to think that the average debating ability of Mumsnetters has dropped considerably over the past year?

[colditz]

I was browsing through some old threads earlier, and the general standard of debate has dropped. People here used to be able to follow a thread and give a pertinent response, backed up with careful research. Lately the response is likely to be completely unrelated to the original point, and passive-aggressive to boot.

here is the rub no amount of squawking will change my pov.to me threads are discrete entities.i cannot form an attachment or preference for a screen name,an anonymous individual.never knowingly having met any of you how could i? conversely i don't understand all this griping and apparently disliking posters

i click on a post with no preference for the contributors

lol sm. and yet i manage to get on your tits right away every time, don't i?

Why is there a yellow and orange tit as an icon now?

sorry don't know what you are on about

lol

atich you allude to you and i having frisson?sorry,not the case.don't quite know what you on about

yes, i see what you mean aitch.
should have ended my post with an invitation to call me a twat.

come now, sm...

i swear i thought i'd gone down to about 15th or something...i've had a really bad week..players not playing...yellow cards all over the place...arrgghhhh..

i need to get in Fabregas...just can't afford him atm....

you are who i think you are...your team initials.... 11fc..?

4

Anyone want to explain "4"?

what are you were on about?

it's a number zeph

Thanks for that dp

You do not SM. You just don't. It would be agin nature to do so.

good post, hoochie.

I hadn't realised 'good post' had gone out of fashion. I think it's only polite.
I always let somebody know if i like a post or they've made me laugh.

I always do the "good post" thing. Who knew it was so passe?

Anyone else want to explain 4?