Arguments Thread

Okay. Cushions it is.
Ding ding

I'm not clever enough. Oh, I don’t know.....

Good grief, FannyCornforth, you can’t be serious. If you are, I propose Influencers are a vital part of social media platforms now, without which they would not attract an audience and therefore advertisers. Such a valuable job, starting comments off and allowing - or not - people to have their say.

I'm afraid that there will be no further clarifications of what 'the spirit of the thread' may or may not be.
I am merely the facilitator.

(I would include a link to 'Thread Guidelines' here but I'm not clever enough)

Peasblossom

*Fannycornforth” I would like to propose Cushions as a topic for argument.

I am perfectly willing to take either side.

Great idea - I’d give it half a dozen posts before it descended into a bun fight.

No idea why some of that came out in bold and some didn’t

Fannycornforth” I would like to propose *Cushions as a topic for argument.

I am perfectly willing to take either side.

FannyC - for the avoidance of doubt please clarify whether the "spirit" of the thread is meant to be jokey or serious as there are some dogged arguers out there who argue to the death rather than for fun whilst others just want to have fun.

And please don't let's have an argument or assertion that it was abundantly clear at the outset what your intention was and anyone who can't see what your intention was is a complete idiot! That wouldn't be fun.

Not for me thanks.

Seems jokey isn’t wanted by some ?

Have I got time to add “where’s your link”?

And top marks to Annie too, quick off the blocks!

That should be 'hard hat', not 'tin hat'.
The latter is for conspiracy theories.
(Top marks for starting an argument with myself.)

Might not (well, didnt) last long, ut it was worth it to be reminded of the Monty sketch!

Thanks Aligreas1

suziewoozie oh fgs this is ment to be jokey
I think you've been had!

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Thank you so much Alegrias - I most certainly did think of that! Thank you for the link!

But sincere 'thank you's' most definitely 'aren't in the spirit' of the thread, so I'll don my tin hat, pull up my big girl pants and await deletion.

Alegrias Classic! ?

I think there should be a rule on all threads that if you're going to accuse someone of saying something you should be able to prove it.
I don't find all the arguing funny at all.

Anniebach

But suziewoozie you want the Megan and Harry thread closed ,you said it was in the gutter

Of fgs lighten up - this is all meant to be jokey.

I can't be the only one who thought of this ???

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ

But suziewoozie you want the Megan and Harry thread closed ,you said it was in the gutter

Are there going to be rules of engagement or will anything go? For example will I be allowed to say FFS without being told swearing is a sign of lack of intelligence? In fact could we just swear? Not at posters obvs but just as a sign of exasperation. Will reporting posts be not allowed? Can we make things up or will we have to provide evidence. If someone provides a link will we have to read it before rubbishing it? Will we have to RTFT or could we come in at any stage of the punch up with no reference whatsoever to what’s gone on previously?

As for topics - well generally you can’t do better than the evil Meghan I find.

You’ve cheered me up

???

Anything to do with politics or religion is usually good for a punch up.

However perhaps we could debate something different this time.

Something safe like 'Do aliens exist and are they among us already?'

or something more political such as 'Should we sell arms to countries that we know are using them to bomb and kill innocents?'

or 'Should charities do more than appeal for money? Should they campaign against the things that cause the need in the first place?' I'm thinking of the sort of charity appeals we see where they show us starving and injured children and ask for help to feed/treat them when we're selling the very weapons that have been used to put them into this situation.