that irritable threads should have a flag that indicates to posters of a trivial disposition that this is not the the place for humour?

[OrmRenewed]

Perhaps a coloured icon that changes colour from green to red by registering the numbers of 'feck offs' and 'FFS!!' that occur.

I tend to dive in with a joke and then feel like I've burst into a room with a fart joke only to find that there is nasty domestic spat going on.

I think the fart joke can often be a welcome and much needed diversion Orm.

Agreed. Please continue with the fart jokes and all else.

whats the fart joke orm?

yes yes.. fart joke pls

Ermmm I don't actually know one nessa I was using it as a metaphor for slightly tasteless humour.

But I'll ask DS#1. He's bound to know loads!

tell the fart joke!

There is nothing more charming than an unexpected jokey post in the middle of a barney.
Don't stop.

but i love the idea of a 'hostility meter' which measures 'FFS' and things like that... i could code that up for MN i think..

Far too many uptighties on here who don't appreciate a good fart joke.

Given a few of the posts we've had here very recently turning into huge arguments between MNs, I'm all for an early warning system Orm, great idea!!

There is nowhere that isn't the place for humour.

Orm
I have only used ffs once and that was in regard to my poor spelling, but a hostility meter good idea

ooh used it twice now

That would just be asking Hully (to pick a name at random) to dive right in there.

This sort of thing makes me so angry

Hey hully! Right on cue

What threads are we talking about, Orm?

Hully I wonder if we are thinking of the same one?

Why did the boy take toilet roll to the party?

Because he was a party pooper.

Is this a serious thread?

PP

Yes posie. Very serious! How dare you lower the tone with a bottom joke?

To fart, to fart, it is no crime
It gives the stomach ease.
It warms the bed in wintertime
And suffocates the fleas.

Ai thenk you!

And for burping:

Pardon me for being rude
It was not me, it was my food
It came up here to say hello
But now it's gone back down below

What's the difference between a seagull and a baby without a nappy?

One flits above the shore and the other ...well you can guess the rest.

My dad told my DC that one