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....?

i hate it

..but only because i can never think of anythig smart to put in those brackets

I use it alot I think on MN thinking about it... and didn't pick it up here, I have always done it on IMs etc. But I don't think it was me...

OH MY GOD - IS COD A CHRISTIAN???

I think you'll find she's actually a vicras'd augher.

So that's what the fish is about!

Book about cod here.

pmsl

I think they are stage directions as much as anything.

v g bexie !
esp the v poor colouring-in..

Yeah, I know. Don't have anything other than paint installed and I was trying to be quick as getting ready for work!

i do it all the time. it adds to the conversation imo

ah feck it..

I do it all the time!

sorry if it annoys you all...

there are far more annoying things

I didn't know I was the queen of brackets

*disclaimer - I was tryign to find Getorf's confession about sniffing her DH's pubes

It's not an mn thing though is it? I've seen it elsewhere long before I started saw it on mn.

I think getorf should add her status as "likes to sniff her husband's sweaty crotch"

I don't know but it is very annoying