Open letter to all Gners

I need to log orf. Have said my piece. Hope that normal service will be resumed before I log on again.

your so right jinglbellsfrock it is a snotty email gnhq send out...( had a few in my time) and most of the time its so petty what people report you for...whats happened to free speech?!

also if the thread was that bad why is it still there?

I'm not sure what a "normal" GN is Af but as a group I would hope we could all be accepting of each others' turns of phrase. Why would someone be unpleasant enough to report something so very innocuous?

bellanonna no worries!

Oh Boy I am humbled by the response, I seemed to have stirred a hornets nest, a good one, you guys are the heart of GN and your voices need to be heard more often.

Speaking of Obh Boy, time for ukulele club where we will certainly be singing that. Later xxx

GandTea, I was so cross that I have eaten a whole bag of 'Percy Pigs' whilst trying to calm down.

Auntieflo

pompa I didn't know you are GandTea, whom I think of as an informed and amusing poster - and edgy with it. A great mix, and it would be such a pity if you were to leave.
Do hang around. That report will be yesterday's news soon enough, the threads will move on. Please don't let it move you on, too!

Ahh - I see that you may indeed stay around. Great.

I am and always have been a staunch supporter of Gransnet. I enjoy the challenge of coming across views different from my own, the humour, the kindness, the wealth of experience and the openness of debate and other interactions. I am deeply dismayed that a thread, so patently started without malice, but with a deliberately eye catching title, has been reported by someone and that Gransnet HQ has responded by censuring Pompa/*GandTea*, rather than telling the person who reported it that the content of the post was evidently innocuous and humorous and no action need be taken.
GandTea - stay, please.

C'était sûrement un escargot qui en était coupable? ????

Oh Indinana ! VERY well put !

GandTea perhaps they've got a new mod? pressure from ..... I'd better not say, but someone in the govt?
But very annoying to be rebuked, especially at our age!
ps don't go from me too.

Alea. A slug, surely ?

(Definition of a slug? A homeles snail)
Would a British ?????? slug make such a fuss?
Never!! Not ⚾️ dontcha know.

And the reply from GN is? . . . . . .

It seems they're all in thrall to the strident PC brigade...

I really hope the slug/escargot/whatever is reading this thread.

Whoever you are, I hope you're SERIOUSLY EMBARRASSED. In fact, I hope you're embarrassed enough to leave GN forthwith because I think you can see from all the support that Pompa/GandTea has that it should definitely not be him that leaves. It should be you. You are not wanted here. Get that into your head and go. Now.

Alea

Pompa only the other day I was wondering if you were on holiday or even worse not feeling well.
I hadn't realised that you had been Re-Born
Don't let the B******'s wear you down!
( I know should be Latin but I can't spell it !)

Pompa or if you now prefer GandTea
Just had look on your very funny thread ,there is a post from GNHQ who also say they think its very amusing!

We'll blow me down with a damp feather!! I had no idea your Alta ego was Gandtea Pompa !!

But you make a great team!!

I will be sad to see you go because some self righteous Billy no mates reported you for an infraction of their own personal rules!!

There are some people on here with their heads so far up their own bums they must spend the day bumping into things

Hmmmmm can I say 'bums' ?

Anyway, stay ... Be a thorn in their sides !! That could be your new job title !! ???

Don't leave!! I didn't read the "offending" thread (I'm not a gardener - I can even kill ivy!), I have now read through it and have found nothing that could be deemed offensive. Your posts are always informative and good humoured. I agree with Indinana, the person/people who took offence should contact you and apologise, as should GNHQ. Please Stay!!

What a fuss. As some of you have realised I am quite happy to report something that I feel is outwith the GN rules - that is what the moderators ask us to do. I am also very happy to explain, if it seems worthwhile, why I have. Don't shout at me; I didn't report this but I can see why someone has and, as It is GNHQs job to keep the forum going on the right lines I think they should be supported and a little thought go into why they might have sent and email (they don't seem to have done anything else).

I saw the title and didn't even read the thread but just sighed and thought "not on here too"; perhaps someone did the same but thought it should be reported as outside what GN stands for. What did GNHQ say was their reason for contacting you? I would say GandTea/Pompa (why two names?) that, as so many people think the post was funny your comedic skills did not extend to timing. Some of the UK and GN in particular are like a tinder box at the moment and sooooo many people get upset very easily. I wonder why you didn't realise that your title (I have been told about contentious titles in the past) would get the reaction it did.

I don't really know what this is all about but I have read many of your posts on here. I enjoy your humour and insight. Don't go I value your contribution. We need you