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The secret things you do that no-one else knows....

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Frt · 16/02/2023 11:07

Every day that DP is out of the house at work, I buy an early-afternoon energy drink. They are rancid, sugary, unhealthy and downright common as muck but I absolutely love the buzz I get for the rest of the day. DP would be appalled with me if he found out 😅

My MN habit is a secret too. I don't have children, and I'm meant to have a professional, busy job which doesn't allow time for fucking about online. But here I am. I'm friends with a lot of women with young children who regularly talk about things being discussed on MN. I feign surprise or interest but I'm really thinking "Yeah, I saw that".

When I'm stressed and home alone, I talk to myself. I talk myself through what's getting me down, why, and what I need to do. I also reassure myself saying things like "Pull yourself together, it's fine, make a list and let's start at the top". I have no shame about this, I think its a perfectly normal thing to do. Except that I talk to myself in random accents. Today I went inexplicably scouse. My temporary foreign accent syndrome is the reason I keep this particularly activity a secret.

Tell me your secrets....

BTW, long-timer but NC just in case!

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GwenogJones · 17/02/2023 22:44

@CatnaryReturns I'm relying on future DH's technical knowledge (he also has technical knowledge - future DH is quite the man, he's tall and handsome as well) to get the Podcast up and running.

Now you've said that - I fear I'm stuck in DHless Podcastless catch 22.

Polly291869 · 17/02/2023 22:48

I sometimes neigh and gallop into the kitchen for a cuppa if noone else is in.

😂😂

Please, please say your manner is akin to John Cleese here, at 40 seconds in?
YouTube won't link, but it's "1993 John Cleese BT advert ('Stop that, it's silly!')".

SchnitzelVonCrummsTum · 18/02/2023 00:35

I talk to our robot vacuums (Eufy brand, bought after reading a recommendation on here!) as if they are pets or small children. For example, I warn them if I am going to pick them up, reassure them when they are stuck somewhere and can't get out, and say 'there you go!' when I put them down. I don't know why but it feels right.

Diddlediddlehey · 18/02/2023 06:07

Polly291869 · 17/02/2023 22:48

I sometimes neigh and gallop into the kitchen for a cuppa if noone else is in.

😂😂

Please, please say your manner is akin to John Cleese here, at 40 seconds in?
YouTube won't link, but it's "1993 John Cleese BT advert ('Stop that, it's silly!')".

Haha that clip! I love John Cleese. Yes exactly like that including hands up to my chest and a whinny as i zip past the hallway. Honestly you have to try it some time 😂

pennysays · 18/02/2023 09:24

This thread has kept me jolly for a couple of days now. Glorious stuff.

bringincrazyback · 18/02/2023 10:35

SchnitzelVonCrummsTum · 18/02/2023 00:35

I talk to our robot vacuums (Eufy brand, bought after reading a recommendation on here!) as if they are pets or small children. For example, I warn them if I am going to pick them up, reassure them when they are stuck somewhere and can't get out, and say 'there you go!' when I put them down. I don't know why but it feels right.

I've stuck eyes on our robot vacs. 😂

Ladybird69 · 18/02/2023 21:29

@CaveMum @SnottyLottie i went to the festival a few years ago, it was amazing and with people from all over the world. I’d love to go again.

Polly291869 · 20/02/2023 10:52

Diddlediddlehey · 18/02/2023 06:07

Haha that clip! I love John Cleese. Yes exactly like that including hands up to my chest and a whinny as i zip past the hallway. Honestly you have to try it some time 😂

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YourApplePie · 20/02/2023 14:03
  • Matched betting cleared all my debts and paid for a 3 week Christmas jolly to Thailand.
  • I always put 2 free cappuccinos in my travel mug at Waitrose.
  • I messaged my future secret cleaner this morning.
UnctuousUnicorns · 20/02/2023 14:24

If I'm listening to something, if the device has a numerical slider, it can only be set to a number ending in 0, 5, or an even number. Never ever 3, 7 or 9.
This does not make me strange, not at all. 🙂

UnctuousUnicorns · 20/02/2023 14:25

(Nor 1.)

macaroonsandgin · 20/02/2023 16:12

DaisyStarburst · 17/02/2023 07:47

When I take the mop upstairs to wash the bathroom floor I point it at the banister and run up pretending I'm jousting.

I LOVE this 😂😂😂 also might start trying the galloping to the kitchen for a cuppa suggested by another inspired pp

whoopwhoopthesoundofthepolice · 20/02/2023 16:42

Congratulations, you made it onto the Daily Fail online! 👏

Hawkins003 · 20/02/2023 16:42

whoopwhoopthesoundofthepolice · 20/02/2023 16:42

Congratulations, you made it onto the Daily Fail online! 👏

The thread or a specific user ?

whoopwhoopthesoundofthepolice · 20/02/2023 16:46

@Hawkins003:

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11763637/What-secret-no-ones-watching.html

whoopwhoopthesoundofthepolice · 20/02/2023 16:48

BTW, long-timer but NC just in case!

Hmmm 🤔

Hawkins003 · 20/02/2023 16:57

whoopwhoopthesoundofthepolice · 20/02/2023 16:46

Much appreciated

whoopwhoopthesoundofthepolice · 20/02/2023 17:03

👍😊

Mars27 · 20/02/2023 17:27

Stellar grammar throughout the piece...

BeautifulDayintheneighbourhood · 20/02/2023 20:48

Those ‘journalists ‘ have an easy life, don’t they!

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Frt · 21/02/2023 09:46

Fuck sake, I didn't even think about the thread making the DM.

@whoopwhoopthesoundofthepolice I promise, absolutely promise that I'm not a journalist. I'm a long-time MN user. Test me. I can tell you about penis beaker, heroin-addicted baby, elderly Korean lady, snapped and farted, your minge, eating fatballs. I've been here since 2012. I promise.

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quietnightmare · 21/02/2023 10:55

The worst bit about the article is have they have quoted some people who have stated no one knows they are mumsnet and the person who has a cleaner behind her husbands back. Can you imagine if those people are identified in their real lives. We don't know what kind of husband the secret cleaner person has he could fly off the handle and god knows what would happen to the posters life. Dramatic I know but we just don't know poeples situations. Daily mail are a disgrace

Original poster
Frt · 21/02/2023 11:21

Yeah @quietnightmare That did occur to me too 😕

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Biffatcrafts · 21/02/2023 12:07

I met a Daily Fail reporter in real life once, their bad grammar isn't restricted to the written word trust me! 🤣🤣🤣

MeinKraft · 21/02/2023 14:04

Fucking DM. Do some proper journalism instead of trawling MN for non stories!