To object to inane 'banter' on serious threads?

Fiery Fred!

Fred

What's his name?

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

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

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

I put that on the wrong thread...!

Happy St George's Day to all English Gransnetters.

Hey i make that 3 choices .

& can"t resist him .

Not the most attractive dragon on the planet though .

Or join in the diversion

Nonu

as pimples . Move.

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.

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

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].

Agree with Moved.

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

St George and his dragon are venerated in Ragusa( a place where Montalbano was filmed and at the risk of total meander the new series has started on Italian tv and Luca whatsit got married this summer)
Kittylester is almost always right in all her posts.

Having a foot in two camps, I'll raise a or a to my English ancestors - and descendants. Ten years ago, I was with a Ramblers group in a non-tourist part of Spain. The patron saint of the town, Caceres, is St George and there was a big pageant that night, showing the Saint fighting the Moors and finally throwing his spear at the dragon at which was the signal for a fine fireworks display. Now that's what I call a celebration! Come on England!

Perhaps it is not so much the changes in the threads but the motivation behing them?

I'm off now to check on the chickens HAPPY ST. GEORGE'S DAY.

Pity the dragon was not there 1 March for the Welsh grandparents!! I like it though. Rose needed today for the English ones.

Granny
Oh, go then... happy day to jings and all English GN's. Although I'm English, I've become a born-again Scot.

soop and kitty I am a meanderer I'm afraid. jo8 here's to

kitty...few things beat a cheerful, meandering conversation.

Hey, this thread is meandering - just like real conversations do! And, in real life, don't we try to bring a little humour into serious conversations?