All about Brian

[Rhubarb]

I've been wondering if Brian isn't SimonHoward? Or maybe we could make him SH since SH seems not to be here. We need a few Brians around Mumsnet right now, there seems to be a distinct lack of them at the moment!

Any more Brian thoughts out there?

[Bobbins]

He's not the messiah, he's a very norty boy!

[PamT]

I don't know who 'Parent' is but I feel so sorry for her now after her little typo. It has given us all a giggle though through the last few difficult days, poor Sofiames seems to be having a tough time as a result. I hope parent isn't new to the site and now thinks that we are all horrid. As for SH, he has gone quiet recently hasn't he? Anyone heard how things are going on the job front for him? Good luck SH anyway if you read this.

Anyway my brians were shared out between my 3 little darlings during their time in the womb and I was left without - or it certainly feels like that most days. DH bought the Life of Brian on DVD this summer, maybe I should watch it for a bit of inspiration. I would equate myself more to Brain the Snail from the Magic Roundabout right now though - nil motivation.

Can you imagine there will be Mumsnetters all around the world who snigger every time they have to write the words brain or Brian from now on!

[PamT]

In fact it took my brian so long to work in order to type the last entry that 2 more postings got put there before me.

[janh]

Typos like that are called "Wrods" and cherished on another board I use.

We get a good few wrods on here, I've noticed, but parent's was definitely the best yet!

[Bobbins]

Is that The Archers site janh?

Isn't the new 'Challenge Ant' on SMTV called 'Brians Brains'?

[Enid]

I used to share a house with a bloke who was in a band, they wrote a song called 'Brian Cant, Brian Cant, Brian Cant, Yes He Can' which I still find myself humming from time to time.

I think Brian Cant was my first crush.

[Tinker]

Brian was my favourite member of Our Kid!!!

[jodee]

Rhubard, Rhubard, Rhubard - you will have to change your name, my fingers just won't type it any other way!

[janh]

Bobbins, yes, you are a TA fan?????

It's my mate Andy Y who collects them (he is a bit of an anorak).

[CAM]

I've never heard of Wrods before, but now I have,
I saw a brilliant one on a bridge over a motorway. Someone had graffitied in large writing "I LOVE GRILS" Then had put a line through GRILS and put GIRLS. Underneath this someone else had written "Oi! WHAT ABOUT US GRILS?"

[CAM]

Just thinking, some of us grils have no brians....

[crystaltips]

CAM

[janh]

According to Jbr, the press think none of us grils have any brians!

[janh]

sorry.

[Willow2]

Cam - re graffiti - current favourite was spotted in South London - someone had written Ireland for the Irish. Underneath some wag had written Peckham for the Peckish.

[Jasper]

A tattoo parlour opened in our village with a big sign outside which read TATTOO'S

[Bobbins]

janh>sorry to be a disappointment, not an Archers fan. I just heard about the wrods thing from a friend. My mum used to love it though.

[robinw]

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[slug]

My favourite piece of grafitti is "War is just menstruation envy"

[Ghosty]

This is just silly but always made me giggle - my aunt used to use this as an example of how important punctuation is when she taught English to foreign students:

Caesar entered on his head. His helmet at his side. His sword in his eye. A gleam ...

Caesar entered. On his head, his helmet. At his side, his sword. In his eye, a gleam.

Her students must have thought she was totally barmy! She is!

[mollipops]

lol ghosty

[SoupDragon]

OK, I've been away... can someone point me in the direction of the origins of this thread???

[prufrock]

See "I'm a parent but I've still got brians" Parents typo provided some much needed comic relief for a while