anyone else not get the virtual shops and bars?

[codswallop]

must the the kill joy in me
i cat prented to be in a bar really. just feel stoopid

why?

becasue they dont exist?
i cant talk to pepole about buying things when its all make believe

Really Coddy? - felt a bit like this reading through a few before, but dared to 'venture in' to one last week and dh was amazed at the amount of times I L'dOL. No problems with virtual alcohol and even better if there's a real large red in my hand!

nope, don't get them either - not ever tried though

I don't care that they don't exist. It's the chatting and having a laugh with people that I enjoy about going out for a drink any way and this is a great way to do that while I can't go out in RL. It did feel wierd at first and I remember coming off the pc telling a bemused dh that I had just been drinking in an imaginary bar with people who were miles away. He didn't understand it either but I think he is starting to get the idea of it. He has just joined mumsnet! I am a bad influence!!!

Hello Aero.

Are all fish miserable or is it just you??

I think its nice just to have somewhere to go and chat about not much in particular and nice for those of us that don't see the inside of a bar enough to get in some extra practice so we don't forget what to do when we finally get let out of the house!!!

and as for the yurt! ( eye rolling smiley)

I don't 'get' the shops, but I do like the bars. They work for me because they are an open chat thread, ie there is no subject heading so you can just go in a ramble .

ah WK maybe thats my problem - I have forgotten how to act in a bar!

I didn't even realise there were virtual shops on here, and I have no idea what the yurt is.

I have't tried the shops - don't 'get' it. Used to frequent the bars a lot - not so much now. Didn't really go for the Let's Pretend style though. Normally had real drink in hand, and just chatted to people, rather than ordering virual drinks, etc.

pmsl wk!

I think the bars are probably fun for the people participating. But they don't make for interesting lurking!

I think they're funny - but i can't type fast enough.

Have missed the virtual shops - where can I find one? They sound like a good idea - all the virtual shops I visit end up with an expensive 'add to basket' button!

Sorry about extra grin!

zubb - just shows you, if you'd been in virutal bars earlier that wouldn't have happened - let that be a lesson to you!!!

coddy - do you want me to do my mystical "I could explain but you wouldn't understand" bit??

I like the bars. I haven't been to one for a while, but they're great when there's nothing on tv and all my friends are out when I phone (paranoid thought, perhaps they're just screening because the don't want to talk to me) and I fancy having a chat just for the sake of chatting.

I'm surprised you don't like them coddy. You don't seem to have any problems with talking away about nothing at all .

hehehe
yes but its the pretend but I felel gauche at

bit

Kate/Blu - Here is a virtual shop, the Yurt shop.

Then don't pretend - have a real drink in hand.

OK then...

Maybe I'll stick to the bars.

We're just exercising our imaginations and wishing we could actually go out and get drunk/have some cake without putting on 4lbs/ sit in a tent and chat. None of us have been certified for it (yet) so it can't be doing any harm!!!

When you put it like that WK it sounds perfectly reasonable!