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AIBU?

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340 replies

PlayOnWurtz · 16/04/2017 11:44

Brought over from another thread...

AIBU to think I've left it too late by starting my ds in the mining profession at 5?

How old is too old to go up chimneys?

What size coal is right for my fire?

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Asmoto · 16/04/2017 20:19

Old Get DD t' fry up yer afterbirth int' pan - that'll fix yer grub problems!

Mrsmadevans · 16/04/2017 20:20

Cross your legs woman and pull yourself together your poor man coming in and no food on the table. I hope he gives you the good thrashing you and your brood deserve .

wanderings · 16/04/2017 20:23

My children are demanding wooden hoops to play with. Why should they have these? Games such as blind man's buff only need a handkerchief.

loonieleftie · 16/04/2017 20:24

Gettin that's loads, could do 20 with some broth.

loonieleftie · 16/04/2017 20:25

Wanderings they sound spoilt. Whip them. They will be better off playing with some stones.

PreemptiveSalvageEngineer · 16/04/2017 20:27

Excellent suggestion, Asmoto.

Mrsmadevans · 16/04/2017 20:31

I have been cordially invited to a seance afternoon with my luncheon club lady friends. I understand it involves the calling upon the spirits to descend .... I am afeared they may tell of my dalliance with my stable boy .... is there any chance they may speak of this ?

Moussemoose · 16/04/2017 20:33

OldandJaded

Respect to your use of 't apostrophe.

Common people really needed to be able to punctuate back in Victorian times.

Moussemoose · 16/04/2017 20:35

OldandJaded

I'm afraid you will have to wait a few decades before one can shag the staff. Mellors where are you?

Catch583 · 16/04/2017 20:38

The weather is very clement and my DDs want to leave off their flannel petticoats. I insist they keep on their chemises, Liberty bodices, vests and three petticoats under their woollen dresses, also woollen stockings of course.
We have heavy velvet curtains and I forbid any open windows as I know to my cost that draughts cause consumption (my own mama once walked over dewy grass and died fifteen years later)
AIBU ?

Asmoto · 16/04/2017 20:44

Catch YANBU. All girls should wear flannel petticoats at all times, preferably red ones lest they need to flag down a steam train in a landslide.

Flopjustwantscoffee · 16/04/2017 21:11

I ordered my maid to carry a crate of coal up the stairs and when she appeared breathless from doing this simple task I could nvestigated further. It became apparent she had just given birth but the deceitful minx had tried to conceal her labors from us. Should I call in the constabulary or just send her back to the workhouse?

Weedsnseeds1 · 16/04/2017 21:12

Help me name my business.
I own a moderately successful pie shop and pride myself on the use of locally sourced meat.
Mr. Todd, my butcher, thinks that I don't need to draw attention to my business and word of mouth is all I need.
What would you suggest as a low profile name, that promotes the core values of my business?

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 16/04/2017 21:17

Weedsnseeds1
Greggs?

Weedsnseeds1 · 16/04/2017 21:34

breakfast Grin, I like it. I can imagine a chain of pie emporia, possibly with a promotional tie in with local coiffeurs.

Andrewofgg · 16/04/2017 21:37

Weedsnseeds1 When you refer to "your business" you mean of course your husband's business, of which, being obviously a dangerously broad-minded man, he allows you to act as some kind of manager!

Andrewofgg · 16/04/2017 21:37

Weedsnseeds1 When you refer to "your business" you mean of course your husband's business, of which, being obviously a dangerously broad-minded man, he allows you to act as some kind of manager!

MrsMoastyToasty · 16/04/2017 21:40

I am thinking of sending my daughters to an academy for daughters of gentlefolk. Do you consider pianoforte or embroidery as suitable extra curricular activities?

ErrolTheDragon · 16/04/2017 21:42

Surely those, together with sketching, are the core subjects for a young lady's curriculum?Confused

Asmoto · 16/04/2017 21:45

Moasty I have a dear friend named Mrs Brocklehurst who highly commends the Lowood School. It's most bracing and rigorous; the very place for respectable young ladies but take your own drinking water in the spring term

228agreenend · 16/04/2017 21:49

Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes, so I hear, so howabout Mr Weedsneeds for your pie business?

Weedsnseeds1 · 16/04/2017 22:00

Your advice is most sound Andrew and 228 . I am unmarried, but you are wise in advising that a successful business woman should disguise the fact and use a male pseudonym. Mr. Miggins Pie Shop perchance? Mr. Todd is most solicitous in insisting his meat supply company should not obtain publicity on the shirt tails of my business.

Asmoto · 16/04/2017 22:07

Mr Miggins Pie Shop is an excellent name, weeds. You can make enormous commemorative pies, in the shape of enormous pies.

PreemptiveSalvageEngineer · 16/04/2017 22:18

Chez Pie de Porc Longue, perhaps?

PreemptiveSalvageEngineer · 16/04/2017 22:20

Dear Mumsnet S&B - what are this season's colours for my piano's leg shawl?