Clicked on join accidentally...

[LagomOchLyckaSwede]

To log in (I've got fat fingers and am on my IPad) and it says MN aren't accepting any new registrations?

Sorry, also saw a thread in chat about the same thing so it wasn't just me. I logged in afterwards (obviously).

I think they've bolted the doors for a bit because of the recent media coverage. It tends to result in lots of trolls joining up to be tosspots.

So we've got a lock in.

Mwhahaha - yes you're all locked in.

Not really

I joined yesterday (long, long time lurker) so it seems you have a new one among you

I'm not a troll though

woo hoo! mine is a large G&T if dd and I ever get out of this hospital

So ....... we're locked in, but they're locked out?
Sounds fine to me

Ooohhh, a lock-in

Oooh i like a good lock in, someone draw the curtains!

Cool. Does this mean if they aren't letting anyone in no one can get out? Have they disabled the big bad banning finger? Can I misbehave nd not get sent away?

Cool

Can I put the jukebox on?

What is all this lock-in stuff that we hear of?

No lock-ins, we promise...

Helen, from upthread :

RebeccaMumsnet (MNHQ) Thu 11-Apr-13 10:18:03
Mwhahaha - yes you're all locked in.

Yeah ..... it's an MNHQ authorised lock-in

I love a lock in.

Who is going out for the kebabs?

@FruOla

Helen, from upthread :

RebeccaMumsnet (MNHQ) Thu 11-Apr-13 10:18:03
Mwhahaha - yes you're all locked in.

Yeah ..... it's an MNHQ authorised lock-in

Typical. She never invites me

oooh a lock in... can we smoke..?!

Is it like Sean of the Dead? Are we in The Winchester?

Aw, HelenMNHQ, please stay with us - never mind that Rebecca not inviting you [humph]

We're in a 'virtual Winchester/White Hart', we have a jukebox, kebabs, gin and tonics, wine, cigs (yes, Badgers, I smoke too!), Doritos and dips ..... and a Mariachi band to keep us entertained during the lock-in.

ooh ta. I'll bum a cig. I've quit but I don't think virtual smokes count.

Such, such fond memories of the lock ins.

You knew you'd made it when the landlord would lock up with you still in there.

I remember the mornings after the lock-ins better than the lock-ins themselves. (Except someone always put 'Pearl's a bloody singer' on the jukebox; grrrrr, if I never hear that song again it'll be too soon.)

I was never with the cool gang, never part of a lock-in, until now
thanks MNHQ

I was once locked in school (the whole school was) in a snowstorm thingamajig. Slept there overnight until it got cleared in the morning. The teachers borrowed cigarettes of all of us sixth formers and then shared a drink with all of us (the younger ones didn't get a look in, obvs). Not the best example but the lock in was great!

Oh, but I quit so I can't smoke now...Jaffa cakes only

You don't have lock ins nowadays with the bloomin liberal licensing laws. I love a decent lock in. Haven't had one for years. Count me in!

You need to live round here where most of the pubs are only licenced until midnight, tigerdriver. We have lock-ins (but don't tell....)

Well, tbh the other thing is that I'm a bit old for lock ins. I like to be settled down with a peppermint tea and a good crime novel by about 11.

Cue Mary Hopkins: those were the days.....