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To think that before discovering MN I didn't....

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zeezeek · 14/08/2015 21:54

Buy clothes from Boden

Have any knowledge about a penis beaker

Realise that a chicken could last soooo long

Understand that there was such a problem with parking in P&C spaces if you didn't have a child with you

I was, indeed, ignorant.

And, in particular, I have realised that I have an addictive personality and my addiction is this site. To the extent that I have recommended "the other site" to my new-mum-step-daughter just so I can keep my presence on here a secret...

I am ashamed.

But I really like Boden Grin

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southeastastra · 14/08/2015 21:56

i have been her over 10 years (shame) and still don't know (or care) what a penis beaker is

boden is okay but only for wrap over tops

a chicken cannot last for more than one meal its a mn myth

Altinkum · 14/08/2015 22:00

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mineofuselessinformation · 14/08/2015 22:02

I didn't know what an envelope vest was for.....Shock

usualsuspect333 · 14/08/2015 22:04

Since discovering MN I still don't buy Boden,think PB was a load of shite and make a chicken last one meal.

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 14/08/2015 22:04

Penis beaker?

Yes, I have learned about the envelope vests too. Had to test the theory today! It worked. The rug is now on the washing line. Probably being darked on.

sofato5miles · 14/08/2015 22:07

On a serious note, I didn't realise how many women lived in fear of their partner.

On a lighter note, I learnt a fabulous microwave quiche that cooks in the microwave for breakfast as I slap on my face before work.

3CheekyLittleMonkeys · 14/08/2015 22:13

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Mehitabel6 · 14/08/2015 22:16

I didn't know that women treated babies like an accessory and 'wore' them.

lemonade30 · 14/08/2015 22:20

I didn't realise that it was frowned upon to 'calve' prior to your thirty fifth birthday.
that every meal served to your offspring must be the perfect proportions of protein, wholegrain and organic veg.

(or Satan may legitimately sodomise you forevermore with a red hot, twelve inch black mamba)

Mouthfulofquiz · 14/08/2015 22:23

I've started saying 'that really boils my piss' all the time. I can only have picked that up here.Grin

FarFromAnyRoad · 14/08/2015 22:23

or Satan may legitimately sodomise you forevermore with a red hot, twelve inch black mamba

Don't scoff. People pay good money for that sort of thing up West you know!
Grin

lemonade30 · 14/08/2015 22:25

oh I'm not scoffing.

there's a reason my cupboards are chock full of spaghetti hoops and super noodles

Bullshitbingo · 14/08/2015 22:29

I didn't have any idea there were so many like minded women out there. It warms my cockles to think of you all out there, like a great big sisterhood of vipers Grin

NormanLamont · 14/08/2015 22:29

Yes, I have learned about the envelope vests too. Had to test the theory today! It worked. The rug is now on the washing line. Probably being darked on

What? Confused

WorraLiberty · 14/08/2015 22:32

I'd rather wear a colostomy bag than Boden

Penis beaker was a bit 'meh' in my opinion

I can't make a chicken last longer than an hour, because as soon as I stick them in the freezer, they die.

P&C parking spaces should be shoved to the very furthest side of the carpark. Then we'd see who really needed them Wink

Mehitabel6 · 14/08/2015 22:32

I feel that I have missed out. To my shame I have no idea what an envelope vest is. Blush

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zeezeek · 14/08/2015 22:34

OMG I also nearly think I outed myself as a MN addict by saying the phrases: ODFOD and also fuck off to the far side of fuck and then fuck off some more.

It was in company.

I saw raised eyebrows.....I can only assume that it is the equivalent of a Mason's handshake.

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WorraLiberty · 14/08/2015 22:36

Oh the far side of fuck thing's been going round the internet for years.

sofato5miles · 14/08/2015 22:37

Zeek, the 'fuck of to the far side of fuck' quote is how i justify my time on here.

sofato5miles · 14/08/2015 22:38

Oh worra, you are such an t'interweb tart.

lemonade30 · 14/08/2015 22:39

as has the same old regurgitated shite peddled in the boden 'catalogue'

SanityClause · 14/08/2015 22:42

Funnily enough, I used to wear Boden, but stopped around the time I started using MN. Or possibly a year or two earlier.

I hate re-cooked chicken, but always have plenty left for a good few chicken sandwiches. I do buy big chickens, though.

I do remember being up in arms when my DC were little about P&C parking. A bit silly, really. I don't park in them now that I don't have little ones, but that's because I'm a bit uptight about roolz.

Oh, and penis beaker wasn't even funny.

MillionToOneChances · 14/08/2015 22:42

Not my circus, not my monkeys

A whole new way of looking at the world for me.

WorraLiberty · 14/08/2015 22:43

sofato5miles how do you think all those nasty viruses are spread? Wink

lemonade30 · 14/08/2015 22:44

I was also ignorant of the apparently pertinent fact that bearing more than two offspring is tantamount to being the object of societal anathema...

although, objectively it's glaringly obvious that this is aligned to the calving(sorry couldn't help myself) prior to early middle age rule.

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