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"Mumsnet has just been bought for £15m by....."

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Legacy · 13/09/2007 10:09

OK - it hasn't! (Sorry Justine!)

It's just a hypothetical scenario.

But with all this coverage, it's growth etc etc I bet it WILL happen at some point in the next few years.

L'Oreal bought BodyShop

and just recently Disney bought Club Penguin.

So who do you think would buy Mumnsnet, and how do you think you will feel if it happens?

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escape · 13/09/2007 10:11

I'll buy it.
(rummages down back of sofa)
2 and ahalf maltese liri do???
...justine...//
No.
Okay..
slinks off.

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MerlinsBeard · 13/09/2007 10:11

if its nestle i am off!

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bran · 13/09/2007 10:11

I wonder if the Daily Mail would be interested.

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preggersagain · 13/09/2007 10:11

Gina Ford Inc.

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JustineMumsnet · 13/09/2007 10:11

Bloody brilliant (£15m )

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MarsLady · 13/09/2007 10:12

Obviously I'll buy it and re-name it MarsNet!

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MerlinsBeard · 13/09/2007 10:12

i see your 2 and a half maltesters and raise you a long lost remote control, a toy car(broken) and a biro...why is there always a pen!!

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suzycreamcheese · 13/09/2007 10:12

..nestle?..

i'd jog on..

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Blu · 13/09/2007 10:13

Boden.
MN-ers will be models.

Cod, favourite topic 'baby pasta': hotchpotch bra and matching hotchpotch loafers.

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Legacy · 13/09/2007 10:15

Justine - £15m would be cheap.... Disney paid $700 million for Club Penguin!

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Legacy · 13/09/2007 10:17

Or you could float it and sell us all shares now... (I'd buy some!)

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WaynettaVonSlob · 13/09/2007 10:18

could we arrange it so that we're all shareholders, so that when it does get bought out (i.e. like the building societies) then we all get a cut??

After all, without the posters, where would you be???

(scarpers before Justine kicks her up the backside for being so rude.....)

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preggersagain · 13/09/2007 10:18

ooh Justine- get on to disney tell 'em they can buy you out for squillions of pounds PROVIDING they provide all regular mners with all expenses paid trips to Disney World Florida!!

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filthymindedbolshevixen · 13/09/2007 10:18

If I want a cup of coffee, I can go into Starbucks. Or Cafe Nero. Or (substitute Blah blah High StreetChain)

But I choose to go to an independant little coffee shop with quirks and faults and someone to natter to whenever I am in.

This is how I feel about MN.

If you ever decide to sell it, Justine and co, can you let us have the option first. Why, we regulars could have a mumsnet co-operative! Yay!

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PestoMonster · 13/09/2007 10:21

Pesto - sporting squashy leather handbag (matches her sarong)

Favourite lunch: - marinated olives and chilled white wine

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PestoMonster · 13/09/2007 10:22

Sorry, got distracted by the boden thing....

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Piffle · 13/09/2007 10:22

We could rule out
Gina Ford
Greggs
Daily Mail
for starters

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chocolatemummy · 13/09/2007 10:23

supernanny could buy it, imagine if Gina Ford did how funny would that be

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JustineMumsnet · 13/09/2007 10:25

Why Greggs - have we missed summit? (Crosses Greggs off the master Who might by us list)

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Legacy · 13/09/2007 10:26

Yeah - my guess would be:

  • a media company e.g. Channel 4; Google; Yahoo
  • retail chain - Mothercare/ Boots
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KristinaM · 13/09/2007 10:27

you mean greggs teh bakers? seems like a good choice to me....free cakes for a pg and bf mums

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preggersagain · 13/09/2007 10:28

Robinsons- 'Mumsnet, sponsored by Fruitshoot'

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filthymindedbolshevixen · 13/09/2007 10:28

We insult Greggs on a weekly basis. Especially their 'sausage' rolls. Do you have Greggs down south?

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FlossALump · 13/09/2007 10:28

Their occasionally very tasty sausage rolls are not Mn etiquette. But sometimes you just have to, don't you? As long as it isn't in the buggy because otherwise MN members rebuff you.

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Legacy · 13/09/2007 10:29

Unilver would be good - they make lots of family food, and sell washing powder (And of course all we Mums talk about is cooking and cleaning )

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