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To think my neighbour has taken gender identication too far .

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Missmarplesknittingbuddy · 09/01/2025 12:09

Neighbour has been unwell with flu . Just rang and asked her if she needed any shopping . Gave me a short list including washing liquid . She asked for the Persil " non binary one " . 😁 She knows i am posting and wants to read the responses to cheer her up .

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murasaki · 09/01/2025 16:18

I hope.your neighbour feels better soon and had a laugh at the thread. Flu is awful, so any laughs are good.

diddl · 09/01/2025 16:07

I think that Persil has a different name in France doesn't it?

muddyford · 09/01/2025 15:56

Bbq1 · 09/01/2025 15:07

Reminds me of the time ny mum was reading my ds a story - he was then aged about 5. Instead of Organism she accidentally said Orgasm!

Our biology teacher had concentrated so hard, over almost two years of curriculum, on saying 'organism' , when we got to sexual reproduction she couldn't bring herself to say 'orgasm'.

ScupperedbytheSea · 09/01/2025 15:41

yorktown · 09/01/2025 13:46

I did something like that once, described DS's school as bisexual, unlike DD's school which only has girls.

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When I was growing up, I remember my dad used to refer to anyone bisexual as 'ambidextrous'

Printedword · 09/01/2025 15:36

Doggymummar · 09/01/2025 15:17

Shea butter I'm guessing

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Yes

stickygotstuck · 09/01/2025 15:34

@Hoppinggreen , I do take exception at that 😉- pine nuts are lovely!

They do taste like pine resin though 🤔. But I like that! (unlike radioactivity, I have tasted pine resin)

Doggymummar · 09/01/2025 15:17

Mountainash · 09/01/2025 13:58

This has caused me distress and discomfort because I don’t understand the question. 😉

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Shea butter I'm guessing

hithere44 · 09/01/2025 15:17

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HaddyAbrams · 09/01/2025 15:11

wastingtimeonhere · 09/01/2025 15:09

A babygro, which to be fair looked like a bag..😂

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My parents always called babygros "grow bags" which caused some confusion when I had DC and the brand Grobag had become popular!

LunaNorth · 09/01/2025 15:11

Mountainash · 09/01/2025 13:58

This has caused me distress and discomfort because I don’t understand the question. 😉

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Shea butter?

Andoutcomethewolves · 09/01/2025 15:11

When I was.about ten i remember screaming in public 'mummy! Daddy is MOLESTING ME!'

I'm still not quite sure what i thought that meant (i think just teasing?) but that could have gone very wrong 😬

murasaki · 09/01/2025 15:10

Asaparagus wee smell, both the generation thereof and the ability to smell it are also potentially genetic. Odd. And people don't always get both apparently.

BotterMon · 09/01/2025 15:10

My transphobic septic tank can only process non-binary washing powder/liquid.

wastingtimeonhere · 09/01/2025 15:09

WoolySnail · 09/01/2025 14:09

What did they mean? Because you can get a baby gro bag which is like a sleeping bag with a top, but I'm assuming they didn't mean one of those? 😀

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A babygro, which to be fair looked like a bag..😂

Hoppinggreen · 09/01/2025 15:08

stickygotstuck · 09/01/2025 14:42

@EdgeofSeventy , yes, I've heard that. My niece feels exactly the same, which makes me think it could be genetic too.

I believe it's similar with celery, which I find mild and inoffensive, while DH thinks it's bitter and the spawn of Satan, and can detect it in soups a mile off.

I cannot tolerate rocket. I know it's meant to be a bit bitter, but to me it tastes radioactive. Really disagrees with me too.

(Edited to say, I don't really know what radioactivity tastes like, obviously!)

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Pine nuts taste burnt to me

Bbq1 · 09/01/2025 15:07

Reminds me of the time ny mum was reading my ds a story - he was then aged about 5. Instead of Organism she accidentally said Orgasm!

murasaki · 09/01/2025 15:04

justgettingin · 09/01/2025 15:01

People can have a laugh its not a crime.
Not everything is an offence.

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Apparently it is, several posts have been deleted.

WorthyBiscuit · 09/01/2025 15:04

My son also identifies with non-binary laundry detergent as the gender specific type makes his skin itch. Grin

justgettingin · 09/01/2025 15:01

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People can have a laugh its not a crime.
Not everything is an offence.

Fysm · 09/01/2025 14:52

Unrepentantfarter · 09/01/2025 13:01

Ha! Reminds me of my students' typos of 'organism' and 'public'...

And a student who wrote about the Large 'Hardon' Collider, complete with a superb (slightly phallic-esque) diagram of the Large Hadron Collider.

WoolySnail · 09/01/2025 14:50

Kashmiri24 · 09/01/2025 14:40

I could do with a lie down with a couple of paramedics, to be honest. 😂😂😂

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Couldn't we all?! 🤣

ladyofshertonabbas · 09/01/2025 14:45

Cracking up! Get well soon.

LardoBurrows · 09/01/2025 14:44

Gallowayan · 09/01/2025 14:36

Surely this is a malapropism: she must have meant non bio?

You think 🤣🤣🤣

LardoBurrows · 09/01/2025 14:43

Kashmiri24 · 09/01/2025 14:40

I could do with a lie down with a couple of paramedics, to be honest. 😂😂😂

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You and me both, but these days we'd have to wait a couple of days before they showed up. Oh well, back to the paracetamol it is ☺️

nonbinaryfinery · 09/01/2025 14:43

Hahahahahaha

I made a similar joke at one point this is great