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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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Boredbeforeievenbegan · 21/07/2017 18:04

Loving the tidy update, how is that 4 years ago?! Anyone remember the poster with land and someone very entitled kept horses on it?!

Skittykitty · 21/07/2017 13:01

As I recall it was going to be renamed as The MatriARK

SapphireStrange · 21/07/2017 12:31

I COMPLETELY missed the island/ark building/zombie apocalypse...

Good to read the origin story of IAmTheZombie (RIP), though.

sashh · 21/07/2017 12:19

Fru when did the mn island and the ark building happen? were they part of the zombie apocalypse plan?

The ark was the Ark Royal, it was being decommissioned and there was an idea that we could buy it between us for the ZA.

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 21/07/2017 11:53

I remember the ark seemed to involve a lot of gin being stashed on board.

I think the that was also the birth of IamtheZombie (RIP) when she decided to sneak in as one of the Zombies who had got lost and was now very confused.

sashh · 21/07/2017 11:53

Anyone remember the woman who had employed a public school boy in her business and went on about the curl of his hair and the way he spoke?

She had the piss ripped out of her then started demanding her posts be deleted, people told her to report to MNHQ and she ignored them and kept putting moire and more personal details on demanding the posts be removed,

FruBayerischOla · 21/07/2017 11:21

I don't know/can't remember about the island and ark building, nor about whether the ZA was part of those or something separate.

I've been here 7 years, so it might have been before my time - or it might have been in my early days when I wasn't so attuned to in-jokes.

Lweji · 21/07/2017 11:20

I've just noticed.
It's obviously fuck off and not fuck odd, although there are some fuck odds in MN too.

YesEinsteinsMumDid · 21/07/2017 11:12

Fru when did the mn island and the ark building happen? were they part of the zombie apocalypse plan?

YesEinsteinsMumDid · 21/07/2017 11:11

*in an oh fuck situation
and not 'you an oh fuck...

FruBayerischOla · 21/07/2017 11:11

It was all to do with the zombie apocalypse and what plans and supplies people had in place to survive - or something like that!

IIRC, the oh fuck rucksack contained everything you'd need to run away and the dustbin â„¢ is where you'd hide Grin

YesEinsteinsMumDid · 21/07/2017 11:10

I wish I could but I can't remember the origins of the ofrs (oh fuck rucksack). It could have been from the ark building thread or the mn island or something else. I have fuzzy memories of that time due to serial non sleeping ds. Hopefully someone will enlighten you, but i do know you need one in case of an emergency - you an oh fuck situation. iyswim.

SapphireStrange · 21/07/2017 11:07

I don't remember either the oh fuck rucksack or trademarking the dustbin Grin Please enlighten me!

FruBayerischOla · 21/07/2017 10:55

And the dustbin â„¢ Grin

Who trademarked the dustbin, was it Stratters or someone else?!

YesEinsteinsMumDid · 21/07/2017 10:46

Ah Lweji you have reminded me of the 'oh fuck rucksack' Grin

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuck · 21/07/2017 10:29

SDTG I didn't know that HD had rimmed the labrador! 😂😂😂 She's a legend.

Lweji · 21/07/2017 08:48

Lweji · 21/07/2017 08:47

I sort of expected to be told to "get to fck" (popular expression used by MNetters for cheeky fckers, apparently) because I'm new-ish haha!

  • are only used on MN to do bold. (Or mysteriously produce a blank post)

The expression is fuck off to the far side of fuck and fuck odd some more.

SamineShaw · 21/07/2017 08:18

Saw this and thought of the dinosaur deniers, they must be apoplectic 😂

To ask for a round up of all the little MN in-jokes?
TidyDancer · 21/07/2017 05:41

Haha! Gluezilla has never apologised but I have bumped into her parents since the wedding and they don't look me in the eye so I'm assuming they know!

MN was actually a massive support to me when that was going on because as amusing at the whole debacle was, it was quite hurtful to be treated like that by a friend. You guys made it a lot easier to handle!

BoreOfWhabylon · 21/07/2017 03:28

I don't think you can see the pic of the SEB any more (it was on the OP's profile). But it's on this thread if you scroll down a bit

www.mumsnet.com/features/15-legendary-threads

Also several other classic threads Grin

Havalina · 21/07/2017 03:01

There was a very odd one between mostly one woman and one man, where they mostly talked about dancing (salsa maybe) and basically seemed to be having a very public emotional affair. Confused [have been here a long time]

Havalina · 21/07/2017 02:58

I seem to remember a very funny thread about olympic horses?

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