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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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somethingaboutshamy · 19/02/2026 22:44

Cauliflower cheese has no place on a roast dinner!

DontTellMeToTakeInIroning · 19/02/2026 22:47

murasaki · 19/02/2026 22:30

Oh I wasn't comparing you to those people! Not at all!

Oh no I know you weren't!

BangFlash · 19/02/2026 22:47

NigelFromAccounts · 19/02/2026 15:21

Pepperoni is shit.

People who obsess over the following topics: UPFs, Hyrox and what trans people call themselves. I don't care whether you're right or wrong; the hill I'll die on is that you're obsessive and boring.

What is hyrox?

Off to Google I go

Men are men..

DontTellMeToTakeInIroning · 19/02/2026 22:49

@PithyViewer cinnamon? Not according to Delia! When we had an airing cupboard my bread sauce used to have the onion infusing in milk overnight in the airing cupboard 23rd December, and the sauce back in there overnight on Christmas Eve.... stuff of legends! Now it has to stay in the top oven on a very low heat and it's just not the same

Mumtobabyhavoc · 19/02/2026 22:50

FaceEatingLeopard · 19/02/2026 16:16

Just because you can pickle something doesn't mean you should. Every menu, every dish - pickled fucking onions, cabbage, pickled this, that and the next thing spoiling everything. Go pickle your arsehole you pretentious cheffy dick!

Except pickled onions have been around forever and necessary for the classic Gibson.

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 22:52

Sushi is overrated.
It's "fine", I guess. But if I have a choice between sushi and most other things, I'd go for the other thing. I dunno. it's just "meh" to me.

LadyGAgain · 19/02/2026 22:52

Raisins and sultanas do not belong in rice or cous cous or a naan bread or any savoury dish.

murasaki · 19/02/2026 22:55

Wagon wheels used to be bigger. It's not just my hands. And it happened well before shrinkflation was a big thing.

DuchessofStaffordshire · 19/02/2026 22:57

BangFlash · 19/02/2026 22:47

What is hyrox?

Off to Google I go

Men are men..

Hyrox is the latest fitness obsession. Similar to the cult of CrossFit but a bit more cardioish.

Pudmyboy · 19/02/2026 22:57

LadyGAgain · 19/02/2026 22:52

Raisins and sultanas do not belong in rice or cous cous or a naan bread or any savoury dish.

Yes, yes a thousand times yes, to this!!

murasaki · 19/02/2026 22:58

Steaks should never be served well done. What a waste.

carconcerns · 19/02/2026 22:59

Bjorkdidit · 19/02/2026 17:45

People who don't indicate at roundabouts and other situations where it would allow someone else to go should have their licences suspended and their cars crushed.

Absolutely, is anyone brave enough to admit they can't be arsed to move their finger to use the indicators? If so, could you say whether you find it annoying when you are on the receiving end of this extremely annoying behaviour?

The number of times I come across situations where the traffic could have carried on smoothly moving if it wasn't for some simpleton who doesn't realise everyone around them can't read their minds. I wonder if they're inconsiderate in other areas of their lives. It also causes danger to pedestrians.

I will never for the life of me understand why people don't just make it a habit to ALWAYS use their indicators - don't make a slow decision at each roundabout - just do it!!! You don't always know who is around or about to appear.

Middle lane hoggers can get in the bin too (I always look and a large percentage are middle aged men, which surprises me)

Everyone should have to retake their driving licence periodically - some people are absolutely atrocious and definitely wouldn't pass. So many people just drive at 40 MPH every where too.

NotDarkGothicMama · 19/02/2026 23:04

Toilet paper hangs behind the roll, not in front. I know the patent, blah blah blah, but it's the only way to tear bits off it one-handed.

Men cannot turn into women and vice versa. Non-binary is not a real thing and I will not use pronouns that contradict someone's sex.

HildegardP · 19/02/2026 23:07

PithyViewer · 19/02/2026 22:22

It is! Your arse doesn't go over your chest in a spectacular fall, does it? It goes over your tip! ie over the top of your head!

Cambridge Dictionary allows both but I'd never heard "arse over tip" until today.

BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 23:08

PithyViewer · 19/02/2026 22:29

From David Attenborough:

This is addressed to those who don't want to rent apartments to people with dogs and also to those who won't rent houses to them:
I can't take my dog to the beach for a walk because it bothers you on your vacation. You also won't let me rent a house if I have a dog, and I can't bring my dog on public transport either.
However, I can take my dog through the rubble to find you after an earthquake, into the forest after you got lost in the mountains without a map or GPS, under the snow because you went off-piste despite the prohibition, into the water because you swam despite the red flag, and anywhere else you might need because, in the end, it's just a dog... but it will find you.

