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To clap my hands and skip about in a elephantine manner?

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 15/06/2017 23:11

I'm going to be a grandfather! Woo hoo! They haven't tuppence to rub together, so there'll be 3 generations under one roof. Still, DD is doing well after the throwing stopped, he's working all the hours God sends, and with luck I shall see New Person into their teens, as opposed to my DF who got less than 7 years of DGF hood. Wish us luck.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 16/06/2026 06:22

BosworthBosworth · 16/06/2026 00:16

I love this thread, please could someone link to the new one in chat if they can?

Link to new thread: www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5542886-elephantine-skipping-part-deux?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

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BosworthBosworth · 16/06/2026 00:16

I love this thread, please could someone link to the new one in chat if they can?

Hoppyhops · 15/06/2026 19:50

Thank you so much for updating- I love this thread! How lovely that there will be another little one soon!

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 15/06/2026 19:15

Hello peeps. It's nine years since I began this thread. DGS has made those years the best of my life so far.

However...his dad taught him the en passant move yesterday, so the chess games are going to be even more fraught. His capacity for insane feats of strength increases, although his pain threshold is low enough these days to stop him from injuring himself. He plays cricket very like W.G. Grace, refusing to leave the crease when clean bowled or caught. Tsk.

And of course, his little brother is in the offing. Their birthdays will be a month apart at most, so that'll be fun.

So long, and thanks for all the kind wishes. New thread in Chat.

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PerspicaciaTick · 20/01/2026 20:51

Thank you taking the time to update what is my favourite MN thread.
Congratulations to all your peeps - long may you all flourish!

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 01/01/2026 00:08

Happy New Year!

We were with the kids on Sunday, and DD & DSIL stared gloopily at each other like newlyweds. Which they are, but they regard their wedding day as pretty close to their true 10th anniversary. It's nice when people make the right choice so early.

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Mogloveseggs · 31/12/2025 20:33

How wonderful! I can’t believe it’s been so long since I first read this thread. Happy new year!

BoreOfWhabylon · 31/12/2025 04:49

What lovely news!
Happy New Year to you all.

bikerunski · 28/12/2025 08:46

Perfect twixtmas news x

ChessieFL · 28/12/2025 06:54

What a lovely update! Thank you.

Iamalltheyhavenow · 28/12/2025 01:08

Hello @DisgraceToTheYChromosome
Have been following your thread since the start, this latest update is absolutely joyous, what a fabulous year (apart from the surgery) you have had. Cannot believe it has been nearly nine years though! Have a fabulous 2026, I will look out for the new thread about the second DGC. All the best to you and yours xx

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/12/2025 21:37

Hello peeps. It's been an interesting year.

The descendants all share the same surname. An epic occasion, including the sight of a not so fat man jumping around to Metallica played on strings. No bad for someone who'd spent 7 hours with a robot sorting his innards 6 weeks previously. The bride and groom looked lovely, DGS sustained a black eye during an impromptu rugby game, and there was much rejoicing.

DGS beat me at chess twice over the festivities. He arrived wearing a t-shirt announcing his future promotion to big brother.

Fingers crossed, next year there'll be a new thread. It will start 9 years after this one.

Happy New Year from us all.

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bikerunski · 30/08/2025 13:30

Hello @DisgraceToTheYChromosome Lovely to see your annual update.
8 year old boys are very much meant to be upside down, in motion in water. It sounds like the ample collection of grown ups in his life are doing an excellent job.

Hoppyhops · 28/08/2025 09:44

Thank you for updating! This thread always makes me so happy.

Itsnotallalark · 28/08/2025 07:14

Wonderful! Happy birthday young man.

WagathaCreamT · 27/08/2025 20:44

Wow, 8?! I've enjoyed your thread since the very early days, thank you for updating.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 27/08/2025 20:13

Now we are eight. I'm so very glad to have had this time, and hopefully many more years of it.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 16/06/2025 03:33

BoreOfWhabylon · 16/06/2025 01:49

Lovely! Have any more grandbabies arrived Disgrace?

Sadly no, but given that DD and son-out-law* would have had a nervous breakdown if faced by another one like him...he has three sets of grandparents and an active DGGM, and we take it in turns to exhaust him. Yesterday they came round and he spent most of the visit inverted or running.

If I want to make DD's flesh creep, I remind her that I'm the oldest of 4 boys born less than 4 years apart.

*Soon to be official, woo hoo!

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BoreOfWhabylon · 16/06/2025 01:49

Lovely! Have any more grandbabies arrived Disgrace?

nozbottheblue · 15/06/2025 18:51

Love this thread so much!
Thank you, Disgrace, for sharing a little of your world with us.Flowers

ChessieFL · 15/06/2025 18:36

Yay, another update. This thread is lovely!

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 15/06/2025 17:31

Eight years since I first posted. How time flies.

He's pretty much the classic Mumsnet Boy: tall, skinny, possessed of a huge appetite and constantly in motion. He gets odd whims: the last one was acclimatising for open water swimming by climbing into the wetsuit tub wearing his school uniform. That took some explaining to his mother.

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Yougetmoreofwhatyoufocuson · 18/12/2024 13:05

This was lovely thank you. Xx

BoreOfWhabylon · 27/08/2024 18:02

Lavishly and strangely furnished indeed.
You have done your work well, @DisgraceToTheYChromosome Grin

TheCakeDiet · 27/08/2024 09:57

Oh this is brilliant. An update. I love seeing this thread in my 'threads your on' and knowing that there is 'news'.

Seven.

SEVEN.

How can this be?

Sending good wishes from London