So far this year, Mumsnet has taught me.....

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Fanny is a very naughty word in Scotland,

That loads of people hate the expression 'little man' (guilty)!

That there are other toddlers out there that refuse to go to bed and actually for many parents there's fuck all you can do but ride it out.

Mumsnetters can offer a wealth of experience, advice and hand holding and it can make a massive difference in your life.

And loads more things but wanted to keep it lighthearted. How about you?

That you mustn't ever ever ever stack your empty plates in a cafe.
That a toilet brush is minging (though I'd rather use that, bleach it and swill it under the flush than a manky old cloth).
I used to think I was uptight and highly strung. I now realize I'm lax and so laid back I'm almost horizontal.

That if you press the 'lock' button on your car remote twice it shuts the windows add well as locking the door.

That you must NEVER talk about sex in the sex topic!

Apparently, Liam is short for William?

I can't make the oxo cube thing work. Big mess!

Pronounciation threads are fascinating!

Two - it's called a mirepoix . In Spain if you add garlic and tomato and olive oil it's called sofrito .

I think

www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/all-about-mirepoix.html

That it is not illegal for 5 year-olds to have alcohol.

That businesses are not obliged to have disabled access, merely to 'consider' it

Doctors seem very unaware of Hirschprung's Disease and parents REALLY have to push to get their ill children looked at.

if you are REALLY constipated, you can gently push the obstruction towards the exit by putting your thumb in your vagina and prodding a bit. Worked first time for me

That you can buy candles costing £50 which require a vagina to light them.

That antibacterial household and cosmetic products such as hand soaps, deodorants and surface cleaners contribute to antibiotic resistance! Who knew??

That you can buy candles costing £50 which require a vagina to light them.

And a vagina to steal one apparently!

Thanks Dame!

Two- I know because my mum told me 😂

That people with the name 'username464838' are usually trolls.

I've had to resort to 'that' too contessa

This thread has taught me I need a robot with huge eyes to clean my floor.

Is it? Is it another think coming. How did I miss that. Are you sure?
Of course it is. "If you think ....., you've got another THINK coming" i.e. you're going to THINK something else in a minute. Why would THING even make any sense? It is just a plague spread by people who don't think about what they're saying!!! Sorry. As you were.

That is you stroke your dog with washing up gloveson takes loadsa fur out. Oh fud is my scottish swear word of choice 😂

That Maui is very popular.

That microbeads are really flipping bad for the environment!

That my PIL really aren't that bad, all things considered.

That my neighbors are a delight in comparison to others!

Oh wow contessa bit to early for constipstion evacuation techniques that made me a bit clammy

That parents buy their teens weak beer for parties i was like a lone wolf on a thread

That you can peel the white bits off stickers so toddlers can do them themselves.
That generally everyone on Mumsnet is voting Remain unless They Are Racist

Main thing has been how obsessive hygienic other people are. Many seem to wash towels and sheets more than once a week with some washing sheets after every use. Some people refusing to use toilet brushes but also claiming that nobody should have a no.2 at their house.

Just in the past week the number of threads about MNers' DPs not helping round the house and flatly refusing to get a cleaner (how mean is that!) makes me realise DH is a paragon of virtue by comparison

so I'll give him a break if he occasionally forgets to clean the skid-marks to my exacting standards