I shout "SPEAK UP, you young whippersnapper! Stop MUMBLING!" because I'm over 50 and hence deaf, decrepit and demented.Do you say ‘what’ or ‘pardon’?
Have you been reading my diary....? Although at nearly 40 I really should be old enough to know betterIf it does happen on tattle, I’m sure it’s just “fat cow ate 2 Big Macs” as opposed to the judgement of moral failure and burden upon society.
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I’ve been thinking (i can! Despite not going to a Russel group uni…) - and one of the things I love about tattle is its diversity in membership. Mostly women (aside dicks in a row) - but so many much younger women than me who are child-free and living life large. My own social circle doesn’t contain much of that anymore, so it’s great to suck the energy from their young souls. That probably sounds patronising as fuck - but god I miss dancing on tables and random shags of a weekend instead of the mundanity of the myriad of worries.
Slightly concerned now - Are you me?! If so, the answer is they will shun the hell out of you for daring to be part of tattle...even being size French wasn't enough to plead my case...Me too, and I am fat and northern and use the word fuck as punctuation in a work setting.
I also went to a russell group uni, work in management and live in a 'nice' area.
Would they accept half of me or shun me for being a working class upstart who should know her place
Oh Christ, we've broken the natternet. I wonder if we'll be on the BBC six o clock news?I was just reading their tattle thread on MN and then it all went down!
I seem to remember a lot of shouting in supermarket stories too. I suppose it helped to pass the time.During “lockdown” they all had very elderly, highly vulnerable parents too, as well as newborns, which meant that they could justify extra shopping trips, buying more than 1 loaf of bread/can of beans, etc. When in reality the chances of a woman who has just given birth having very elderly parents are very low. Until you come to MN where 45 is very elderly.
I know someone who works at Zara and claimed to be a Key Worker.Oh for sure.
I was very grateful to those who worked in shops, collected bins, delivered post and so on.
But I'm willing to bet they weren't the ones on MN claiming to be anything.
And it was brought into everything. I might cook XYZ for dinner, btw I'm a FRONTLINE KEY VERY IMPORTANT WORKER AS IS MY DH.
Being from the frozen wastes of the Northland, I just tend to go for the ubiquitous and catch all of ‘Aye up?’I shout "SPEAK UP, you young whippersnapper! Stop MUMBLING!" because I'm over 50 and hence deaf, decrepit and demented.
I poke 'em with my walking stick too. Hard.
I know someone who works at Zara and claimed to be a Key Worker.
Insulting to mongooses, take that back!Mumsnetters collectively have the comprehension skills of a mongoose.
When my kids were toddlers (mid 90’s) my parent bought back a set of BA cutlery which were just the right size for small hands. When I cleared out their house I bought back the two teaspoons and they are great for eating yoghurt and desserts. The handle is slightly longer and they are a lovely shape.Back in the 90s, my partner ‘borrowed‘ a stamped teaspoon from an Air Europe flight and it‘s his favourite spoon. It’s survived through numerous house moves and has a special place in the drawer, and god forbid if it’s missing. A few years ago I took it to work in my lunchbox and actually got texts about it being missing. I think I’ve only just been forgiven.
I have a set of cutlery stamped with property of the NHS which my Nan gifted me. She swears she bought it from Oxfam but I’m not so sure. My mum bought two sets of bunkbeds for us girls when we were little with HMP Wakefield on them. Cast iron they were and indestructible. She still has one set up for visiting weans.When my kids were toddlers (mid 90’s) my parent bought back a set of BA cutlery which were just the right size for small hands. When I cleared out their house I bought back the two teaspoons and they are great for eating yoghurt and desserts. The handle is slightly longer and they are a lovely shape.
Yes,you could buy surplus things like that at auctions years ago quite often. Dirt cheap I should think too, at the time...I have a set of cutlery stamped with property of the NHS which my Nan gifted me. She swears she bought it from Oxfam but I’m not so sure. My mum bought two sets of bunkbeds for us girls when we were little with HMP Wakefield on them. Cast iron they were and indestructible. She still has one set up for visiting weans.
I LOVE this!I have a set of cutlery stamped with property of the NHS which my Nan gifted me. She swears she bought it from Oxfam but I’m not so sure. My mum bought two sets of bunkbeds for us girls when we were little with HMP Wakefield on them. Cast iron they were and indestructible. She still has one set up for visiting weans.
I'm size quadruple French and (oh le horreur) American, so....I don't even bother. But you lot seem to like me well enough and I've not been run off with pitchforks yet.I am fat and work with people who are vulnerable. I don’t fit it on MN.
Screaming rather than shouting, surely?I seem to remember a lot of shouting in supermarket stories too. I suppose it helped to pass the time.
They all said 'did you mean to be so rude?' Fisticuffs ensued.Unless it's the actual MNer, in which case they'll have answered calmly in measured tones.
They hate Americans almost as much as they hate their own children, husbands, family and friends! You’re all apparently responsible for everything about the world that’s evil like baby showers, Halloween, big cars and snacksI'm size quadruple French and (oh le horreur) American, so....I don't even bother. But you lot seem to like me well enough and I've not been run off with pitchforks yet.
I saw Americans getting slagged off on the feminism board earlier - that was a new one for me.I'm size quadruple French and (oh le horreur) American, so....I don't even bother. But you lot seem to like me well enough and I've not been run off with pitchforks yet.
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