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to be furious with dh for eating cakes he knew were destined for the bin!

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alfrex · 21/01/2013 14:57

OK. I bake a lot. And sometimes my cakes are beautiful, and we all enjoy them. But sometimes it does not go so well and the cakes come out sunk or burnt or still wet in the middle (if dh would get the fan fixed on the oven this would happen a lot less often, but that's another thread)

There is a system, dh and the children are well aware of it. If the cakes are good to eat, they either go in a freezer bag for later use, or in a sealed tin for use over the week, or on a plate on the side so that they can be eaten now. DH knows this and I never complain about him "sampling" even if th cakes are meant for after dinner or whatever. I bake a lot so there is usually something there if he fancies a nibble.

If the cakes are not up to scratch, they go in the bin as soon as they are cooled (or as soon as dh empties the bin - there's another thread there!)

so this morning dh saunters into the kitchen to get himself breakfast. I come in and find him cramming his mouth with the burnt, crappy cakes that were sitting in the bun tray by the bin. I was really pissed off and had a go at him for it. I can make really nice cakes and I make plenty of them, so he has no need to wind me up and embarrass me by eating the ones that have gone wrong. He know it is a pet hate of mine.

so he strops off to work having called me a "control freak" in front of our children who were sitting having their breakfast. I am Not Happy.

OP posts:
BistoBearWithBaublesOn · 21/01/2013 22:39

Genius :)

Feelingood · 21/01/2013 22:40

Oh my fuck

Just read OP only, I'm a bit worse for weare fraud we snowed in!

Jeeze was it a troll or a rabu, I rad in am!

BinksToEnlightenment · 21/01/2013 22:41

My favourite bit was the poems.

HeadfirstForHalos · 21/01/2013 22:41

I fucking said Alfrex sounded like King Alfrex!
Somebody cleverer got the Rex latin for King thing though Grin

amillionyears · 21/01/2013 22:42

I knew it wasnt true, when you didnt answer my trick question.

amillionyears · 21/01/2013 22:43

Did you have MNHQ permission?
Again, careful how you answer.

Porkster · 21/01/2013 22:43

See, I knew it was a joke thread.

It had all the hallmarks - subtly u but feasible OP, with regular poppings back to stoke the fire.

Excellent.

MurderOfGoths · 21/01/2013 22:46

Greensleeves I think I love you for this! Grin

DizzyZebra · 21/01/2013 22:48

Dizzy - it's a wind-up thread. Read the thread ^ Greensleeves has confessed all

OFFS. I read about 20 pages and thought 'Right if it's not been outed as a wind up by now it isn't'. Teach me won't it!

Feelingood · 21/01/2013 22:48

Royally fucked off now.

Kleinzeit · 21/01/2013 22:48

Aw, I?m so disappointed it?s not for real! The bit about the Vegetarian ?girlfriend? was sheer comic genius ? a universe of disapproval in one capital letter and a scare quote.

Smile
alfrex · 21/01/2013 22:49

Nope, didn't have MNHQ permission, presumably they checked and thought "Oh god it's HER again" Grin

I did try to choose a subject (cake) that didn't have potential to hurt anyone, it was supposed to be a bit of fun on a crap Monday

but these things tend to grow tentacles once other people start posting

OP posts:
seeker · 21/01/2013 22:49

So this means that we can't actually believe what mumsnet towers says? What's the difference between a troll and an ever so funny joke thread? Presumably only the person who starts it. Not what you know but.......who you know.

elizaregina · 21/01/2013 22:49

Yes a nice frame work - not too much colour enough for everyone to fill in with amusing stuff....a few outrageous facts and away it goes...

heres to many more...Wine

threesocksmorgan · 21/01/2013 22:49

I am so glad this was greensleeves
I was so worried about the poor dh and the lack of birds

threesocksmorgan · 21/01/2013 22:50

and thank you for making me lol on a shit day

HeadfirstForHalos · 21/01/2013 22:50

It was an excellently crafted troll thread.

The best bits were, "No my dh is most definately not "hen-pecked" or a "manchild". He is a geography teacher." , "No birds" Grin and the clever name.

All of the poems added a great flavour too (not as much as the washing up liquid would have though)

SnowLiviaMumsnet · 21/01/2013 22:52

Evening all
Please do check our guidelines
but be sure not to open the oven too early or they may sink.

HazeltheMcWitch · 21/01/2013 22:54

Applauds OP for thread.
Applauds OP again for this sentance: "This is the first troll thread I've done since garlic arse."

Pleeeease can we save this for posterity in Classics?
And please can we have some of the deleted posts reinstated, as I missed them.

HeadfirstForHalos · 21/01/2013 22:54

Hang on, so garlic arse wasn't true? Shock

Reaa · 21/01/2013 22:55

Need a link to garlic arse now OP

magimedi88 · 21/01/2013 22:56

Totally magnificent - I salute you, Greensleeves.

But can you tell me if I was right with my guess about Alfred & Trex re your new name??

NormanTheForeman · 21/01/2013 22:57

I have been most entertained by this - but never believed it from the time I first saw it! Too many improbables, and the name (Alf Rex) was a total giveaway to anyone who knows a smidge of Latin and a smidge of history! But it was fun watching people getting involved in the thread....

KatyTheCleaningLady · 21/01/2013 22:57

Well played!

seeker · 21/01/2013 22:58

I'm sorry to sound like a humourless harridan- but if the moderators endorse a poster then it turns out to be a troll thread, how do we know what to believe?

Or is it just me? In which case, I will, like a boojum, take myself off.