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FWR: The best bits

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Jobsagoodun1 · 29/09/2022 20:38

There have been moments of absolute brilliance on these boards and I thought it would be nice to link or recount to some of our favourite funny or moving ones.

I loved watching the Ocado threads that went on for days and McCain’s response to TRAs on Twitter with ‘potato’.

The lurking thread when so many MNer’s admitted to lurking but not posting...a real insight moment to just how many people read good, critical and informative information on here 🌟

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notasglittery · 30/09/2022 01:17

What's FWR?

DialSquare · 30/09/2022 01:05

For me it's the thread where we were all waiting fry an announcement (can't even remember what the announcement was now!) and we got through so many different topics. I remember penguins being discussed at some point. It was such a good thread.

CervixSampler · 29/09/2022 23:40

I wonder if it was my Ocado thread under a different name? I'd not been on mumsnet very long and the thread hit 1K and I was very pleased with myself 😁 I think I then had a break and came back reinvented. I am not sure there's any supermarket now that isn't captured. Sad times. I have the Ocado delivery driver a piece of my mind and never used them again. I'd like my groceries without political connotations thank you very much.

ScrollingLeaves · 29/09/2022 23:22

What were the Bunbury’s about?

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Jobsagoodun1 · 29/09/2022 23:09

Watching the support that Tinsel and others have brought to women over the years.

R0’s amazing knowledge.

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ArabellaScott · 29/09/2022 22:41

Loved all the Bunburys.

<studiously not mentioning the thighs>

yourhairiswinterfire · 29/09/2022 22:30

I thought it would be nice to link or recount to some of our favourite funny or moving ones.

I liked the 'everything is JK Rowling's fault' thread.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4445763-all-the-bad-things-jkr-has-done-a-history?page=1

And the long list of rights Maya Forstater doesn't have.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4267342-Its-important-to-emphasise-that-the-ruling-does-NOT-give-Maya-Forstater-the-right-to?page=1

BoreOfWhabylon · 29/09/2022 22:16

The birth of Man Friday.

midgetastic · 29/09/2022 22:12

BitossiBlues · 29/09/2022 21:16

The "I am Spartacus" thread. Think it was 2015 or 16.

Was it that long ago !

Ereshkigalangcleg · 29/09/2022 22:12

And yes, live threads on the unfolding scandals of various unsavoury characters and Twitter storms.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 29/09/2022 22:11

I am Spartacus was amazing.

lovelyweathertoday · 29/09/2022 22:04

BitossiBlues · 29/09/2022 21:16

The "I am Spartacus" thread. Think it was 2015 or 16.

I think that was what alerted me to this whole mess.

IcakethereforeIam · 29/09/2022 21:44

The Alison Bailey threads, with the support wren. I don't know if will ever make a mini series/musicle, but it'd make the backbone of a fascinating book.

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Jobsagoodun1 · 29/09/2022 21:22

I AM SPARTICUS!

Around about that time I remember there were a few long running threads, very insightful about some shady characters. I won’t name because I don’t want the thread to come down, but I remember thinking that it couldn’t get much more batshit...

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BitossiBlues · 29/09/2022 21:16

The "I am Spartacus" thread. Think it was 2015 or 16.

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Jobsagoodun1 · 29/09/2022 21:10

It’s a fairly recent one and not necessarily unique to FWR, but reading the transcript of Jenni Swayne’s interview with the police. I read it on here and I absolutely howled with laughter. She is so sharp and astute!

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mcduffy · 29/09/2022 21:01

I bought a bag that says "came for the babies, stayed for the feminism". Ocado brought me to these boards four years ago and have lost about £25k income because of that Grin

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Jobsagoodun1 · 29/09/2022 20:55

Yes! I remember that one too!

Obviously the first mega thread about JKR. I know there had been flutterings of her understanding of gender language and ideology, but seeing her name in the thread list and wanting / not wanting to click on it!

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ErrolTheDragon · 29/09/2022 20:50

The lurking thread when so many MNer’s admitted to lurking but not posting

There was another which wasn't even on FWR - an MNHQ thread asking something like 'what do you value about MN' (I forget the exact wording) - the majority of the responses were essentially FWR, or 'came for the parenting, stayed for the feminism'.