweet loads of stuff.

Boast!

I saw the #frothers hashtag popping up a bit on my feed and noticed Margaret Atwood retweeting - but hadn't been on original thread so hadn't 'got it' - thanks for the explanation, will join in now

Too right Quint!

Tis not often I get the chance to these days!