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The Anti Dementors, danger-buffooning their way through life!

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Drivingdownthe101 · 30/05/2020 09:25

New thread!

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Drivingdownthe101 · 30/05/2020 13:16

@Pinkflipflop85

Have also had to mute a local facebook page again because some cunt has started a post on how to prepare for the second wave that is soon to arrive....
Surely the only answer to that is ‘make sure you’ve got bog roll’?
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Mascotte · 30/05/2020 13:18

I want potato salad now 😃

Mascotte · 30/05/2020 13:19

As I'm in Scotland the deadly toilet roll won't get me as I don't think I'm allowed to use the toilet in other (deadly) homes.

Orangeblossom78 · 30/05/2020 13:19

Quite a bit in the Times on rise in divorce in lockdown and French women feeling freer and more liberated...wonder how many have been living with dementors and been planning their escapes...

bakingcupcakes · 30/05/2020 13:19

Jesus christ. I've just realised the incredibly dementory bbc article is written quoting Dr Xand van tulleken. I always liked the programmes he did. I feel disappointed he's partaking in the scare mongering.

rosettesforjill · 30/05/2020 13:21

@somewhereeast DS's school are using infrared thermometers like in the pic - I think it's nuts personally but if it gets him back into school I'll put up with it

The Anti Dementors, danger-buffooning their way through life!
Orangeblossom78 · 30/05/2020 13:21

I we all just wash out hands after using the toilet surely we will eliminate most of the risks, is that not sensible? Unless we all go around going to the loo then grasping the coleslaw spoon after in our dirty mitts, hading it gleefully to middle aged men we are planning to divorce surely we should generally be OK?

TitianaTitsling · 30/05/2020 13:22

Jax I am honestly not on the wind up but l don't understand while it's great that many people can now meet up, please don't forget that some us still can't. We will still be at risk if you don't continue to follow the distancing and hand washing rules if you (the vulnerable) are not going out, and following all the distancing and other hygiene rules, then how are you at risk of the infection? I feel that l'm not getting something.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 30/05/2020 13:23

I have never made a decent potato salad. Anyone who's mastered the dark art and wants to share a recipe, feel free.

Orangeblossom78 · 30/05/2020 13:24

It could be worse have a look at these two from the BBC on South Korea!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52230371

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-52844354/what-is-it-like-being-at-school-in-south-korea

Drivingdownthe101 · 30/05/2020 13:25

We will still be at risk if you don't continue to follow the distancing and hand washing rules

I haven’t seen anyone say they’re not going to wash their hands. Just that putting signs up saying ‘please wash your hands’ in your toilet for the benefit of grown adults who presumably are well aware of the need to wash their hands after using the toilet is insane. As is setting an alarm every 45 minutes for ‘hand washing time’.

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justasking111 · 30/05/2020 13:25

re potato salad fresh chives is the secret.

BakewellTarts · 30/05/2020 13:30

Coleslaw or potato salad for me.

I have now read the BBC article. Great comic value I don't think thats what they intended.

ilovecardigans · 30/05/2020 13:32

Chives are great if you can get them @justasking111, but I tend to use finely snipped spring onions as they can be easier to get hold of.

I also lob a squirt of salad cream in with the mayo for a bit of extra piquancy.

Wired4sound · 30/05/2020 13:33

I’ve just read that blummin bbc article - absolutely bonkers, why can’t they publish something sensible?

Hugging legs? Sterilising condiments - and don’t get me started on older, overweight men!

Really hope DH doesn’t see it - he’s already not happy about us hosting another household in our garden this afternoon. No bbq or food and he wants the 4 year old and the 6 year old to social distance!

These are only children that haven’t seen other kids for 8 weeks!

He wanted to do it next week instead - I had to point out to him that coronavirus doesn’t know what day it is!

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 30/05/2020 13:33

On the lid down toilet flush, I remember once reading something by a germologist (dunno what type) that said you have two options re flushing, both bad. Option one, lid up, spray germs about six feet from bowl. Option two, lid down, contain within bowl for now BUT create a germ bomb that will go off in the face of the unfortunate person who next lifts the lid, as the water vapour would remain at action stations for a couple of hours and the air movement caused by the lid coming up would cause it to be pulled upwards.

So it's death either way really.

Orangeblossom78 · 30/05/2020 13:34

Yes as Driving says that is all about controlling others, not letting people all take responsibility for themselves. A prime dementor characteristic.

MorrisZapp · 30/05/2020 13:34

Today I am going to slaughter the community through the medium of mid range branded clothing.

I'm going to put two boxes outside, one containing books and Dvds, the other containing my charity pile of clothes.

Plenty of people going past on this sunny day so I hope to shift the lot by tonight.

I've made cheerful signs to encourage people to take what they like.

It would be a shame if they died but on the plus side I really need to get my lockdown shizz gone.

If anyone's in Morningside, Edinburgh I'm chucking some pretty fancy bikinis out, size 34g :)

Drivingdownthe101 · 30/05/2020 13:34

So I guess the conclusion we can draw from that SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito is that if we use a toilet, we will die.

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SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 30/05/2020 13:36

Dammit Morris, I like the sound of those bikinis. Unfortunately you are far too far away for me, even for an eye test drive.

SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 30/05/2020 13:37

Absolutely, @Drivingdownthe101. Better stop imbibing liquid right now.

ilovecardigans · 30/05/2020 13:38

@SirSamuelVinesBlackboardMonito aaaargh - my toilet wants to kill me! I bloody knew it!! Grin

littlbrowndog · 30/05/2020 13:39

Jeez am going to kill 8 people today then when they go to the loo.

Cos after drinking beer at a bbq some peopl3 are going to need to pee

Carnage

BirdieFriendReturns · 30/05/2020 13:40

I’m going to stay at my mum’s next week so...