to thibk there's a lot of mansplaining going on at the moment?

[StealthPolarBear]

On mn I mean. Just something I seem to be spotting more and more.
happy to be told I'm wrong in words of one syllable

"I've had a few emails already from other attendees stating shock at their behaviour one cc-ing in both my manager and theirs from a very senior person." That's good anyway!

Anyone ever watch Shirley Valentine?
That scene when she says to Costas, in admiring his listening skills "some men, you tell them you like spring and they start going on about how they like autumn"

I'm watching James Martin mansplain how to cook to a professional grower/cook on BBC2 right now. She's just sitting there obviously thinking WTF am I doing here? As if they would have asked a male professional to sit there and nod as they listen to his wisdom.

If you think mansplaining is bad, you should see the womansplaining that happens in primary school ffs. Wind the bobbin up indeed. Men invented the fucking bobbin and dark satanic mills for chrissake!!

Haha Rolf at James Martin though!!

That's Yorkshiresplaining surely!

Frenchsplaining has been a personal bugbear of mine too..

In both Ysplaining and Fsplaining (some) men do it best however.

Forgot to say "How to cook her own produce."

women were the gatherers and makers from the beginning of time. They invented the methods of extracting and joining fibres and created fabric for clothes. This included the piece of wood that thread was wound around and all the other implements needed. The application of the steam engine to what used to be a craft was the invention of a man.However man's greatest invention was the institution of marriage whereby he enslaved women and children and stole the fruits of their bodies and labour until they died. the best mansplaining example i have is the male primary school teacher who regaled a staffroom full of female teachers with the info he thought they needed to deal with their monthly courses. Hopefully you will never teach my dcc or gcc with your 1 sided version of history .

The 'Mansplaining' Cowboy

A man rode into Mumsnet Town
And all the townsfolk hid.
'Cos going there was a thing
No man ever did.

"Well listen ladies, listen good
And I'm sure I'll get your blessin'
Because I rode here with my manly ways
To teach you all a lesson."

"I've come here to tell you stuff
Like how to drive your cars.
To use a PC, how to vote
And advise you all on bras."

"You need a man to inform you.
A man that's smart and bright.
A man to lead you from the dark
Back out to the light."

All the Women of Mumsnet Town
Thought about this for a while.
Then altogether they turned to him
With a menacing kind of smile.

"Listen 'mate' we don't like you.
You're nothing that we need.
Stop explaining for a while
And take some time to read."

"We're smart and bright and clever.
We already drive and have degrees
And cover every single subject
From particle physics to growing peas."

"You can lecture us repeatedly
On any subject that you can,
But all that goes to show is that
You're a deeply sexist man."

So off went the man with all the knowledge
That he'd thought he'd bring
To do it on another forum
Because he hadn't learned a thing.

Like it tiggy :)
And yes I do know...

::applauds Tiggy::

Tiggy...applause, applause, applause..

Oh Tiggy you terrible suck up . Nicely constructed though.

Thank you.

And yes, I am aware of the irony of me posting on this topic.

So go on explain to us how you came up with that

there is a wonderful example on the thread about who gets which bits of meat from a meal. right now. so obvious that it's v. funny.

I'm tempted to say something, but then I'd probably be professionally offended or rude or whatever.

Tiggy that is excellent...

Marvellous poem, Tiggy!

Last week I noticed a warning light come on in the car, it looked like a bulb warning. I arrived home, googled to check, went outside with my son to check and make sure all important bulbs like headlights, indicators, reversing, break lights were working. As I had to go out for an appointment shortly after and didnt want to cause an accident.

Couldn't see which bulb had gone so googled later and read about how other faults could make the warning light come on. Texted husband with info, not because I needed him to do anything but incase he used the car and noticed the same warning light. I also said I would check again when it was dark to see if there was anything obvious.

I did check in the dark and saw that one of the number plate lights had gone. I then texted him with this info so we both knew that it wasn't an emergency thing to deal with and that I would go to Halfords when I could. I had to go away for a few days in the other bigger car and he wouldn't need to drive the broken light one in the dark anyway.

So in short. I noticed the potential problem, found the cause, assessed the risk, offered to solve the problem.

Why would I expect a text days later telling me that the warning light I was worried anout meant that a bulb had gone but it wouldn't indicate which one? He didn't get why I was sarcastic and not falling over with appreciation that he had solved the issue.

Brilliant Tiggy

Tiggy

Shit, bum,bollix

I've just logged onto work email and I have been 'invited' to a meeting with HR @ 8am.

OH thinks I'm over reacting (but he doesn't really…)

I've seen this before, early meeting get rid before the majority of staff are in.

I'm so disappointed in them

Oh no! bigjock. I'm sending my best wishes to you