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Tie a Yellow Ribbon for Madeline....

56 replies

skay · 13/05/2007 09:31

Would you tie a yellow ribbon round a tree/bush in your front garden. Somewhere were it's noticed. (Maybe the door knocker of your front door.)

I do hope that Madeline is found safe and sound, and soon.

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pagwatch · 13/05/2007 19:25

I know that in the great scheme of things this is really trivial but my daughter is called Madeleine ( age 4 too as it happens) and her name is Madeleine - not Maddie or Maddy. I named her Madeleine and that is what we call her. I always find it really strange that people will use a shortened name (which surely is intended to imply familiarity or intimacy ) in front of me when it is not the name I use. Madeleine McCann's family have made several statements in which they call their daughter Madeleine - why do people keep shortening it?
I am a new mumsnetter and this is my first message so please bear with meas I am finding this whole situation a little strange. I hesitate to post but the pedant finally escaped....

filthymindedvixen · 13/05/2007 19:27

(welcome to MN, pagwatch, and I agree but am not on this thread. You ain't seen me, roight?)

MaloryTowers · 13/05/2007 19:29

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glassslipper · 13/05/2007 19:33

I posted on another thread that I dont agree with the yellow ribbon in this case. I see ribbons as representing a cause and not a case.

I'm fully supportive of the whole situation, have sent on posters etc but I wont be getting into the ribbons.

ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 13/05/2007 19:34

Welcome Pagwatch. but sigh.. I didn't mean any offence, disrespect or anything negative at all by calling her Maddie.. and I seriously doubt anyone else did. And to be fair, if you never wanted to hear your daughter's name shortened, you should probably have given her name that couldn't be shortened. Like my parents did me. (And then people lengthened it!)

Not really the issue here though is it.

pagwatch · 13/05/2007 19:47

Hi
blimey (sigh?) everything really does seem to be taboo.
I wasn't commenting re any individual and I did head my comments that they are relatively trivial. I actually think the 'Maddie' thing comes from the incessant media use of it rather than 'real people'( sorry media people - you know what I mean). I think there are people ( like the ones who lengthen your name) that will always do something so not sure what I could have called her that would not have been altered. My friend has a girl called Sophie and I once heard her called Sof. My point was really one of respect - I just find it disconcerting when people use a less formal version as it almost sounds like they are using a nickname and nicknames imply intimacy. As the McCann family use Madeleine too perhaps it would be nice if we tried to.
Thats all I meant

Wolfgirl · 14/05/2007 14:56

Im really really really living every day in hope. But I want to ask you all something, but now am nervous of being scolded. I have some fears about her abductor (s) and want to ask some questions. Can I? without being snapped at etc?

madamez · 14/05/2007 15:02

Nope. COmpletely and utterly pointless and stupid.

Wolfgirl · 14/05/2007 15:06

Yes, Ive had second thoughts. Youre right, no point, and everything is on Ifs and Buts, all speculative. Sorry hun, people. sorry. x

Wolfgirl · 14/05/2007 15:06

..couldve done with the 'stupid' though LOL

NoNickname · 14/05/2007 15:08

Wolfgirl - I may be wrong but I think madamez was answering the OP.

Wolfgirl · 14/05/2007 15:09

well...even so, I guess if I just add my fears, it wont bring her back any sooner.

expatinscotland · 14/05/2007 15:10

i agree w/allgonebellyup Sun 13-May-07 14:04:27.

lots of people can't afford to live in a house with a front graden, or a house at all, much less with trees or bushes.

i hope she's found safe and sound, too, as all children who have gone missing.

madamez · 14/05/2007 20:45

Wolfgirl: just to clarify: I was answering the OP and referring to the yellow ribbons, rather than to you, as pointless and stupid.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 14/05/2007 20:54

Shiny....I would say with some degree of certainty that wannabe wouldnt have seen what she was wearing at all.

Wolfgirl · 14/05/2007 21:06

madamez OK hun, no worries; your comments came straight after mine, so easy mistake.

xx

MummyPenguin · 16/05/2007 13:00

I don't think there's anything wrong with wearing a yellow ribbon. It may not bring the little girl back, but it's just a nice gesture and shows that people are hoping for Madeleine's safe return and thinking about her. Gordon Brown wore one last week, even contestants on that Grease programme had them on at the weekend. My dc have worn them to school. We've made some at home. DD's teacher asked her for one, and I've had Mums asking me where I got mine.

Kathyis6incheshigh · 16/05/2007 13:01

"Gordon Brown wore one last week"

Does it make me a bitch if I view that with a degree of cynicism?

expatinscotland · 16/05/2007 13:02

No, Katy, it doesn't.

nailpolish · 16/05/2007 13:06

if i tied a ribbon to my front door how do i explain it to my children? my 2 yr old already recognises Madeleines face "mummy theres that little girl who's lost"

MummyPenguin · 16/05/2007 13:06

Why cynicism? What's wrong with him wearing one?

MummyPenguin · 16/05/2007 13:07

Well, at the end of the day it's a matter of personal choice. My kids are old enough to have a fairly accurate understanding of what's happened, but at 2 it will of course be harder to explain.

Kathyis6incheshigh · 16/05/2007 13:09

Well, deeply as one assumed he has been touched by this story (he knows what it's like to lose a child, of course) he has never seemed like the ribbon-wearing type so it does seem rather probable he is doing it for political expediency.

Talking of which I see on Teletext news that the McCanns are to meet John Prescott - and I can't seriously imagine that this is driven by their deep need at this precise moment to meet a politician

wannaBeWhateverIWannaBe · 16/05/2007 13:10

well Gordon Brown is hardly going to say "no I'm not prepared to do that" now is he. Wouldn't exactly endear him to the public now would it.

MummyPenguin · 16/05/2007 13:15

Perhaps he just thought, as some people do, that it's just a nice gesture, and as someone else said, he knows what it is like to lose a child so cam empathise with them to some degree. It's just a symbol of hope, and everyone's hoping for her safe return.