The SNP to cut off the bottom half of classroom doors!

Have just been reading all the posts on here while eating my porridge. Great to read something light-hearted for a change. So bored with the Boris threads. Nicola and her support of door chopping is a breath of fresh air! Shame some posters lack a sense of humour they must lead very dull lives.

Oh, and there was silly me thinking you were referring to a carpenter's stick.

It's a pity that you took my post @ 11.09 on the 04.02.2022 so personally Maybee70 it didn't mention you, or anyone else, personally and so I'm quite surprised that it struck home with you as directly as it did. If you'd managed to read it properly, before requesting for it to be zapped, you'd have seen that it simply said: the majority of posters are perfectly capable of being appalled by major political news events, whilst still being able to enjoy the humour of nonsense such as this topic. But, if it was the closing sentence of that post that upset you, please know that it wasn't originally aimed at you personally; it was meant to be a general observation.

What I don't understand is why just because a poster is a fountain of knowledge in certain areas we can't be allowed to have a little laugh and NS dig about an idea that was clearly bonkers, barmy, crackpot, impractical and never going to happen. Other posters, myself included, take belittling on other threads, but still continue with a smile and humility.

Just to add fuel to the fire (excuse my pun)

I was not referring to you Callistemon. And I would not and did not report anyway.
There were however personal comments about being thrilled that the poster in question was getting riled.

I am glad I was not alone.

Well, perhaps the fun was spoilt by these two remarks:
Get a life, honestly.
Honestly, you're pathetic.
Directed at everyone in the thread

Culminating in:
If this is a joy and how GN used to be, then I'm off.
See ya.

I never took Alegrias for such a sensitive flower.
Really, I'm surprised.

Lucca

MerylStreep

GranyGravy
Good job one of our members has flounced.
You could have got some stick there: owning offices and warehouses ?

A shame. Hope it is not permanent. A pity to lose a well read and knowledgeable poster even with very strongly held views which don’t suit the majority.
There is teasing and then there is downright nastiness.

Lucca I've seen some downright nastiness directed at a posters on political threads - really vile - and it's not this thread.

If you are accusing anyone of causing a poster to flounce then one poster left (I assumed left the thread) after I said:
Sometimes Gransnet is informative, supportive, sometimes irritable, sometimes angry, sometimes, dare I say it, boring.
But this thread is a joy, as Gransnet used to be!
Thanks Urmstongran ?

I stand by that and if you want to report me, Lucca, Casdon or Maybee, then carry on.
Let GN be the judge of whether or not that was nasty.

Chewbacca

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This one was pretty nasty….

There is teasing and then there is downright nastiness.

I don't know about flouncing but there was no personal nastiness, as far as I saw, on this thread, directed at any posters.

The hilarity was directed at the daftness of this proposition and those who decided it was a good idea.

It really was a prime target for all the jokes, as are other threads about other politicians and, may I say, some posters who are the butt of many unkind and personal remarks on other threads.

Are the SNP and its leader supposed to be exempt? If so, could someone please explain why?
Or are double standards acceptable on GN?

Casdon

I’ve only just read this thread, and I agree with you Lucca.

Seconded. Or is that thirded…

I’ve only just read this thread, and I agree with you Lucca.

I hope they are not "FIRE DOORS". it would be illegal and very dangerous.

MerylStreep

GranyGravy
Good job one of our members has flounced.
You could have got some stick there: owning offices and warehouses ?

A shame. Hope it is not permanent. A pity to lose a well read and knowledgeable poster even with very strongly held views which don’t suit the majority.
There is teasing and then there is downright nastiness.

They are indeed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60261400

Honestly, if this suggestion is what passes for common sense, there’s no hope for us!

Fire Brigade may be asking a few questions ??

You could have got some stick there

Don't mention sticks MerylStreep! Totally off limits!

Josieann

The gerbil ran up one child's shirt sleeve and got his tail caught and twisted in the button hole. You've guessed it, I had to extract the gerbil minus its tail!

Oh yuck!
Did it become a hamster?
I like hamsters but they are good escape artists.

Yes, we mustn't let the thread meander too much.

^ under a gap at the bottom of the door...........^
10/10 to you for sticking to the subject!

The gerbil ran up one child's shirt sleeve and got his tail caught and twisted in the button hole. You've guessed it, I had to extract the gerbil minus its tail!

?
I don't like furry creatures with long tails.

Years ago at junior school I remember the teacher jumping on to her desk and screaming - there was a mouse running round the classroom.
I don't know whether it came out of a mousehole or under a gap at the bottom of the door...........

Callistemon21

??? poor little things.
They were probably quite relieved not to be picked up and cuddled.

cuddled? manhandled!

??? poor little things.
They were probably quite relieved not to be picked up and cuddled.

Callistemon21

AGAA4

They could take turns in looking after the dog in the holidays.
I like the tartan dog. Mine is a bit of a tatty dog now.

I remember looking after the school rabbit one weekend, it was real (and white, not tartan).
But that's a whole other story - Catch Me if You Can ?

We used to farm out the school pets to various children (parents) during the school holidays and the children had to keep a diary about the animals in their charge. A couple of rabbits met their demise while staying away and the children were devastated.
During other school holidays we left the pets at school and I drove (20 minutes) over to school every day to feed them. One animal loving parent reported it to the RSPCA that the furry herbivores weren't getting enough human company!

AGAA4

They could take turns in looking after the dog in the holidays.
I like the tartan dog. Mine is a bit of a tatty dog now.

I remember looking after the school rabbit one weekend, it was real (and white, not tartan).
But that's a whole other story - Catch Me if You Can ?