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To think my friend is going to hell

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:19

My friend has his own shop where everything is hand made , he makes his own products and stocks hand made products for others as a collective,

He's just text me in a panic , a little old lady came in and bought these .....

He's now worrying in case it's the grandsons xmas present

I think xmas day could be interesting in one house in the north of England 😂🙈

To think my friend is going to hell
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BalloonSalesperson · 28/10/2023 01:01

*Is there an "ist" for people lacking any sense of humour ?

Or am I being humour ist*

Older people usually have a more sensitive organ of humour than youngsters.
We've had time to hone it. I probably started out, 50 years ago, with the sniggery Uranus joke. I hear it again from time to time. But it's as old as the hills now.
If I'd seen those socks in a shop I'd have thought I was back in the 60s.

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capabilityfrowns · 28/10/2023 00:57

BitofaStramash · 28/10/2023 00:55

"Little old lady" 😔😔😔

Yes they don't exist . I was mistaken.

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BitofaStramash · 28/10/2023 00:55

"Little old lady" 😔😔😔

BalloonSalesperson · 28/10/2023 00:54

He may well have been mistaken and she might be into anal, pegging and rimming with her significant other for whom they are intended

No. She doesn't need to be into all that stuff that you describe, to recognise a decades old joke. I mean, think of kids in the 60s who joked about "Uranus" Oh yes, they did. And decades before that, that I am not privy to.

Any elderly lady will know the joke. And particularly one who goes out and about by herself, shopping and whatnot. The worst thing about getting a bit older is people thinking you are stupid. I've done stuff that would make your hair curl. Sometimes I even shock myself. Quit with the assumption that older people are innocent idiots.

MeinKraft · 28/10/2023 00:38

DuckonaBike · 27/10/2023 20:51

I know this isn’t really the point, but isn’t that Saturn?

Fucking hell...we are all that little old lady Grin

Fionaville · 27/10/2023 23:59

Hopefully they are for her grandchild. My kids have always sniggered at Uranus! I bet she knew, nannas can be funny too 😆

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 23:57

The other day he was painting the basement and had forgotten his painting clothes so was in his undies . He said he'd cut his nipples . I said that sounds painful and slightly kinky .

We've always joked about having an act at the Edinburgh fringe so he said that's the name of our band !

Said he's only join if he could be "slightly kinky " and wear arsless chaps so I said I'd be painful . 😂.

My life wouldn't be the same without him in it to be honest and he makes me laugh every day . Todays tale of the little old lady buying ur - anus socks is nothing unusual !

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 23:53

Bentoforthehorde · 27/10/2023 20:10

Thanks OP this website is great! I'm from Yorkshire but not seen the shop before. Amazing.

He's so proud of it ! He makes the bath bombs / products with his wife who used to work for lush .

I'm love how they run it . Took years for them to get to this and I'm so proud of him ! He's my absolute best friend and he deserves the success . He makes me laugh every single day. No matter how down I am he makes my day . And it's a fab shop!

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porridgeisbae · 27/10/2023 23:14

I think the pic is of a generic planet. Saturn would supposedly be correctly depicted in beige/yellow. Uranus should be on its side but not a lot of people would know that (I didn't- thanks @DuckonaBike . ) It's the right sort of colour though.

Headabovetheparapets · 27/10/2023 23:08

OP- well I thought it was a funny scenario, & granny pants to those who are so busy being “right on” they can’t see the joke xx

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 23:04

Is it Saturn ? Well I never ! Puts paid to the Uranus jokes then .

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Dotcheck · 27/10/2023 23:04

Fightyouforthatpie · 27/10/2023 16:49

Patronising attitude.

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 23:02

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 20:43

Bit of a failed attempt at Classics, perhaps

I think so ...

I've been here since 2007 and trust me he last thing I'm aiming for is classics . The classics are shite lately !

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 23:00

It's fine . The thread police are out in force today!

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SisterMichaelsHabit · 27/10/2023 22:43

Well it seems unlikely and a bit of an old and tired joke (sorry if that's ageist to mature jokes) but I think it in no way deserves the shitty (and obsessive) reaction you've had from the thread police OP.

Basically there are a tiny but noisy minority on MN who instead of thinking to themselves "that wasn't funny" then pissing off to something else, they have to verbally grind sand into your eyeballs to over-egg their point of how funny they didn't find it.

But then there was a long thread last week where it was really clear most people didn't know the difference between "laughing at" someone and laughing with them/about something they had done/all the other reasons humans laugh in each other's presence. So maybe it's a flat attempt by these people to try and join in with the humour and they're just worse at it than whoever wrote those socks.

adjacenttoquiteafewspheres · 27/10/2023 21:55

Superduper02 · 27/10/2023 21:42

Well this gave me a good chuckle OP. Agree everyone is in a fowl mood.

😂

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Superduper02 · 27/10/2023 21:42

Well this gave me a good chuckle OP. Agree everyone is in a fowl mood.

DuckonaBike · 27/10/2023 21:32

Thank you SeaPool, I’ve always wanted to win Mumsnet! 🤣

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 21:07

SeaPool · 27/10/2023 20:59

@DuckonaBike 8 pages of posts and you're the first person to notice this! You've won Mumsnet today.

Absolutely. I love that this is the comment after nearly 200 posts! 👏

Theokaycokey · 27/10/2023 21:04

It's obviously for her new boyfriend!

Years ago I was in a shop where an elderly lady asked me to read the message on a tea tray, featuring a 1940s housewife. Unfortunately she was also hard of hearing so I ended up having to shout out "I'm the only bitch in the kitchen" several times. She then grinned and put several in her trolley as Xmas gifts.

LaMarschallin · 27/10/2023 21:01

@DuckonaBike

Absolutely brilliant! Wine

SeaPool · 27/10/2023 20:59

@DuckonaBike 8 pages of posts and you're the first person to notice this! You've won Mumsnet today.

DuckonaBike · 27/10/2023 20:51

I know this isn’t really the point, but isn’t that Saturn?

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 20:43

Bit of a failed attempt at Classics, perhaps

I think so ...

SeaPool · 27/10/2023 20:38

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 27/10/2023 20:24

We visited a tourist attraction called the Cerne Giant that is a large chalk outline of a giant holding a club.

To be fair, I don't think it's his big club that most people focus on...

That's clearly ChalkGiantist. Reported.