'My parents-in-law have gone back on a promise to give us their house' - heartbreaking story

[LoJack]

hang on, does the coincidence that i'm the brother of someone that wrote to a national newspaper making themselves look entitled make me a troll? how very meta....

 

[killer b]

I'm agreeing with that I think. I thought it was real when I read the Q and A on Saturday, but whatevs etc.

At least the agony aunt gave some quite forthright rebukes in her answer anyway.

I meant LoJack, who ruti has just unmasked like the fairground owner at the end of scooby doo. It doesn't bother me if s/he's real or not...

 

[LoJack]

so i either have to question my own existence, or say "If it weren't for you damn kids...." not how i expected my day to end, i must say

 

[killer b]

Pretty shit as far as trolling goes. If you were doing it proper you'd have arranged the AQA and would currently be impersonating your sister.

 

[twentythreedom]

It's a seminal piece tbf
(Eta I mean the graun letter)

Sign of the times

 

[LoJack]

isn't trolling meant to be basically slagging someone off for pointless reasons? (bigotry, racism, for the hell of it)? i'm foncused...

 

[Santino]

Bring back MarrkMark.

 

[chilango]

I dunno, I wanna hear more about LoJack's "nature focussed upbringing"....

 

[LoJack]

we grew up with a large back garden, which backed onto fields and open spaces. that's it as far as "nature focused" goes tbh. she can be a bit on the pretentious side.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

isn't trolling meant to be basically slagging someone off for pointless reasons? (bigotry, racism, for the hell of it)? i'm foncused...

Nah. Your basic harmless troll is fishing for reactions.

Good trolls divide forums, stealthily pit poster against poster causing mayhem, and then slink away to watch the destruction from afar.

A good troll is a joy to behold.

Obvious trolls are dull.

 

[The Boy]

Nah. Your basic harmless troll is fishing for reactions.

Good trolls divide forums, stealthily pit poster against poster causing mayhem, and then slink away to watch the destruction from afar.

A good troll is a joy to behold.

Obvious trolls are dull.

Used to have a punter in my old shop back in Manc who could do this IRL. City fan in a largely Utd supporting bookies, he once managed to pop in for two minutes to put his Irish lotto numbers on and, with a few well placed comments, I had five guys in the middle of the shop having a proper row about kickball for about five minutes after he had left.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

Used to have a punter in my old shop back in Manc who could do this IRL. City fan in a largely Utd supporting bookies, he once managed to pop in for two minutes to put his Irish lotto numbers on and, with a few well placed comments, I had five guys in the middle of the shop having a proper row about kickball for about five minutes after he had left.

Beautiful.

I'm always impressed with people who can do this. It's like reading the currents under a river surface and causing turbulence with a drop of a pebble. It's an artform.

 

[kabbes]

A world wonders with bated breath: are they really "lovely"?

For once, maybe the common mistake of "baited" breath could be more appropriate.

 

[Johnny Doe]

Another heartbreaking tail: Station Road: When a couple earning £58,000 can't afford a flat - BBC News

Won't somebody think of the young professionals?

 

[DotCommunist]

tale

Some one will have to reign me in come the day cos I only waited to hear the accents before Listing them

 

[Dogsauce]

When I started my job 18 years ago there were apprentices working there on about seven grand a year who were buying houses, barely out of their teens. Only when the children of the well-off start getting priced out does it become an issue, and still not a large one because too many have a stake in this pyramid scheme, especially the numerous MPs with 'portfolios'.

 

[Cid]

tale

Some one will have to reign me in come the day cos I only waited to hear the accents before Listing them

You're getting old commie, everyone sounds like that now.

 

[DotCommunist]

You're getting old commie

they aren't if I get my way