Wife and her 40th birthday thread deleted

[reducemug]

It was clearly a troll on the wind up from the original post and contents. Why was it allowed to rumble on for 2 days and then be deleted?

I'd like to know this too.

It was clearly made up (but I still want to know which island they went to).

Me too. 3 planes and no idea where she was going 😂

It's no wonder trolls love this place.

Morning @reducemug. We've had a look back at this thread.

Without giving too much away in case there are trolls lurking here, too, it's not always immediately obvious that someone is spinning a yarn. We like to have satisified ourselves with a bit of evidence if we can, which sometimes takes a little while to become obvious and that was the case here.

We do see that it's irritating when something just sounds incredibly unlikely and then it takes a couple of days for the truth to out but we are regularly surprised by the truth being stranger than fiction in this job so if possible we like to wait until we have something a little more concrete to go on before we chase someone off the site.

Obviously if it's a thread that's extremely upsetting for others reading, we tend to err on the side of caution and zap first and ask questions later. Hope that explains our thinking a bit more.

KITES! I was about to start a thread in holidays to plan our trip to the IOW.

'78!

I'm in. Pack your gown, we'll wear them to Black Gang Chine. I assume there's first class seating on the Portsmouth ferry?

We can stop at a car yard when we get there for a rental. Nothing too small.

Fucking car yard. It still makes me laugh, like properly our loud laugh.

How do we find Mrs P whatserface? And the others? Tomboline? Miss irritated? @Bigbuttons?

Here are a map of all the bunkers of IOW.

https://www.subbrit.org.uk/locations/isle-of-wight/

@MrsSamR ??

THAT'S THE BADGER!

I am obviously on this here thread in my other, more serious name. Yesitsbess is my cloak for when I want to be utterly ridiculous.

@HebeMumsnet can we have the thread back in like...a cage? So it doesn't show up anymore and nobody new can join but we can still make jokes? There were some belters on that thread.

Splendid work old Sport. A pint at each and back to the Pearl for bedtime.

I'd love to have it back. On reflection it was fucking genius trolling and I'm sad it's gone.

It had everything. Hells bells it had everything.

I was using it like a mystery game whilst occasionally coughing myself half to death.

I've spilt my guts and you've quartered me!

That fucking ended me that did. Some of the lines were genius.

No hair off my back nearly killed me.

Ah! We will also need @Autumncrow I think I have that right.

Hey! I so wanted to find you all! Today on the radio I heard talking heads road to nowhere . The lyrics were perfect for that thread/ I laughed out loud.😂

BUTTONS! I got to your Poirot at the fireplace bit, went for a shower and everything vanished.

You're here. HURRAH!

Sorry, what’s the badger? And why is it the badger? Is it a Harry hill thing?

Urg- nooo/- once in a lifetime not road to nowhere.
‘You may ask yourself, "What is that beautiful house?"
You may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?"
And you may ask yourself, "Am I right, am I wrong?"
And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?"
and you might also find yourself at the shell of a large automobile.
I feel a bit bereft- I want it back🤫

@BenWeatherstaff it's something my best friend says and I've adopted it.

😂😂😂

And you may ask yourself well- how did I get here😂

Not going to find yourself on Safari in Africa with a pair of diamond drop earrings TO BOOT though are you?

We will add this to the playlist for the IOW bunker tour though.

@BigButtons did you ever manage to move house in the end?

Yes! Let’s have a playlist!