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To think the state of the country is entirely the fault of

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HoneyDragon · 25/06/2016 08:37

Hipsters, ducks, and a nationwide lack of those things you put on your bicycle wheel spokes that make clacky noises when you pedal?

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iisme · 25/06/2016 08:38

I dunno. I think the fact that you can rarely find sweets sold by the quarter is also important.

dementedma · 25/06/2016 08:38

I blame spiders. Creepy fuckers who are the stuff of nightmares and who exist only to terrorise unsuspecting humans and make our homes unliveable in in autumn.

AnyFucker · 25/06/2016 08:39

Ninja cats

Philip Schofield

Wet bath mats

Samcro · 25/06/2016 08:39

i blame the weather

HoneyDragon · 25/06/2016 08:40

Wet bath mats .... That's ninja ducks getting in dampening them, that is.

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PeaceOfWildThings · 25/06/2016 08:41

More seagulls now. It used to be pigeons, don't remember ducks ever being a problem though.

People eating in the street, it's the beginning of the end!

HoneyDragon · 25/06/2016 08:42

Hipsters did the death of sweets by the quarter with their ridiculous slithers of and spoonfuls and covering it with salted caramel or granola crumble

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AnyFucker · 25/06/2016 08:45

Quinoa

What even is that shit ?

SpiceLinerandHoneyLove · 25/06/2016 08:47

Noel's House Party being taken off air was the beginning of the end

DesolateWaist · 25/06/2016 08:48

Ah, you can buy Spokey Dokeys in Tiger and right next door is a shop that sells sweets by the quarter.

I blame the lack of toys on the cereal. Everyone used to love the toys in the cereal.

NeedACleverNN · 25/06/2016 08:51

Those two stupid plastic balls on a string that you clack!

You never manage to actually clack them but successfully break your knuckles every time

NeedACleverNN · 25/06/2016 08:52

Oh and we have a sweet shop where we can buy how much we want

So 50p here and £3 there

Tessticklesyourfancy · 25/06/2016 08:52

Some good points being made here. I truly believe it all turned to shit when Marathon and Opal Fruits became Snickers and Starburst. We were all doomed after that

ClopySow · 25/06/2016 08:55

It all went wrong after saturday swapshop.

FrankUnderwoodsWife · 25/06/2016 08:56

You are all being ridiculous.

It's clearly fruits fault.
Bloody apples preaching you should eat one of them a day. And then other, sweet, portable natural food stuffs getting in on the bandwagon and increasing it it 5. Five!!!

Who ever heard of not sending your child into school with a Nutella sandwich, bag of hula hoops and a "fruit" shoot? It's practically child abuse, and twas the beginning of the end.

Fruit are knobs. Your heard it here first.

HoneyDragon · 25/06/2016 09:44

I'm drinking fruit and kale

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whirlygirly · 25/06/2016 12:19

I think it all went wrong when roller boots changed into roller blades.

Creampastry · 25/06/2016 12:21

I blame it on cous cous .....

HopeArden · 25/06/2016 12:25

Nah, it was when dairy milk stopped being sold in foil with a paper wrapper and got value engineered rounded corners!

It doesn't make that satisfying snap when you break it anymore either Sad

ditavonteesed · 25/06/2016 12:25

your mum!

PortiaCastis · 25/06/2016 12:29

My Gran started eating lentils on a Thursday.

ThinkAboutItTomorrow · 25/06/2016 12:32

All I know is that things were ok when baths were avocado coloured and every house had tiles like this

To think the state of the country is entirely the fault of
FrankUnderwoodsWife · 25/06/2016 12:53

Honey I just know you have some ducks waddling about your back garden, you hipster

BrandNewAndImproved · 25/06/2016 12:55

We need a new jilly Cooper book to come out.

HoneyDragon · 25/06/2016 12:56

I've not got ducks. I've got magpies,I love them they are very naughty.

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