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.

People who join the thread late, not realising the conversation has moved on.

I hate it when people start threads with "Am I the only person to think..?" and then follow it with an utterly innocuous opinion which, yes, lots of reasonable people share. It's even worse when they join in the middle of the thread and say "I can't believe I'm the only person to have noticed that blah blah blah..." when LOADS of other people have made that exact same point.

It also irritates me when somebody like me makes an interesting observation, and subsequently somebody else makes basically the exact same point, and then everybody starts vehemently agreeing with them.

And I hate posts which get all outraged on behalf of men when the discussion is about some awful shitty thing happening to women EVERY DAY, ALL THE TIME, because once they met a bloke that had experienced something vaguely similar but on a much smaller scale which they were probably lying about anyway.

Les. Excellent post.

A clique fest would be great.
It would involve alcohol, a mix up involving someone's partner, a fight and me being sick in a small clutch bag.

And your comments about people waving at each other across tragic threads were not aimed at regulars/royalty and I should not imagine they were

No Pagwatch, they werent. get over it.

When an OP leaves in the middle of a (juicy) story and if you ask 'did anyone hear what happened to X' you get a load of replies saying 'X has a life, why should she come back & update us' - well, why post on a forum in the first place then.

'Am I pregnant' - I often imagine these women posting on their smart phone the minute they've had sex.

The expression AF - took me years to work that out, why not use the word 'period' (but please not, 'I'm on my period').

Anything on the Style & Beauty thread (although good for a laugh sometimes).

The angst at Christmas about how much you spend on your child, spend what you want but don't a) boast b) complain about losing CB when you are spending £500 on a two year old.

The passive aggresive comments 'each to their own, but it wouldn't be right for our family' (usually in the context of leaving a 15 year old alone for ten minutes!).

I wonder why I've stayed so long on Mumsnet sometimes !

What is with the snippiness?!

"and me being sick in a small clutch bag"

Have you done that before, Pag? I can't imagine it.

Last year, I was sick in a taxi on the way home from a night out. My friends say I was as graceful about it as one could wish for. I apparently gathered the skirt of my dress and fashioned it into a 'bowl' and puked into that. The taxi driver complimented my style, allegedly.

Thanks Amber. I was preparing to fret all night. I'm so relieved.
You seem to have moved on though which is just grand

I was sick in a small clutch bag after a very posh do at the Savoy. I was convinced no one had noticed.
It was a classy move and no mistake. Few can carry it off. Just you and me really Bups

Fahkin' 'ell you're wan ov dem posh sorts ain'tcha?!

it always gets snippy

Yes indeedy. Reet posh.

I have Pagwatch

But do go on, you have the last word.

I'm never snippy!

Did your friend express a certain admiration Bups.
The casual vomit is a real skill few possess.

Of course you have. And thanks.

I'm impressed by the skirt trick, Buppers. You should go onto Style And Beauty and start advocating the return of the dirndl.

I was in awe of myself of how I managed to get into the house, still hoisting my own vom up in my frock, managed to climb the stairs and undress and deposit the dress-cum-sick holder into the bath without getting a drop of it anywhere!

This is better than watching a tennis match.

A fucking dirndl!

The ultimate barf-containing skirt!

I have no idea, BeerTricks. Honestly, no idea.

That is why we should always wear a nice dress out and not manly slacks

And carry a roomy handbag..