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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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BeyondTellingEveryoneRealFacts · 25/06/2016 13:34

The closure of woolworths!!

loobyloo1234 · 25/06/2016 13:36

Spinach definitely. Who even knew about spinach growing up apart from that Popeye liked it? Hmm

FrankUnderwoodsWife · 25/06/2016 13:37

How could I forget about facial contouring? Young girls wasting hours of their life watching other girls YouTube what looks like gravy and flour all over their faces.

They should be out skipping through fields of wild flowers, having picnics of pop and jam sandwiches.

Flumpsnlumpsnstuff · 25/06/2016 13:39

When roller skates became roller blades
When C&A closed
When black tower stopped being posh
When crimped hair wasn't cool anymore
AND when they made an actual spoke thingy rather than just folded up old Frosties boxes to make the bike sound 'ace '
That's when it all when to hell
Nb : the loss of white Musk and coffee shimmer lippy didn't help Wink

GiddyOnZackHunt · 25/06/2016 13:39

It's when people were able to buy their own phones and plug them in rather than waiting 6 months for the GPO to come round. That's when it all went wrong.
Either that or when Tommy Cooper died. But I think it was the GPO.

stubbornstains · 25/06/2016 13:40

You're wrong. It is wholly, and completely, to be laid at the door of those little foil seals over the top of the tube of toothpaste. The ones you sometimes have to resort to pliers to get off. That the German supermarket sells (nods significantly).

loobyloo1234 · 25/06/2016 13:41

Oh ... and social media ... all of it. Its shit

Lillipuddlian · 25/06/2016 13:45

little old grey haired grannies (mil) who don't want brown people driving buses

PortiaCastis · 25/06/2016 13:50

Ah yes the toothpaste, won't someone do something about the toothpaste.
I am now going for one of those things called a cheeky fanjos
Oops no sorry I meant nandos.
Dont want a nando fanjo.

RainbowCake · 25/06/2016 13:53

When Opal Fruits and Marathon changed names, that was the slippery slope that started to send us to hell in a handcart 😈

Sunsetplumset · 25/06/2016 13:56

sounds legit

chocolateworshipper · 25/06/2016 13:58

you're all wrong. It was when they took Galaxy Truffles out of Celebrations. I am still in mourning.

Ed1tY0urPr0f1le · 25/06/2016 14:05

You're all wrong.

It's all my DH's fault.

Everything is.

Fact.

BeyondTellingEveryoneRealFacts · 25/06/2016 14:10

They still have c&a in prague...

RebootYourEngine · 25/06/2016 14:13

Those who decided that shops didnt want to sell Cramola (sp?)foam, thats shit was the balls 😁

chocolateworshipper · 25/06/2016 14:13

Your DH owns Mars Shock

Katedotness1963 · 25/06/2016 14:32

Ah! Cremola foam, there's a childhood memory. Smile

Theydontknowweknowtheyknow · 25/06/2016 14:35

I blame Jennifer Aniston and that stupid haircut

SpiceLinerandHoneyLove · 25/06/2016 15:26

I long for the days before constant social media. Actual conversations, arranging to meet up and just doing it, not telling everyone where you are and what you like every other minute
I'm only 32. I pine for the 90s

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 25/06/2016 15:35

No. It's all the fault of courgetti.

Not courgette enough to actually be courgette and nothing at all like spaghetti. And it's taking up the space for something useful in my very small local tesco.

NeedACleverNN · 25/06/2016 15:35

Oooo it was when the boxes of sweets and chocolates like Celebrations were shrunk right down in size yet the price remained the same!

Now that's a problem

KittensandKnitting · 25/06/2016 15:36

We're all going to Diiiieeeeeeeee

thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter · 25/06/2016 15:43

Meals served on shovels/mini shopping trollies/a tree stump.

RebootYourEngine · 25/06/2016 19:32

I loved the mini shopping trolleys. And also the trolleys that were for baskets.

ThinkAboutItTomorrow · 25/06/2016 19:58

You see Marathon became Snickers so they could justify globally sponsoring the World Cup.

But it was called Snickers because it was Jackie Mars' favourite horse when she was a little girl. I think that's quite sweet.

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