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Sunday Times parping

26 replies

Eowyn · 09/10/2005 11:58

not really into this but impressed to see in Style section of ST a "parp". have they been infiltrated by MN? what is going on..

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moondog · 09/10/2005 12:54

Oh how funny!
Thought you were alerting us to more irritating stuff in the ST which wouldn't have surprised me at all. Why anyone thinks it is a quality read is beyond me....

(Was parping in correct context??)

LadySherlockofLGJ · 09/10/2005 13:46

I haven't bought it for years and bought it today for a change.......................OMG it has dumbed down beyond belief.

TheRtHonBaronessEnidOBE · 09/10/2005 13:47

what bit?

LadySherlockofLGJ · 09/10/2005 13:52

The article about the schoolgirl who was possibly laundering money.

They mentioned the fact that her favourite quote was "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn". And then went on to expalin where the line came from.

doormat · 09/10/2005 13:53

is a parp a fart

bosscat · 09/10/2005 13:59

I love the ST and think its a quality read! I'm out and I'm proud.

moondog · 09/10/2005 14:33

doormat,parp is something recently engineered on MN.
If you see a topic that is liable to wind you up beyond belief,you interject with a 'Parp!!'
(Unsure however of exact etiquette re then recording your opinion after having submitted said parp.....)

colditz · 09/10/2005 15:04

I have always seen parping as merely a subject that will make you rant unreasonably, not as a way of expressing annoyance with people for posting.

moondog · 09/10/2005 16:10

Yes colditz..it's not malicious is it,although I think there have been misunderstandings...

NelsonsGirl · 09/10/2005 16:22

I think it is malicious. If a thread is winding you up, why can't you stay off it? Why do you have to insert a rude word in the middle of someone else's conversation? Would you do that in reality?

moondog · 09/10/2005 16:24

No NG,you've missed the point!
I think for most people it's a way of saying
'God I could really go on here,but I won't!'

NelsonsGirl · 09/10/2005 16:44

Maybe you are right. But it looks rude. You could just stay away and not write anything at all. I still think it is rude to imply that you could go on and one but won't.

projectmanagerCOd · 09/10/2005 17:03

no you have missed the point
i get woudn up by poeple who think its ok to take holiday in term time
if a thread was started i'd parp myself on it as i know I am soooooo boring on it

projectmanagerCOd · 09/10/2005 17:04

p-s where in the st - havc it at home

TheRtHonBaronessEnidOBE · 09/10/2005 17:04

god i really need to parp myself on the depression threads

i do try and help but just end up pissing everyone off

projectmanagerCOd · 09/10/2005 17:05

saw you on there enid
life raft sinking spring ot mind

TheRtHonBaronessEnidOBE · 09/10/2005 17:05

oh well I do try

NelsonsGirl · 09/10/2005 17:11

Parp to you too then! If it isn't rude, you won't mind me saying it now.

projectmanagerCOd · 09/10/2005 17:12

oh no we LOVE it

NelsonsGirl · 09/10/2005 17:13

But not everyone does.

JoolsToo · 09/10/2005 17:48

toot

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Eowyn · 09/10/2005 17:55

sorry only just got back on, page 5 of style section in the going up/down bit. not into such things myself (parp-wise) but so impressed to see in paper.
now relinquishing computer to cbeebies.

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projectmanagerCOd · 09/10/2005 18:04

oh yes i ID see htta
didnt link the two though!

projectmanagerCOd · 09/10/2005 18:05

nelson
i dont see what oyu have to objetc to
w e have patiently explained what its for
you just want to winge!

Nelsonsgirl · 09/10/2005 18:11

Maybe you are right. I just think it is unnecessary, but I do not have the same sense of humour as some here do. each to their own eh?