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To buy a stunt pineapple..

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Easterbunnygettingsorted · 27/03/2025 13:51

For my ndn.
Elderly man died in November.. Same week we moved in. Never actually saw him.
He owns a huge mahoosive and loud ddog..
Which the family took away and by the looks of it struggle to manage him.
As in struggle to manage to get it to stfu.
They are obviously clearing and cleaning the house to sell. (fingers crossed)
They bring Brutus (nc so not to bark- shame the twat)

Shall I buy them a pineapple to help things along?
Possibly bake some bread and hope the smell filters through?
My head can't take it any longer..
Proved today the woman there (dd /dsis?) was cleaning the sills as it threw itself against the glass trying to eat me. She didn't flinch. Didn't move it or acknowledge it's behaviour is ott...
What thing do you want to assist with irl but sadly can't?
Have a car towed?
Cut a lawn in a jungle garden?
Rehome a ndn's ddog /dcat /dc?
Remove vocal cords from a singing ndn?
Post your vents here....

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ISpendFarTooMuchOnFood · 27/03/2025 18:17

This thread reminds me of the film The Break-Up with Jennifer A and Vince V and the 'show lemons'

MrsMoastyToasty · 27/03/2025 17:40

I think this is a stunt pineapple.

To buy a stunt pineapple..
goneaway2 · 27/03/2025 17:19

For some strange reason, the person who supplied the balloons and chair covers for my wedding insisted we have her fake, pink plastic pineapple in the middle of the top table. I've never worked out why. Could it have been a stunt pineapple?

CaptainFuture · 27/03/2025 16:04

BatchCookBabe · 27/03/2025 16:02

Wait with the what now? Confused

Bears... Beets....Battlestar Gallactica makes as much sense as the OP!!

BatchCookBabe · 27/03/2025 16:02

Wait with the what now? Confused

CaptainFuture · 27/03/2025 16:00

ChestyIaRue · 27/03/2025 14:26

They’re clearing their dead dad’s house while trying to manage his dog. I’m sure you’ll get a deserved “fuck off” if you turn up on their doorstep smirking about how quickly you want them to sell.

This.
And re Proved today the woman there (dd /dsis?) was cleaning the sills as it threw itself against the glass trying to eat me.
How close were you to their house for it to dk that?! @Easterbunnygettingsorted

minnienono · 27/03/2025 15:57

No idea what the pineapple is about but i suspect they haven’t got probate granted yet so can’t sell, seems they are prepping the house to sell as soon as they get probate granted

Topknotted · 27/03/2025 15:55

nebular · 27/03/2025 14:44

I loved that thread and really wanted the stunt washing up area

God, yes, that was deeply odd, from what I remember. There was an entire ‘for show’ washing up area, with artful wooden-handled washing up brush and expensive washing-up liquid in a nice bottle? Neither of which could ever, obviously, be used. I think the ‘for show’ stuff only came out when there were visitors? Though what happened if helpful visitors started washing up using the ‘for show’ equipment I don’t know — did the OP smile graciously over her horror, like an 18thc host at a guest who took a slice of the rented pineapple? Or lunge at them, teeth bared?

Lilyhatesjaz · 27/03/2025 15:54

I thought you were meant to put a pineapple upside down in your shopping trolley if you are trying to attract a mate

B1anche · 27/03/2025 15:53

I've read the OP several times and it still makes no sense whatsoever.

Any chance you could come back and re-word it?

YamsVsEggplants · 27/03/2025 15:48

Davros · 27/03/2025 14:30

All these newbies don’t know about stunt pineapples 🤷‍♀️

I've been on Mumsnet for 8+ years.
Never heard of a stunt pineapple.

To be fair, the whole post is absolutely bizarre.

nebular · 27/03/2025 14:44

I loved that thread and really wanted the stunt washing up area

idriveaVauxhallZafira · 27/03/2025 14:38

I thought it was in reference to the upside down swingers pineapple thing? 👯

AnnaBegins · 27/03/2025 14:32

I feel you have to have been on MN since "it were all fields round ere" to remember the stunt pineapple property threads!

Love it OP, made me all nostalgic.

I would like help with getting the flocks of starlings to move on from our village. It's been weeks. I think we need a flock of stunt hawks.

Davros · 27/03/2025 14:30

All these newbies don’t know about stunt pineapples 🤷‍♀️

TheBuffetInspector · 27/03/2025 14:27

Topknotted · 27/03/2025 14:24

Read the article I linked below.

Which also features the weirdly fascinating titbit that pineapple varieties were bred in the mid-20thc precisely so that the rings would fit perfectly inside a can.

Though the kitchen staging that made me laugh most was some footballer’s kitchen years ago in Hello! magazine, which was acres of completely bare dark marble work surfaces, accessorised only by a single butternut squash lying artfully on its side.

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I shall have a look.

I never miss an opportunity to see an artfully positioned butternut squash!

It's never brown speckled bananas is it?

ChestyIaRue · 27/03/2025 14:26

They’re clearing their dead dad’s house while trying to manage his dog. I’m sure you’ll get a deserved “fuck off” if you turn up on their doorstep smirking about how quickly you want them to sell.

KrisAkabusi · 27/03/2025 14:24

It's not the dog that's barking!

Topknotted · 27/03/2025 14:24

TheBuffetInspector · 27/03/2025 14:19

Was this back before Pineapples were readily available in supermarkets.

Or is it an entice the buyer sex thing?

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Read the article I linked below.

Which also features the weirdly fascinating titbit that pineapple varieties were bred in the mid-20thc precisely so that the rings would fit perfectly inside a can.

Though the kitchen staging that made me laugh most was some footballer’s kitchen years ago in Hello! magazine, which was acres of completely bare dark marble work surfaces, accessorised only by a single butternut squash lying artfully on its side.

YamsVsEggplants · 27/03/2025 14:23

The pineapple has been made (ever so slightly) clearer now with above posts... However, plonking a pineapple or scent of bread into a house that's still being cleared & not yet on the market still makes absolutely zero sense.

Topknotted · 27/03/2025 14:20

Hiring a ‘stunt’ pineapple (in that it was purely for show and had to be returned) use to be a thing done to show off your wealth at grandiose dinners in the mid-1700s.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877

In the way it’s being used here I suppose it’s sort of shorthand for the things you might do to stage a house for a speedy sale — fresh fruit, a vase of flowers, smell of coffee/baking, nice bedlinen etc.

Dog in pineapple costume

The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple

For a couple of centuries, the British were in an unlikely frenzy for the exotic fruit.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877

TheBuffetInspector · 27/03/2025 14:19

Topknotted · 27/03/2025 14:08

I think the stunt pineapple is to aid in the hopefully speedy sale of the house.

Was this back before Pineapples were readily available in supermarkets.

Or is it an entice the buyer sex thing?

JaneJeffer · 27/03/2025 14:13

You can’t use up the stunt pineapple because then it will just be a pineapple.

HoppingPavlova · 27/03/2025 14:12

If you have a pineapple in your house, someone will buy it (the house, not the pineapple)? I’ve never bought or sold a house that had a pineapple as part of it🤷‍♀️.

I Googled in the hope of this becoming clear but could only find a guy on TicToc who does a stunt with a pineapple where he cleanly takes the top off with his hands, whilst wearing a superhero cape. I’m confused about the cape aspect.

Turns out I seem to suffer a lot of pineapple related confusion.

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