Games Threads.

Read about the games threads so had to have a look, half an hour later ........

Oops, is this a thread about a thread? I had better retreat quickly. Sorry , I'll get back to my games.

Well, if you have more, that would be great.
Meno and Lemon get very thirsty.
Chewy on the other hand is detoxing at the moment. She is so high ? on the fumes from her new flooring, that she forgot to put her vest on under her seven veils the other night. ?‍♀️I believe the Captain is still receiving trauma counselling.

Just the one case?

I think I can manage that.

Now Merlot, remember you must live up to your name and bring a case of nice vino. ????????????.
If my memory serves me correct, (things are a bit hazy just now, I was out with the Air Vice Marshall and the Admiral last night) there are 12 bottles in case.
If you can't manage that, anything vaguely alcoholic will do.
Look forward to seeing you, I hope you have your party piece ready.

So no bills for broken tables then. That's a relief. I think I once managed seventeen people aloft before the whole thing collapsed.

I might look in on Sunday night. The Durrells are back on TV and they always put me in the mood for a drink.

Merlot our tables are made from reinforced steel, they have to be, to take the combined weight of Marydoll and Chewbacca and Meno when they do their dance of the seven veils( well, more like the seven cardigans and a vest.)
It’s a sight, I can tell you!
We are having a karaoke nite on Sunday......all are welcome.
Brush up on your chosen song right now.??

I suppose the reason there are so many games threads is simply that lots of us like them.

Oooh Pub games. Now you're talking, lemon

Are your tables strong enough for 'Climbing up sunshine mountain?'

I think more posters should pop into The Argy ( we can do thought provoking and controversial) why, only last week we discussed the merits of the Admiral over the Captain,
And put bets on Marydoll ending up with Big Jim.
Plenty of too Merlot.?

I agree, there is a dearth of interesting threads just now.
However, I do enjoy the games threads.
If you don't like them, just ignore them, it's not compulsory to join in.

Why pick on the Games threads? Just ignore if you don't like them.
Lack of interesting topics is a separate moan!

Not long ago, a GN poster's family had seen (via facebook) that she had discussed a family problem on here. It caused her a lot of trouble and horrified many other Gransnetters.

I think that the growing awareness of possible publicity on facebook or in the press has contributed to a lack of forthcoming-ness in posting.

merlotgran I find that the word games have helped my memory and concentration. Surely a proper subject for a GN thread, games or otherwise?

I second the suggestion made above - the answer is to start a new thread on an interesting subject, and to post on such threads started by other people. We only have the threads that someone starts and keeps going.

And if you don't like the games threads being there, why are you trying to fight your way through a long one?

BTW, you can reverse the order that the posts are listed in, to see the latest one at the top - that cuts out a lot of scrolling.

Why do so many people turn to the games threads and post repeatedly on them, which keeps them going for ever? They must have some ingredient which attracts posters and then keeps their attention
A transient conversation on hanging up washing or having an altercation in the car park doesn't have staying power, so it fades after a while, and appeals for advice only last for a shortish while. The ones that persist are of two kinds - confrontational debates (though all of those tend to be populated by the same small dedicated group) and non-threateningly competitive ones that exercise the mind and the funny-bone - the games threads.

Games threads should have their own space, too many on here. I find it wearing on a games thread wading through lots of pages to ensure I don't duplicate an answer.
I agree that everyone is much more cautious now in case their post is made public in some way.

Sixteen games threads and a thread about the sixteen games threads ?

I made a fairly risky thread quite a while back asking people to list things grannies would never do.. like smoke pot, pole dance round lamp posts when drunk.
Then some arse body decided to bring it up as if to use it in 'evidence' against me.

I started a "badges to identify women on the menopause" thread but it wasn't at all controversial either, I'm afraid!

I think MissA might have hit the nail on the head though. A lot of posters have been put off posting as much for fear that their posts will end up either on Facebook or quoted in the DM. A few said that they were leaving because of that.

shhh! Remember these are open forums. You wouldn't want your smalls ending up all over the daily mail.

I didn't go on that one, MissAdventure. A bit risky for me.

You wouldn't want to see my washing line in action.

P.S "too"..
Oh! For an edit feature!

That's actually my point, Chewbacca.

Where have the people who used to start interesting threads gone?

We need a few controversial threads.. lets see.. we've had 'how do you hang your washing out', which was very popular.
There are a lot of games threads though, but I suppose they're popular.

I'm sure you have merlot, I wasn't implying you hadn't. But people can only post on live topics, can't they? If there aren't many live topics in the forums that they can discuss, maybe that's why they turn to games?