To object to inane 'banter' on serious threads?

I don't know how to take that stansgran . I've decided to be . Thank you.

Agree with Moved.

Women are very good [men can't do this] at moving a conversation away from something potentially hurtful/embarrassing for the sake of the people involved in that conversation. However, on a lot of threads the diversion can be used to undermine a previous post. Being an internet forum it's often difficult to know which is which, but one tends to use one's own perception of the person doing it. And, without facial expressions etc it's not always easy to make that call. Best to give the benefit of the doubt if possible [but not always possible].

Is it just me who's totally confused now? And gave up caring God knows how long ago?

If you don't like the way a post is going you have 2 choices, try to bring it back to the OP or go away, simples.

as pimples . Move.

Nonu

Or join in the diversion

Hey i make that 3 choices .

& can"t resist him .

Not the most attractive dragon on the planet though .

Happy St George's Day to all English Gransnetters.

I put that on the wrong thread...!

Yes! Or, in answer to the OP, more accurately no!

Marelli And to all the Scottish, Welsh, and Irish ones too.

(Don't knock the dragon. He's becoming a pet.) #gettingveryfond

What's his name?

Fred

Fiery Fred!

Good, that does for male, female or hermaphrodite (just realised I was making an assumption with 'his').

Who or what is Montalbano? Please!

AriadneMontalbano is a series of detective stories by Andrea Camilleri. Only about ten have been translated into English. He is about 83 and written about as many books as he has years. They have been filmed and been on BBC with sub titles. A new series has started on Italian TV. The star appeals to women,s of Gransnet age fantasies.

In a word...dishy!

Can't make assumptions, Bags some sensitive person might be offended.

A friend of OH's rang merecently to see how I was getting on. He told that he had been at some do or other, and got talking to a stranger who said his partner was busy and could not come. When he asked politely what she (partner) did, the bloke went ballistic at him for assuming that his partner was female.

My answer would have been that statisticaly it would have been more likely to be right than wrong.

When he got home he started thinking seriously about this fracas, and decided that the word "partner" was the trouble, it was not specific enough. So he invented two words to solve the problem "gartner" for a gay partner, and "lartner" for a lesbian one, and is trying to get these adopted. He even wrote to a bishop friend asking him to help. The letter included a humorous aside that you could also replace "spouse with "gouse" or "louse" so I don't think the bishop took it all that seriously.

That tickled my silly sense of humour, Elegran

I love the way this thread has deteriorated meandered!

elegran I just LOL in the office! That is so funny.