to not know what the jammy dodger icon means?

[CoffeeandScones]

As in this one:

I don't think it means "you jammy dodger" from the context I've seen it. More like "whatever", or similar.

Sorry, I'm relatively new to MN and I realise it's probably clear to everyone else.

It stems from the whole Gordon Brown biscuit thing and means something like 'your post is so worthless and pointless it doesn't warrant a response'

Or.......you're really taking the biscuit (saying).

Oh! I thought it meant "you're being a tit".

Which is of course defamatory to tits, being both lovely and useful things :)

it means jeez i cant even respond to that as it is so stupid/rude etc etc .

I thought it was a nod to the GB thing...did I get that completely wrong?

maybe we all have different definitions of the biscuit, TBH i think it is a bit meh and never use it

I never use it but I think it means 'I won't dignify that with an answer'.

I thought it was a nod to the GB thing...did I get that completely wrong?

yes, it arose in response to GBs inability to name his favourite biscuit. I think Jammie Dodgers were chosen simply because they can be rendered as a recognisable icon.

They can also be used to convey tittishness thusly:

Personally I prefer a

gordon brown refused to answerr which was his favouite biscuit.

i ususlly see it used just as Mrsjay has described.

I always thought it was someone mooning.

ah, happy days!

He answered in the end tho .... madame I believe it was you and me pushing for him to tell us, then some MNers got quite snotty that mumsnet would be seen as dull housewives with no intelligence

Next thing we knew it was all over the media!!

It was a daft question though

It came about because we were asking Justine if they had got the posh biscuits or the rich tea out in his honour... It wasn't a random question, just a follow on from a convo with mnhq whilst waiting for him to arrive...

yup twas us...and it quickly became a metaphor for politicians ducking tricky questions...and i got some biccies from downing street out of it!

This has always bothered me, I get its a biscuit but what is the black bit? Is it meant to be where someone has bitten it?

What black bit? Isn't it just red jam

I don't see any black bit. There's some shading round the bottom edge which gives it a bit of thickness.

I think Bored may be on the iPhone app where many of the icons look wrong. The biscuit is dark brown with a black square at the bottom - no idea what it's meant to be!

I thought it meant someone was being stupid/childish and needs to sit in the corner with a gobful of biscuit to stop them flapping their gums and pointlessly spouting crap.