MN news blackout enthusiasts out-freak their enemies.

[Spidermama]

I came on for a bit of MNing and unwinding after a hard days work and what do I find?

Barely an adult conversation in sight.

This is ridiculous. I'm on no-one's side and nor do I need to join a strike.

Thank God for Facebook.

Yes, do agree, Spidermama - there's a bit of a competition to impress the cool kids in the playground atm.

The irony is that the protesters are spending far more energy on the subject than the people they're objecting to.

They need to wise TF up and go and join or start some proper threads.

Whilst initially I found it amusing, it is just the tiniest bit silly isn't it...

Spidermama - I came on for a bit of MNing and unwinding after a hard days work as well and I'm so glad Cod started her thread because every now and then it's good to unwind in a slightly daft, mad way.

HMC - I think silly's the name of the game??

this is the first fun I've had on mn for days.

any thread people want to chat on will go to the top of active convos and that includes your adult conversations. Surely there's room for everyone.

I have come on late tonight and I am confused... I don't have a clue whats going on...something about a strike...lots of threads about 'MN' in "In the News" whcih don't seem to be about news...my little brain is confused

I think it demonstrates that there are more people who don't want to read lurid details or discuss Sky gossip-mongering than not, which is heartening.

(posted by Hunker, as VVV, because I can't be arsed to get unbanned)

Hey, who are you on facebook, spidermama? I'm there under my Real Name, confusingly enough ...

Hunker - are you cheating again

true, but I think the point has been very eloquently made already re disgust with the McCann threads ...

I do think this is a tad overkill (albeit some of the threads very witty) and makes us look a little obsessive

But carry on by all means - I don't feel strongly about it

I think there were quite a surprising number of people who were/are ready to stop posting, this is an alternative.

I think I had to be there to find all this funny, just came on and feeling left out, twattish, irate. But as long as you are all enjoying yourselves.

Well said, Spidermama. I came to Mumnet and few months ago and have found it an invaluable parenting resource.

Over the last few days there have been loads of unanswered threads with folks really needing some advice/support, and everyone is too busy to help out. Last night one young poster was dealing with a mc and had only a few responses.

Glad you are all having fun on the strike thread, but Mumsnet's reputation as an 'on-line' hug seems to have gone off the boil tonight!!!!

Like Spidermama I am in favour of going back to proper threads. Lots of these 'in' threads seems quite cliquey to me, cleaving Mumsnet users down the middle (although I know middle is debatable). Is this really what we want?

A request for a return to normality

Same here Clueless Nacho...if you had been here from teh start I can see how it might be funny...but I am confused...I am mentally exhausted anyway...I think my bed is in order...

Mumsnet, even!

An 'on-line hug'??? I think that was net mums.

I thought the we were a vipers nest (or was it a nest of vipers?)

Its just a larf fgs.

Still, doncha think the hug sounds nicer?!?!

VVVVVVVQ, you know that person who laughs very loudly and for far too long after a decent joke....?

That's you lot, that is.

Spidermama, you are on a roll!

Oh no online hug is barf city. Reminds me of tickers.

Aw, I quite liked having to refresh my knowledge of prominent members of the labour movement.