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mn thread cliches

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cod · 26/04/2005 14:03

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suzywong · 27/04/2005 15:13

no I win for using C

Titania · 27/04/2005 15:13

how can i be flattered about people ripping the piss out of me and my life.....

bundle · 27/04/2005 15:15

titania, if you choose to post things you won't necessarily "hear" what you want to..no one is taking the piss out of "you" specifically, it's about the way MN is, and a lot of it is directed back at the people posting as much as anyone. you have had a lot of kindness shown to you by many people on MN, please don't get things out of proportion.

suzywong · 27/04/2005 15:17

lots of people find gerbils condusive to comedy it's not just us

ggglimpopo · 27/04/2005 15:17

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Blu · 27/04/2005 15:18

Join in? Cos all that people were doing was ripping the piss out of themselves for the threads they start, enjoy and join in on. No-one used anything with ref to the feeling low or ttc or any topics like that - and it wasn't about YOUR loss of YOUR gerbil, but that even gerbils become the bread and butter of MN.

gingerbear · 27/04/2005 15:18

Surely this thread is about laughing at ourselves as mumsnetters and the things we frequently post about? There are over 400 posts here - not all of them about gerbils.

HappyDaddy · 27/04/2005 15:19

Ripping the piss out of you and your life? I don't think so. Are you forgetting the help that Mumsmetters have given you, recently? If you really expected help to look for a gerbil over the internet, you have greater faith in technology than me.

We didn't mean any harm, just lightening the mood.

ks · 27/04/2005 15:19

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JoolsToo · 27/04/2005 15:19

laugh and the world laughs with you ............

Blu · 27/04/2005 15:20

Buut T, I can see how you would feel a bit avalanched. But as ggglimpopo says, most people probably hadn't even read your thread - you know how things take on a life of their own on MN.

Anyway, I am sorry if you felt that it was personal to you, or getting at you.

suzywong · 27/04/2005 15:36

is this shame-faced obscurity for this thread then?

HappyDaddy · 27/04/2005 15:37

I hope not, it's my finest hour.

suzywong · 27/04/2005 15:38

is surely is HappyDaddy, it surely is

HappyDaddy · 27/04/2005 15:40

I might have to print and frame it.

Blu · 27/04/2005 15:41

Happy Daddy you made me shriek yesterday!

suzywong · 27/04/2005 15:41

does it mention you knocking one out in laybys? Just think you may want evidence of that to be not in writing

Marina · 27/04/2005 15:41

Sorry you were upset Titania . It is possible to have enjoyed this thread (and spotting one's own previous contributions being sent up) without having read your gerbil thread or seeing it as personal to anyone. I truly don't think you were a target.
HD, what were you all on. I nearly wet myself catching up this morning!

Enid · 27/04/2005 16:07

oh I thought T was getting into the spirit of the thread then:
"don't want to flounce but goodbye from me" ...my personal fave.

did anyone mention baby pasta?

Enid · 27/04/2005 16:09

did T lose a gerbil?

missed that.

Fio2 · 27/04/2005 16:10

honestly titania I think you should look at a career in actingxx

Enid · 27/04/2005 16:12

you lot are hilarious

can I just single out suzywong and marina for special attention and praise

FLUM · 27/04/2005 16:17

Gerbil found in pot of baby pasta! Will it still be safe to eat?

bundle · 27/04/2005 16:17

flum, what's the sell-by date?

FLUM · 27/04/2005 16:18

do gerbils have them?