Bunting? the Bull? An Eggmobile? Other Ambridge crime-scenes? Potential emoticon?

[PresidentOliviaMumsnet]

Have C&P Dad's "vote" count on the POTENTIAL emoticon, don't want to hijack another thread but wondered what the thoughts were?

A Tom Archer Sausage maybe?

bull (or Bull pub sign)
cheese (blue)
pitchfork
badger
manure
wicker Knob
scotch egg
bridge over Am
sheaf (corn etc)
vampire Rob (Plarcher)
pig
bow and arrow
spreading oak
sausages / chipolata_
casserole
mini-Anneka-action...
bananas
tractor
scythe
bunting_

I go for bull (even though), bunting and pitchfork.

cutted - did you click on this thread from the link in my post in the other thread? Because I added this thread to my watch list, that flag is in the hyperlink meaning it should add it to anyone else's watch list when they click. (Sorry, wasn't deliberate on my part)

Anyway, some of the recent comments on the other thread suggest to me that a pub / pub-sign emoticon celebrating or encouraging harmony and community spirit would be useful.

But surely it could be offensive to those who choose not to go to pubs

I think if you are someone who finds mere references to pubs offensive then much of MN is going to leave you in a state of shock.

Pub sign please

Can we have negative-votes, Mr Returning Officer? I don't want TA represented by Knobishness, especially because he is (I hope) a transitory character. I'm also not keen on TA being represented by Kenton, though I suppose he is only currently at The Bull and it will be there long after he has gone.

If we are going bovine then I would like a cow emoticon, rather than a bull, to denote someone acting as a CowPat - unbelievable, not thinking straight, out of character.

But I still like bunting best.

Oh I like the idea of a CowPat. A big steaming one

What about a target? Encapsulates bull(seye) and archery. Could be used across the boards as a sort of approving "Yes! Bullseye!" comment.

Also - speaking as a graphic designer - quite easy to make a small emoticon of it. Nice and round.

That's neat Margie. But D^3 only accepts assertive suggestions, not meek and tentative ones. So, on your behalf:

I propose an archery target, as outlined by Margie.

I think I am currently supporting about four different designs. This meaningful artistry stuff is tricky. I so empathise with Lynda.

Oh God, you're right! So hard not to be apologetic for one's very being.

I propose a target! Thanks R4 for your support

As 3^D is currently sitting in the naughty corner having a sulk I suggest that we have a [milk bottle] in recognition of his work as milk monitor and statistician to TA threads

I'm not sulking, but since this thread started I've given up trying to record votes, as I think it's kind of reached committee stage, and it's up to the President to take forward our recommendations. It feels to me like the possibilities with some broad support are:

• Bull / Bull sign which has kind of morphed into a suggestion of a general pub / pub sign.
• Bunting
• Vampire / Plarcher Rob

I note pitchfork, tractor and manure have their supporters.

A target (bull's-eye / archer pun) is very clever - does it trump (see what I did there?) all other ideas?

OK 3^D I didn't get as far as the Hokey Cokey.

Now I have I take the sulking remark back

Yes Dx3 I did but that's still weird!

shoes - don't worry about it. I'll take this opportunity to point out one minor niggle: I think my name is better abbreviated D3 (as that mathematically is DDD) rather than 3D. But, don't worry, I answer to pretty much anything with a 3 and a D in!

R4

OK D^3 and you can call me red.

Is it too late for another suggestion ? I've just been thinking [gate]

like yellow 2 towel gate which is happening on the main thread, or for when any issue develops a life of its own, and overtakes any normal conversation

OK, red, glad to be on first-name terms.

I suspect that it is getting late for new suggestions. And after all this, we still don't know if we are even getting an emoticon - not "POTENTIAL" in Olivia's OP. How are new emoticons created - is there a large library out there, or do MNHQ have someone artistic who knocks them up for them.

I'd never have guessed you were an actuary D^3

*"note" rather than "not"

Ah, but Kr1stina, what's your sample size? How many actuaries have you met or are you basing your expectations on a stereotype?

Of course it's based in a stereotype ! Don't be silly

This is you, right ?