Do you mean ones who look cute but are seen and not heard? 
I suppose one person's 'cute' could be another person's 'cheeky'.
Don't primary schools teach them loads about nutrition these days? My grandson is always trotting out the "it might make me obese" stuff. 
Riverwalk 
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Yes. You're right actually. You can get some very know-it-all clever little so and so's these days.
Well...actually I am quite interested in the phone sex thing now .
. Go on then....
Nice to hear of a child arguing her case in a reasoned way, much better than demanding 'I want' or a tantrum 
sunseeker nothing wrong with your post......but as to some posters!
nothing wrong with a hot sausage roll either ( unless you live on them.)
cherry I agree about children, one minute they can't produce words and the next they are telling anecdotes , so funny.
It seems to me that alot of things on GN need to lighten up a bit. There are certain people posting on here, I notice, who describe a post as " silly" if they don't happen to like it or agree with the poster. It isn't silly to throw something up for discussion. I think back here to my Phone sex Operator post
Isn't it refreshing when somebody who has been posting for such a (relatively) short time, brings us up to speed regarding our manifold shortcomings.
Not taking any sides in whether or not it would have made me smile, but children's logic usually does.
Not all adults' though.
"Trod" and "trodden"? obieone
No idea actually!
Pollengran.I wasn't actually bringing up the phone sex operator thread for further discussion. It was just an example.
As far as I can see GN is meant to be a place where people can throw things up for discussion, or share a moment with others which they had found interesting or amusing.
By definition I wouldn't expect everyone to agree with everyone else, that would be very boring. One thing I do not like to see though is another person's post being classed as either silly or a non thread merely because someone doesn't agree with it.
To say such a thing seems very narrow minded and verging on being a bit of a bully, usually those two things go together.
I rest my case: Discuss
I think you already told me off last night and I agreed that I was being silly, so I apologise to sunseeker if she is offended 
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What was the phone sex thread about anyway ?
It would have made me smile! My DGC are always trying to persuade me of the benefits of all kinds of things they would like. I like their tenacity and perseverance as they very rarely win an argument if it is too costly/too unhealthy (though a sausage roll is OK as part of a balanced diet!) not required!!
At the moment DD1 is trying to persuade the whole family that it would be good for us all to contribute money towards the cost of a mobile phone for her 11th birthday! Her arguments are well thought out, well presented and constructed. Well done her tachers for teaching her persuasive writing and discussion! She'll be lucky!
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