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What wanky things do you actually quite like?

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Somebodystired · 05/12/2019 10:37

I often see threads about popular things people don't like, and since it sometimes seems a bit trendy to NOT like popular things I wondered what slightly wanky things you DO like?

This thought popped into my head whilst eating duck pate on one of the three "artisan breads" I picked up from the bakery this morning. My DH always takes the piss out of my love for a posh bread but I care not a jot Grin

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CatintheFireplace · 05/12/2019 20:05

Avocado on toast with a poached egg. At work we call it the wanker's breakfast.

rhubarbcrumbles · 05/12/2019 20:06

Is it wanky to like 'real' nuts and a traditional nut cracker?

I typed 'real' nits...now that would be wanky.

MsRinky · 05/12/2019 20:07

I went to East London today for a cookery class, where we made fabulous dumplings and then had them for lunch with various vegetable ferments and natural wines. It was bloody brilliant.

Toddlerteaplease · 05/12/2019 20:08

I drive 100 miles for organ recitals on y favour organ.

cukooboo · 05/12/2019 20:09

I've been debating about moving to loose tea as I like the idea of it.

DC are going to see Santa at the Royal Albert Hall.

I do like a nice Gin too.

@meow1989 My parents home has a dining room that we were only allowed in at Christmas, sadly I don't have the space.

L'Occitane almond shower oil

Love it!

Will have to try Greywacke, thanks for there recommendation. I'm gutted that we all out of wine & Im cradling a Coke.

@mbosnz I'd love to go to NZ but my honeymoon was French Polynesia (wanky?) & it's just so far.

cukooboo · 05/12/2019 20:11

I'm also partial to a wanky fashion/travel coffee table book

Barsh · 05/12/2019 20:12

Surely it's not swanky if your gran would have done it? Loose leaf tea and nice cup and saucer.

NaturalBornWoman · 05/12/2019 20:12

mbosnz electric, it's so fantastic and utterly wanky! On NZ wine, I went earlier this year, lost my heart to the land of the long white cloud and have just discovered the New Zealand wine cellar in time for Christmas. I think I've got a bottle from Greywacke on the way, not Sav though I've moved on to other delights.

acornleaf · 05/12/2019 20:12

@Spitsandspots I just tried the dates with a dollop of nut butter and a few pink crystals on top. I can confirm having now had four that this combination is spectacularly addictive..

kalinkafoxtrot45 · 05/12/2019 20:14

@meow1989 have you tried Prosecco with violet syrup or liqueur? Had it in a restaurant in Vienna and then spent all the next day tracking down a bottle. Just for extra wankery Grin

Toadsrevisited · 05/12/2019 20:15

Only wearing white company or whistles or jigsaw (me), Boden (kids).

Buying groceries in Booths.

Cleaning my whole house with method wild rhubarb so it smells lovely

HundredMilesAnHour · 05/12/2019 20:21

Buying groceries in Booths.

This isn't wanky!!! It's the sensible choice.

mbosnz · 05/12/2019 20:24

I think I've found my MN tribe. . .

Incidentally, Central Otago Pinot Noir is stellar, and do not underestimate Nelson wines (Neudorf is to die for), or Martinborough, oop North. .

French Polynesia for your honeymoon?! To die for! (Looks pointedly at DH 25 years on and still waiting for the honeymoon. How shall I make you suffer my dear? Let me count the ways. . .)

NationMcKinley · 05/12/2019 20:25

@Shannith and @WorryBadger I do cross country when I’m on the train (obvs sans le cheval pour aussi je suis un wankeur). Only works when going through the countryside. Less effective when going through Nunhead.

This thread is making me laugh a lot. My sister would be epic on here but unfortunately MN is not nearly wanky enough for her. She’d need some artisan version. I think WankNet would be something altogether different, mind.......

meow1989 · 05/12/2019 20:27

@kalinkafoxtrot45 no but that sounds fab!

HundredMilesAnHour · 05/12/2019 20:28

I only wear jewellery that's been handmade (and usually where I know the designer-maker). On the very rare occasion that I wear something 'mass market', I feel embarrassed and shifty and regret wearing it.

I'm addicted to matcha green tea fudge (made by Hakkasan's former head pasty chef).

