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

Looking forward to seeing the MN Finest threads :o

I don't think that anyone has said that they'll be fumming yet?

Fenton

You are aware that NetMums have words with Justine when we visit them aren't you?

That's not bad of course.

That bad but is when Justine has words with us. I don't like bit. She too. Her is a lot scarier than Rowan and Olivia's.

I'm not scared of Justine [blase]

I assume a phone number for counselling is on offer during that time?

But we wouldn't be norty over on NM, we would be nice and chatty and witty, and then they would miss us when we disappeared as swiftly as we arrived.

Oh yes, I wasn't meaning a trolly invasion. A nice one with naice ham, and pom bears. Maybe some nice s?

But Bertie, we're not like them. We run free and naked of tickers with the freedom of speech and the right to swear. We can't just ride in on our wank badgers brandishing Pom bears.

We could all have sparkly tickets with a countdown to when mn is up and running again. It will be lovely

Tickers, not tickets!

Oh no, and I was planning on Saturday 11th as my big "flood MN with Ylvis day"- Now I have to reschedule.

Here is a taste:

QS - I luffs Ylvis! (far more than is healthy) and am free Sat, now I'm gutted about the MN downtime! Now I'll have to watch Work It and Mr Saxobeat all Sat on my own in protest (is it still a protest if I drool so much that I forget what I'm protesting and if my placard says Bard?)

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my DS has swimming on a Saturday morning, I'll have to actually watch him instead of just saying "fabulous!" when he asks me how he did (when I actually haven't got a clue as I was MNing on my phone)

Do you luff my ticker?

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How dare you!

Bertie

Definitely not talking to you anymore mnhq.

I will have forgotten all about this by Saturday morning.

And I don't know who is more worried about the prospect of me having to talk to my family - me or them!

Ooh Bertie that's luffly, Hun!

Do you espeshully like the background? I chose it pacifically to match my favourite going-out outfit.

Ok, FourWalls lets do a preview of truckers hitch then.

and just to be a tease:

(I am celebrating my 1 year Ylvis anniversary, you see!)