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The most unMumsnet thing happened today

30 replies

TigerDroveAgain · 19/04/2020 20:02

So

Sitting in the garden enjoying early evening sunshine. And our neighbour started up his new chainsaw.

It went on for a bit, echoing across the valley.

And DH went round (appropriate social distancing) to ask would he mind not doing it right now as it’s a lovely Sunday evening and we can’t leave him to it and piss off to the pub.

And he said sorry and switched it off.

No diagram required, just a civil discussion with lots of smiles.

This never happens on MN!

OP posts:
Mollypolly2610 · 19/04/2020 21:02

The ‘So’ is very unreasonable. It drives me nuts!

Saisong · 19/04/2020 21:07

Nothing like a bit of mumsnet viper to restore the balance...

HollowTalk · 19/04/2020 21:10

My neighbourhood is like that; that's the way I can tell there are no other mumsnetters living here!

TheSandman · 19/04/2020 21:12

When I saw the title I thought a MN thread had managed to get to the bottom of page one without someone saying the OP should leave their DH!

FreezerBird · 19/04/2020 21:12

Surely this will be deleted for not being in the spirit of the site?

There should have been a diagram, a WhatsApp based misunderstanding, and low-level muttering at the very least.

Original poster
TigerDroveAgain · 19/04/2020 21:13

Mollypolly2610

So

I didn’t do that on purpose, honest WinkGrin

OP posts:
TitianaTitsling · 19/04/2020 21:14

Well maybe she should prob ltb sandman as a sternly worded note stuck to a pole and waved over the wall ( socially distanced of course) would be so more MN..... Grin

Original poster
TigerDroveAgain · 19/04/2020 21:15

Sorry freezer

I’m a MN failure SadWine

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T0tallyFuckedUpFamily · 19/04/2020 21:15

No! I’m sorry, but this isn’t good enough! If he was a decent neighbour, he shouldn’t have started it in the first place. You should have screamed obscenities at him and told him he was an inconsiderate prick.

I don’t really think that, but I had to restore the balance, on behalf of all my fellow vipers.

Original poster
TigerDroveAgain · 19/04/2020 21:31
Grin
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Guiltypleasures001 · 19/04/2020 21:34

I thought it was going to go all grind house and end with a chase scene from the Texas chainsaw massacre

I'm weirdly disappointed Grin

StrawberryJam200 · 19/04/2020 21:37
Smile
ineedsun · 19/04/2020 21:45

I had a chat with someone on here earlier where I explained that I found a particular turn of phrase annoying. They replied that they'd never seen it the way I view it before but would be more mindful. I explained that I don't expect anyone to change the way they speak but it had been nice to get it off my chest.

We both said thanks and no one flounced.

OhhhPeee · 19/04/2020 21:50

Surely you should’ve taped a note to a ball and lobbed it over the fence? Tut tut.

Guttersnipe · 19/04/2020 21:54

Well, conversely, our neighbour, who we fell out with years ago due to his breathtakingly unreasonable behaviour and who we haven't spoken to since, spent the entire hour we were out in our garden having lunch today, operating very noisy machinery. He must have seen us having lunch as the hedge between us is a bit skimpy, but he didn't give us a single break. Hey ho. Does that restore Mumsnet normality?

DebbieFiderer · 19/04/2020 22:34

I share access my driveway with our neighbour. If they use all of their driveway to park I wouldn't be able to access mine. Occasionally if they have guests or deliveries, their driveway gets full, blocking me in or out. In a very un-mumsnetty manner they watch out for me needing to come in or out, and when they see me, immediately come straight outside and move whatever car is in the way. It's quite disappointing!

Yogawoogie · 19/04/2020 22:37

You need to go back and complain. Then you need to leave the bastard.

GlummyMcGlummerson · 20/04/2020 02:20

I chucked balls back to neighbours twice today. I didn't even mind. Do you think I'll be allowed to stay?

TheSandman · 20/04/2020 14:23

I chucked balls back to neighbours twice today. I didn't even mind. Do you think I'll be allowed to stay?

Depends whether you burst them first or not.

smiften · 20/04/2020 14:31

DH had to take painkillers for his headache yesterday, he attempted to sit in the garden while our neighbour's visitor pressure washed for 4 hours.

That's much more like it.

Bienentrinkwasser · 20/04/2020 14:36

I threw a ball back (three gardens across!) and had a chat with our very elderly neighbour across the fence yesterday. ‘‘Twas a lovely non-mumsnet type of day.

DobbinAlong · 20/04/2020 14:38

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Wauden · 20/04/2020 14:45

Near neighbour's rug rats scream in the garden for HOURS. For days. I don't mean the normal children's play noises. They cannot communicate with each other without screaming.

Sometimes I go into my garden and scream back. 🤣

Wauden · 20/04/2020 14:53

I imagine that not absolutely loving the screaming for hours on end from neighbour's children nearby makes me, in MN:
A rabid child hater;
Someone such a kill joy for not loving the innocent chortles of cherubs; and
Utterly unreasonable.

DishingOutDone · 20/04/2020 15:13

Provocative fucker.