I get upset if I'm out for dinner with someone and they order beer with dinner (unless it's Indian or Mexican food). Peasants! I once had a row with my (now ex) boyfriend because we were in a swanky restaurant and when we ordered aperitifs, he ordered a beer.

cukooboo · 05/12/2019 20:29

French Polynesia for your honeymoon?! To die for!

It was unreal!

cukooboo · 05/12/2019 20:30

My sister would be epic on here but unfortunately MN is not nearly wanky enough for her. She’d need some artisan version. I think WankNet would be something altogether different, mind.......

🤣🤣 Does she love Goop?

rhubarbcrumbles · 05/12/2019 20:30

and have just discovered the New Zealand wine cellar in time for Christmas. I think I've got a bottle from Greywacke on the way,

Now you're talking. This is a level of wankiness that I aspire to - details please.

barbedwired · 05/12/2019 20:39

I love going to majestic for a case of wine and some artisan gin along with fever tree tonics in miniature cans

Wanktastic

31133004Taff · 05/12/2019 20:44

I just got a selection of wanky salt in little tubs, partially to look wankily good on my wanky kitchen shelves, along with things in kilner jars and a wanky tin of paprika from Hungary and a wanky tin of coffee from NYC.

The thing is, though, wtf do I actually use smoked/garlic infused/mushroom flavoured salt for??

@jenthelibrarian. I think you have defined ‘wankery’ Grin

MitziK · 05/12/2019 20:44

My bedlinen's combined value is greater than that of the beds in the house.

We only buy the blue eggs from Waitrose or Duck Eggs when in season. And Heritage tomatoes in summer. I also make desserts/salads with edible flowers that I grow especially for the purpose.

Home baked bread is far superior to anything from the shops.

The vacuum cleaner cost more than the flooring it cleans so very, very well.

The space underneath the boiler coffee station has jars of loose herbal teas alongside the coffee machine and kettle.

I buy organic out of preference whenever possible. Yellow sticker time generally. DTwatCats eat organic, grain free, hypoallergenic food.

I am a member of a choral society. Because I fucking love Renaissance music.

I have a Gucci handbag from the time before they made a thing out of being Gucci. Didn't even realise it was Gucci until about three years after I bought it I love charity shops but I liked the feel and shade of the leather.

I like having lots of plants in the house and would buy myself flowers every week if I could be arsed to go to the florist.

Plymouth Gin is the only type I drink. Sloe or Navy Strength by preference and usually bought from the distillery when we're back home for a few days.

I like grilled Guernard more than cod and chips. I'm rather partial to Turbot as well. Puy lentils and Carmargue rice are bought in preference to cheaper ones. Nobody will ever separate me from a box of sea salt crystals - the table stuff is only fit for slugs or scrubbing the kitchen table, not people.

Avocado has a place in most salads. With homemade dressing including homegrown organic herbs, not mayonnaise or a bottle of something from the supermarket. Chia seeds are nice in a smoothie and Kale chips sprinkled with sea salt and chilli flakes made from your own homegrown chillis are delicious.

I like candlit baths and Radio 3 on at night (and for the slog into work).

We compete against one another for Only Connect and Counterpoint.

I turned my nose up at a new lunchbox when my old one split because the offered one was plastic instead of wood.

Six plants per room isn't enough. And fresh flowers every week would be a thing if I could be bothered to leave the house on a Saturday morning to visit the florist.

The biggest wank is how I harbour plans of a real Christmas tree, subtle china ornaments, discreet realistic looking Robins and other birds, ribbon and vast amounts of Holly, Ivy and pure white lights, only to come home to find DP has decided a Real Christmas must always involve at least 3000 pieces of shitty plastic and foil coated plastic and lights in every colour under the sun flashing out a distress call to interplanetary life.

NaturalBornWoman · 05/12/2019 20:48

@rhubarbcrumbles it’s called specialistcellars.co.uk

OceanVillage · 05/12/2019 20:50

Ballet
Opera
Freshly ground coffee
Cheese boards
Films with subtitles

cukooboo · 05/12/2019 20:53

Oh just realised my Xmas tree is a bit wanky, vintage glass baubles, ones from European markets, a shit ton from Liberty & Lidl & the 99p shop

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