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To think William Morris and Gransnet are poles apart

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trisher Sun 20-Feb-22 11:28:04

A recent thread was deleted because "it brought nothing useful of beautiful to the site". A reference of course to Morris's advice Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
I can't see what on earth this has to do with threads on GN. Many of which are just ways to pass the time, gossip or games. So can anyone find a connection between the two or am I right in thinking William Morris is now turning in his grave? Or is this perhaps a new turning for GNHQ and will all posts now be looked at for beauty and usefulness? (Possibly though the new moderator is an intern who has just finished an art degree grin)

trisher Sun 20-Feb-22 13:40:25

I think this thread will rate outstanding for its beauty! Not sure about its usefulness. Still one out of two ain't bad!

FannyCornforth Sun 20-Feb-22 13:39:12

Joieann I know that you are far from common. Me, however…wink

JaneJudge Sun 20-Feb-22 13:34:48

Yes, I love the owl one too smile and the Alice in Wonderland one is so sweet

Josieann Sun 20-Feb-22 13:34:01

FannyCornforth

JaneJ I’ve got the JL Wm Morris dog bed; dog bowl and dog toy all in Hawthorn printsmile

I'm a bit common. I've got all the dog stuff in the navy Joules material!

FannyCornforth Sun 20-Feb-22 13:31:03

This

FannyCornforth Sun 20-Feb-22 13:29:53

I love Voysey too! Especially the owl one, obvs ?

JaneJudge Sun 20-Feb-22 13:28:44

awww smile does anything ever beat his prints? I like the Charles Voysey ones too but he was part of the same movement

FannyCornforth Sun 20-Feb-22 13:23:39

JaneJ I’ve got the JL Wm Morris dog bed; dog bowl and dog toy all in Hawthorn printsmile

Jane43 Sun 20-Feb-22 13:20:06

I always seem to miss the controversial threads!

JaneJudge Sun 20-Feb-22 13:18:41

www.johnlewis.com/william-morris-at-home-dog-walk-kit/p5609698

Callistemon21 Sun 20-Feb-22 13:14:50

Dogs and bones come to mind

JaneJudge Sun 20-Feb-22 13:08:55

also I thought my fact that his rage was so wild it would provoke him to have seizures was apt too blush surely they were limbic seizures though in todays money

JaneJudge Sun 20-Feb-22 13:07:24

Love is enough: though the World be a-waning, and the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining.

Callistemon21 Sun 20-Feb-22 13:05:32

I'm off to examine my WM mugs

Yes, of course, they are relevant and there is a link because I often have a cup of coffee in one when I browse Gransnet.

Elegran Sun 20-Feb-22 12:08:11

Maybe they are thinking of that unofficial addition to the useful and beautiful, "which you love" ? We all have things that are neither beautiful nor useful, but we value them just the same.

Some threads have value, some are valueless but we still love them, particularly if we started them. It is just that posters' judgment of what to love or value differs from person to person. We aren't all the same!

Josieann Sun 20-Feb-22 12:08:09

I think WM and GN are very similar.
We swoop on the not so rich pickings, devour them, strut about, squeak and sqwark, spit them out, then flounce off into the blue.

Galaxy Sun 20-Feb-22 11:55:41

I wish they would intervene on the threads that are obviously trolls. Its driving me crazy.

trisher Sun 20-Feb-22 11:54:45

Ladyleftfieldlover

FannyCornforth

As GN’s unofficial Morris Correspondent I was intrigued by this too!

I’m a volunteer at Kelmscott!

How wonderful! envy grin
You haven't noticed any GNHQ moderators lurking around have you?

FannyCornforth Sun 20-Feb-22 11:54:13

Are you LadyLeft!?

I’ll be the ‘Assistant Unofficial GN Morris Correspondent’ then!

trisher Sun 20-Feb-22 11:52:30

Farzanah

I blame Jane Morris. She’s got wind of you posting FannyC and trying to sabotage wink

As "not in the spirit of GN" is now old hat maybe they are looking for new suggestions.
I like your idea Farzanah perhaps they could use"Jane Morris doesn't like it"

Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 20-Feb-22 11:51:05

FannyCornforth

As GN’s unofficial Morris Correspondent I was intrigued by this too!

I’m a volunteer at Kelmscott!

FannyCornforth Sun 20-Feb-22 11:49:25

Another of their favourites is ‘not doing anyone any favours’

lavendermine Sun 20-Feb-22 11:45:51

I have some William Morris curtains, that are both useful and beautiful. However, I fail to see the relevance on GN.

Calendargirl Sun 20-Feb-22 11:41:19

Some of the GN threads are useful.

I don’t think many of them come across as beautiful.

I agree it was a rather silly way to describe threads.

Also, I have stuff in my home that is neither useful or beautiful, but it doesn’t make me get rid of them.

Casdon Sun 20-Feb-22 11:40:25

You and we know that it wasn’t deleted because of the William Morris quote though trisher. In the immortal words of Elsa, - Let it go. .