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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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FantasyFoodhall · 20/02/2026 03:34

Pulled pork is disgusting.
Salted caramel is completely unnecessary and ought to be stopped.
Joining you all on the crowded hill.

nOlives · 20/02/2026 03:40

Pizza is better with pineapple.

Glitterella · 20/02/2026 03:41

Crisps must be made of potatoes. Doritos and any other maize snacks are not crisps, they are vile. Pringles are also not crisps.

EasterTweets · 20/02/2026 03:44

I haven't read the full thread, so apols if this has already been posted...

Easter is better than Christmas. You get all the Christmas benefits (good food, great family time etc) with far less of the Christmas stress and usually with nicer overall weather.

Crushed23 · 20/02/2026 04:42

Jorvik1978 · 19/02/2026 15:13

A UK-based holiday is NOT a stay-cation. It is a UK-based holiday. A stay-cation involves staying at home and sleeping in your own bed, having days out exploring your local area.

Um… so every weekend is a staycation? Makes zero sense. A staycation is holidaying in your own country.

Glitterella · 20/02/2026 04:53

Crushed23 · 20/02/2026 04:42

Um… so every weekend is a staycation? Makes zero sense. A staycation is holidaying in your own country.

It is literally both ideas…

staycation
/steɪˈkeɪʃn/

INFORMAL
noun
a holiday spent in one's home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions.
verb
take a holiday in one's home country rather than abroad, or at home with day trips to local attractions.

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Crushed23 · 20/02/2026 04:53

Inspired by a recent thread, my hills:

A heterosexual woman not being sexually attracted to a non-heterosexual man is not “bi-phobic”.

The notion that all heterosexual women are actually “slightly bisexual” is a crock of shite.

Crushed23 · 20/02/2026 05:03

Another one:

Women giving birth in their 40s is not some modern phenomenon or “trend”, it’s been happening for millennia.

MTOandMe · 20/02/2026 05:53

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!

Well, I want skiing last week and my arse (and other body parts) did indeed circumnavigate my tits! If it went over my 'tip' (surely head would be 'top' and toes would be 'tip'!!) I would simply be performing a rolypoly?! I don’t care who wrote what in whose book!

In fact, if I'm being extra pedantic it's actually 'arse
'ovva tit' because I'm from Barnsley and our accent/ dialect is Godly....

Amberlynnswashcloth · 20/02/2026 06:02

Word play is not a selling point when in comes to food: sheese, shicken and oggs sound like they belong in a Roald Dahl story rather than on my plate. And why are the brands talking to us like children? Rather than articulating that the product if free from poultry or dairy they tell us its "no cluck", or "no moo" like we're idiots.

Green Oggs and No Oink Oink anyone?

PithyViewer · 20/02/2026 06:10

MTOandMe · 20/02/2026 05:53

Well, I want skiing last week and my arse (and other body parts) did indeed circumnavigate my tits! If it went over my 'tip' (surely head would be 'top' and toes would be 'tip'!!) I would simply be performing a rolypoly?! I don’t care who wrote what in whose book!

In fact, if I'm being extra pedantic it's actually 'arse
'ovva tit' because I'm from Barnsley and our accent/ dialect is Godly....

No no, the tip of something is at the top! Like the tip of the iceberg!

The saying recalls a somersault, as in a comically bad fall. In a somersault, your arse does go right over your tip.

I REALLY doubt that your arse swung around your tits! Although, remembering my skiing holidays of long ago, hmm...maybe they did.

MTOandMe · 20/02/2026 06:20

PithyViewer · 20/02/2026 06:10

No no, the tip of something is at the top! Like the tip of the iceberg!

The saying recalls a somersault, as in a comically bad fall. In a somersault, your arse does go right over your tip.

I REALLY doubt that your arse swung around your tits! Although, remembering my skiing holidays of long ago, hmm...maybe they did.

Edited

The fall was so bad it swung not just around my tits but also other peoples tits too!

Do you walk on your toptoes, or tiptoes?!

haha - sorry but subjects of this importance deserve the debate! 🤣

Bojosgirl · 20/02/2026 06:24

HumphreyCobblers · 19/02/2026 17:23

It is an invitation, not an invite.

Invite is a verb.

I get this is a lonely hill as language seems to have moved on - but not for me.

I hate a lot of the language that has emerged in recent years. Why does everything need to be abbreviated? When did episodes become eps, why does music drop. Why do people miss the letter T out of words - it's water for gods sake.

