to get a bit miffed that all the best kicking off's and flouncings happen on threads that when i first read them were boring so didn't bother going back?

[Mamazon]

Im very nosey and like to at least know that there is a row brewing.

the last few have gone totally past me without even noticing.

obviously i am not here enough!

IKWYM - I'm on MN far too much, but all the interesting stuff always seems to happen when I'm not here!!!

Yes, I think the thread titles should start to glow red and flash when they heat up.

ooh yes good plan Tsar!

I agree. AM always having to go back and read the last few pages of something that's gone a good'un to work out where it started and who said what. And there's always a load of guff in there somewhere by someone trying to bump it off the board...

I'm new but have become addicted to MN and I am gutted about missing some very funny stuff! Like the thread where a mum was boasting that her baby was a genius. Hilarious! I try to stay out of things when they get lairy, I'm too new and scared of the bigger girls!

oh don't be scared, dive right in! it'll help you fit in.

The thing is it's always the threads I seem to have skipped cos they didn't appeal/ weren't relevant to me that I miss and subsequently seem to ignite.

Then everyone is talking about 'that thread' which by then has been deleted anyway and all the debris has been swept up and no-one will say what happened.

I only eventually clicked on the original moldie thread because there seemed an usually high number of posts on it and it was constantly in the current list. I thought it was something about cleaning so I avoided it for days

ooh we could have a number of lurkers nextto the number of posts each thread has.
It'd be like being at school where the big crowd forms around the two kids punching hell out of each other.

Reality - I was just going to say the same thing - need a buzzer sound and the screen has to flash up red every 5 secs or so.

Maybe someone could design a fight icon that can be put up next to the thread to let us know

But seriously a number of views tracker would help.

ps is there one in particular that your on about....what have i missed???

oh there seem to have been loads recently.

it was one i saw linked to about burlesque dancing that finally got me annoyed though...i had read the first part of that thread!

Burlesque dancing??? oh do tell more

The bracelet saga was good too. There were some nasty heartless posters on that one! It kicked off in a big way.

oh it started off being a woman who wanted to go to a burlesque class but her hubby said it was for sad old duffers.
it seemed to spiral into a feminist argument abotu whether burlesque was just about pleasing men and that any woman who actualluy enjoyed sex must just be doing it for her partners sake

I agree with mamazon though, I spend far too much time on here but always seem to miss the "lively" bits!

Oh crikey, thanks for that, mamazon, sounds interesting!

I read the beginning and end of bracelet thread obviously the good bits were in the middle lol!

Hey, I know, shall we start a fight on this thread?

Put up your dukes!!!

How dare you suggest such a thing I am going to start a thread about it

I do agree we need something. I did read the first page of the burlesque one and then didn't go back so missed everything.

It needs to be like it was at school, where people would run round shouting "Fight on Blickling playground" and everyone would rush there.

Maybe alongside the flouncers section we could ahve a no go section where all the fights get moved too and anyone that wants to avoid could do so and those who want to join in can get stuck in, maybe I'll suggest it on the sitre stuff section......

bunfight

Surpose a picture of loads of women in different houses around the country tapping away at a PC wouldn't ahve the same effect

That is inspired, LoveBeingAMummy. I would check that topic first every single time!