To wonder what the oddest response you've ever received on Mumsnet has been?

[Vintagejazz]

Have you ever received a really strange response to a post on here?

I remember about a year ago posting about someone at work who talked constantly about her child, on and on and was I being unreasonable to find it a bit very annoying. I got the usual mix of YABU, YANBU, all perfectly logical responses. Then someone posted 'YABU. Maybe she's nervous', disappeared and never posted again on the thread .

Just wondering what odd or illogical responses you've had to posts on here?

I'm obsessed with posters that NC to stir.

Cowards.

I don't see it as stirring, it's more an observation.

If it was me who was identified I don't think people would be sticking up for me - which is fine, as I'm more than capable of sticking up for myself, as I'm sure Mintyy is.

People like prolific posters I guess because they feel like they know them and they are much less likely to be a troll, so they have more trust. Maybe people feel like they are sticking up for a friend which is why it happens - I don't know, but it's the same on most forums.

Cowards.

If you want to call me a coward then fine.

I reserve the word coward for things slightly more seriously than observations.

If anyone came on this thread and said 'hang on, that's me you are slagging off' I would stick up for them.

No one mentioned Mintyy until Mintyy herself did

Is there not a rule on mn about derailing threads?

Veiled references to other posters are not that hard to work out.

No there isnt. Sorry

No, Pretty, there isn't.

HTH

That's the fun of threads like this, surely Everyone knows that sooner or later a bunfight is going to spark off.

Is there not a rule on mn about derailing threads?

A rule about derailing?

I think most threads would be deleted if there was.

Derailing ? No rules, thank goodness.

I would have been banned years ago.

This thread had bunfight written all over it.

Why do you think I'm on it

Bugger :-/ this was a funny thread to start with too. For what it's worth, I think no one should bitch about specific people. "Nasty and prickly" was unacceptable, if you've a problem with someone take it up with them directly instead of slating them on a forum (regardless of if you think they won't be identified or not).

On the other, bun fights are a bit tedious. Continuing it (I'm looking at you zebra/rose) is pointless and childish.

All the thread was was a chance for people to bitch "anonymously" about people who had annoyed them really.

Hello MrsV

It was actually a different forum I'm on that had this rule about derailing (just remembered why I thought that was a rule). And since it was an ahem adult site I suddenly feel all about mentioning it

Hi usual

Derailers unite !

Not that I meant mn wasn't an adult site!! Other on is just a different sort of adult site :s

Ooh, Pretty.

An adult site that you couldn't derail on ?

Was it missionary only ?

More "kinky only" they were very strict about not changing the subject on it

MN is an ahem adult site ?

Is it ?

Dearie me.

I've clearly not been invited to that part of Talk.

if you've a problem with someone take it up with them directly instead of slating them on a forum

On the other, bun fights are a bit tedious. Continuing it (I'm looking at you zebra/rose) is pointless and childish.

Oh the irony .....

And oh god, that now sounds like I was on some sort of sex site. It wasn't really, it was a discussion forum. No hanky panky happening

No clean talk allowed! I like it