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To think WTAF is with this prize? (baby competition advertised on MN) Bizarre hamper.

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SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 11:56

Now, I am not ungrateful, just a little confused.

Competition advertised on MN to win baby wipes goodies. It was a picture comp and we won, we were told we were being sent a hamper.

I kind of expected it to be all wipes and baby stuff... There are some bits that are just weird:

4 packets of cigarette papers (2 are the kind to roll joints with!)
4 Lighters
108 condoms! Hmm
2 x super glue
14 sanitary pads
60 pantliners
13 batteries
6 lip balms
1 blu tack
2 pritt sticks
1 bottle of mouthwash
6 tooth brushes
120 plasters

And out of all of this 2 packets of wipes...

Am I a bit weird to think that joint papers shouldn't be part of a prize for a baby competition? Confused

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aldiwhore · 17/10/2012 11:59

Sorry I am giggling. What an ODD hamper??!!

I use joint papers to roll cigarettes, they're longer, I smoke less. (They're not actually 'joint papers' just bigger papers... though handy for making joints I should think).

YANBU and thank you for sharing... strange!

BedHog · 17/10/2012 12:00
Grin

Maybe it's to cover the 'teenage years' too!

SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 12:00

Lol, yw.

It is just so completely bizzare!

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SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 12:00

Bed I think I will still have condoms left by the time the teenage years hit! :o

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WitchesTit · 17/10/2012 12:00

That's bonkers. Do you thonk MNHQ were having a mandrawer clear out? Hmm

LadyBeagleEyes · 17/10/2012 12:01

How utterly weird Hmm.
What competition was it?

SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 12:01

It wasn't an actual MN comp, just one advertised on it...

But yes, I think the company must have been having a clear out or perhaps raided poundland.

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peeriebear · 17/10/2012 12:02

Strange indeed! Like somebody did a trolley dash in Boyes Confused

SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 12:02

Lady It was the Tushies baby wipes competition.

I actually only got 1 packet of tushies wipes in it and 1 of a brand I have never heard of.

I have more fag papers than baby wipes!

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Bongaloo · 17/10/2012 12:02

eh?

Shakey1500 · 17/10/2012 12:03

Sorry that is just too weird! Grin

Cigarette papers and lighters??

KnockKnockPenny · 17/10/2012 12:03

13 batteries? Why the odd number? Was a pack open?

SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 12:03

I know! How strange... And so many freaking condoms! In every type you could imagine.

Even vanilla and a type that say they are durable. Well I bloody well hope so!

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SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 12:04

Knock They are a variety of batteries, 1 is a pack of 1 square one.

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coppertop · 17/10/2012 12:05

I can only imagine what MacGyver would have made with that lot.

HecateLarpo · 17/10/2012 12:05

So let's have a think.

having a baby is so stressful that it drives you to weed Grin You therefore need papers and lighters.
you REALLY won't want another one, so lots of condoms.
If you don't trust the condoms you can superglue yourself shut
pads for the post baby discharge
batteries for the monitors. or the rabbit
lip balm for soothing your lips after smoking all the weed
blu tack for stopping the baby rolling off the changing table
ditto prit stick
mouthwash so you don't stink of weed
ditto toothbrushes
plasters because you'll be so knackered from the baby and so high from the weed that you'll be banging into everything.
and the wipes for the baby's bum

HoneyDragon · 17/10/2012 12:05

Maybe having read a few of the threads on Mnet on a Friday they paniced about their target audience?

Boggler · 17/10/2012 12:05

Oh that's really made me chuckle what a bizarre prize.

catgirl1976 · 17/10/2012 12:07

If I were you, I would roll a big spliff, light it (with one of your 4 lighters), freshen up with the mouth wash and get to work on using up those condoms.

If your DP gets tired, you have 13 batteries at your disposal..............

Grin
mrscumberbatch · 17/10/2012 12:07

That is so weird. I'm oddly jealous though. i love getting surprises in the mail Wink

SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 12:07

Hecate Lmao! Brilliant, I think you have cracked it!

Honey It seems like that, MN Friday rolled into 2 boxes, plenty of condoms for the bumsex! :o

Picture now on my profile?

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Illgetmycoat · 17/10/2012 12:07

Hilarious! All you need is 200 bottles of WKD and you've got all the gear you'll need to throw an overnight creative party for a couple of hundred adolescents(!)

HorraceTheOtter · 17/10/2012 12:08

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SchrodingersMew · 17/10/2012 12:08

Cat :o I think DP got a fright when he seen all the condoms. I don't like waste. :o

Mrs They're all unheard brands, it was a good surprise it has definitely made me giggle a bit!

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mrscumberbatch · 17/10/2012 12:08

Lol. Love it! I wish it had a wee camera inside recording your reaction when you opened it.