Infiltration

I think before anyone jumps to the conclusion that a post is a wind-up, they should do a quick check in the search bar for poster’s name. If they have posted previously, on other topics, it’s unlikely they would put up a joke post.
2 current ones have had lots of doubters, but are quite possibly genuine. Unless someone decides to join Gransnet, hang around for a few months, posting occasionally, then start a wind-up one. It doesn’t fit the school holiday scenario.
The search facility isn’t great, but can usually tell if someone has posted previously.

Yes, but they are well subscribed.

It’s getting beyond a joke now on this forum.
Older people are often mistakenly seen as gullible fools.
Outright nonsense or attention seeking fibs abound.

holdingontometeeth

Never mind the Police !
Get the Infiltration Squad involved!

I've just seen the kids hair colouring thread. Mmn...
As I said there, schools begin 7th January!?

I think they are looking for attention, Chewbacca, and probably lead unsatisfactory lives.
Bluebelle, I've not seen the kids hair colouring thread, but the one I've seen is certainly "interesting" (?), long, and would make a good tale for a soap opera! It's the Christmas hols, of course.

Yes i ve asked them to. Check that one that one if you mean the kids hair colouring thread

Same one I just saw possibly Mapleleaf. Whatever is wrong with these people?

I could be wrong but I think we've had another infiltration tonight. Getting ever more bizarre.......

I think we've got one or two would be soap opera writers on the go at the moment...

How funny janeainsworth, one of our neighbours was called Shufflebottom and they also changed their name as soon as they had children. It was a good old Lancashire name and always made me smile giggle

Ollerenshaw

Grand Lancashire name that. Along with Adcock.

When my dad was a boy the family had a maid whose name was Shufflebottom and brother and I found it highly amusing as kids would.
I never thought I'd ever hear the name again.

Thats us! nice to hear from you Jalima
Can we catch up in the New Year?

oldbatty We lived next door but one to the Shufflebottoms. Then when Grandma S. died, they changed their name to Taylor

contacted by

When I was a kid, a while ago......we used to stand in the red phone box and look in the phone book for silly names. Sometimes we rang them up . Poor old Mr Jelly was on the receiving end of our teen age giggles. Oh the hilarity! I always felt a bit worried about it.

Now people come on a site designed for older ladies and pretend to be a love sick 30 year old male/a person with a lot of Christmas presents/a person who is being contacted from parents who have died.

They presumably " get off" on the thrill of reading well intentioned replies.

Its beyond me.

I think that’s doing 14 year olds a misjustice ??

about 14?

Ahh you don’t know what you missed Jalima I think he may have two names or maybe a friend of similar age with a current thread I m suspicious of

Oh, and the other one you mention, Bluebelle was quite obviously advertising.

I missed the yearning young man

Ah,

So the Tooglamtogiveadamm who was bragging about all her makeup presents etc has been deleted Thank goodness she wasn’t for real and the young man who was still yearning for his girlfriend was also a fake I m glad I didn’t invest too much in either of then

I ve got one more I m keeping my beady eye on

I did get to the [groan] factor with the song in the link but in fact I clicked the link and I'm jigging around in my chair as I'm listening

Doing all the actions (but not singing myself )