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Recurring MN threads - rate your favourite...

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PuppyMonkey · 24/05/2019 10:10

You know the ones, they crop up every couple of weeks and yet I for one STILL feel compelled to take part. EVERY TIME. Here’s my personal top ten.

  1. The CF friend/neighbour - usually something childcare related or, even better, about giving someone a lift. Brilliant every time.
  1. Live parking row. With diagrams and, preferably, pictures - must be updated every ten minutes to avoid getting your audience too cross.
  1. Weddings and hen parties - doesn’t really matter what the issue is, I just want to know about them.
  1. How often do you change your bed sheets?
  1. How often do you have a shower?
  1. Things that irritate you. Where everyone comes on and says the same thing as if they just invented it, eg The X Factor, sniffing, people who say “should of and would of” etc.
  1. Workplace problem - from a smelly colleague to someone trying to take credit for your project. I cannot get enough of these.
  1. Something interesting happening in a cafe - preferably as it happens, involving bagging a table before queuing for food.
  1. What to buy at Aldi.
  1. How to pronounce Esme.

How about you?

OP posts:
Rollerbird · 24/05/2019 18:28

Definitely the how old do I look ones!

ltk · 24/05/2019 18:42

Is he cheating? The answer is always yes and it's heartbreaking every damn time.

My dh/dp doesn't do any housework or childcare. Also heartbreaking.

The ones where the answer is always yes and really should be obvious to the poster: Should I book a seat on the flight for my dc and I/go to A&E/take my shoes off if it's clearly a shoes-off household/tell the CF I won't play this game anymore/etc.

ThatCurlyGirl · 24/05/2019 19:08

@NeverSayFreelance

Is it weird if I name my son Plug?"
"Yes OP."
""Well fuck you my grand uncle was called Plug and we love it!!"

Don't forget DC2, "Butt", to complete the family. 😂

Fluffycloudland77 · 24/05/2019 19:36

The Aldi/Lidl threads irritate me, just go. How hard is it?.

Oh, and the “my dh has shagged an ow every 15 mins since we married including the vicar at our wedding, my gran, mum, best friend and sister, I don’t know what to do!”. MN “Leave him, he will never change” Op “I broke down in the freezer aisle at Aldi and I think seeing me so upset has really bought it home to him how much it upsets me and I think this time he will be faithful”

IndianaMoleWoman · 24/05/2019 20:03

Balonz is my all-time favourite, closely followed by the OP who unwittingly answered her own post several years later.

They seem to be hated but I love a “can you see a line on this pregnancy test” thread.

The worst are any with an OP that could rival War and Peace in length, has a lot of irrelevant detail (often about someone’s age/race Hmm ) and involves A talking to B about C and it getting back to C that A said something nasty about D in 2003... I just lose the will to live. I get the need for anonymity but just give them made up names!

Morgan12 · 24/05/2019 20:50

I hate the 'could I be pregnant?' threads. How could anyone know? Just do a test!

DuggeesWoggle · 24/05/2019 21:14

I love a good 'dirty food' thread. People get so animated and opinionated about how their own weird food combo is great and other people's are rank. Then someone will come on and preach about how no food should be labelled 'dirty' or 'clean' and it's all just food but everyone here is eating disgusting amounts of it and are not as self controlled or virtuous as I am. They usually get told to sod off.

Food nostalgia threads are great too (can you tell I love food?) and the baby led vs traditional weaning ones can get a bit vicious.

You know what time of year it is based on the recurring seasonal whinge threads - "it's too hot", "neighbours are too noisy", "holidays with kids are shit" - must be summer! I do look forward to the Christmas whinge threads, especially if I am having a crap time at the in laws.

There was a fab thread in classics about bonkers in laws which was brilliant and has spawned many imitators.

Andylion · 24/05/2019 21:24

I usually hate threads that are mildly amusing but that have posters "literally crying with laughter". This post, however, had me wheezing with laughter. I had two glasses of wine and I'm not much of a drinker, which might explain it.

