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To ask you to just READ THE FUCKING THREAD before posting your wisdom?

178 replies

OldHabitsDieScreaming · 08/05/2024 10:52

Or at least, for the love of sweet baby Jesus and all his chickens, read the OP's posts?

Especially if it's a long thread which may, you know, have moved on a little since the first post?

If you're so lazy and unengaged that you can't be arsed to check whether the OP of eg: a 200+ post thread in Relationships has added anything or updated their situation, why not just consider scrolling on by?

Cheers.

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feelingalittlehorse · 08/05/2024 17:25

How old are your chickens, OP?

Cherryon · 08/05/2024 17:26

CelesteCunningham · 08/05/2024 17:23

Ok, but many many people are going to think you're a gobshite if you post after three days and 500 posts thinking you have something new to add based on the OP alone.

I don’t think that many would, lots of posters have amnesia and twenty pages in tend to forget vital information….so a bit of repetition isn’t all bad.

crockofshite · 08/05/2024 17:55

If I were you I'd say NO to attending the hen do. Jesus won't mind.

JaneJeffer · 08/05/2024 17:56

🤡

To ask you to just READ THE FUCKING THREAD before posting your wisdom?
Soigneur · 08/05/2024 18:01

Lucytheloose · 08/05/2024 13:42

Why is all the Year 8 bollocks necessary anyway? Why not just say how old the child is?

It’s usually on the education threads where school year is much more relevant than calendar age.

WantToMakeWorldSilkySmooth · 08/05/2024 18:02

Dead bat thread was hilarious bad for this.
First or second sentence was that OP was in US but 3/4 of thread were about how bats are protected in UK so she is terrible person breaking law. One person even said like "she didn't say where she is" 🤷

mumda · 08/05/2024 18:10

Delia123 · 08/05/2024 11:21

I get really annoyed with people who focus on irrelevant minutiae.

I need to know more about the chickens of Jesus.

SmudgeButt · 08/05/2024 18:19

Has someone already asked if Jesus kept chickens? I might have missed that as I haven't read all the posts on here.

Willmafrockfit · 08/05/2024 18:20

not like the olden days here

5YearsLeft · 08/05/2024 19:24

“Jesus with chickens” is a little vague. That’s Jesus with a bunch of cocks.

AtomicPumpkin · 08/05/2024 20:28

ImNotReallySpartacus · 08/05/2024 13:45

You can't eat the chicken, it's Jesus' personal pet and therefore off-limits.

😱Eating anyone's pet is strongly contra-indicated, unless you are in a siege/famine situation.

crumbpet · 08/05/2024 20:30

I'll do what I want thanks

Soukmyfalafel · 08/05/2024 22:15

PuppyMonkey · 08/05/2024 17:03

Have you never considered that if a thread is already hundreds of posts long and you just haven’t got the time to read all the replies because of your super busy schedule..maybe your point has already been made so you actually don’t need to go to the trouble of composing a reply? And that will save you loads and loads of time.

How would I know without reading?

I don't think threads on MN are for you. Perhaps you should read books that you have written yourself instead? You won't get offended of something doesn't read as you like it then.

HopeSpringsInfernal · 08/05/2024 22:29

Never mind the chickens op, you need to get your ducks in a row

HappiestSleeping · 08/05/2024 22:30

HopeSpringsInfernal · 08/05/2024 22:29

Never mind the chickens op, you need to get your ducks in a row

Are they Peking ducks?

HopeSpringsInfernal · 08/05/2024 22:45

HappiestSleeping · 08/05/2024 22:30

Are they Peking ducks?

Depends on whether they were RTFT

HappiestSleeping · 08/05/2024 22:49

HopeSpringsInfernal · 08/05/2024 22:45

Depends on whether they were RTFT

Surely you mean "whether they've been peeking at the full thread"? 😂😂

SnowFrogJelly · 08/05/2024 22:50

I haven't RTWT but didn't want to scroll on by

SnowFrogJelly · 08/05/2024 22:51

HopeSpringsInfernal · 08/05/2024 22:29

Never mind the chickens op, you need to get your ducks in a row

Get a grip

HopeSpringsInfernal · 08/05/2024 22:52

HappiestSleeping · 08/05/2024 22:49

Surely you mean "whether they've been peeking at the full thread"? 😂😂

Or they might have just been having a quick gander 😂

SillyLemonZebra · 08/05/2024 22:54

AnnieBuddyHere · 08/05/2024 11:24

Now it makes sense why Mumsnetters can feed a family of 12 for a week on one chicken 🐓

They’re Jesus’ chickens aren’t they?

😂😂😂😂😂 comment of the day for me.

Beezknees · 08/05/2024 22:57

I just want people to read the bloody thread dates and stop resurrecting posts from years ago. Gets on my tits

QueenOfHiraeth · 08/05/2024 23:02

OldHabitsDieScreaming · 08/05/2024 13:18

Oh, and while we're at it, people who resurrect zombie threads to give advice can fuck off as well.

(This feels good.)

I got a "thanks" for a post this week and thought my brains were fading as it didn't ring a bell.

I checked and my post was from 2014, so TEN YEARS AGO!!!
It was so old I had a User Name that I'd forgotten completely although I was impressed with my common sense advice from back then, now I just roll my eyes and think FFS Grin

Craftycorvid · 09/05/2024 07:16

Not (yet) RTFT but came on to say that ‘chicken tikka messiah’ has absolutely made my day and I’ll be chortling at random intervals at inappropriate moments (possibly next to the free-range eggs at the supermarket).

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