I have joined Gransnet for one reason only...

Cheeky madam! Obviously hasn't met grans like those on Gransnet!! Supergrans!!!

I think tee should have a stint on the naughty step, she had a warning, she continued so off she goes.

I'm an ageing Rock Chick granny. Follow my favourite band up and down the country, always in the front row - hugging the barrier. Running to the front to get with the atmosphere. I'm not really a cupcake, pink and baking grandma (I do like baking though) but love any cards as long as the GC have chosen them

Well, I think I'm glad Tee 2072 isn't my DD or DGD. She'd get short shrift from me for 'throwing her toys out of the pram'. What a cheeky madam !

Knit one, purl one, slip one, drop one, pass the dropped stitch over ....

Gransnetters under attack...shall we Scottish grans come together in song? After me...*Flower of Scotland*...

Elegran...if I could, I'd knit a banner. #bestleaveittobags

It achieved something then - solidarity of gransnetters under attack.

One reason (not the only?) for starting a war is to get the whole country united in seeing off invaders. Internal differences pale into insignificance, temporarily anyway.

We saw her off !

What a naughty temper!

Elegran...^not good manners^... well said.

Of course, looking at the argument from the other end of the telescope, we send cards as signs of affection and to give pleasure to the recipient. So if a granny likes cards with a picture of a rosy-cheeked, white-haired old dear in a rocking chair with a cat on her lap and a cup of tea and her knitting on the table beside her with a piece of doggerel such as:

My granny's very special,
And I'll tell you something true,
The world would be a better place
With more grannies just like you.

then why not suppress all you good taste instincts and buy that one? Just don't get your grannies muddled.

Can you imagine the responses from Mumsnetters?

I was about to post something like that absent. Unfortunate thread title or what?!!!

reason only.

I bet there isn't a single granny who would dare post "I've joined Mumsnet for one rason only… on Mumsnet.

I still can't really see a problem. If you don't like schmaltzy cards with twee verses for granny, don't buy them. Meanwhile, grannies are perfectly capable of gradually teaching their grandchildren the difference between genuine affection and sentimental twaddle.

In my world PO means Post Office.

Some lovely examples of Passive Aggressive here!

See the other thread

I thought it possibly meant Po-faced. she clearly has not read many threads before jumping in.

She's gone away now, probably to concentrate on tonguing and cheeking MN.

My post wasn't to you, kittylester!

What does PO mean?

Shouldn't it be tongue-in-cheekness?

I buy good cards when I see them and then use them appropriately but hate 'aimed' cards unless they are sent 'tongue in cheek'.

Everyone knows that I keep a stock of cards and I quite often get panicking visitors asking if I have one suitable for something.

I suspect that tee is the one with a stereotypical view of grans who don't belong to her. Very patronising.

Tongue and cheekiness are amusing from a friend, or someone whose agenda you know. As a first post by a stranger, it is very like being accosted by a passerby and accused of going round with a long face, or being ugly or - heaven forbid - being somehow different .

Not good manners, Tee2072 dear, didn't your Mummy tell you that?