To tell my mum the truth about her elbows?

[MsRamone]

So my younger sister kept going on about my mums green elbows and was always told to stop it. This morning I noticed that she does actually have green elbows and they should be stopped

If it was as extreme as the picture, surely the op wouldn't need to confirm the green to her mum. How would you not notice green furry fungus on your own arms? There's denial, and then there's standing with your fingers in your ears shouting la la la I can't hear you. Whilst wearing a blindfold.

I haven't read the whole thread, just the first page where there was a lot of fun comments. But seriously speak to your mum about them. It could be a fungal infection or other skin disease.

It's not furry green, just like a hint of green tint around the elbow area.

She refuses to see that there is a problem. Sister gets obsessed with stuff like that hence the fascination and anger.

Glad it's not as bad as the picture! Still a worry, though, surely? Healthy human skin isn't generally green - unless they're using ZamBuk. I'd forgotten about that stuff! Used to sell a lot of it in Boots when I was a Saturday girl.

Your sister's way out of order. Aren't either of you worried about your mum?

Isn't this thread a wind up?

I hope so Bunbaker, I'm finding it hard to find amusement in the premise of someone slapping, nipping, shouting and swearing at an elderly lady on the basis of how their elbows look.

If it is for real - OP report your sister to the police for assault and then either speak to a pharmacist or take your mother to the GP.

I do not understand this thread at all

emotionsecho what makes you think the mother is elderly?

lemons and limes on the elbows are supposed to bleach them, not sure of how it works with green, though.

This is a mostly funny thread, but with very serious stuff running through it. The elbows need to be seen by a GP, don't they!

Gruntfuttock a previous poster mentioned it and the OP didn't correct it.

I think it's far more worrying than funny Fatmomma99 even the OP said she wants to nip her mum's elbows, call me a grumpy, humourless sod but the casual and frankly bizarre attitude and comments made by the OP don't amuse me in the slightest.

There is a difference between elderly and vulnerable. My gran is elderly, I would banter with her but she would kick my arse if I pushed it too far.

We don't have to assume older means weak

The OP is a nurse?

Christ of Almighty. No wonder the NHS is in trouble.

No elderly does not necessarily mean vulnerable and I don't know if the OP's mother is either but the prevailing attitude from the OP to her mother is disgusting, just look at the comments she has made and her casual indifference to the fact that her sister has anger issues and regularly hits, shouts and generally upsets her mother.

Perhaps the sister has sen?

To the PP who mentioned the "willy off" - did we ever get to the, ahem, bottom of that?

Errr what's going on here then?

Please tell me people are not actually taking this thread seriously?

there's always a few, Mintyy

I am crying. Do we actually have to post twice ?

My mind is boggled!! Someone let me in on the joke!

Willy off? What's that? Have I missed something?

Does your mum like music? Maybe you could play her Greensleeves?

What the...what...

Maybe she's just a really really really good gardener and it spread from her fingers.

PMSL at Greensleeves

There was a thread a while back about a poster who talked about her husband having a "willy off" with the neighbours, it seemed to be a typo/autocorrect and went on for pages but I don't recall it ever being established what she was trying to type.