DO NOT BE ALARMED. Mumsnet is going to be offline for a few hours SATURDAY OCTOBER 11

[RowanMumsnet]

Hello everyone,

We're very sorry, but Mumsnet is going to be offline THIS COMING SATURDAY, October 11, from 6am(ish) to 2pm(ish) while Tech undertakes some essential maintenance. We're leaving our creaky old data home for a whizzy new high-tech place, and we need to move the furniture. (MNHQ itself isn't moving - we couldn't cope with that )

But! We've no intention of leaving you high and dry. If it's too early on a Saturday to think about facing real life, fear not. We've plumbed the archive and pulled together a selection of 25 of the finest threads in Mumsnet's history, and we'll be putting those on a holding page while we're offline. The long winter evenings morning will just fly by!

Very sorry for the inconvenience but we're afraid this one's unavoidable.

Strength and honour
MNHQ

Oooh pleeease can we have the Gsnet smilies...look at that cupcake,sun n moon...aw! Gwan!

I missed their smilies, was just off to inspect them when I had to go out. I shall loiter over there for a minute and see...

Can we have a badge which says "I survived the Great MN Blackout of 2014" then, in the merchandise?

Enjoyed reading the wedding suggestions thread - very funny.

Took me all day to read the RAOK thread and I have got nothing done!! good thread though and I was reading and thought Oooh, that sounds like what happened to me! and it was my own post!!

Their emoticons are nicer !!!!!!!!

I read the 50 shades of MN thread and am now getting served 50SoG underwear ads!!

Harumph!

The Weetabix was a corker though, even though I read it at the time.

Yonic

would you link these threads of hilarity pls? I need entertainment when up bf Baby Zing.

MNHQ put special linkies on their holding page. Think they were all from Classics, let me check..

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/636548-A-plate-has-fallen-down-the-back-of-the-loo

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1710241-Does-weetabix-have-a-right-way-up-DOES-WEETABIX-HAVE-A-RIGHT-WAY-UP

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1506733-50-Shades-of-Mumsnet-A-collaborative-book

Glad you enjoyed the freds - we did have fun finding them all

And we could mabee have a guest emotion from GN

Thanks GNHQ love from MNHQ

Yes I had to do actual stuff irl.

Can we have a link to the 25 please

They were all on the holding page which has thankfully been put to bed now, but we will see if we can dig them out and post them up for you, because we've had a quiet day

Can I just ask what you are supposed to do with a moon smiley?

I couldn't help noticing that the Gnet 'brew' has a dainty little teacup while we get a builders' mug. What exactly are you saying?

"Can I just ask what you are supposed to do with a moon smiley?"

Presumably it's for when someone is being an utter arse?

I don't know what we could use the moon smiley for or the sun, but they look cool and I have a sad life.

MNHQ when will the Halloween smileys go live.

But we've got

I never really know what the Tardis is for either tbh. It looks cute though .

(Well, with my name it is obligatory)

And thanks rebecca

Another fairly large site I go on (sorry MN, I have been putting myself about) said they were going down briefly for tech updates last week. Nearly a full day!!!

thank you thank you thank you! looking forward to tonight's bf sessions!

Well done! I wasted 3 hours this morning reading the "illustrious career' classic. My OH now thinks I should be sectioned due to me randomly LAUGHING OUT LOUD all day! Good work mnhq. Great way to manage an outage