Come on MN, it might be a troll but it showed the wonder or MN

[Dinosauria]

The trans rights thread in Talk. Why delete it, it was within guidelines and a brilliant retort to an obvious troll.

We are now the Knights who say "Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing, z'nourrrwringnmmm". Ni

Talk of trolls always reminds me of when DD was little. Approaching the old Forth bridge, I asked her to pass me some coins to pay the toll. She handed over the money from the parking stash between the seats, but then cowered in her seat.
I paid the chap in the booth and pulled away, whereupon DD said in awed tones “Mummy, was that the troll?”
The poor child had misheard and thought it was a troll bridge, as in the Billy Goats Gruff!

@MichaelMumsnet

Sorry all (and apols if some excellent poetry was lost). We took the thread down because it looked like the OP was trolling the site - and we really prefer not to give trolls the airtime.

Couldn't you just leave the post there and hide the first post?

I mean, other threads have more holes than a pair of nylon tights, so it wouldn't be unprecedented, would it?

Oh bring it back pleeeease. There are loads of obvious troll threads in Classics,why not this one @MNHQ?
Could there be a separate section on MN entirely dedicated to troll threads that do no harm?

Aww, I missed it.

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing

It was a...

Lovely bit of squirrel.

@PenguindreamsofDraco

Oh bring it back pleeeease. There are loads of obvious troll threads in Classics,why not this one *@MNHQ*? Could there be a separate section on MN entirely dedicated to troll threads that do no harm?

Yeah

First, do no harm.

Could there be a separate section on MN entirely dedicated to troll threads that do no harm?

Oh that board would take over AIBU.
And what would MNHQ find?
That the best traffic on the site is indeed because of trolls.

@PurgatoryOfPotholes

We were on a break!

Have a kitkat

Gone and bloody missed all the fun again 😫

@PenguindreamsofDraco

Oh bring it back pleeeease. There are loads of obvious troll threads in Classics,why not this one *@MNHQ*? Could there be a separate section on MN entirely dedicated to troll threads that do no harm?

That sounds great, it could be called Believe it or not, or something.

@MichaelMumsnet

Sorry all (and apols if some excellent poetry was lost). We took the thread down because it looked like the OP was trolling the site - and we really prefer not to give trolls the airtime.

But you know, you could have just deleted the OP's posts and let the thread stand. It's been done before - I've seen it!

That was a fun thread.
It should have stayed up, but then again nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money... but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you bring back that thread now, that will be the end of it - I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you... and I will ….

Hasta la vista baby.

Get to tha choppa

Gone and never called me mother😞

The OP in that thread posted twice. There's absolutely no reason their posts couldn't have been deleted and the rest left to stand. It was a thing of great beauty.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing.

One of the loveliest openings of any children's books I know.

Yes absolutely. And followed by that wonderful picnic with Ratty, with its fabulous list of ingredients.

@NoThankYouSaurus

The OP in that thread posted twice. There's absolutely no reason their posts couldn't have been deleted and the rest left to stand. It was a thing of great beauty.

I didn't think there was anything particularly objectionable about either of their posts anyway.

@Babdoc

Talk of trolls always reminds me of when DD was little. Approaching the old Forth bridge, I asked her to pass me some coins to pay the toll. She handed over the money from the parking stash between the seats, but then cowered in her seat. I paid the chap in the booth and pulled away, whereupon DD said in awed tones “Mummy, was that the troll?” The poor child had misheard and thought it was a troll bridge, as in the Billy Goats Gruff!

Fantastic.

No, you are right, Errol, they were pretty innocuous.

I was enjoying that thread immensely. And marvelling at the number of posters who evidently like the same songs and films (and TV and radio programmes) that I do.

Oh I missed it 😩

'Twas a thing of beauty and a joy for ... um a couple of hours? Or however long it was left.

I also enjoyed identifying the quotations. Lots of MNers demonstrating great taste.

Go on, put it back MNHQ, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on...