To have realised that I just don't belong here?

[Bambambini]

Been here for donkeys years but reading recent threads, I realise that:

I don't really care if people pierce their babies or toddlers ears.

Can't get that worked up about male circumcision.

I like Mathew Wright

Am actually quite fond of WH Smiths

I like my in laws

I hate the phrase "wine o' clock"

There was something else also very important but I can't remember it.

Suggestions of suitable new hangouts that meet my superior/ inferior (depending on your viewpoint) tastes are welcome.

caprinahahahaah no I don't mean on this thread. Just generally. Trust me, overthinking is not one of my faults heh heh

[boggle]

Blimey. I'm just chatting.

7days

Me neither

Not a fan of cheerful yank then...

It was an awesome 'fuck it' post.

If you are going to lose your shit then be over the top and irrational. Quality.

do it, or don't, but if you do it do it right

I say

I really like CheerfulYank. Uncrontroversial, I think!

Hot damn. So to sum up, SwirlySilver, wishes to excluded all Americans and Australians from MN, thereby restoring this forum to its former glory.

That was a blazing post! Managed to slag poster's on two continents!

In fairness, those two continent are fucking sub standard.
I've been there [fact]

Yes, well, that is your considered opinion, I'm sure. I beg to differ.

Aww secret, I'm joshing. Sarcasm innit...
I want to move to Sydney and the stereotyping of Americans drive me batty.

I love this thread. But I think that posters should be very careful about the timing of posting their AIBU. I have seen some pretty similar OP get completely different responses depending on what time they were initiated, or sometimes change in block after 25 or so first responses. I am still trying to figure out the logic behind it.
So depending on your activity on MN, you belong or not :)

For me, I do two things that are big no-no on MN: I read the DM, with great relish, and watch and like porn... (and no kids, so really, what am I doing here?)

I have only been here a few months so have no idea whether I belong. I do know that I hate the Mumsnet word 'goady' because it is stupid and made up and there are already perfectly good words that mean the same thing. On the other hand, I have learned the very useful phrase 'to boil one's piss'.

"I love this thread. But I think that posters should be very careful about the timing of posting their AIBU. I have seen some pretty similar OP get completely different responses depending on what time they were initiated, or sometimes change in block after 25 or so first responses. I am still trying to figure out the logic behind it."

Too true. I posted this lighthearted but actually sort of truthful thread and it tanked. I was slinking away with my tail between my legs when Worra ressurected it around an hour after I first posted. God bless the Worra!

inciteful comment
Now, am I being twatty and picking up on SPAG, or did reluctant just invent a most fantastic word there?

If the latter, reluctant is a bloody genius.

I'm only joining in right now to say that while I respect it for being very well-made, and though I actually love John Lewis - I really dislike the John Lewis advert.

£7 MILLION pounds into creating some engineered claptrap sadness in this white-washed world of consumerism, which won't actually do anything to help elderly lonely people this Christmas, with that God-awful wailing music over the top of it.

I know, I know - I'm a cynical sod. I just don't see how it's actually made people sob. I also can't see how people don't see the deliberate engineering behind it and wince at the manipulation!

Well said!!

John Lewis have missed their mark this year.
Nothing could have topped the bear and the hare though. I thought that one was superb.

Of course you bloody belong here. Some of your views are just plain weird, just like many the majority other posters who don't think like I do.
I though I was a middle of the road person who can see many points of view. Mumsnet has just taught me that many people are just weird and think weirdly too.

It's the Internet, sheesh. You can't ban by country of origin.

MNers / Brits have a better sense of humour than most Americans, I'll grant you that. Father Ted would never have been in a hit in USA.

I don't remember a single JLewis telly advert from previous yrs & think its' highly likely I'll never see this yrs' advert, either. I saw most of the Sainsbury's Trenches tv commercial last yr, though.

Ach, I don't belong here either. Not uptight enough Fucked if I'm leaving though.

Apparently Benny Hill went down a storm in USA, which I think proves your point lljkk.

Hate the JL ad, it's mawkish. But then I hate JL now, having been treated appallingly over a delivery recently.