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Fanfeck · 16/08/2016 13:10

And all similar kind of magazines...

The headlines are flinch worthy, usually always stories of dreadful child abuse, rape, incest, peodiphile fathers and husbands.

I imagine it's the kind of sick tragic stuff that abusers and peodiphiles actually get off on reading themselves and yet they're holiday makers favourites around the pool etc!

AIBU to wonder how there is such a high demand for people's ruined childhoods etc?

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LeonardInTheArgosBag · 16/08/2016 20:07

It was the buffet chicken, okay? Jeez, it's like you lot never shat yourself on holiday or something.

limitedperiodonly · 16/08/2016 20:09
Grin
BodsAuntieFlo · 16/08/2016 20:15

Tried to get DH to pose in a carrier bag nappy for a laugh. Nope, he's having none of it. What a spoilsport.

CalmItKermitt · 16/08/2016 20:16

Omg I'm crying at Leonard!!

limitedperiodonly · 16/08/2016 20:16

Edna's Vulvectomy! Once read, never forgotten. ISTR that was the procedure that finally did for the My Operation feature.

I was indeed My Vulvectomy but I thought that might be too technical for MN. Thanks for the memory NothingMoreThanFelines

I feel a groundswell for Leonard and Edna washing over me.

TheEmmaDilemma · 16/08/2016 20:17

AlfrescoBalconyWanker Just made me howl.

I've also just realised I've been in one of these. It was a charity thing. I sent in pictures. I then shared them with everyone. My friend was not amused.

TheEmmaDilemma · 16/08/2016 20:17

*she was in one of the pics...

StealthPolarBear · 16/08/2016 20:18

Even if we had leonard, and I'm pleased to report I haven't because I holiday in exotic locations like york and Cornwall, I still don't think it would be such a regular occurence that our other halves would have got into the habit of fashioning nappies from carrier bags.

goddessoftheharvest · 16/08/2016 20:19

You mock, but this is an excellent idea for old garden tools. Sneaky Hogarth reference too

Take a Break stories
StealthPolarBear · 16/08/2016 20:19

A few questions for anyone who saw the leonard pic

  • was it taped round the top? Had she cut leg holes?
  • did he look like leonard from tbbt?
  • was it bulging at the back?
  • did it leak around the legs?
limitedperiodonly · 16/08/2016 20:20

I got £50 for a picture of my dog from one of those magazines. Not doing anything amusing/alarming/amazing. Just lying there

He must have been doing something Newes. Just looking alive is acceptable.

BodsAuntieFlo · 16/08/2016 20:22

Im so glad I'm not the only one trying to picture poor Leonard in an Argos carrier bag for incontinence.

limitedperiodonly · 16/08/2016 20:24

A few questions for anyone who saw the leonard pic

  • was it taped round the top? Had she cut leg holes? Yes
  • did he look like leonard from tbbt? More input needed
  • was it bulging at the back? Couldn't see
  • did it leak around the legs? Not in the photo
ToadsJustFellFromTheSky · 16/08/2016 20:25

Place marking for Leonard Smile

PerpendicularVincent · 16/08/2016 20:26

The best start to a story I ever read was;

'As I vacuumed the living room, I sang happily to myself because 3 months earlier I went to the hairdressers'

There was also an angry letter about someone being given a parsley garnish when they ordered fish and chips.

limitedperiodonly · 16/08/2016 20:28

I don't understand why so many of you are finding it so hard to picture a man in late middle age clad in a nappy made from an Argos carrier bag.

It is a regular feature of my dreams.

StealthPolarBear · 16/08/2016 20:29

No no thanks to your description I can see him perfectly now.
just one last thing. ..what expression was on his face?

StealthPolarBear · 16/08/2016 20:29

I'll take a stab at long-suffering

Youremywifenow · 16/08/2016 20:30

I'm pleased to have shared Leonard with the next generation.

She had cut leg holes in it and rolled it down I think sellotaped it round the waist to keep it up so it was shaped like pants. As limited said, the Argos logo was positioned centrally over his crotch. To spare his blushes obv.

It's an image I will never forget. Over 20 years ago but burned into my brain forever.

MrsHathaway · 16/08/2016 20:34

goddess you're on the same edition as me!

limitedperiodonly · 16/08/2016 20:38

Your stab is deadly accurate stealth

goddessoftheharvest · 16/08/2016 20:39

Yes I've just got to the reused wedding dress story! It's very sweet

I feel deprived of Leonard

NovemberInDailyFailLand · 16/08/2016 20:50

Yes! They only 'fall' pregnant, and this is via either 'making love' or 'becoming lovers', usually after a pub quiz night at the Dog and Hammer.

bertsdinner · 16/08/2016 20:51

I love TAB and all those trashy mags, they're my guilty pleasure. TAB is the best written of the bunch, That's Life is far worse, as is Chat. I like taking them on holiday to read on the plane, I always indulge in TABs Fiction Feast, that and a G&T get me through any flight.
I remember Leonard, going back a fair few years now. There was also a woman who didnt want to throw her old tights away and ended up somehow making a jerkin out of them.

guiltynetter · 16/08/2016 21:04

I can't stop laughing at the Leonard carrier bag thing. bless him!