Anyone fancy a really boring chat?

[ISmellBabies]

There's a thread about boring conversations people had at Christmas. Sounds great. I have countless young children and haven't had an uninterrupted conversation in years! Let's have a boring chat now about anything you like. What time did old Mr so and so next door come home last night? Remember Mrs such and such whose son went to your school a gew years after you left? No? Well, she's dead now. Any particularly boring anecdotes will be re-told to all my boring relatives next Christmas, in a "I heard, from a friend of a friend..." kind of way. So what's your least interesting gossip?

Sorry Drizzzle have you got any gingerbread left? I had 5 boxes of Lindor for Xmas/bday, so I'm not going to run out for a while. Even at the rate I eqat them

I'm ignoring the mess in the kitchen, it appears that everyone else is too.
I'm trying not to let that annoy me.

I have the softest sweetest socks with Fluffy Foxes, though, down to 50p in Asda! I unexpectedly really love them, and to think I almost didn't buy any!

I'm about to tackle the clean laundry pile and check if my fancy dress for tomorrow's party fits (a bit late if it doesn't but never mind).

My DS(21) alarm doesn't wake him, so I have to listen to it til I can be arsed to get off the sofa & wake him. It's been going over an hour.

I bought M&S bin liners and they are lemon scented & satisfyingly thick. I might get them again.

My annoying next door neighbour looks like a poor-man’s Andy Murray.

And let’s be fair, Andy Murray looks like a low-income Andy Murray.

I went to the gym this morning. I am now wfh but seeing as everyone else in my department is off, and most of the companies we deal with are closed until next Monday, there is absolutely nothing to do other than to catch up on very boring reading.

I just ate 2 crumpets.

troppibambini

Well that sounds adorable. I need to see a picture of cat snuggling with slipper.

Athena poster shop:

The tennis-playing lady who realises she forgot to put her knickers on!

The naked kids holding hands and looking at a nuclear explosion!

Today’s sense of human-induced doom is slightly different. Obviously what we need now is a nuclear winter to cool things down. Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be, etc.

The strange man from over the road who only ever goes as far as the shops got into a white car this morning.

Number one nephew likes drinking in the pub one town over, he won't say why. Number two nephew prefers the local, which has recently been done up but in a very modern way, so no use for us. The new road into the village isn't actually quicker but it takes you past the shops so at least you've seen them now.

@MorrisZapp thank you for this!!

I bought a bag of sprouts for 40p, I think it was in the co-op.
Or maybe it was asda.
Anyway, then I went into aldi and they were 20p!
Or maybe it was lidl.
I bought another bag "just in case".

Whichever one it was, there was another supermarket where they were 15p!

I still have a bag left.

I have a lot of "just in case" alcohol left over too.

I heard about footner on MN and - having bought it a year ago while breastfeeding - finally tried it two nights ago. Nothing yet but am desperately waiting for the magic to begin

I’ve just finished the last of the nuts. Roasted salted pistachios. Not all the shells had opened, but the nuts were still salty inside. You wonder how really, don’t you?

Got lots of posh chocolate, prefer Cadbury though! Never saw the point of Lindor!

well just tanned a bottle of red wine and baillies and loving your stories . Just love mumsnet makes me feel normal .

Cake, wine, and a mini Lego gingerbread house. You’re welcome.

Eating chocolates, listening to "Jazz fm" on the radio... Wanting a cup of tea, but nether me or partner can be bothered to walk to the other end of the house

I put one bin out but I have another secret bin that I only use once a year at xmas. My neighbours are weird (yes I know I sound like the unhinged one but really I’m not) and I don’t want them spying my secret bin next to my regular bin as they will know that I have an extra bin.
So.... I guess I have to set the alarm for 6am to drag the secret bin out and then watch out all day for the bin lorry so I can quickly hide the secret bin again back behind the hedge.
I have no idea how I juggled this last year.

Bloody bins.
Bloody neighbours.

Also have two bins, it's an olympic sport making sure nobody finds out. So glad I'm at mum and dad's this year so I don't have to bin watch.

Wow I am actually ecstatic that I’m not alone in the secret bin club!

Sometimes I look at who I’ve become and think wtf
But not today because I have a fellow conspirator!!

I want two bins! How on earth did you swing that? I've spent the day taking down all the decs. I know full well that's against the rules but I go back to work soon and don't want to be dealing with them all on a work day. House feels very spacious and tidy so I might have a warm port and berry juice to celebrate.

My mum and dad have the same bins as me so when they got new ones (they do every two years because mum is terrified of the smell }, they gifted them to me and my brother because we were the only ones with kids that needed the bins.

And I wouldn't worry about taking the decs down, my mum took them down on boxing day and is talking about decorating for Easter next week! God help me with this woman, she is borderline insane in the best way .