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AIBU?

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Humour. The fitness of subjects thereof. Opinions?

192 replies

Hullygully · 08/03/2012 09:17

Mine is often unsuitable, apparently.

So, I am genuinely interested to know, what subjects do you think shouldn't be joked about?

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Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:08

I love it how in France you ask for vegetarian (me) and they offer the soup - with lardons floating in it BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT MEAT

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Maryz · 08/03/2012 11:09

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Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:09

yy Rhubs

It wasn't even meant to be "funny"

it was real

oh well

as long as they got their frothy jollies

let us move on

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ShirleyKnot · 08/03/2012 11:10

yy Death. I have a very twisted SOH and laugh at the most inappropriate stuff - does that mean that if I laugh at a joke about ghost abortions for example, that I would like to give everyone an abortion and have an abortion every month and force people to have abortions and go and laugh loudly in abortion clinics? No. It doesn't.

A ghost abortion is a gall bladder operation actually.

TheRhubarb · 08/03/2012 11:11

I know Hully, I got it. They didn't.

The French don't 'do' vegetarianism. We once gave up alcohol for Lent whilst in France. We stupidly asked in the supermarket if they had any alcohol-free wine - cue the 'you are stupid English people' stare.

Even our neighbour, when hearing what we had given up said "well we'll get some beers in instead then" - in French obviously.

Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:11

yy but you do go and have an abortion every month and make other people so that's not funny

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BigGirlInASmallWorld · 08/03/2012 11:13

Hully is socially malformed.

FeckArse · 08/03/2012 11:15

Whenever anyone says "I've never been so offended blah blah blah....." I always think "you ought to get out more" .

ShirleyKnot · 08/03/2012 11:15

Is it true you can get pregnant by doing it in the bum BTW? Because my argument is that you can.

Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:15

I think I prefer being socially malformed (wtf) to having an iron poker up me arse

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TheRhubarb · 08/03/2012 11:15

Oh Joy Division - that was the other one I was going to put on his playlist. Love will tear us apart (his affair was the reason for his suicide attempt).

Nowadays I might throw in a Lana Del Ray.

Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:16

yy sperms are tricky little buggers. they can negotiate the colon like things that can really negotiate colons trickily

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ShirleyKnot · 08/03/2012 11:17

Oh Rhubs, when my died committed suicide we kept accidently saying stuff like "OMG, Dad would have killed himself laughing...." and "I don't know what I'm doing hanging about here..." and then we'dd laugh, because it was better to do that the scream our fucking heads off from the moment we opened our eyes til the moment we closed them again to sleep.

Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:18

yy shirl

quite

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BupcakesandCunting · 08/03/2012 11:18

"I feel for you Hully. I was ostracised at the school gates for joking that my neighbour might be the Ipswich serial killer"

God, that is so something that I would do. Blush

BigGirlInASmallWorld · 08/03/2012 11:19

But what about the 1234678998754321 alternatives?

Hully

YABU

Hope that helps.

Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:19

it's handy tho, all those that are offended can be dismissed from the possible friend list. saves time.

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Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:19

I am very much afraid you will have to stand in the Misunderstood Corner with Prod, Big Girl.

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TheRhubarb · 08/03/2012 11:20

yup, that's the thing. By joking about it you remove the horror of it all. And it was horrible, him phoning saying he was going to throw himself off a bridge at New Year's Eve, us trying to figure out where he was so we could send the police whilst trying to keep him calm and then someone on the other phone was talking to his hysterical daughter who was desperately looking for her dad Sad

But it brought my sister, brother and I much closer together and showed up the rest of the family for the CUNTS they are. Whoops, did I say CUNTS?

Anyway, every New Year now we toast to bridges! Grin

BupcakesandCunting · 08/03/2012 11:21

Ha ha I love it when someone says Hope That Helps in a way that means "I am right so let's not extract this argument any further." Makes me think "What a dingbat"

ShirleyKnot · 08/03/2012 11:21

But, the thing is that I do understand when people get offended by people being deliberate raging fuckers, Bernard Manning was a massive fucking wanker bastard.

I think I'm comparing Hully to Bernard Manning.

Hullygully · 08/03/2012 11:21

especially when IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IN ANY UNIVERSE WHATSOEVER Bups

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BigGirlInASmallWorld · 08/03/2012 11:22

I'm on

You're always in my misunderstood corner Hully

HTH

BupcakesandCunting · 08/03/2012 11:22

They've got the same size tits.

Proudnscary · 08/03/2012 11:22

Oh I think you know exactly what I mean.

But you keep banging on about everyone 'frothing' and 'no sense of humour' me dear.

This has really got to you hasn't it?