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Someone threatened my allotment.

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BigBarbara · 12/04/2024 11:49

I was sat in my allotment, minding my own business, having just potted some beansprouts and some mad couple come bowling over to me demanding I move my chair and leave their allotment!

I'd only just settled in with my voddy & orange in a Stanley Cup and a copy of Take A Break.

Weather was 19° and not muddy at all.

They said its their land! I said it bloody ruddy is not, I've been here 10 years and I put this bloody ruddy shed here myself. It cost me £89 from B&Q. And I had to pay someone from the face book £40 to put it up too. In cash!

AIBU to think finders keepers, losers weepers?? If they wanted the land they shouldn't have waited 3 months to come visit, even if it had been pissing it down for months and who in their right mind would bother with checking an allotment in a pissy February right after moving and being ill too?

I'm currently going through my paper bin to find some cardboard to make some signs saying 'Big Barbara's Beansprouts, keep away'
And tonight I'm going hedgehog hunting so I can strategically place the prickly bastards on leads around the perimeter of MY land.

The cheek of some people!

(Dear MNHQ this is satire and for a laugh. For legal reasons I am not in fact Big Barb and have no intentions of tethering hedgehogs. Please don't call the RSPCA)

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LadyWiddiothethird · 12/04/2024 15:00

Reported as its a TAAT.

whywonttheyeattheirfood · 12/04/2024 14:59

Plant mares tails, they're indestructible and will survive a nuclear holocaust.

PineappleTime · 12/04/2024 14:58

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Oh my WORD
sense of humour failure as well as reading comprehension!

LadyWiddiothethird · 12/04/2024 14:58

Who would think this is funny!!!! MN gets weirder by the day,

Rowleywaykid · 12/04/2024 14:57

BigBarbara · 12/04/2024 12:00

Wa just trying to be a bit silly and raise a smile :(

You failed miserably.

ForeveraBluebird · 12/04/2024 14:55

Made me laugh Barb, see if they want to share the space and veg, could be fun.

Keeprejoining · 12/04/2024 14:53

OP you are funny, ignore the misery guess who regularly try and blight a thread

WearyAuldWumman · 12/04/2024 14:49

Toottooot · 12/04/2024 14:01

Fit yi pluntin’ min?

A wee bitty kale.

BillStickersWillBeProsocuted · 12/04/2024 14:49

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It's just like "don't fuck with cats" how did you manage to figure that one out!

Infectiousdisease · 12/04/2024 14:45

Yeah you could plant 'fuck off' in tough African grass seed so it can be seen from space

Ilovemyshed · 12/04/2024 14:45

I thought it was amusing OP. Ignore the haters 🤷🏽‍♀️

HarrietSchulenberg · 12/04/2024 14:42

Seeing as the miserable bastards won't even let you see the summer growing season out, I'd remove what crops I could then plant bloody big rocks and a fuckton of thick grass seed on the allotment before I left.
It'll be months before they bother with it and it'll all be scrubby weeds by next summer anyway.
By their own admission it was a surprise addition to their house purchase so they hardly bought it with the intention of using it.
And I do think your post is funny, not sure why some posters have appointed themselves the custodians of humour.

Ddff · 12/04/2024 14:25

😂😂😂
is it your DH ‘Big Brian’ whose been storing all his porn mags boxes of shit in their garage?

MeMyCatsAndMyBooks · 12/04/2024 14:21

Think a few people have lost their sense of humour today! 🤣

OfMiceandWomen · 12/04/2024 14:19

We just need the person who had all his stuff stored in the garage to come along and give their side of the story.😀😀

Infectiousdisease · 12/04/2024 14:15

viques · 12/04/2024 14:01

Stick to the day job.

Stop being so flipping miserable, hth

VivianRogers · 12/04/2024 14:06

Good on ya, OP, I laughed out loud.

Bananadramallamas · 12/04/2024 14:06

Nice one, Barb. 😆

whywonttheyeattheirfood · 12/04/2024 14:05

Buy a tent and have a sit in, swampy style. Invite the Daily Mail down to interview you whilst you sit in the mud, looking all sad and dishevelled. This will strengthen your cause and inevitably lead to you being given the allotment plot by a dim kind hearted judge 😃

NeedthatFridayfeeling · 12/04/2024 14:04

BigBarbara · 12/04/2024 12:00

Wa just trying to be a bit silly and raise a smile :(

Made me smile 😁

splatmouse · 12/04/2024 14:03

You know what would shut them up, Babs? Show 'em the deeds. All you need is some proof that you own the allotment and then you can shove it in their faces!

EliflurtleAndTheInfiniteMadness · 12/04/2024 14:02

I needed a good laugh too, thanks 😂😂😂

viques · 12/04/2024 14:01

BigBarbara · 12/04/2024 12:00

Wa just trying to be a bit silly and raise a smile :(

Stick to the day job.

Toottooot · 12/04/2024 14:01

Fit yi pluntin’ min?

BananaCake35 · 12/04/2024 14:00

Ignore the miserable responses, this is absolutely hilarious! I needed a good laugh this week and this has cheered me right up.

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