This is clearly a mistake - and a very easy one to do too, though I am impressed by the persistantce shown by Guest Paulito - most of us in that situation would just push the button a couple of times and give up.

But I have the nasty feeling that the same thing might be tried by some joker who feels like screwing us up, and there are a few of those around from time to time. I think it would be helpful to have some way of protecting the Mudcat if that happens. It'd just take a few minutes and every thread in sight would be pushed off the page, and it could get really confusing.

"Out in the wide world Willie" - sounds like it might be a hymn of some kind.