Who started the <<adds witty comment in double arrow brackets>> thing on MN? And is it a bit overused?

[PuppyMonkey]

You know what I mean, where there's a thread and someone posts something like..

and someone else replies with a

Is it just me or do you sometimes find it a bit off-putting....?

Pmsl at LL and MT. I find though that the response I often get to is , so maybe I'm doing it wrong.

goes northgoes north again as there is no south

and this when he comes in your eye.

this is horribly vain of me .. in fact I hear Carly Simon singing in my head .. but I read title and thought 'was that me? I'm sure it was me'

and this when he comes in your eye.

How did I do that then?

I thought it was just to express an action or feeling

I've never ever done it

(am I the only one who uses three little thingies?)

actually strike that .. I never use double

I love it and I do it alot

what?

I love it, it would be dull without all the action. (the action clearly and obviously invented and trademarked by the marmitey queen of snacks)

I'm chopping up onions
its not a nork line up, you see

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I am oissing dh off severely tonight, doing it to him on MSN lol

Wow you chop fast wotz

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)))*>

Can't remember how I did them before

First time I saw this was in a chatroom. I think it's great, but not everyone seems to understand it's usage, iykwim.

i use /misdee puts the kettle on

as i used to go on IRC a lot.