To wonder what other posters do that really annoy you?

[atthewelles]

For me it would probably be:

Not reading the OP properly and going off on a tangent
Pulling a thread totally OT in order to have a two way jokey conversation with someone else that goes on for pages and pages
Looking up someone's posting history and saying 'well on 5th April 2006 you said this and now you're saying that.

Live and let post, is my motto.

I love MN because yous put extra syrup on my pancake.

Alreadyinbloodyuse

Though the word "sock puppet" does enter my mind on those situations...

Pointless AIBUs

"AIBU to think that murder is wrong"

"AIBU to think you shouldn't batter your children?"

Atcually thats two words. Doh.

Buppihunni, can't remember if you were there or not, but a famous poster with the intial B, that rhymes with Heesimo, was ranting on and on about her lifestyle (fields caravans fiddles round the bonfire type thing but modern), and having a ruck with everyone and then came on as her mother who had left to go to cunting Spain possibly, or came on as her daughter or summat, and then somehow it became about gran, who became grangran and loads of songs were posted and it was well funny.

Yeah, where IS Shirl?

Or what Randall said.

I thought I would give her the benefit of my decade and a half's experience of British culture as a forriner. Help her blend in, like.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh OK.

Thanks for splains, I wasn't here.

Shirl was there I think

Is she broken now?

Hulls précis was much better

Hulls? Hully's.

It's alright Randall. Hully/Hullz/Hulls/Hilly doesn't mind what you call her

I hate it when people insist on inserting capitals into the names of words where they shouldn't be there. Specifically, MumsNet. NOOOO. The name of the site is Mumsnet. Abbreviated to MN because M would sound pretty bloody silly. The site is Mumsnet. We are Mumsnetters. GRR.

They also do it with posters' names. They would probably call me WinCher. It's fine if your name has capitals in it - like BupcakesAndCunting, no probs. But it's not, for example, HullyGully.

I hope it's not just me who gets irrationally irritated by this.

Where is shirl?

Beesimo flew off to Ireland in tears because we were all so mean to her according to Beesimoslass.
She was the perfect farmer's wife, butchering t'pig on the kitchen table while looking after a brood of children who would not be sent to day orphanages. And wrote in an accent reminiscent of Catherine Cookson.
I loved Beeesimo, I did. .

Shirl is still alive on FB...

I miss Fabbychic

Posters who ask questions that a 5 second Google/Wikipedia look would answer. How can it be quicker to post here?!!

As well as the obvious posters who get lots of good advice but ignore it or never return to threads...

I did love how beesimoo went to Ireland to escape the Internet!

"MN lingo" that starts out being quite endearing but through massive overuse just becomes the equivalent of "baaa"

fanjo, did you mean to be so rude, entitled etc

and especially "no is a complete sentence". well yes but it's a very rude sentence in most situations. "Sorry to ask but could you pick my kids up from school on Tuesday while I go to the dentist?" "No."

people who capitalise food "today we are having Shepherds Pie, Apple Crumble and Custard". I hope it fucking chokes you.

people who report posts that are not hurting anybody

using lol instead of a full stop eg "Oh no I don't think I could do that lol"

"perky" thick people who use lots of !!!!!!!

people who post the same fucking thing on every single thread regardless of its relevance. Shove off. Start a really dull blog that nobody will read.

"ladies", "girls", "girly", "girly night in/out"

Most of the post and anti-natal thread titles, they are shit attempts at rhyme with no effort at scansion, they are not funny and they never will be

"there" instead of "their" eg "anyone had there LO do this?"

that will do for starters

Don't hold back there Greensleeves!

A lot of the things that are annoying here are annoying all over the Internet.

The thing that has been annoying me lately is when people bold my name but spell it wrong. Not Horatio.

Someone spelt me wrong earlier, then double-posted to correct herself and apologise. It made my day because I am a saddo.

Anyway it has been annoying me so much I considered namechanging to something easier. And that pissed me off.

Oh and people who copy and paste an entire post having substituted one of the words for "black" or "gay". You wanker.