Now I want a grammar thread

Not insulting and a suitable riposte to what had gone before.

elegran has given the correct interpretation.

Call me a liar if you dare.

ALL of you, including those at HQ. Bloody ridiculous fuss.

And I started THIS thread as a way of taking the ridiculous fuss in my stride and being amused about it. I'm not amused any more. It takes quite a lot to make me .

Perhaps it would have been better not to start this thread, as there didn't seem to be any sort of ridiculous fuss beforehand.

You called her posts stupid. No matter how you wrap it up.

God save the queen isn't a statement. If it was, it would be God saves the queen. It is a wish: may God save the queen; or conceivably a command (imperative) God! Save the queen! (tongue in cheek smiley).

It's an order!

No, jingle, I said that even IF I thought what she said stupid, I would not be offended. IF is the important word. Call that wrapping if you like but it is not equal to "what you said is stupid" however you wrap it up.

In addition, in discussion it is perfectly in order (the rules of debate) to say that you think an opinion is stupid or wrong or whatever. And that is not equal to saying the person is stupid.

I do not agree with the people who want to vote for Scottish independence. I disagree with their view on that issue. That doesn't mean I can't get along with them about other things or that I think them stupid in general.

The same applies on gransnet.

I can't even remember why I was supposed to find some posts offensive. The point is, I didn't, and that's what I said. I said I wasn't offended and wouldn't be whatever she said. It then seems that she took offence at that.

Logic requires me to shrug at this point.

Why is it OK for one member to use terms like "balderdash" and "gullible"about another member's views and indeed about another member, but to take the huff when her own opinion is described as "stupid"?
Absolute balderdash. Don't be so gullible Niggly and don't believe a word of it Jane has made these allegations before and never came up with any facts to back them up.

Sauce for the goose? Just saying.

Best to draw a veil over the whole business?

What an unpleasant thread.

Perhaps we need a kindness thread rather than a grammar thread. We're never too old.

Correction "IF it had been stupid"

I'm still not sure why this thread was started, and for whose benefit.

Still, it seems to have served its purpose - bags is vindicated and aka is the villain of the piece...

Don't bother having a go at me, I've said all I'm going to.

Phrases like tart old fool come to mind as well - the whiff of hypocrisy is in the air - again!!

Nail on head Ana

Think I'll toddle off for a while, this is not a nice place right now.

Good heavens! This reads like something put of "Waiting for Godot."
Particularly if you do not know what went before.

Good heavens! This reads like something put of "Waiting for Godot."
Particularly if you do not know what went before.

Go away and come back tomorrow, Nelliemoser The smoke may have cleared by then, and the fire may have died down.

Posted too soon what I wanted to add was.
Why is this now posting vertically the world has gone mad!

Storm, teacup, comes to mind.

Or even mountain, molehill.

pot/kettle?

Full moon