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Moving on from the Don't Do thread- The Don't "Get" thread.

69 replies

BackToB4Beatrice · 27/01/2012 22:36

I don't get Johnny Depp
I don't get Twitter
I don't get Little Britain

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Hairytoes · 27/01/2012 23:10

Out of the frying pan into the fryer?

PiedWagtail · 27/01/2012 23:14

I don't get people who iron hankies/bed linen/tea towels
I don't get a lot of people :(
I don't get Twilight/Celeb big Brother/in fact any 'sleb' reality tv programme
I don't get fake nails/hair/teeth/tans
I don't get why anyone would want to marry a footballer, esp. a premier leauge one
I don't get enough :)

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 28/01/2012 00:47

I don't get:
Facebook
Twitter
SATC
Mad Men
Big Brother/ I'm a Celeb/ any celebrity 'talent' showsX-Factor/Britain Got Talent
TOWIE
going out with the intention of getting drunk (I don't drink)
wine and all the discussions about it being oaky/smokey/ grapey

why they can't give everyone in Saturday Kitchen a plate each when the food comes round. Who would want to be at the end of the line after James M, the celeb guest, the other chefs and the 2 visiting viewers have had a dig at it Shock

Lost/24/most American Comedies (except Big Bang Theory)

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 28/01/2012 00:50

ZigZag I'll tell you what salty chocolate is all about.
I bought Sainsbo Taste the Difference salted caramels at Christmas and they were vile. I was watching Elf so forever more that film will be linked with those chocolates. Pah!

Tee2072 · 28/01/2012 07:18

I don't get:
most people
celebrity worship
Twilight
Any soap opera unless you are a uni student avoiding studying
ironing anything
why women judge so much of what other women do all the freakin' time.

lifechanger · 28/01/2012 07:27

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HairyBeaver · 28/01/2012 07:30

I don't get Russell brand. I think he looks like he needs a good bath Hmm

CelstialNavigation · 29/01/2012 00:41

I don't get digital photo frames

Goolash · 29/01/2012 01:12

I don't get why I send my sims (freeplay) to the toilet first before washing their hands, it makes no difference to their overall welbeing. It's just wrong!

If they're tired or hungry I will still send them to the toilet first because that's what I'd want. You can't enjoy food if a wee is required?unthinkable!

BalloonTwister · 29/01/2012 11:53

I don't get:
Friends
Jim Carey
Towie (and I'm from Essex!)
Little Britain
Frankie Boyle
People who are scared of living above an undertakers

CrabbyBigbottom · 29/01/2012 12:21

Fashion
Ironing (except for special occasions) My DM irons teatowels ffs Hmm
People who don't like animals
People who don't like drinking and good food
Why some people seem to need to appear perfect, with perfect lives
Children's beauty pagaents WTAF?
Michael MacIntyre
Frankie Boyle, Jimmy Carr

There's lots more. Other people baffle me, much of the time. Grin

Kayano · 29/01/2012 12:24

Don't get Russell Brand

Don't get Katy Perry

Don't get Terry Pratchett

glamourmama · 29/01/2012 15:12

I don't get harry potter

Organic food

Cheese with mould on it

Christmas cake with cheese

Classical music

Paying more than 50 pound on a meal- in one end and out the other! Least a bag gets used again!

Brand new cars

How the economy works

How overdraft charges are calculated

marriedinwhite · 29/01/2012 17:02

I don't get:

The Office
Vegetarianism
Mr Bean
Botox
Why teachers tolerate bad behaviour/disruption in schools

purepurple · 29/01/2012 17:09

fake tans
acryli nals
hair extensions
false eyelashes
tattoos
ugg boots
makeup on ugly people
big brother/im a celebrity
towie-I really, really dont't get it
Ricky Gervais
Downton abbey
not wearing a coat out
sunbathing
rap/rnb music
simon cowel
ant and dec
plastic surgery/botox for vanity
pandora bracelets
eyelashes on cars

IUseTooMuchKitchenRoll · 29/01/2012 17:11

I don't get

Prawns
Why anyone would want to be on the PTA
British summer Time

Tolalola · 29/01/2012 17:20

I don't get

Competitive parenting
Long toenails (just why?)
Buying brand new cars
People who feel compelled to answer their phones

Vicky2011 · 29/01/2012 17:59

I don't get

any "reality" shit with the exception of Masterchef
designer shoes
designer bags
enjoying the process of shopping for anything other than a house or a car
Golf
Monty Python

ShellyBoobs · 29/01/2012 18:00

Expensive watches
People's (including DD's) obsession with horses
Reality TV in its entirety
Beach holidays
Ironing (other than smart workwear, etc)
Australia (as in why so many people want to move there)

libertybodice · 29/01/2012 18:03

facebook
big brother
x factor - wtf?

NoWayNoHow · 29/01/2012 18:07

I don't get people who drive up my backside when I'm already doing just over the speed limit and have a car in front of me - what are they hoping to achieve?

I don't get Twitter

I don't get TOWIE and all these random "it's reality, but it's scripted, but it's their real lives" programmes - what ARE they?

I don't get snooker - snooze fest

I don't get Gordon Ramsay - why anyone feels the need to be so rude, I don't know

I don't get running - what for?? To go where??

I don't get dressing for what the weather's SUPPOSED to be like rather than what it's ACTUALLY like. e.g. it may be June but it's 11C outside. Put the spaghetti straps away. Likewise a 14C day in December and people in coats and scarves.

I don't get Twilight - it's just Dawson's Creek with fangs.

PocPoc · 29/01/2012 18:08

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GirlWithPointyShoes · 29/01/2012 18:17

I don't get people cannot speak to their in laws about ANYTHING! Then seethe when PiLs don't know exactly what is going on in their head.

Why? WHY?!

BeeBawBabbity · 29/01/2012 18:55

Snobbery.

PippiL · 29/01/2012 19:08

X factor. So glad some others don't get it too, thought I was the only sane person in the world.

Pet rabbits.
Drivers who don't indicate.
Oral sex.
4x4s.
People with no books or bookcases in their house.
Football.