It seems to me that the atmosphere here has changed recently, last month it was lovely and cosy with friendly remarks and a general feeling of goodwill and a willingness to support and comfort if necessary. Over the past two weeks or so there seems to have been a surfeit of sarcasm, sniping and school child accusations e.g. "I didn't start it, she did!" What on earth has happened? 
The sarky thing was meant for me, not you, Movedalot. I was being slightly mocking. Not cruelly. Just a bit of jokey mickey taking.
Lighten up! 
And don't be so ready to take offence where none was meant.
But it passee over my head, I didn't know whether you were being sarcastic or you thought I was J07. I just wanted clarification in my drugged up state. No accustations for hurt involved.
I did say that! 
Now I'm asking what CG thought I meant when I said it.
#buggering off
I knew what you meant, jingl. And yes, I thought your comment was funny, because everyone does seem to feel they have to add their 'signature' to the birthday/get well/sorry the goldfish is off colour virtual card. It's human nature, but still a bit comical.
There again, I don't know how I'd feel if I were celebgran 
There seems to have been a bit of tail chasing today - glad I was out and hope that it is all over! 
Thanks for that celeb somehow I think I got caught in the crossfire - both ways! Enjoy your 
Don't let me drive you to drink! Nothing's worth that! 
A friend has just posted this on Facebook. I think it is worth reading and while I am not making accusations of bullying, I think it applies to some of what went on in the last couple of weeks. I am not including today BTW
A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stamp on it and really mess it up but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty is was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bullies another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home. Pass it on or better yet, if you're a parent or a teacher, do it with your child/children.
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