Mumsnet #26 Fanny wafts and meany pegs, what goes on in mumsnetters heads?

[ShopTilYouSlop]

There is a thread on MN called 'Invitation code - Tattle'. Apparently registration here has reopened but needs a referral code.

I don't have the ability to generate a code, I don't think so anyway, so if anyone else is so moved to help out...

I probably haven't posted enough to be able to generate one...how do you find out if you can? A kind MNer gave me mine, I hope she doesn't regret it.

 

[PrincessCharming]

I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife!

Is that Spike Milligan? I used to have a book of his poems as a kid.

 

[Tangent Tiger]

It was quite official...it's been resolved now
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It was about a court trial so I opened it. Sender was slack as trial date has already passed so I guess it doesn't matter if he pretended to live here whilst on bail and I don't need to do anything.

I did think about an MN post but would have got a lot of badgering.

 

[Weezaweeza]

Where would I find the thread on the woman who keeps posting those ‘interesting’ charity shop outfits please and thank you?

 

[Aab41]

Not mumsnet but a similar vein on Facebook. This picture was posted to reassure someone about their child's tooth that had cracked and you couldn't tell the difference .
Also discussion on a different thread from someone asking advice about how to get their 5 year old sleeping in his own bed. Usual rubbish about why can't you give him cuddles, he just wants to be close to you etc, bet they all have au pairs who deal with the night times!

 

[jackieweavericestorm]

There is a thread on MN called 'Invitation code - Tattle'. Apparently registration here has reopened but needs a referral code.

I don't have the ability to generate a code, I don't think so anyway, so if anyone else is so moved to help out...

 

[Moniker]

It’s in Tesco, even my diabolically shite local one, and I’m fairy sure it’s in Dunnes and Supervalu.
It’s the one with the big chonky bars in bright wonka-like wrapping. I’ve tried one or two when they were on offer, they were grand like. Not exceptionally memorable to me anyway.

Tony's is everywhere in Dublin. I love it. Visited the factory where it's made in Amsterdam.Hadn't realised mumsnetters had a thing for it. Sullies it somewhat.

 

[Tangent Tiger]

@sistersofpercy cheers.

It took me ages to work out who it was to (ex-friend of landlord) then I had a real dilemma whether to phone solicitor, then felt relieved when I noticed trial date had passed. It appears bastard assaulted his girlfriend.

 

[holasun]

A friend of mine was an amateur photographer and was invited along to a local NCT group to take some photos and met a baby Ptolemy! Which may be the most pretentious baby name I’ve ever heard.

I have met an adult Ptolemy!!
Called" 'tol ".

 

[TwooTwooTwitTwitTwoo]

Ok, I hate to admit this.....but I think I love that jumper
**gets coat**

Don't worry, as I mentioned last time she wore it, I own it! There is one currently available on Vinted if you were so inclined (or there was last week anyway).

 

[Tangent Tiger]

I probably haven't posted enough to be able to generate one...how do you find out if you can? A kind MNer gave me mine, I hope she doesn't regret it.

I think you have to be a VIP tattler member to generate one.

I did it once for an MNer but afterwards paused and hoped they weren't a complete wanker so haven't done it since! It's a one time only code.

 

[mindlessness]

What does it do to your hair?

It immediately looks limp and greasy and in need of a clarifying wash . It's a hair texture/porosity thing I think.

 

[Tangent Tiger]

Anyone remember the op who was asking why younger partners of older men always get a raw deal, then flounced by saying she was going for a passionate encounter with him? She seems to be back again but this time bragging about them having sex 3 times a day and that they even had sex 4 hours before her waters broke. Think she's after a medal or something

Which one is this?? Fair play though, my sex drive has said sayonara!

 

[ShopTilYouSlop]

Haha exactly. Who gives a fuck? Go talk to some real friends, mumsnet isn’t your diary.

To be fair, she posted it in S&B, where people go if they want to chat about clothes.

 

[Boring Monday]

And the surname is Stream so it's Dixie-Moon-Beam Stream?
Hmmm, I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't that hahah
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'Not used soap for more than half his life'

The op has gone to the effort of changing their username to WTAFSHOCKEDANDMORTIFIED. Nothing like a good old shocked AND mortified. Just one of them isn't enough

And the thread turned on a sixpence.
A lad I was at school with had a traditional family name of Richard … most of the usual nicknames were taken by the time it got down to him, so he was called Dixie.

 

[LilyPond]

My Great Granny was called Beryl.
I wonder if the name Mavis will ever re-emerge? Or Pamela, Joanne, Diane, Heather, Lesley, Christine, Margaret, Judith and other 60's and 70's baby names?

Me and one of my sisters are in your list. 1960s babies

 

[GirlWithThePearlEarhole]

My friend’s granddaughter is Ivy Norah. As if Ivy on it’s own isn’t bad enough.

 

[girlinbrum]

The curtain thread was something!! If you don't have any advice for her then move on, but instead they decided to insult her, I have no idea why.

 

[Melian]

I agree the story doesn't add up but I have to say I disagree with the idea that people don't go on their phones when they're in that situation. When my daughter was in a coma in ICU I couldn't sit and do nothing. All the adrenaline set me into action mode, so I ended up texting loads of people to update them. I sometimes cringe and wonder why her childminder needed to see a photo of her hooked up to all those machines or why I needed to bother my co-workers with hour by hour updates. It's the stress of the situation, you want to take action and do something but you find yourself entirely helpless. So you busy yourself and channel your anxiety into things you perceive as useful but they really aren't. My daughter is fine now by the way, I'm just saying stress does funny things to people.

But yeah, the other parts of the story don't add up so I'm not buying this particular one either.

A friend's daughter has a complex syndrome and spends a lot of time in hospital. My friend updates quite often from hospital what's going on

 

[repairshoplover]

There's a poster on there at the moment who has been suspended from her job and is asking for advice. Lots of utter tossers scolding her for her spelling and grammar. It's called Civil Service Suspension. Poor woman, I feel sorry for her.

I saw that. Some of them were definitely vipers
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I just clicked to page three and it's been removed by MNHQ! Makes me think things got weird further along in the thread? Or she shared something she regretted in the thread? I'd only seen stuff about her having a vindictive ex and being absolutely certain she'd not dome anything on social media to warrant the suspension.
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I think she misunderstood the acronym that was used and gave something away. Some of the nicer people advised to get it removed.