PithyViewer · 20/02/2026 06:26

MTOandMe · 20/02/2026 06:20

The fall was so bad it swung not just around my tits but also other peoples tits too!

Do you walk on your toptoes, or tiptoes?!

haha - sorry but subjects of this importance deserve the debate! 🤣

🤭🤭🤭 Sounds as if it was a truly spectacular fall! How many people did you take down? Hope you weren't injured? Where did you go? I've been suddenly missing skiing.

Excellent point about tiptoes!

But I think it's because you're walking on the ends of your toes, not because they're on the tip of you! However, toes are horizontal, so they are neutral as far as the tip/top debate goes!

Sheknowsaboutme · 20/02/2026 06:30

Sishere · 19/02/2026 15:29

But dogs breed.
So you expect owners to take on a litter of puppies even if they don’t want more than one dog?

People who say they have a new puppy. A cavapoochonshitzulabrador X its a MONGEREL you’ve paid £££ for.

MTOandMe · 20/02/2026 06:32

PithyViewer · 20/02/2026 06:26

🤭🤭🤭 Sounds as if it was a truly spectacular fall! How many people did you take down? Hope you weren't injured? Where did you go? I've been suddenly missing skiing.

Excellent point about tiptoes!

But I think it's because you're walking on the ends of your toes, not because they're on the tip of you! However, toes are horizontal, so they are neutral as far as the tip/top debate goes!

We went to Slovenia! Not been skiing for some time but, common sense left me in the cold winter air and I decided to immediately go down a red run. It will come as no surprise to learn that I did not make it to the bottom of the slope! I have hurt my knee and also my pride! Luckily, no one else was injured!

Citrusbergamia · 20/02/2026 06:32

FantasyFoodhall · 20/02/2026 03:34

Pulled pork is disgusting.
Salted caramel is completely unnecessary and ought to be stopped.
Joining you all on the crowded hill.

Agree with the Salted bloody caramel...its everywhere!

And yes, am absolutely joining 1 and all on the XX/XY Hill. 🙄😑

Grampy60 · 20/02/2026 06:35

BubbleFree · 19/02/2026 15:10

Christmas cake and cheese do not belong together.

Unless it’s Wensleydale. If you’ve not had Christmas cake with Wensleydale you haven’t lived.

Grampy60 · 20/02/2026 06:39

ChamonixMountainBum · 19/02/2026 15:10

Chicken Korma is the most pointless dish ever invented.

I kind of understand your point but I’ve ordered chicken korma for the last fifty years because I like it.

Msmfailedusbad · 20/02/2026 06:46

You cannot change your sex.
Sex not ‘gender’ should be the word used in all legal, educational and official documentation.
Raw onions are an abomination and ruin everything.

PersephoneParlormaid · 20/02/2026 06:54

Sex not gender.

THisbackwithavengeance · 20/02/2026 06:59

Regarding the correct Italian pronunciations for various coffee based drinks, you’d look like a pretentious dick if you want into Costa and ordered a drink with an Italian accent.

TheStudioWasFilled · 20/02/2026 07:02

Sishere · 19/02/2026 15:29

But dogs breed.
So you expect owners to take on a litter of puppies even if they don’t want more than one dog?

Then why didn't they have their dog spayed?

PithyViewer · 20/02/2026 07:10

MTOandMe · 20/02/2026 06:32

We went to Slovenia! Not been skiing for some time but, common sense left me in the cold winter air and I decided to immediately go down a red run. It will come as no surprise to learn that I did not make it to the bottom of the slope! I have hurt my knee and also my pride! Luckily, no one else was injured!

Oh I love Slovenia!

Red runs are STEEP!

Glad you're not too badly hurt!

Mumtobabyhavoc · 20/02/2026 07:11

THisbackwithavengeance · 20/02/2026 06:59

Regarding the correct Italian pronunciations for various coffee based drinks, you’d look like a pretentious dick if you want into Costa and ordered a drink with an Italian accent.

Latte, "a" like the "a" in cat. Does that sound pretentious? I can't see that. 🤔
However, the poster insisting on pronouncing chorizo as choritho like one would in Spain, if Spanish, makes me laugh because it would be utterly hysterical to witness. 😂
(I'm laughing to myself just imagining it.)

eta: sorry to be the last post and not give
you a chance to reply!

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