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To be a bit confused about Mumsnet Classics?

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Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2013 22:04

A lot of threads have gone into Classics, but really that's because people get swept away with it. At the time. The thread may have been funny and those posting had a day or so of laughing, but why does it need to be in Classics?

Does anyone ever look in Classics? Apart from maybe to find the unfunny Pom Bear thread? Confused

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Pascha · 15/09/2013 22:06

I've never read the pom bear thread. I've never ventured into classics either.

BellaVita · 15/09/2013 22:06

They only ever look in classics to link a thread when someone does a "best thread ever"....

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Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2013 22:07

Me neither Pascha, well i have read the PB thread with a straight face. I don't even know what's in Classics after they have gone in.

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Nancy66 · 15/09/2013 22:07

I looked at it once. The Thriller Dance one. Read every fucking post...got to end...and the video had been removed.

First and last visit. Pah.

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 15/09/2013 22:08

There are some brilliant threads in Classics. Some are funnier than others but they are generally good! I love the penguin date thread! excellent!

McNewPants2013 · 15/09/2013 22:08
Bear
AnneUulmelmahay · 15/09/2013 22:08

Yes

The sinister easter bonnet is preserved for ever
And who can forget UCM and links are my nemisis

Din't be catty

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Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2013 22:08

Oh like a 'do you remember the thread where.......' type thing? Then someone goes for a rummage in Classics and the thread is relived Bella? Ooh.

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EllesAngel · 15/09/2013 22:08

I read a thread that's in classics when it was linked to by a poster on a thread in here (AIBU). I'd missed it the first time around but enjoyed reading it.

AlaskaNebraska · 15/09/2013 22:09

pom bear not at all funny

ANY thread that has "mumsnet at its best" on it is uniformly SHIT

sittinginthesun · 15/09/2013 22:09

You are all miserable. There are some fantastic threads in Classics.

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Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2013 22:09

I get that Saggy, but it just seems they are a bit lost to most Mnetters. the Pom Bear thread hasn't even got Pom Bear in the title.

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Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2013 22:10

How does anyone remember what has gone into Classics? Confused

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RiffyWammal · 15/09/2013 22:10

I read Classics and it's fab. Not all of them are funny, such as the one about the drug dependent baby - very sad and at the same time heartwarming, that there are such lovely selfless people in the world.

marzipanned · 15/09/2013 22:11

YES the sinister Easter bonnet.

Sparkling if you haven't seen it - go to Classics now. And don't you dare look at the picture until the appropriate moment.

TheRunawayTrain · 15/09/2013 22:11

If I'm bored, I have a read. Some are mildly funny but MN have got hysterical over it for something which actually isn't that much at all. Like pombears. And yonis. Some are great though.

Panzee · 15/09/2013 22:11

I'm going to nominate this thread :o

Nancy66 · 15/09/2013 22:11

I am going to nominate this for classics.

Mintyy · 15/09/2013 22:11

But there is a HUGE omission from Mumsnet Classics which is Ellaroo's river of sweetcorn. I don't know how you can get to see that now, but the newbs have missed out on that one fo sho. Funniest op ever. gavel.

fuckwittery · 15/09/2013 22:11

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EllesAngel · 15/09/2013 22:12

Some people have excellent memories Sparkling unfortunately I'm not one of them

HorryIsUpduffed · 15/09/2013 22:12

I often drop into Classics. Some of them are a bit "you had to be there" but lots of them are lovely. You can generally tell by the title - if it's a "tell me about your most embarrassing poo incident" then it's genuinely timeless, but if it's a more random title it will have gone a bit bonkers and probably has an associated emoticon/saying.

BoozyBear · 15/09/2013 22:12

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IsThatTrue · 15/09/2013 22:12

I've spent many hours reading classics. Some are great.

Is that you UCM? Is in there isn't it? And the links one.

I go there when I'm up at stupid o'clock bfing it's too dark to read a book and there's nothing decent going on on active threads.

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Sparklingbrook · 15/09/2013 22:12

You dare Panzee. Sad

I am not being a party pooper honest. It's just that threads being in Classics is all down to opinion I suppose.

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