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The plimsoll troll

31 replies

AlexanderHamilton · 12/01/2019 23:11

I swear has just popped up on a teacher’s Facebook group.

They posted several months back and I was unsure and it was eventually deleted but tonight I’m convinced it was them. It’s been deleted already.

Concerned teacher that students black pumps are falling apart. School allows “there” kids to wear polo shirt and sweatshirt uniform.

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GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 12/01/2019 23:12

We’ve had them on a couple of childminder Facebook groups too.

LoniceraJaponica · 12/01/2019 23:14

Was she talking about shose?

lynnepot · 12/01/2019 23:14

What are the traits of a plimsoll troll? [Confused]

TheFirstOHN · 12/01/2019 23:18

I wondered where the plimsoll troll had got to!

As irritating as their threads were, mumsnet is not quite the same without them. Do you remember their fake Ugg phase?

CruCru · 12/01/2019 23:18

There’s someone who keeps turning up to suggest that kids should all wear plimsolls to school, rather than proper school shoes. Also that secondary aged children should wear polo shirts and sweatshirts rather than shirts / blouses. It’s a bit weird but probably harmless.

Celebelly · 12/01/2019 23:19

I'm absolutely dying at plimsoll troll 😂😂😂😂

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AlexanderHamilton · 12/01/2019 23:31

After several posts they then post pictures of said plimsolls.

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Hezz · 12/01/2019 23:32

They're worse than the poo troll, but not as bad as the cliffhanger troll imo.

MsJaneAusten · 12/01/2019 23:32

She’s just turned up on another FB group. A drama teaching one. Weird!

MeetOnTheledge · 12/01/2019 23:33

I haven't seen the bleach troll for a while. Harmless but weird that one.

lynnepot · 12/01/2019 23:50

What on earth was the cliffhanger troll? And what was the bleach troll? I won't even ask about poo troll. I don't want to know. These different types of mn trolls are all new to me?

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AlexanderHamilton · 12/01/2019 23:51

drama teachers and those interested in drama education MrsJaneAusten?

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AmazingGrace16 · 12/01/2019 23:51

I saw her on a fb group too 😂

CruCru · 12/01/2019 23:51

I’ve heard that there’s also a tights troll - although from the sound of it, that’s just some pervert.

localfluff · 12/01/2019 23:54

A plimsoll troll? That's a bit random 😂

Hezz · 12/01/2019 23:57

The cliffhanger troll finds a room under their floorboards that they've never noticed, or other such nonsense and then 100 pages later with everyone begging for hourly updates, disappears.

lynnepot · 13/01/2019 08:16

Oh right. Cliffhanger troll sounds like a attention seeker then.

So what is plimsoll troll and bleach troll then? What on earth are their traits?

MeetOnTheledge · 13/01/2019 08:21

Bleach troll (haven't seen them for ages) used to regularly start "how often do you bleach your loo" or "how often do you buy bleach" threads, as if it was the first time they'd ever given the matter any thought. Worried about the germs getting hurt by the bleach and how they might feel.

MsMightyTitanAndHerTroubadours · 13/01/2019 08:27

wasn't the plimsoll troll a bit obsessed with not wearing them....a dancing/drama-ing/gym-ing daughter who wanted to do all this barefoot?? Or just in socks/tights??
But the teacher was insistent?

5FullFathoms · 13/01/2019 08:28

Yep, popped up on a teachers group i’m part of.

QuilliamCakespeare · 13/01/2019 08:34

There's nowt so queer as folk! I haven't seen a good cliffhanger troll on here for ages. The last one I saw was a 'hidden' basement...

LowbrowVictoriana · 13/01/2019 08:38

Ah, I came across said troll a couple of times on here. Both times they were asking if we thought these plimsolls (pic attached) would make good everyday school shoes. Very random and bizarre.

Perhaps this person works in plimsoll marketing or something.

BillywilliamV · 13/01/2019 08:40

There was a weird one on earlier this morning about a teenage girl wearing a nappy under her school skirt, bit icky really!

lynnepot · 13/01/2019 08:46

What a bizarre bunch. Maybe they were all the same person?

LadAlive · 13/01/2019 08:55

Not 100% certain Billy but I think that one this morning, was pretending to be a nappy wearing, teenage boy with a paper round, twin sister and a desire to wear a purple tartan skirt.