Do the posters who say 'Gavel' or 'End of.' realise they sound like morons?

[BelfastBloke]

Have you ever seen a thread end just after someone has written 'Gavel' or 'End of.'?

I realise some people do it ironically, but many don't.

I like as it seems to be said in a funny way.

'End of' makes me though. FFS it is end of STORY. Story, people, come on, it's only one extra word! Use it! (I don't actually like the phrase 'end of story' much either, TBH, it's just better than 'end of')

I like gavel.

Someone asked if I like 'HTH'. Yeah I do. It's often used sarcastically, which I thoroughly enjoy.

I also like when used sarcastically, but many many people who use it genuinely think they have solved everything.

Afraid I use 't'internet' a bit too much. Sorry Flossie.

Why do people even entertain thought of brandishing wooden fish around, and ceremonious wooden fish even!

Rant over
Ah well.

a gavel is a hammer

"End Of" sounds controlling.

is funny

A gavel is the little wooden hammer the judge bangs when he has concluded a session or a conviction has been made

YANBU OP.

as long as you include

"simples" and "methinks" which are major twat alerts for me

And all of mumsnet knows that controlling is the worst thing in the world.

the hth sarcastic comment is very irritating, was funny about four years ago but maybe i've been here too long too

I don't think I've ever seen used in a serious way on a thread. It always seems to be accompanied by a :o

Different things entirely.

Gaveleers are Judgeypants who wear Sensible Underwear and read the Daily Mail and Telegraph and theink the Country Is Going To The Dogs

EndOfs are frustrated pocket martinets who think the Guardian is despicably right wing and think that Dogs Should Rule The Country.

Its all true, its on Wikepedia oh what a pity its down today

I of course am very naice and suffer none of these worries as my word is law anyway.

MNHQ use a lot

QS you know on courtroom dramas when then judge makes his pronouncement and then hits a wooden hammer on his desk to signal that he has finished and that's that and however much people shout or complain he's not going to listen

The hammer is the gavel

Does that make sense now?

And even if it isn't accompanied by an obvious marker of "I'm only kidding" - well who's to say they are being deadly serious and saying they know everything?

the hth sarcastic comment is very irritating, was funny about four years ago but maybe i've been here too long too

You need to put a smiley with it to make it properly PA

hth :)

My pet hate is "long story short". It irrationally irritates me.

End of sounds rude to me
naice gets on my nerves
as does twas

Whatmeworry, by sensible underwear you of course mean fart-filtering underwear?

But it's not funny. You Think it's funny. BUT IT'S NOT.

Please cease and desist forthwith. muchas gracias.

You NEVER need to put a smiley face on anything. We're not American.

is a joke

On things like "do you put the tea in first or the milk?"

Milk first

I've never seen anyone do it on a serious thread. Well, I mean, tea is serious business to a lot of people, but YKWIM

What about

Is that nicer or should I piss off to NetMums?

Toffee hammer worse surely as it's metal and could do some damage?

Yes, they do seem to Jins. I think they actually mean it though. Which makes it even worse