to think that the strike out function is the most overused and misused thingmy on Mumsnet?

[bibbitybobbityhat]

(apart from non aibus in aibu, of course)

oh, and the biscuit.

before the days of bolding, the * was used more

I do not like this :::: either because it looks like a blow up doll face.

I can't stand the four dots before and after thing, either. Wtaf is that?

And I find this :::: scarily cheesy.

It was to demonstrate that the blow up doll face was the focus point of my post, bibbity

I think it's those teeth...

But thinking about it - why did the powers that be decide that we needed a strike out? What did we do before?

I've been here about 6 years but can't remember a time before strikeouts

I have been known to * on fb. It doesn't work.

fuck off you misreable git

Yes it is overused

HTH

I am going to out myself as an amateur here but while we're at it wtf does a biscuit have to do with "no comment" ?

ohI did the 4 dots thingy for the first time today.

It was fun.

I recommend it.

I can't remember Mavis, but was here far too many years ago long before strikeouts were possible.

Don't be thinking I didn't notice you either Boffy.

what is 4 dots for?
shit i can't even find the button for the strikeout

lets see

wooo it worked

sorry

Just seeing if biscuit works. I thought it was like a reward. But it isn't.

No
Yes
Maybe
::

I can do this

Right, for the purposes of research I'm going to search my first username and see what we did in the Olden Days.

I may be sometime.

thingamajig
thingamabob
thingumabob
thingummybob
thingy
whatchamacallit

thingmy!! really?

Wasn't the biscuit because gordon brown didn't answer when he was asked?

I actually took the time to answer properly to get ignored - thanks a bunch Bibbity

What do the dots stand for? Also not liking the blow up doll face

I am quite liking this though

AIBU to ask if this that helps IYSWIM cos IME and IMHO there are not too many acronyms and emoticons or formatting so YABU cos its a PITA and everyone is PFB and POAS and all that.

Damn you MNHQ the pretty crown doesn't work.

Snap MarySA. I like biscuits. It would be nice if people in RL had to give you a biscuit when they don't want to comment on a topic....