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A hill you will die on.

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GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 15:04

Mine is amongst others that carbonara should only ever be made with long pasta, none of your penne, or fusili nonsense.

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BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 20:47

thenightsky · 19/02/2026 20:21

And please feel free to join in with a rousing chorus to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it": "If a person has a penis he's a man, if a person has a penis he's a man - even if he can't abide it, cuts it off or tries to hide it - if a person has a penis he's a man."

Well that's stuck in my head now. I'll be singing it out loud if I'm not careful Grin

😆 That's gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of 2026. 😂

DragonsAndDaffs · 19/02/2026 20:50

Cauliflower cheese and gravy should never be on the same plate!

littleorangefox · 19/02/2026 20:50

Bundleflower · 19/02/2026 15:34

If you need benefits to top up your husband income to survive then you’re not a ‘stay-at-home mum’ - you’re simply unemployed (which is fine but you’re not a bloody housewife).

So what exactly is the difference in workload between a stay at home parent who is the spouse/partner of a high earner and one who receives benefits?

LeafyMcLeafFace · 19/02/2026 20:50

Cream on first

DesiccatedCoconut · 19/02/2026 20:50

There should be a separate, designated train carriage and other forms of public transport that people who want to smoke immediately before getting on should be obliged to use instead of causing me to almost bring up my breakfast by sitting next to me. The way my heart sinks when I see them toss their cigarette on the platform...😷It baffles me how people can be so lacking in self-awareness.

borntooobewild · 19/02/2026 20:51

Pineapple doesn’t belong on pizzas,sandwiches or anything savoury 🤮

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 20:51

AnotherHormonalWoman · 19/02/2026 20:30

The people involved in child sex trafficking rings should burn, and if that means that we have to scorch the earth and live with a mess until we rebuild then that's what needs to happen. None of this "we can't possibly go after everybody because that's too many Important People...."

Let. Them. Burn.

Edited: Yeah I know I brought real world big problems to a light hearted thread. I'm so fuelled by anger at these monsters that I can't do light hearted right now, but maybe I'll be back.

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I'd say that's an excellent hill to die on. Anyone who's involved in pedophilia to any extent, and I don't give a fuck if they're famous or a millionaire, should be round up and shot. Those kinds of people are not needed in society or even on the planet at all. There's no forgiveness for those atrocities

worldshottestmom · 19/02/2026 20:52

Tacohill · 19/02/2026 16:01

??

Are you saying that there is an age limit - you were the one who said no matter what age, so I assume you meant from birth, if not where is your cut off?

I think shes saying she doesnt want a man who has the physical ability to SA women in a women's bathroom. If he has a penis, he is a man. Let's not argue facts. You knew exactly what she was saying. Young boys are not a threat. It varies on an individual level but after a certain age, they become quite capable to overpower most women. Noone cares if you bring a 6 month old baby boy into a bathroom. You know this full well and I cant comprehend why you are acting as if you dont.

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 20:52

borntooobewild · 19/02/2026 20:51

Pineapple doesn’t belong on pizzas,sandwiches or anything savoury 🤮

Sweet and sour chicken?

DontTellMeToTakeInIroning · 19/02/2026 20:53

@HildegardP can confirm this is true re matcha ice cream, although the one I had was from a van and topped with matcha powder which I accidentally inhaled - not a pretty sight

Dymaxion · 19/02/2026 20:53

People can't change sex. Happy to call anyone whatever name they want to be called by, couldn't give a toss what clothes they wear, as long as they wear some, but regardless of whatever cosmetic surgery they might have, their DNA defines their sex.

1000StrawberryLollies · 19/02/2026 20:54

NomNomNominativeDeterminism · 19/02/2026 19:05

‘I can’t bear this Americanism, we have our own word / custom’

‘I don’t like this different way of saying / doing something because it is American’

… well, anti-Americanism is still racism isn’t it, I can’t fathom how people are so comfortable expressing it.

No it's not, because American isn't a race. The constant anti-americanism in MN is very tiresome though.

Darkdiamond · 19/02/2026 20:55

Mumtobabyhavoc · 19/02/2026 18:28

Only in Italy, but even then it's understood (with an 🙄, perhaps).

I was with someone in Italy who ordered a latte and they got a glass of milk.

ilovecardigans · 19/02/2026 20:55

AfternoonVanessa · 19/02/2026 19:52

One of my mothers favourite sayings was to chuck another dog on the bed when it was cold.

Surely broad beans with gammon?

Your mum was a wise woman. The band 'Three Dog Night' came up with their name after reading a magazine article about native Australians which detailed how they would sleep cuddled up to a dog (dingo) on cold nights. When it got colder, they would sleep with two dogs and if it was absolutely freezing, it was a 'three dog night'.

BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 20:55

@40andlovelife · Today 15:16

Your aunts and uncles are your blood relatives. Their partners are not your aunts or uncles

I do disagree with this. My blood related uncles wives, and blood related aunties husbands, are as much aunties and uncles to me as the ones I am blood related to. They are all family.Smile Same with the husbands and wives of my cousins, I class them as family too. (And all their DC.)

Also my DH's brother and his wife and DC. They are family too. DH's brother's wife had a daughter before he met her (and another daughter when that daughter was 10.) I class both girls as nieces. So does DH.

Ditto my brother's wife, I am not blood related to her, but class her as family, and also their 2 boys. (they are my nephews.) DH classes them as his nephews too. They are all family.

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 20:55

I am willing to die on the hill of never needing alexa (or any other variant). The day I need something to manually switch on the light or the kettle, is the day I officially became too lazy.

winnieanddaisy · 19/02/2026 20:56

My 50+ year old offspring who have known their uncles since they were born always used to the wives auntie . Obviously they have dropped the prefix now .

borntooobewild · 19/02/2026 20:56

tsmainsqueeze · 19/02/2026 19:34

What are you talking about ? are you mad ?
Pineapple totally belongs on a pizza !😋

I have just said the same before reading thread!Pineapple is revolting on anything savoury! I lived in Australia a few years ago and was shocked that a pizza would be destroyed by pineapple 🤮

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 20:56

DragonsAndDaffs · 19/02/2026 20:50

Cauliflower cheese and gravy should never be on the same plate!

Please tell me that there aren't actually people who do that😳 that's a whole other level of savagery😫

Nos4r2 · 19/02/2026 20:57

All fig rolls should be destroyed.

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 20:57

borntooobewild · 19/02/2026 20:51

Pineapple doesn’t belong on pizzas,sandwiches or anything savoury 🤮

Pineapple should only be on a cocktail stick with a cube of cheese as far as I'm concerned

Sausagemagoo · 19/02/2026 20:58

People saying H ‘hatich’. It is not ‘hatich’ it is H ‘aitch’. Boils my piss every fucking time. How hard is it to understand?! Even the artist ‘Aitch’ knows the score, kmt.

Cyclingmummy1 · 19/02/2026 20:58

BubbleFree · 19/02/2026 15:10

Christmas cake and cheese do not belong together.

Heathen!

Changedname9999 · 19/02/2026 20:59

Mumtobabyhavoc · 19/02/2026 20:28

Totally agree about Leonardo Dicaprio! I was just recently thinking he's crossed over to the creepy old guy zone. 🤮

Apparently Leo is gay and the young girls are beards looking out for their careers. Don’t know why he wouldn’t just say though?

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 20:59

Won't be popular with this one (either), but I will never understand how someone can visit a country and just stay in some cookie-cutter hotel and its pool... No need to travel far, there are pools with boring hotels here in the UK, too.

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