to think it is impossible to have a lighthearted thread on Mumsnet anymore, even if it has the dreaded *lighthearted* in the title?

[Mintyy]

Cos I can't think of one for yonks.

The only ones that people claim to "spray tea over their screen at" all turn out to be silly attention seekers who don't know how to check their autocorrect before posting, or pervy singletons posting to get their sad little kicks.

Please someone show me a good humoured and amusing thread from anywhere on the general boards in the last three months.

I was going to agree with you, OP, but actually the swingers thread is quite amusing.

I never open threads headlined 'lighthearted', they remind me of people who tell you how funny their joke is going to be in advance.

The one about growing up in the '70s was good too. I personally find it a bit offputting where people spell out that their thread is "lighthearted." Like ordering you to laugh.

OMG mumsnet HQ is exploding as we type!

Don't say that after last night Piper you'll jinx it.

Was there an explosion last night? Did I miss something?

Was someone at MNHQ texting other men??????

It was offline for hours

Something about a power surge knocking the servers out, I even took to twitter I was so disturbed (and a very nice MNer took pity on me and chatted about zombies )

The power surge was actually a cover story for the fact that Rowan got caught in a gin trap set by zombies

I must have missed that because I was so busy texting married men whilst on the train nipping back from the swingers party at my haunted chalet because I forgot my penis beaker.

Ah, servers going down like the Titanic...

I remember of my dear old mates who, at the time, worked at a nearby university in the IT admin department. Anyway, long story short, coming up to the end of the calendar year, nothing major going on, and they were having their Christmas meal that evening (I'd bagged a +1 - go me). So, in the spirit of the season, they wound down for the day early, cracked open a couple of beers, and may have even managed to sneak in some fine smoked "oregano".

It must have been at this point that EVERY LECTURER decided to release their January exam timetables online, as for some reason, the students gave the uni servers the Hug of Death. I'm talking 95%+ student logins, in a rather large uni.

Right as my friend was putting his coat on to head down to the restaurant, he cast a glance over his shoulder and spotted a rather large red spike on his screen, coupled with lots of flashing red lights.

Needless to say, that was an "interesting" afternoon. I ended up getting drafted in to do some reboots and whatnot. Must say, there was a great soundtrack of UB40 in the background.

And that's my somewhat relevant story.

Gin trap? OMFG.

Oh. Wait. That wasn't what you meant, was it?

Did someone say gin? DP bought me Bathtub Gin for Christmas. I may have swooned a little.

And PiperRose, don't lie. It was Valentine's and you have a toyboy.

You could have chucked a couple of zombies in MBT, maybe just as he realised there was a spike so he had the dilemma of which to deal with first?

The find smoked oregano was a nice touch though.

It was what I meant (well, it was the other MN twitterer who discovered the truth) what were you thinking I meant?

Oh, I had no real point or suspicion - just a funny story that was vaguely relevant in the grand scheme of things. Popped in to my head, and I wanted to share.

Of course, if MNHQ has been indulging in the wheat beer/botanical spirits and herbal supplements, that may explain the extended downtime...

I have once and only once put lighthearted in a title thread. Not because it was particularly hilarious, but I was moaning about text speak creeping onto the boards.

I didn't want it swamped with arseaches moaning on about 'what a people who have learning difficulties. You are being discriminatory,' when the thread was specific all about people who were perfectly capable of using standard English, but were lazy fucksticks and took no pride in what thry wrote.

I'm going to take mintyy to twitter and snuggle her. It's nice there. Plus there's men

Lol at keatsie

You are not allowed to joke about anything, it might offend someone.

No jokes
No banter
No saying hi to other posters

Absolutely no saying 'this isn't funny' as you get accused of being a 'fun sponge' and told to 'hide the thread'.

No anything really-just to be on the safe side.

Oh and put it in the right topic or the thread police will turn up.

It just seems exactly the same as ever. Plenty of funny threads. A few bitchy ones. And a moaning thread.

Situation normal.

I haven't seen a proper funny thread in a while.

I thought the train stalker one was funny and the Peter being ruded. I know it was a deliberate typo but it made me laugh.

Peter being ruded just made me same as Penis Beaker which made me and .

I have read some lovely threads lately though, cat related and people helping each other out, proper heartwarming ones.

Peter being ruded was the most contrived piece of shit I've read in ages.
But, lots of people loved it so it goes to show we all have a different SOH.
I joined about 3 years ago, and there did seem to be so much more natural wit then than there is now.
I remember the original 'gets my goat' anti benefit thread which was turned around into a wonderful surreal piece which included goats, alpacas and llamas, that's my SOH.
Oh and the mad as a box of frogs being racist, that was funny too.
Today, half the posts would be deleted as MN doesn't seem to do irony anymore.
Remember NYE.