Classic threads archive

[turquoise]

Just a thought - if you're going to be 'retiring' chat threads from now on, can we have a little section of golden oldies saved? It would be tragic to lose the grapes or tablecloth woman, and I've been looking fruitlessly (saddo I know) for the blind date in the bluebell woods thread since someone reminded me of it yesterday. Any chance? Maybe a few favourites stored somewhere?
Anyone else got special favourites?
My vote also goes to:
"Am I dirty"
"Leaking after bath"

Is the bluebell wood one gone for ever?

[Snugs]

the clothes to bed thread although you wouldn't expect it from the title!

[LittleRedRidingHood]

What was the strawberry thread - Can anyone do a link?

[jangly]

here

[jangly]

and here! part 2

[SleepyJess]

PML just read the Brians one.. going on to the others. But PLEASE give me the gist of some the withdrawn messages!!! Were they full of profanity??!! (Mostly by ks.. one by Robin somebody...)

SJ x

("Stuff a Pampers care mat down your gusset... LOLOL! )

[SleepyJess]

Hahahahahahaha!!! Clothes-to-bed thread.. .. see what you mean! What on earth did Twinkie say??! I am obsessed with removed postings on amusing threads! Can anyone remember?

(onto the next thread,... towels I think.. I getting a potted history of MN here.. )

[Marina]

Sometimes posters needed all their postings withdrawn at various times for various, good reasons. Even way back then Tech could only really manage this with a scorched earth approach, hence some perfectly harmless, often amusing posts having to go too.
Mind you, there could well also have been profanity and dissent there in places

[flamesparrow]

This is great... enjoying all these oodles, but neeeed to get stuff done so I have saved my remaining ones to faves...

[SleepyJess]

I'm confused with the Strawberry threads.. is there a happy ending? it took me a while to realise I was reading backwards as the threads are flipped.. d'oh! Did Skie's DD get a suitable Stawberry back???? WHAT HAPPENED??! It ends abruptly on 5th Feb 2004!!

[marthamoo]

Oooh more more! I have to go and cook the dinner now (damn demanding family requiring sustenance...grrrr) but I will be back later to peruse at my leisure.

Lakeland have discontinued my lovely towels now...

[jangly]

For more on Strawberry, put "Skie" in as author's name in archives Search. Emmatmg provided the replacement. There are follow up threads.

[SleepyJess]

I tried that.. I am in such a mess.. have a million MN windows open... arrghhhh!

[jangly]

SleepyJess - LOL

[jangly]

Oh I remember! She found it behind the washing machine! (Skie that is) Emma's was a b it new looking. Think that's right.

[Twiglett]

You have to save the 'Please don't post on THIS thread' thread .. you just have to

after all it is responsible for my favourite ever mumsnet advice

paraphrasing it was something like:
"if you have a problem with a post just email [email protected]"

[tamum]

Ooh yes, another vote for that one Twiglett I might even go and read it again.... how many times were people asked to remember the MN philosophy????

[jangly]

This sounds silly, but I think Beetroot's recent thread about her guinea pigs was a bit of a classic. It showed a lot of caring - sort of, mumsnetters helping another person through a situation in real time.

[tech]

Hello, just to set your mind at rest - "retired" threads won't disappear and you'll still be able to search for them - you just won't be able to add new messages and revive them.....

[Toothache]

OMG I just re-read the Brians thread and I'm laughing so much I've had to take my Inhaler!!!!!

wheeeeeeze

[turquoise]

Hurray found it:
bluebell woods man

[redsky]

Nobody has yet mentioned elastic - all 34 metres of it????

[Toothache]

Holy fu** ....that was funny!!!!!!!!! How did I miss that?