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Original poster

to think pushy Mums should at least take a break during the flight?

128 replies

Talkinpeace · 07/04/2013 20:59

Flying home from holiday today, yummy mummy of OUTRAGEOUSLY named children spent the whole flight
getting them to do maths (or actually she did the whole lot and they looked longingly at my game of bejewelled)
then read Harry Potter to them (loudly)
then got them to write up their holiday diaries (yes dear, other people had villas with pools too)
then nagged her husband to read to them (he didn't)
and basically stopped anybody near her from enjoying their reading material and all of us wondered if she really knew what her child's name said about her (read your history BEFORE naming the child, not after)

PS economy airline - so she was cheap as well as loud.

OP posts:
HollyBerryBush · 07/04/2013 21:01

Please tell their names Grin

Gossipmonster · 07/04/2013 21:01

I need to know the child's name was.

SophiaTheFirst · 07/04/2013 21:01

Go on, tell us the name!

HollyBerryBush · 07/04/2013 21:02

cahnts< we want the names!

CheCazzo · 07/04/2013 21:03

Names Names Names Names!!! Tell us the names!

TheCraicDealer · 07/04/2013 21:04

Frankly the Harry Potter reading would've set me off- I've seen the films love, I don't need to hear your version as well.

Iamsparklyknickers · 07/04/2013 21:04

I need the names now you've mentioned the historical reference.

FrillyMilly · 07/04/2013 21:04

You must tell us names!

JulieCarp · 07/04/2013 21:05

Tell us !

Redbindy · 07/04/2013 21:06

Names are now mandatory, spill the beans.

Molehillmountain · 07/04/2013 21:06

See-if she was a proper pushy mum she wouldn't have left the homework until the flight home. Poor effort!

minouminou · 07/04/2013 21:06

Antigone?
Clytemnestra?
Persephone?

queencat · 07/04/2013 21:07

I was on the Eurostar once with a mother and her son. She was asking him questions in English and when he answered she kept saying really loudly, 'no in French remember!' Then looked at me and rolled her eyes in a 'dear god what can you do with them type way'.

Gossipmonster · 07/04/2013 21:07

Adolf?

ElectricalBanana · 07/04/2013 21:07

adolph?

mao?

minouminou · 07/04/2013 21:08

Go on!!!!!
You know you want to!

ElectricalBanana · 07/04/2013 21:08

Gossip Grin

HollyBerryBush · 07/04/2013 21:08

Do we have to guess?

minouminou · 07/04/2013 21:08

Temujin?

Gossipmonster · 07/04/2013 21:09
Grin
AnyoneforTurps · 07/04/2013 21:09

Potiphar and Melchizedek

VBisme · 07/04/2013 21:09

Delilah? Jezabel? Lucrecia?

LindyHemming · 07/04/2013 21:09

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 07/04/2013 21:09

Stalin

PoppadomPreach · 07/04/2013 21:09

Dave
Steve
Jean?