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To ask for a round up of all the little MN in-jokes?

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faithinthesound · 19/07/2017 11:01

Mods, feel free to delete this if it's not okay!

I've been here some months now, and I've noticed a lot of little in-jokes around that come from old threads, some of which are in Classics, etc. Usually when I come across a reference that I don't recognize, someone is kind enough to explain it to me (and sometimes even link the original thread!) but I thought it might be nice, and kind of fun, to gather together as many as we can in one thread!

I'll start. The one that always sticks out to me is the one about the Mexican house thief. That's from this thread.

The other one that had me in absolute stitches was the saga of Sharon, the wasp, and the wine that never reached the carpet, which starts here, and apparently continues here with someone "t-rexing in the Asda"... Hysterical, I tell you.

I'm really hoping some long-time MNers will be along to link to such joys as "cancel the check"; "pom bears"; "Maui"; and the one where everyone MumsNetted as their toddlers :D

(I'm sorry if this is against some unwritten rule. It's not REALLY a thread about a thread, it's a thread about a lot of threads...)

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ParadiseLaundry · 19/07/2017 12:33

Brilliant thread op, well done. Reading the 'Pom Bear anyone' comments I thought the actual joke couldn't be that funny but it was Grin

Still a bit confused about the naice ham though. Did they write that on purpose it was it a spelling mistake?

Rossigigi · 19/07/2017 12:26

I loved the elderly Korean lady I want one too!!

LucyLocketLostIt · 19/07/2017 12:25

Center parcs bum sex

QuimReaper · 19/07/2017 12:15

Re Naice Ham, I think it wasn't that the list said "naice ham", just that it said

Random item
Random item
Ham
Random item
Random item
Random item
Nice Ham

And MNers were wondering what the difference was. "Naice" isn't a MN thing (although it's most common on here), it's just to indicate a Rather Hayacinth Bu-QUET pronunciation.

QuimReaper · 19/07/2017 12:13

Sorry, x-post OP.

QuimReaper · 19/07/2017 12:13

Can people elucidate on the in-jokes if they're not linking?

I've never known what Maui was all about, or Penguin Bollards.

SheSaidHeSaid · 19/07/2017 12:07

Brilliant thread!!

rattieofcarcassone · 19/07/2017 12:03

The spray painted pigeon was amusing iirc. The op didn't notice the pigeon whilst she was spray painting her fence and the poor sod got painted. I'm sure that was mn.
Didn't somebody turn their dog blue too?

SnowiestMountain · 19/07/2017 12:02

Oh this is fabulous, thank you, I LOVE the Korean lady thread! GrinGrin

SapphireStrange · 19/07/2017 12:00

Here's the toddler art one.

Still funny. It was AGES ago, though. Shock Makes me feel old.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/a1255683-The-Museum-of-Modern-Toddler-Art

MusicToMyEars800 · 19/07/2017 12:00

Oh dear lord, I am reading the Yoni massage thread for the very first time, I am dying here, my jaw aches as does my stomach Grin absolutely hilarious!!

CoolCarrie · 19/07/2017 11:54

Thank you op as I have been looking for the Mexican house thief and couldn't find it !

faithinthesound · 19/07/2017 11:53

So... where was the wedding? Because it sounds like the bride was super tightlipped about it...

Naice is a brilliant one. What's the Mumsnet Museum of Toddler Art? And toilet brushes and Zoflora? and immac???

NEW RULE FOR THIS THREAD: if you can't link it, you have to explain it, however vaguely and "long-lost memory"-ish you do it!

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HicDraconis · 19/07/2017 11:52

Penguin bollards

YetAnotherSpartacus · 19/07/2017 11:46

What gave birth to the Mumsnet chicken (metaphorically speaking)?

MusicToMyEars800 · 19/07/2017 11:46

I love the pom bears one, it has me in tears of laughter Grin

ginnystonic · 19/07/2017 11:44

*responses

SapphireStrange · 19/07/2017 11:43

I'm too lazy to look for it, but the Mumsnet Museum of Toddler Art thread was a tour de force.

ginnystonic · 19/07/2017 11:43

I was about to say 'yoni massage'

Those resides had me howling Grin

Leeds2 · 19/07/2017 11:43

I have enjoyed reading/re reading some of these!

easterholidays · 19/07/2017 11:43

Pom bears

DressedCrab · 19/07/2017 11:43

Penguin bollards.

TuttiFruttiCutie · 19/07/2017 11:39

Yes, Sara Crewe and her penis beaker! Boak Grin

SpottedGingham · 19/07/2017 11:36

Penis beaker. 🤣

HicDraconis · 19/07/2017 11:35

Brian from Hull and his yoni massage anyone?