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To hate the overused MN expression "Are you on glue?"

275 replies

MrsWinnibago · 29/05/2014 23:32

There's just something really horrible about it....rude and unnecessary.

It also smacks of someone trying to be smart and witty buy just trotting out a line they've been taught.

Equally irritating is "Did you mean to be so rude" because it's so overused and "This too shall pass." is also ANNOYING.

This too shall pass is actually a lovely saying but it's SO overused on here!

OP posts:
FidelineandFumblin · 30/05/2014 17:40

Not sure what side of this i'm arguing anymore Confused

IamtheZombie · 30/05/2014 17:44

Zombie thinks life is far too short to get het up about phrases on an internet forum.

AdamLambsbreath · 30/05/2014 17:45

'DO YOU REALISE THAT HIMMLER LIKED KITTENS? I HOPE YOUR KITTENS DIE

Grin I think I was on that thread Grin'

I can't even tell if you're joking or not.

That's how bad it is.

Grin
Talisawasnotsupposedtobethere · 30/05/2014 17:46

I first came across 'catsbum mouth' when I first started Mumsnetting and its still one of my favourite phrases, its just so descriptive!

I also like 'boils my piss' and a good 'meh'.

I hate the use of the word 'frothing' when someone isn't being hysterical but merely disagrees with you.

I learnt on a previous thread that its fine to ask the opinion of your DH but only wit the strict proviso that his opinion is in line with the majority on the thread Hmm

I always thought that one would only use 'did you mean to be so rude' in a situation where someone thought they were being helpful/funny/clever to point out that they were being none of the above but just a rude arsehole. Why would you use it when you thought someone was deliberately being rude? Confused

FidelineandFumblin · 30/05/2014 17:47

@ Adam

Zombie does have a point

mrssmith79 · 30/05/2014 18:03

It's the refusers that get me. DD is a bottle refuser, DS is a carrot refuser, OH is a bumfun refuser.
That, and starting advice posts with either OK, Right or Sweetheart.
I do like a 'meh' though.

A 96 year old patient today gave the best ever comeback I've ever witnessed (not to me I may add but to a very loud, jolly and patronising occupational therapist who was trying to initiate a sing-along), a long hard stare followed by: "are you away with the fucking show-folk love?".

Didn't know where to put myself Grin

AlexReidsLonelyBraincell · 30/05/2014 19:52

"are you away with the fucking show-folk love?"

Grin Now that is worthy of being emblazoned across a MN mug. I'd buy one.

ExitPursuedByABear · 30/05/2014 20:02

Give that woman a large sherry.

PrincessBabyCat · 30/05/2014 20:06

It's the refusers that get me.

I'm a bullshit refuser. :)

CinderellaRockefeller · 30/05/2014 20:37

Can we mention narcissism? And the immediate designation of anyone who is so much of a bit of a selfish twat as a full blown narcissist?

CinderellaRockefeller · 30/05/2014 20:38

"A 96 year old patient today gave the best ever comeback I've ever witnessed (not to me I may add but to a very loud, jolly and patronising occupational therapist who was trying to initiate a sing-along), a long hard stare followed by: "are you away with the fucking show-folk love?"."

That's the kind of old lady I want to be when I grow up.

sillystring · 30/05/2014 21:57

Lol. She sounds like Nan Taylor (Catherine Tate's best incarnation), whom I want to be when I grow old.

SunshineOutdoors · 30/05/2014 22:33

When I was quite new to mn there was a lot of But I haven't seen that in a long time.

I would feel a bit cringe reciting an mn buzzword.

What gets me is the 'here, have my very first biscuit' when the thread in question is not very out there at all and you think 'really? Of all the threads mn has every single day, that's the one you're wasting your 'very first biscuit' on?'

ComposHat · 30/05/2014 22:35

I used 'boils my piss' before mumsnet (and the internet) so I will keep on using it here and in real life.

Especially as I accidentally did boil some actual piss the other day (not my own) and the stench was appalling.

PrincessBabyCat · 30/05/2014 22:38

Someone needs to explain to me this biscuit giving. I have yet to give my first biscuit to anyone. I want to make sure I save it for someone special. :)

Pagwatch · 30/05/2014 22:39
Nancy66 · 30/05/2014 22:40

yeah was also wondering how you accidentally boil piss.

SunshineOutdoors · 30/05/2014 22:42

I have also tried to come up with a scenario where I could accidentally boil piss and I'm baffled.

ComposHat · 30/05/2014 22:43

I used the steam cleaner to wash out the bottom of the cat's litter tray, thus re-heating the three day old stale piss that had collected in the corners.

That's a mistake I won't be making again.

SunshineOutdoors · 30/05/2014 22:44

Do you know it's piss but you accidentally boil it, or are you trying to boil something else and then realise it's piss?

HoneyDragon · 30/05/2014 22:44

Omg this place is complete shit, it must be if all these long term posters think so.

SunshineOutdoors · 30/05/2014 22:45

Ah, ok, the second scenario then. Bet that smelt incredible

FidelineandFumblin · 30/05/2014 22:45

And the bloody sarcasm around here. Hate that.

ExitPursuedByABear · 30/05/2014 22:47

Is there a special piss pot for boiling?

SunshineOutdoors · 30/05/2014 22:47

Did you mean to sound so rude? Grin