no i'm not. What happened to the moldies thread?

[HullyEastergully]

eh?

[Northernlurker]

Did anybody identify the umbrage poster?

[FreddieMercurysBolero]

Justine founded MN, softly. Did they really invite her? That's the funniest, saddest thing I've heard in a long time.

[MrsWembley]

Oh, and ginhag, I think the explanation was for me, not Hully...

[Hassled]

My recollection wasn't that Justine inadvertently mentioned it in a blog, it was on a thread someone started bemoaning the fact that everyone new to MN was really, really dull and thick and how MN was shit. Thread got nasty, J came on to say words to the effect of "I'm sorry you're unhappy, and I was gutted when I heard you'd set up a new forum" at which point thread got much nastier and exploded.

Anyway - it was all a very long time ago. It wasn't just words on screen, it was more than that - but so much time has passed and so many people have come and gone since then that really, what's the point? I don't think anyone actually cares anymore - it's all just shit-stirring.

[BIWI]

They did invite her.

And yes, there was a huge amount of winding up going on on the other thread. e.

[IamtheZombie]

Who is Justine?

Justine is the Supreme Godess of Mumsnet. She sits in the lonely dark tower that rises out of MNHQ and serenely surveys her realm. She reviews the outpourings of our innermost thoughts and heartfelt ramblings and deems them worthy to stay or go. She examines our token offerings of adoration and accepts or rejects them as the whim takes her.

She's owner of the site. We are all here ultimately at her pleasure.

[TiggyD]

"...bemoaning the fact that everyone new to MN was really, really dull and thick... ".
Welcome to my world. Part of the problem with being the most FABULOUS person in the world is that everybody I meet is less fabulous than me. I sometimes wish I could be one of you sad dreary old bags rather than Tiggy "Mighty Stag" D'Amour...

[flow4]

Gosh, I thought I'd finished with all this cliquey in-crowd nonsense decades ago, when I left school!

[HanSolo]

It was v Head Girl and coterie &c, yes.

[BIWI]

No, it was definitely in the MNHQ blog.

[TiggyD]

"coterie" - Old fashioned name for a cloakroom.

[Mintyy]

Justine outed moldies on the "Fuck you Mumsnet" thread started by an exiting mnetter and founder of moldies. And, yes, didn't they invite her to dinner?

[HanSolo]

Yy- was on MNHQblog.

However, no-one ever really read that, so no-one knew until Twigs came on and started bewailing that no-one missed them enough.

[HanSolo]

heheh- X-posts minty

[notusualsuspect]

Yes it all kicked off on that thread. The thread got quite nasty though.

I just watched from the sidelines.

[HanSolo]

It's Carrie I feel sorry for really. Justine gets all the mentions, and people always forget about Carrie, who is really very lovely too.

[MrsWembley]

Carrie is v quiet though. You know, I mean compared to Justine...

[TiggyD]

Before my time. It was when the internet was still analogue, computers were all made of wood, and Jordan used to only show her ankles to people.

[Hassled]

You're right, there was a blog. I'd forgotten that bit. Nasty thread was a "you're all thick muppets and you don't appreciate me nearly enough" thing that became about three threads' worth of muck- slinging. Little did we know we'd still be posting about it 100 years later.

[ScrambledSmegs]

I had some fun saving the entire thread at one point this morning when I was convinced it would go poof imminently.

But I have a new laptop and I don't know where I've saved it to

What exactly do you want to know, Hully? Basic story is it was all rumbling on happily till the early hours, when

[HoneyDragon]

Stags are total dickwads, the ultimate nobbers of the animal kingdom. Pick something else Tiggy.

Hully. You know fine well that for a Mnetter admitting ignorance is the ULTIMATE shame.

[MrsWembley]

Smegs, how's the BH? Thought you might save that fred from deletion if you gave birth during it.

[ScrambledSmegs]

Gorn Although considering how woefully unprepared we are that's probably a good thing!

[LadyBeagle]

Thanks for that BIWI.
First straightforward explanation I've ever heard, as it was way before my time.
The two recent threads were full of speculation, culminating in lots of bitching and nudge wink stuff, particularly about Worra, a poster I'm quite fond of.
I think the next time the whole moldies gossip starts again, your post should just be cut and pasted, and then we can get on with our MN lives.

[LDNmummy]

I commented on it at the end in a pleasantly intoxicated state while eating lots of cheesecake.

T'was a life affirming experience for me.