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58 yo woman plots to overthrow the government

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shakingmytambourineatyou · 07/12/2021 20:19

Right. I am now so sick of just about everything, the plots, the lies, the policies, that I am thinking of nipping down south (if there are any trains/tubes) and overthrowing the government. What will I need? Should I take sandwiches?

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Plantsandpuddlesuits · 09/12/2021 23:00

@peaceanddove

Not a flag! A line of jaunty bunting, surely?
Love this @peaceanddove
midlifecrash · 09/12/2021 23:11

@tatyr

I'd like to join the environmental branch and be minister of repair and craft skills. Including patching old clothes, fixing electricals, weaving baskets and fences, mending broken hearts and minds, making pinch pots, cobbling shoes, fixing lost teddies, recycling anything and everything.

There will be much less plastic junk as it will all be repurposed into building blocks for community garden kitchens which will have endless pots of veg soup for anyone who is hungry. (In the style of stone soup).

I will ready my steel toe caps and whittling knife to deal with the wastrels who have frittered away our essential services

Oh please can all this be taught to adults as well as children as I am aspiring but useless at practical crafts. Also please can we have 2 hours off a week for the gardening and making the soup
MrsTerryPratchett · 10/12/2021 00:10

Oh please can all this be taught to adults as well as children

Along with DIY, cooking and finances literacy.

tatyr · 10/12/2021 05:51

@midlifecrash I think the 2 hours garden soup break comes under Mending hearts and minds, excellent arrangement.

I might have to reconsider the ministerial title, I can't think of one to explain what I'm trying to encompass, a practical skills revival? A common sense booster? A life survival course?!

C8H10N4O2 · 10/12/2021 07:58

@HeronLanyon

Once we are ensconced in number 10 does anyone mind if I listen to the archers ? Happy to use headphones. Thank you. This may in fact determine whether I join the uk group or maybe the international brigade who may be more understanding (through ignorance of the archers)
Only if you make Hazel Wooley illegal.
C8H10N4O2 · 10/12/2021 08:01

@OneSecond

'By the way what is our party logo ? Or should we have a flag instead

Vipers, obvs.

Dies viperarum iracundarum'

Bravo @EmbarrassingHadrosaurus! 👏👏

iratae decadis viperarum at least surely?
MarieVanGoethem · 10/12/2021 10:34

Actually, Boris does look rather like a blond, clean-shaven, Mr Twit Shock

MarieVanGoethem · 10/12/2021 10:35

Drat, it, MN quote function remains a lying liar that lies; above was directed at @TheDrsDocMartens Blush

Double3xposure · 10/12/2021 11:12

@tatyr

I'd like to join the environmental branch and be minister of repair and craft skills. Including patching old clothes, fixing electricals, weaving baskets and fences, mending broken hearts and minds, making pinch pots, cobbling shoes, fixing lost teddies, recycling anything and everything.

There will be much less plastic junk as it will all be repurposed into building blocks for community garden kitchens which will have endless pots of veg soup for anyone who is hungry. (In the style of stone soup).

I will ready my steel toe caps and whittling knife to deal with the wastrels who have frittered away our essential services

I love this so much !
JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 10/12/2021 19:20

Now that's a policy that gets my vote!

OneSecond · 10/12/2021 21:41

@C8H10N4O2 'iratae decadis viperarum at least surely?'

Even better!

Double3xposure · 11/12/2021 01:48

Every party needs a couple of intellectuals to argue in Latin 😬

MrsTerryPratchett · 11/12/2021 01:51
Grin
58 yo woman plots to overthrow the government
KloppsTeeth · 11/12/2021 03:09

There are some absolutely brilliant policies here, best manifestos I have ever seen. No right or left but common sense and practicality.

Has anyone mentioned a ban on perfumed sanitary protection pads?

Nacknick · 11/12/2021 07:38

I’m in! I’ll sort out all the dodgy comments multi million pound contracts they’ve given to their mates - if no one has already bagged that job..

Pretty please can I be the one to sack Rees Mogg though?? Odious man and I’d like to give him a good telling off!

Nacknick · 11/12/2021 07:39

@Double3xposure

Every party needs a couple of intellectuals to argue in Latin 😬
Ooh, I’ve got an “O” level in Latin - if that helps...
TheDrsDocMartens · 11/12/2021 08:59

@KloppsTeeth

There are some absolutely brilliant policies here, best manifestos I have ever seen. No right or left but common sense and practicality.

Has anyone mentioned a ban on perfumed sanitary protection pads?

And toilet roll please.
BackBackBack · 11/12/2021 09:11

And plastic packaging please - minister for the environment?

The packaging situation is ridiculous - hard plastic shell packaging that can't be recycled needs to be banned. Likewise bubble wraps, soft wraps and polystyrene need to be replaced with something recycled and recyclable.

We also need to roll out supermarkets which offer "buy as much as you need" and to bring your own containers. I can refill my shampoo, conditioner, cleaning stuff and so on. We need to focus on reusing as much as possible.

Kids to be taught about finance, managing your own household budget, how credit works etc.

C8H10N4O2 · 11/12/2021 09:59

@Nacknick

I’m in! I’ll sort out all the dodgy comments multi million pound contracts they’ve given to their mates - if no one has already bagged that job..

Pretty please can I be the one to sack Rees Mogg though?? Odious man and I’d like to give him a good telling off!

But don't spank him. He'd enjoy it too much.
ArabellaScott · 11/12/2021 10:15

Let's not sack him. Rees Mogg should be put to work bag packing in a local supermarket. He can ensure maximum recyclability and endure women telling him which bag to put the frozen peas in and how to double bag the chicken.

CrepuscularCritter · 11/12/2021 10:17

Joining you late, aged 57 and in a hurry. I'd like to apply for the position of Minister of Just Punishments, where I find suitable work for those who have damaged the country through their incompetence or ill intent. BoJo, for example, will be working in a wallpaper factory and sweeping up at the hairdresser's on a Saturday. Priti will be supporting the RNLI by boat cleaning and restocking Anyone else to add to the list?

CrepuscularCritter · 11/12/2021 10:19

Simulcast Arabella. Jacob to Checkout #10 please. Grin

EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 11/12/2021 10:28

@Double3xposure

Every party needs a couple of intellectuals to argue in Latin 😬
Classic Latin or a stab at Church Latin?

Thinking of Hansard and the difficulties encountered by the transcribers and then subsequently by Google translate.

ArabellaScott · 11/12/2021 10:31

Jacob could also be called to clean up a spillage in Aisle 4 when needed.

I can do bastardised cod Latin via Google translate, is that any use?

shakingmytambourineatyou · 11/12/2021 10:36

You all still plotting? I am absent. having some lovely family time, While Rome Burns.

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