to find thread titles that start "Please help" rather needy and somehow emotionally manipulative?

[bibbitybobbityhat]

I expect IABU, as usual.

Sometimes people are the ones asking for help and advice, sometimes they are the ones offering help and advice to others, that's how it goes. I don't mind at all if people post threads flagging they need help at all in the title.

Yes, that's all very well MZ but I no longer speak to you after the fish and * sandwiches thing.

25 messages out of many posted?

Yes you are being mean.

Some people take a long time to ask for help. Exactly how shit do you think your oh so amusing thread will make them feel?

Any chance you'd think about getting HQ to pull it?

Ooh fish and sandwiches!

It sounds interesting. Was I whip-sharp and self deprecating during this exchange?

Or just an unmitigated arse?

No, NL, so why don't you report it if you find it mean?

I do not think I am a mean person or a mean poster.

MN will most likely delete it because they seem to delete anything at all that is reported.

So, do feel free to go ahead.

Morris - SO SORRY! - I have got you muddled up with MayorNaze . She is a big fan of tuna melt sandwiches, whereas I think they are an abomination. We have had fisticuffs before now.

Cannot think why I confused the two of you .

Possibly 3 glasses of chardonnay has something to do with it.

Tuna and cheese, indeed an abomination.

If you give me one tenth of your take home pay you can join my church

25 threads in the last 2 days sounds like fuck all to me. There must have been hundreds and hundreds.

If people want help rather than piss-taking, random musings, "Yes, you're so witty and we lurve you" comments etc, then fair enough that they should make that clear. I'd always rather cut to the chase.

And tuna melts are disgusting. They should be banned. Who thought cheese and fish was a good combination? A nutter, that's who.

jesus wept you counted.get a hobby.bogie counting or something useful

I agree that thread titles that have no reference to content are annoying...

I was more thinking of someone posting a more detailed thread title but starting with 'please help'. Which is a different thing.

Morris Zapp I remember you... you were a resident of the Gin Palace at on point yes?

ONE point.

Damn you, rioja!!! Damn you to hell!!!

Hi ginhag, yes I am a gin palace grad! Updiffed in January, due in October.

I miss the gin and cynicism of the palace.

How you doing?

1510 threads today and yesterday.

So your issue is with 1.66% of threads in the last 2 days that had 'please help' in the title?

Wow. Life must be a bowl of cherries for you, if that's all you have to worry about

Hassled (even though you hate me) let me tell you I quoted you in an argument I had a few weeks ago with MayorNaze (who I accidentally confused with MorrisZap on this thread, sorry again Morris) about tuna melts. I knew there was someone else on Mumsnet who didn't just not like tuna melts, but who was actually personally affronted by them, and I found your post and I quoted it to MayorN to add weight to my feeble argument.

Ah, fucking marvellous Morris!!!!

There is still much gin and cynicism...drop by anytime and I will happily inflict random violence upon you!

Am doing ok, ds still very much ace but have had more mcs so still struggling to make another...

No idea, I don't read that many of them

PMSL at bogie counting! I do this - have a snotty baby at mo!!

Anyway YABU - if people need help good on them for posting. Its hardly an effort to click on the post and find out what it's about.

bibbity - I hate no-one. Should I hate you? I'm confused. I thought I had general MN fence-sitting down to a fine art.

But I am relieved - I was having this weird deja-vue thing where I could swear I'd ranted about tuna melts before on MN and then thought no, that can't possibly be true. But it was .

Oh no ginhag, so sorry to hear about mc's. (hug)

I will pop over to the palace soon - ante natal threads a bit too hun filled for my liking!

What a bizarre thread, are you sure you have only had three glasses of wine.

yeah we're still hun-free Morris... we do have tequila though.

We're still easy to find

AND

I LIKE TUNA AND CHEEEEEESE!!!

IDGAFIIABUON

(useful acronym alert)

i don't give a fuck if I am being unreasonable or not?

Ooh you can't beat the palace for sweary and filth filled acronyms. I like that one!