Should payment towards the Royal Family be made voluntary?.

I think there are other people too absent to whom this cliche might apply. Or am I the only one suffering from deja vue.

I still can't think what it is. Toffee's not a dairy product.

Chocolate! Nah.

Think dairy, jingl...

A type of goat?

I can't believe it's not obvious

gm very clever!

Quite a type of goat a butter!

Oh, what - butter?

Oh, I've totally lost this thread! I give up. Don't know what anybody's talking about any more!

Back to the telly.

Oh yes! I think I might agree. Actually.

Oh dear...

I really don't give a whatever about the royal family; it's a very small amount we pay. So what?

BTW, VQ that was a very succinct explanation. Liked it!

I am sorrygrace I am not sure what I have done but I promise it was def not intentional

Thank you ariadne

I have never experienced butter staying in a solid state inside my oral cavity.

Only mey - not upset at all. If you have a look through past threads you can get a good idea of cheelu - pity she stopped posting just before you joined us. I can't believe she felt "driven away" although one or 2 GNetters did leave round about that time, like Glitabo and crimson and nanadogsbody/nanadog/nanado. Sometimes people come back under another name for personal reasons.

Absent Cheelu was not gently mocked as I'm sure you're well aware from the barrage of PMs you have received - did people report back to you whilst you were away for goodness sake - or did you trawl back and make an assessment? There is a distinct reek of smug superiority in your post, describing another person as a 'kind and simple soul, harmless, unimaginative and rather banal' is breathtaking. Maybe you and your PM barrage will enjoy sniggering in the corner of the playground at just how clever you've been. Nasty behaviour.

What the hell is wrong with unimaginative and banal???

I would rather that than self opinionated, obnoxious and lacking in empathy.

I have now noted that Mey has 'said goodbye', I hope she changes her mind. Personally I find it sad decent people are feeling so disengaged they no longer see any point to remaining a GN member.

As for paying for the Royal Family am I right in saying that our Queen costs less 'to keep' than the likes of Hollande and Putin. Not sure but I am sure someone will find out. I am happy to pay less than a 2 pint bottle of milk to keep the Queen, she has served this country well.

absent absent,
cheelu present;
cheelu absent
absent present.

#justsaying

Ah – pot and kettle, I see. Full marks for loyalty anyway.

I hope we are not going to see another GNetter driven away by this sort of behaviour? Are some people too emotional illiterate to see how unpleasant their remarks are? Or are they simply trying to be nasty?
It's the same old, same old behaviour that's been commented on so many times before and the same old, same old perpetrators and their hangers on.
For goodness sake give it a rest, you are getting to be predictable and boring.

Ah, the games people play, eh?

Exactly Butty playground chants games.

As far as the OP goes, if Merlot has her maths correct then I'm not going to bother about 62p Frank ....I give far more than that to charity.

What is it - 60p - 70p a year each? Hardly worth thinking about...