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Original poster

AIBU to ask why the 'did your parents disappoint you' thread..

34 replies

boursin · 30/07/2011 18:36

made discussion of the day when it was started at 17.06
whilst the hot topic of hareem pants, carrot pants and Asda joggers has been discussed all day

it IS a conspiracy
Wink

plus their thread is sad.. ours was/is fun

OP posts:
LineRunner · 30/07/2011 20:07

Because no-one at MNHQ deciding 'Discussions of the Day' reads the threads' contents, just the titles?

They're In The Thick Of It, now.

iamamilkmachine · 30/07/2011 20:41

I bet asda picked the discussion of the day.

AgentZigzag · 30/07/2011 20:46

Honestly, all this conspiracy shite, you're paranoid Hmm

Original poster
boursin · 30/07/2011 21:16

first they delete the thread about a thread
and now they have silenced the original thread
oh my they are powerful

and I am talking in riddles and will shut up now

Wink
OP posts:
AgentZigzag · 30/07/2011 22:32

No! 'They' want you to shut up Grin

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 00:02

I TOTALLY disappointed my parents by not having babies dressed in the latest Asda hareem pants and/or carrot jeans. I will never live down the shame :(

My dad used to wear a flat cap, though. He thought it was witty. Come to think of it, he was also bald - so probably looked not unlike Boursin's friend's trendy tot Wink

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 00:14

[tortoise]

izzywhizzyletsgetbusy · 31/07/2011 01:21

That thread was a veritable entertainment centre.

It had everything going for it; carrots, harems, up & downmarket baby outfitters, caps, poo, nappies, buns, Turkish delight, pleasure domes, getting nekkid with Gok, AND a tortoise.

It may not have made Thread of the Day but it was Thread of the Week and will be fondly remembered.

AgentZigzag · 31/07/2011 01:27

I feel cheated at not noticing pleasure domes being mentioned (not sure what they are, but they sound good fun).

LoopyLoopsTootyFroots · 31/07/2011 01:28

WTactualF? Confused

spiderslegs · 31/07/2011 01:34

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

spiderslegs · 31/07/2011 01:36

I'm not sure what Coleridge had to say about carrot pants though.

Thumbwitch · 31/07/2011 01:38

WTF?? Have they deleted your thread, garlicbutter? Am Shock - what happened on it? It was a perfectly normal and amusing skit on Boursin's thread, good humoured when I left it last night - what happened?

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 01:46

spiders, I am GUSHING with laughter!

I have no idea, Thumb, but we must admit boursin has more than adequately replaced it.

AgentZigzag · 31/07/2011 01:52

'I'm not sure what Coleridge had to say about carrot pants though.'

Probably the same as the rest of us, what a fucking ridiculous name for a pair of trousers.

spiderslegs · 31/07/2011 02:12

'As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing'

Is what he had to say about pants.

Bizzarely in Kubla Khan too.

I can only assume they were carrot pants.

Queer.

Thumbwitch · 31/07/2011 02:12

Indeed, although I am Confused as to some of the references because I was in bed asleep (aussie time) - sounds like it got very good! Can't believe MNHQ pulled it :(

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 02:16

I dunno, ZZ, he was a natty dresser himself. Not to mention opium-addled, so probably rather fond of a roomy Eastern garment at times.

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 02:17

Dream on Thumb, it never got any sharper than it was when you were sharpening it :)

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 02:18

Spiders, I totally bow to your literary relevance.

Just ... wow!

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 02:21

Can you believe this???!
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Pantisocracy and marriage (wikipedia). Who the hell knew???!!!

AgentZigzag · 31/07/2011 02:24

That's some serious bowage going on there garlic, I wonder who told him 'yeah, that looks fantastic on you, you'll certainly turn heads ' Grin

You mark my words, let carrot pants get past without pointing/laughing and we'll be back to the bad old days of <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=pantaloons&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1146&bih=718&tbm=isch&tbnid=Rw6q8UmU9JpR8M:&imgrefurl=www.fcbd.com/catalog/index.php%253Fmain_page%253Dindex%2526cPath%253D89_114&docid=ucLBW2JqxBjf6M&w=400&h=400&ei=Ja00TvvsKcTA8QOluomhDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=136&vpy=285&dur=2799&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=111&ty=133&page=2&tbnh=120&tbnw=120&start=31&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:31" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pantaloons.

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 02:29

I kinda like those - they might make my beer belly look smaller (in relation to my legs, but who cares?)

Am becoming enamoured of the Baggy-Panti-socratic utopia as envisioned by Coleridge. Preferably not in Wales, but maybe the opium and the whistling Welsh wind could do wonders for the pantaloons?

AgentZigzag · 31/07/2011 02:30

Bahahaha at Pantisocracy Grin

But seriously, remember Boursins prophetic words...

'it IS a conspiracy'

She was right Shock

And I ridiculed her for knowing The Truth.

I regret that now.

garlicbutter · 31/07/2011 02:39

True, ZZ.

We must respect Asda Mumsnet rules at all times. Tis written [solemn]