I wanna be just like Uncle Jimmy -not!

Yes, that is it, Anno The inverted snobbery of those who think that writing for a successful magazine gives them licence to acquire and flaunt pseudo-working-class attitudes and end up just being trendily bitchy. Dear K****e H*****ns comes to mind (asterisks are so as to evade the dedicated search engine she no doubt uses to keep track of all mentions of her name - I don't want to inflate her ego any further) though she would deny any plebeian connections, I am sure.

GrandmaB63 - What point are you trying to make? I've read your post a few times and can't make any sense of it.
What kind of replies are you expecting ?

It wasn't funny - nothing to do with a sense of humour bypass.

It was also, harmless. No need to have got quite so het up about it. [confused

I'm sure, a couple of years back, a post knocking the Royal Family would have been received with downright enthusiasm. Where have the republicans gone?

And to be continued on "When is a blog not a blog....?" where you can all carry on this pointless discussion!!!!!!!!

Are you always this touchy when somebody doesn't laugh at your jokes, GB63?

I have just put my reply to that on the 'when is a blog not a blog thread'

op. You seem to "hate" quite a lot of groups and people?

You seem to be annoyed on your DD's behalf?

"Obieone" no I don't 'hate' anyone - it was a piece of fiction!!! I have a great deal of respect for Kate Middleton and anyone else with the courage to marry into the Royal Family. And my DD has a lovely boyfriend who also has children and they both get on really well with each others' families. However, yes I would be annoyed if I were Donna Air's mum, wouldn't you?

"Merlotgran" thank you for the back handed compliment by referring to my 'joke'. Even I didn't call it that.

Sorry used incorrect symbols there Obieone and Merlotgran.

If they werent suited, they werent suited. So no I wouldnt be annoyed.

If I were Donna Air's mum I'd probably be more relieved than annoyed!

Weird, am probably extremely ignorant but just don't get what she is getting at. I am just a simple soul

When I read about this in DM I was fascinated to know which thread it referred to as I really couldn't think of any possibles.
This thread completely passed me by at the time. I certainly can't see anything that could be classed as trolling.

The tone of the replies is slightly nicer than the tone of the original post. I'd say the poster misjudged her readers when she sent in that message. Starting off by putting it in a section that usually has blogs by invited and well-known and well-respected authors was possibly not a good move either. Readers expected it to be up to the usual standard commissioned by Gransnet HQ and were disappointed at what they read.

Bottom line it just wasn't as clever and funny as she thought it was. Embarrassing for her I suppose.

In actual fact, the Original Post is very unkind.
The DM seems absolutely fascinated by the Middletons, including the romance between James and Donna, Donna's accent, and the fact that they may be back together again.
So, knowing that the Original Poster writes for the DM adds new light to the Original Post.

I think OP is flattering herself if she thinks anything she wrote actually "upset" anybody, except of course anybody with a sense of humour, who values good writing or is a connoisseur of comedic dialogue.
It was neither funny, satirical, appropriate (cr*p grasp of regional dialect) topical or worth the paper it is written on space on an iPad screen .
Other than that, if I were offered it for publication in some adolescent student mag, I would probably send it back with the editorial,advice of "Try harder".
She actually gets PAID for her rubbish literary outpourings??
Hoots mon and help ma boab

Translation please?
Nid wyf yn deall

It is just so bad for so many reasons. Can't believe people pay her to write- let's hope the rest is better!

Scottish "expletives"!!
(Hope she reads these!!)

jings !!

Don't forget 'crivvens' daphne !!

Jings,crivvens, help ma boab,, Does the OP know something we don't? George will be King of England! Will Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland be independent countries by then? Who knows?
But to the point, sorry but I am not amused.