It's almost the weekend, time for...
DC trapped a finger AIBU to call an air ambulance ................and it's counterpart
DC has decapitated his sister shall I wait for GP on Monday or go to the walk in?
I love reading mnet medical adbice.

Ginmel · 24/05/2019 22:14

I hate the word 'howling'

It ain't that funny!

SpaceCadet4000 · 24/05/2019 22:46

I love a good PFB thread, the ones that are like: "I only have a 2-month old, but my friend lets her 7-year-old eat burgers and Haribo and use a tablet. I'm shocked that they would be so irresponsible!"

All the "we have two kids under 5 but I don't want to pay to book plane seats" threads drive me crazy. It's always going to be the same advice as a quick Google would have shown.

Ditto the "I only want my child to go to this particular school, if I just put 1 on the list they'll give it to me right?!" or the outraged "I only put 1 school on my form and they've placed my child at one 20 miles away". Always amazes me that people don't read the fucking instructions.

francienolan · 24/05/2019 23:21

I really like the threads around Christmas time where the OP posts anything about Christmas dinner, from a question about their Sainsbury's order to full on kitchen disasters, and at least half the responses are smug posters saying 'It's just a glorified roast dinner Hmm'

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 24/05/2019 23:52

The ones that say "gunna have 2 under 6.... how do you do it?!!" And everyone recommends Norland nannies. I mean, fuck me, most families I know should have a Norland student in place according to MN.

Also the aibu to remind you to book your smear.... yes, yes you are. We are all capable of booking our own smears, dental appointments, boiler services, and MOTs without a reminder. Or deciding not to have one. Whatever.

wanderings · 25/05/2019 07:01

I can't stand the threads which moan about hot weather. Occasionally I read them to torture myself, but I usually hide them straight away. In England, summer is too fleeting to be moaned about!

Ronsters · 25/05/2019 07:18

I quite enjoy the class ones, words that are "common". People getting very uptight about the word "toilet".

The bathing ones, how to wash/sandblast your body adequately. The incredible sense of smell some mumsnetters have.

I like ones that list the commonly annoying things about MN, overuse of certain words, phrases. Threads like this one, actually.

I avoid the what to buy at Aldi ones, I don't get why the OP just doesnt walk in and see what they fancy. And the people that descend on it to say they like Aldi for "all my continental cheeses and meats", like no other supermarket or deli in the UK sells anything like that.

PuppyMonkey · 25/05/2019 08:33

Just coming on to alert everybody that there’s a parking thread with diagram in Active right now.Wink

OP posts:
TrendyNorthLondonTeen · 25/05/2019 08:42

"The Aldi/Lidl threads irritate me, just go. How hard is it?."

How else are people meant to know that you're just shopping there for the novelty because usually you buy everything from waitrose?

Mammatino · 25/05/2019 10:24

@PuppyMonkey the parking thread is great. Cue the same old names having a big row and the OP left about two hours in, after being called an entitled arse hole on several occasions.

caughtinanet · 25/05/2019 10:36

I going to Costco for the first time, so excited, what should I buy?

Should I take my baby out of the car to pay for petrol?

The postman opened my front door to leave a parcel, followed by loads of posts from people who dont believe that there are front doors that don't lock automatically

It's 7am and my breakfast cereal went out of date yesterday, will it be safe to eat it ?

PuppyMonkey · 25/05/2019 10:50

Oh caught, you just reminded me of another favourite: “Why I refuse to take in parcels for my neighbours.” These are always gold.Grin

OP posts:
rubberduckyyouretheone · 25/05/2019 11:03

The tell me your spooky experiences threads. One of the first few answers being stop being stupid ghosts don't exist.

BarnabasTheMaineCoon · 25/05/2019 11:54

One of the first few answers being stop being stupid ghosts don't exist.

Or 'You're hallucinating! See a GP, you probably have a brain tumour/schizophrenia/are going blind!'

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