To wonder what constitutes an 'Mumsnet storm'? (Royal related)

[Arsenic]

Apparently.

I've just started reading Catherine Mayer's new book about Prince Charles. There is a passage in the prologue about criticism of the the Cambridges' March 2014 trip to the Maldives (leaving baby George at home) which the author calls 'a manufactured tempest in a child's teacup'.

Discussion of Netmums, Mumsnet, Twitter.

Then the following;

"Had there been outrage on Mumsnet? Not according to Katie O'Donovan, Mumsnet's head of communications, who emails that there were 'just over 300 responses, which isn't really a "storm" by Mumsnet's standards. Not at all unanimous criticism of the couple.....'."

So how many comments makes a storm? I'm curious now.

I left my 2 yo in the car while I went into Tesco to buy some coke for her anyway I couldn't park as close as I liked because the parent and child spaces were full etc....

I'm getting married next month and we've put a lovely poem in with the invitations explaining nicely why we'd like cash instead of presents. I've also asked my bridesmaid to organise a hen night in Tuscany with champagne and a spa. I'm sure my friends will be delighted to cover my costs as a special treat for me during my speshul year of speshulness.........

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_royal_family

A tumbleweed topic. No storms there, just those who want to chat about them (in a positive kinda way). But barely used.

(Set up for Royalists at time of the Royal wedding, to keep threads together and avoid pissing off all the MNetters who couldn't give a stuff and wanted to hide the whole shebang easily).

I know, it's odd. Where are these people ? In rl people post cute pictures of chocolate faced babies toothlessly grinning at the camera, it's a rite of passage. In MN land it's abuse.

Proper MN storms have a TAAT in site stuff.

This is turning into a very useful 'how to' guide

For a storm, you need to have loads of deleted comments and most contributors need to feel proper dirty (and not in a sexy way) after.

Yeah, you need to have loads of:

'Where has the op fucked off to?' as well, as the OP cowers in her mum and baby parking space EVEN THOUGH HER BABY IS TWELVE.

For a real good storm, you need to have a few unexpected twists and turns.

eg. "G-MIL just texted DH and said, "I told you the Maldives were shite, you're just a balding lazy sponger like your father."

But never mention it in the op.

Eg. Mil gave me chocolate. Again. Should I cut contact?

• Cor I could do with some chocolate.
• You're lucky to have a Mil. My mil is dead.
• I blame your DH
• You have ishooos.
• You should cut contact. For her sake.

7 pages later.

Oh, didn't I say? chocolate turns me into a werewolf. The last time mil gave me chocolate I ate all the grandchildren while howling at the moon.

• Ah.

I wouldn't be surprised if 50% of MNers were you two, under mltiple names

Can you all just fuck off to the far side of fuck, and when you get there fuck off some more

Huh! Did you mean to be so rude!!! :)

Well, as a man, I think