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I blame the summer heat!

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jollyg Mon 06-Jul-15 11:13:28

I do pop in occasionally, and WOW how do some folk get wound up.

We all look forward to some sun, warm weather, but on some threads it appears to me some posters are downright nasty.

Addled brains ,or too much Pimms.

Enjoy the weather whilst it lasts, winter is coming soon.

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 06-Jul-15 11:21:40

Look to yourself Mrs/Mr. You sound lovely!

Shall we lay some bets as to how long this thread will run? I'd give it 'foive' (minutes that is)!

harrigran Mon 06-Jul-15 11:22:02

Enjoy your monologue.

jollyg Mon 06-Jul-15 11:36:24

A monologue is a speech delivered by one person, or a long one-sided conversation that makes you want to pull your hair out from boredom. The Greek root word monologos translates to “speaking alone,” and that's a monologue: one person doing all the talking.

WIKI

HappyNan1 Mon 06-Jul-15 11:52:29

Go and have abrewand acupcake you sound so cross.

Alea Mon 06-Jul-15 12:03:17

Yep, that's the one!

Jane10 Mon 06-Jul-15 12:07:28

JollyG isn't wrong! Some of the tit for tat arguing going on in some of the threads is astounding. I like an argument at times but things are getting really nasty.

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 06-Jul-15 14:47:55

We so need a halo emoti for our angelic posters.

petallus Mon 06-Jul-15 14:48:39

jollyg is right. Things have been some posts have been really nasty in the last few days.

I would say bullying/scapegoating has been going on except that I have been assured on many occasions that this never happens on GN grin

rosesarered Mon 06-Jul-15 14:56:05

Is this yet another thread about a thread? hmm

Atqui Mon 06-Jul-15 15:16:29

If people are going to write threads about threads , could they please make reference to the offending post so that those of us who haven't read the original post know what's going on ?( Even if we should tell ourselves that it's a ridiculous waste of time , and that we should be doing something more worthwhile than reading them) !

Nonnie Mon 06-Jul-15 15:17:13

Actually Petallus Gn is mild compared to when I joined!!

petallus Mon 06-Jul-15 15:36:42

Nonnie I remember it well!

Nonnie Mon 06-Jul-15 15:50:33

petallus grin

Anya Mon 06-Jul-15 16:09:05

Indeed Nonnie wink

Ana Mon 06-Jul-15 16:12:33

I agree!

Jane10 Mon 06-Jul-15 16:15:19

So that's OK then is it?

merlotgran Mon 06-Jul-15 16:18:13

My tin hat and riot gear hasn't had an airing for quite a while. grin

rosesarered Mon 06-Jul-15 16:40:17

I had to borrow a tin hat a while ago!grin

petallus Mon 06-Jul-15 16:42:16

No it's not okay at all Jane10. Far from it.

kittylester Mon 06-Jul-15 17:05:34

Surely, it's not GN that is bad/nasty/getting worse it's the people on it! There have always been people who have been capable of being 'nasty' but I don't remember anyone being as unem/sym/pathetic previously in the good old days!

Teetime Mon 06-Jul-15 17:07:22

I always miss the 'good' bits - whose been nasty about what?

HappyNan1 Mon 06-Jul-15 17:19:25

Me too teetime

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 06-Jul-15 17:23:06

Well if you are getting at me kittylester, I have put my point of view across on the 'dilemma' thread, and if goes against the grain, well, at least it's honest. What is the point anyone describing a problem in a thread if all they want are answers in accordance with how they already see the big picture?

I hate these veiled remarks. So cowardly. hmm

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 06-Jul-15 17:24:29

You are just not allowed to see any other point of view than that of the majority, on here.

Ridiculous.