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Does parking on a closed road count as a live parking thread? 😁

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DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 19:50

So they have closed the road I live on to resurface it. It will be closed for the next two nights. We’ve had multiple letters from the council, there have been signs up for at least a month and yesterday they painted NO PARKING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY all over the road.

8 cars are still parked there with 15 minutes to go until resurfacing begins. One of the cars is right outside my house and when I saw them out the window, I tried to explain to the two women (looking like they were off for an evening in town) that they were probably not going to be able to get their car until morning but they told me to fuck off!

The road is lorry central, a guy is taking pictures of the remaining cars… it’s all go here.

Anyone know what they do? Do they just resurface round the cars? Tow them away? Do they get brutal? There’s a fair few annoyed looking men in hi-vis walking up and down! Should I get wine and a comfy viewing position?

😉

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WiddlinDiddlin · 22/04/2022 03:11

Am hoping that Fuck Offs return has been recorded... or hasn't happened so I haven't missed it!

My dogs are disgusted to discover that their own bedroom was an option (it isn't, the other two bedrooms are rammed with stuff I don't want dogs on/in/near), they ask Dog Who Has His Own Room how he achieved this and does he have tips and suggestions?

ArcheryAnnie · 22/04/2022 03:01

I thought I was invisible in the dark but NAY because my phone doth shine up at my face making me look like a road resurfacing obsessed ghost

This is magnificent, OP.

SlatsandFlaps · 22/04/2022 01:39

OP won’t be back now that the town name has been mentioned, well done!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 22/04/2022 01:27

I want a pic of Huge Dog on his bed!

Crafting1Queen · 22/04/2022 01:22

DailyMaui · 21/04/2022 20:22

FUCK OFF CAR HAS BEEN WINCHED ONTO LORRY

Oh, hahahaha, Karma!

Fuck Off Woman will be so Fucked Off, when she comes back to find her car has in fact Fucked Off, and the only person she can be Fucked Off with, about her car Fucking Off, is herself, having Fucked Off & abandoned her car in such a position that it had to be Craned onto the back of a Tow Truck, which then promptly..... Fucked Off!

The crane lift image is a thing of beauty, along with your previous diagrams, photos & updates, I think OP, you are the Winnerly most Winner of all the parking threads on MN, EVER!!!

How doth one nominate this for Classics?

Changemaname1 · 22/04/2022 01:01

Hucklead · 21/04/2022 19:52

I’m so excited for you!! What will they do?

😂😂

Flickflak · 22/04/2022 00:51

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anotheronenow · 22/04/2022 00:43

"NAY because my phone doth shine up at my face making me look like a road resurfacing obsessed ghost. "

I think I love you OP. Now, can we please have a photo of FuckOff woman when she returns with her pal, and also one of your donkey-sized dog? Thank you very much.

Prisonpocket · 22/04/2022 00:25

This is brilliant

Staffy1 · 22/04/2022 00:22

Along with the picture of the car on the back of the tow truck, I think you should also put your diagram with “fuck off car” next to it on a tree.

Newenw · 22/04/2022 00:17

Small world! I live nowhere near you Op but was there this week visiting relatives!
Great thread. 👏👏👏

NewbieDivergent · 22/04/2022 00:05

Obj I do love a parking thread..and I don't even drive 😂
Very well done op.

SouperNoodle · 22/04/2022 00:04

Ok so I've just finished rtft and I need to know more about the bottle of lung stuff!! Did you keep it? Was it old timey plague medicine?

BSideBaby · 21/04/2022 23:58

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PinkBackpack · 21/04/2022 23:56

Also wondering who in town is an MN'er!

For locals, there is an alternative photo view on the WLH Facebook group.

SouperNoodle · 21/04/2022 23:52

@DailyMaui

FUCK OFF CAR HAS BEEN WINCHED ONTO LORRY
I'm genuinely so happy!
Lastsecondfail · 21/04/2022 23:50

Loving the way the dog has his own room- I do believe he/she now needs their own thread too.

please photograph the Fuck off woman when she returns. As DS would say ….. Instant karma 😂

NoisyBrain · 21/04/2022 23:49

Now I’m wondering if I’ll walk past anyone from this thread when I’m in town over the weekend. Can just picture me eyeing up strangers trying to work out if they look ‘Mumsnetty’ 😂

SPUNfan · 21/04/2022 23:44

This is the all time greatest thread to ever be posted on mumsnet

Scienceseeker · 21/04/2022 23:44

I recognized this as soon as I saw the pictures. Lovely town. We are in a nearby village!

BoreOfWhabylon · 21/04/2022 23:38

Excellent thread. Would recommend.

(Have nominated for classics)

SpiderinaWingMirror · 21/04/2022 23:36

Ooh I know where you are, the mention of Wibbly Wobbly Lane brought back memories!

ChampagneJustBecause · 21/04/2022 23:35

Anyone else getting warm, fuzzy reminders of RangerMan 😁

SoupDragon · 21/04/2022 23:35

Happy days! Nice to have a parking thread with mouthy drivers getting their comeuppance through actual towing away. Do they take them to the pound or just dump them in a side road?

Rhodora · 21/04/2022 23:35

Brilliant thread. Can’t wait for FuckOffWoman to return.