To think that people have the principles they can afford?

[Hullygully]

Do you have, or know anyone that does, principles that would absolutely not be ditched in the event of greater wealth?

I am going to have to work till midnight thanks to bender buns

Their chicken in a bun is nice as well. God I am craving the bloody Wimpy now. Who started it???

Scummy, we accepted the offered school as after we had looked round it it was fine, 3 bloody miles away though and how they expect people without cars to sort out transport etc I don't know but we get transport anyway (if we want) due to road safety issues but he says he doesn't want to go in a taxi either

Fio :3 children and 3 different schools 15 miles apart:

OK - I'll ask.

What is a Bender in a Bun?

If it is rude please spare my blushes.

Shall we have a summer mumsnet meetup in the Margate Wimpy to cheer babyfio up?

look exit ^^

Are there swingers in that one?

It's a frankfurter in a bun :o

if you make small slits accross a frankfurter and pop it under the grill to cooks it naturally curls into a circle. When cooked you put it into a sesame seeded bun, pop some cooked onions into the middle of the curl, top with a slice of cheese and a slice of tomato and some ketchup and viola, you have a bender in a bun :)

there are usually loads of drunk people in the margate one :o

That's rubbish, fio. What is the transport like? My boys go too far away too, also because of crap about getting into nearer schools and I was SOOO worried about them making the journey but actually it seems to be the highlight of their day. They muck about with their friends as they jump from bus to bus to get there.

rubbish about your boy having to go miles away, I meant. Not rubbish that there are drunks in the margate wimpy!

dd has council run transport with escorts and ds1 gets a private run bus outside the house but I don't know about ds2 and EVERY year it goes to tender

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Grrrr to stupid school shit and transport tenders. Is there no sibling policy so that he can go to ds1's school?

Must go and get daughter. Will be back later to complete day of idleness on mumsnet. I've had a great day!

no because it's a 3 tier system and ds1 left the lower school a year ago. My own fault for having a bonus baby i suppose

it's been lovely talking to you scummy :o I will have to pick dh up and go to work in a bit as well

I think that's a really unfair reading of that thread, LeQueen and a little unfair to bring it up considering people aren't here to defend themselves.

I do have to say I think it very odd to make one's offspring travel cattle while going business oneself.

Yes. It would be like putting them in one carriage on the train and then settling yourself in the next one, leaving other people to parent them.

In fact, it sounds splendid . Unfortunately, the other passengers would eventually seize control of the plane and demand that it was diverted to the nearest airport to unload us all.

I think that's quite a snobbish and unfair post.
I remember that thread and didn't feel 'moral indignation' but I definitely think it's a rum thing to do.

Older children, with a friend, would probably relish it.

I want a B in a B now.

Does anyone know if it's possible to buy naice franfurters, so I can make my own, a la Fio?

Sounds like a mighty fine idea, but I couldn't see DD letting me get away with it - but I could never afford business class anyway.

What Hully - are you really suggesting I venture into a Wimpy, in Margate? The very idea!

In the Guardian piece it explains a Bender in a Bun, but does mention that the Frankfurter is deep fried before being placed in a bun. Scary.

Hundreds of posts from people declaring that they would never consider travelling Business Class, unless all their children could too. And, their superior devotion and love for their children was clearly demonstrated by the fact they genuinely revelled in every, waking moment they spent travelling by bus, with 5 kids under the age of 7, en route to their Pontins camp site, in West Wales...

Ooo, now that comment will be a good for a Moral indignation Home Run :o