to think we should have a 'dull' section on MN?

[madmomma]

Just seems like there's always something you need or would like to know but it's so incredibly boring you'd be ashamed to put in chat or any other section.

At least if it was seen as a given that everything in that section was boring, people wouldn't feel embarrassed about asking dull questions. I know there's pedant's corner but that seems more geared to discussions about how highly educated the pedantic posters are and how thick everyone else is. Just a thought. I'd love to see a place on the forum where everyone can be their most boring selves with impunity.

flyover I wasn't kidding about the marshmallows.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1532267-Marshmallows

mardy I must go and find that it sounds great !

mardy I had a look and now I want to stick needles in my eyes !!

What kind of numpty does not know where to buy marshmallows??!!

and surely the hot biscuit pants dilemma is not a problem. Hot biscuits sounds like a good thing!!

70isaLimitNotaTarget Fri 03-Aug-12 12:40:38

What about a repitition corner...

^^ I agree with this

It could be called "Done to Death"

It's not a good hot biscuit smell though, it's like that waft you get off of a Rich Tea when you've dunked it in your tea. Like... wet, bland biscuit, not like oooh lovely choccie bourbon smothered in coffee or anything.

Maybe people could just use this parituclar thread to post their incredibly dull problems on?

well mixed responses to my very tedious question. It seems permission to be unashamedly dull has not been unanimously granted. I shall have to go back to talking to the voices in my head mardy yes, the marshmallow question would come under the dull remit, but dull and stupid is a dangerous mix as I've illustrated

If my cu#t smelt of hot biccies, my greedy dh may go up there a bit more often!

I wanted to know something really boring...how do you get the milk monitor to delete your messages for breaking the rules. AND I'm really annoyed because the milk monitor did delete one of my messages ..... and I cant remember what I'd said...... fuck fuck fuck must try harder !!!!!!!

But the great thing about MN is that a thread can start as really boring, then a few posters hijack and it becomes anything but....

The next thing you know your talking about your elderly neighbours pampas grass signalling their penchant for jacuzzi orgies and you've completely forgotten your original question of how long you need to soak your borlotti beans!

I bought some tumble dry Lenor sheets today for two pounds and fifty earth pence and they smell utterly overpowering and they are still in the box in the cupboard.

Yeah, that's pretty fucking dull. Would stick it on the Drunk Thread, though.

TwoSteps 'Done to Death Corner'. Genius

Alright, I'll give it a go....

I never can get the grout in my kitchen clean - tried everything, bleach, toothbrush and toothpaste, steam cleaning, the works. No dice, still green (?!) in places and horrible looking.

It's only been done three years too.

(Is this dull enough?)

Cailleach, that's fairly dull, although my suggested answer (Cillit Bang Lime and Grime, leave on for a good 20 minutes) is possibly duller.

Agrees with twosteps.

I would definitely use a "first world problem" section to post things that seem too dull to post in regular sections!

just re-grout it, so much easier!

I welcome dullness. I love the mundane. It's not a crime to be a dullard.

I was once talking to my son about limestone and he simply left the room.

maybe I'll start a website called stopaclock.com and have a forum where competitive dullness is encouraged. Extra marks for adding abject stupidity into the mix --jesus is this really what the school holidays does to me?-

Can we merge it with paintdry.com for completeness?

I like dull sometimes.

Although the washing up thread was a step to far TBH.

feak I get that smell too. Have you got a condensing drier?

Empty the water after evetytime you use it, and the filters...that usually improves mine.

Also, if it Does smell, I blast them on proper hot for a bit, do the clothes are really really dry

I LOVE innane crap...I would live in the boring corner, if there was one...

Oh a 'Dull' bit

I could live there......

Sometimes I start a conversation on these things with my husband, and I stop mid sentence because I actually realise I am boring myself.

I think the last one was about recycling a patio heater.....