I get this, but I don't get the dog hate on here. Sure, some dogs are badly behaved and yappy, but that is the owner's fault for not training said doggo. And of course they smell a bit, but not bad! Cats can be a bit whiffy too occasionally, and their piss smells awful! All animals have a bit of a whiff...

The worst smells I ever experience (coming from any living creature) comes from humans. No animal smells as gross and vile as SOME humans. Not all, obvs. I smell like a honeysuckle plant! 😁

BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 23:08

HildegardP · 19/02/2026 23:07

Cambridge Dictionary allows both but I'd never heard "arse over tip" until today.

Nor me. I will never say arse over tip as long as I live. It sounds ridiculous! 😂

murasaki · 19/02/2026 23:10

That all those recycling bins are a fig leaf to make people and councils feel virtuous and that most of it ends up in landfill either here or abroad anyway.

Roastiesarethebestbit · 19/02/2026 23:12

Sishere · 19/02/2026 15:32

You said people should ONLY take on rescues

So if an owner’s dog has a litter…. You want the owner to give the dogs to a shelter rather than sell them?

People should be neutering their pets so that this doesn’t happen

ThiagoJones · 19/02/2026 23:12

BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 23:08

I get this, but I don't get the dog hate on here. Sure, some dogs are badly behaved and yappy, but that is the owner's fault for not training said doggo. And of course they smell a bit, but not bad! Cats can be a bit whiffy too occasionally, and their piss smells awful! All animals have a bit of a whiff...

The worst smells I ever experience (coming from any living creature) comes from humans. No animal smells as gross and vile as SOME humans. Not all, obvs. I smell like a honeysuckle plant! 😁

Agreed. Many humans smell absolutely rank.

carconcerns · 19/02/2026 23:14

0psiedasiy · 19/02/2026 18:48

Covid- I risked my life caring for people discharged to the care home I worked it, we had our breaks individually, we sat 3 meters apart, people were confined to their tiny bedrooms, some of the long term residents spent months in their rooms, they never saw their families, they died without seeing them, I will never forget the terror of going home and thinking I cared for someone with Covid (with gloves and aprons, no masks as we didn’t have any), it was awful, we worked extra shifts.

Meanwhile Boris was partying with his mates at downing st and should have been sacked as soon as it came out.

That people got annoyed about Boris and pals partying but stopped there mentally and didn't ever question WHY they weren't afraid.....

Waiting for the penny to drop...

PithyViewer · 19/02/2026 23:14

BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 23:08

Nor me. I will never say arse over tip as long as I live. It sounds ridiculous! 😂

No, it's going over tit that sounds ridiculous. How can your arse go over your chest without going over your head? It makes no sense! When you do a somersault - as in a bad fall - your bum travels over your head. Over the tip of you. See??

Merseymum1980 · 19/02/2026 23:15

Swinging and open relatiomships are not ok. Someone is always hurt eventually

DuchessofStaffordshire · 19/02/2026 23:15

carconcerns · 19/02/2026 22:59

Absolutely, is anyone brave enough to admit they can't be arsed to move their finger to use the indicators? If so, could you say whether you find it annoying when you are on the receiving end of this extremely annoying behaviour?

The number of times I come across situations where the traffic could have carried on smoothly moving if it wasn't for some simpleton who doesn't realise everyone around them can't read their minds. I wonder if they're inconsiderate in other areas of their lives. It also causes danger to pedestrians.

I will never for the life of me understand why people don't just make it a habit to ALWAYS use their indicators - don't make a slow decision at each roundabout - just do it!!! You don't always know who is around or about to appear.

Middle lane hoggers can get in the bin too (I always look and a large percentage are middle aged men, which surprises me)

Everyone should have to retake their driving licence periodically - some people are absolutely atrocious and definitely wouldn't pass. So many people just drive at 40 MPH every where too.

Yeah, the indicating (or lack of) thing really annoys me. It's frequently raised as an issue on threads, yet I've never heard an explanation from anyone who neglects to do it, despite the majority of drivers I encounter not bothering. Roundabouts are an amazingly effective way of controlling traffic whilst allowing it to flow efficiently provided people bother to indicate. As things stand, we may as well implement four way stops which would create hold ups and queues.

callmeLoretta1 · 19/02/2026 23:17

Mushrooms are slimy, revolting and disgusting. End of.

Whatnameisif · 19/02/2026 23:17

HildegardP · 19/02/2026 23:07

Cambridge Dictionary allows both but I'd never heard "arse over tip" until today.

Me neither.

Tip makes no sense either. No one calls the head their tip. A tip isn't slightly rude like arse is.

Tits and arses just go together. Like in the song.

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