To ask the most bizzare 'facts' you have read on mums net

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Everyone obviously thinks what they are telling you is true but sometimes their sources or opinions are not factually correct.

What is the most ridiculous or bizzare fact/opinion you have seen ?

I've left my washing out overnight!
Nothing happened, nothing at all.
It dried the next day, smelt fine, smelt of fresh air actually and then I wore it!

I just put mine out in the morning and bring it in at night. The sunshine is good for the whites.

That if you call your son Teddy he is doomed for life!

Asking a rude person "Did you mean to be so rude"? Is the most cutting, put-them-in-their-place put-down ever invented.

(Sorry for the hyphen overload).

That you should LTB if they do literally anything wrong or upset you in any way ie. leave a dirty cup on the side, go out without you
It seems to come up on every relationship thread by at least one poster

That if you give your child a popular name they will hate it and they will forever be known as Olivia B. Even as an adult in situations where there are no other Olivia's.

That it is impossible to live any kind of normal life in a house with only one bathroom.

I was actually in a situation where I had heard someone say "did you mean to be so rude" to someone else. The other person just started, and then carried on as if she hadn't spoken.

That clothe washing should only ever be done by mum. If you ask the dc to do their own washing that’s just abhorrent, plain awful and there will be also be a massive queue at the washing machine . You really have to laugh at some people’s total lack of imagination.

That people can smell smokers from 500 miles away.

Smokers do smell of smoke though.

That someone (fairly recently) could actually smell when someone had recently had unprotected sex the night before.

That you cannot be feminist and pro trans. It is impossible to be both

Depends on what you mean by "pro-trans". Certainly trans activist and feminism seem to be fairly mutually exclusive right now. How can you support women and their needs as well as support men trying to take away rights from women at the same time?

That everybody has an obvious absolute moral right to leave their money to whoever they want or Battersea Dogs’ Home when they die and it’s hugely grabby to suggest otherwise. That’s just an Anglo/American prejudice - very few other countries would let you disinherit your adult children just because and they presumably think we’re the weird ones.

See also “anything other than a fully centrally run health system totally free at the point of use will lead us instantly to a ghastly Trumpian dystopia where everyone who isn’t a millionaire dies on the street from lack of aspirin”. Although I’m not an expert, developed countries all over the world appear to have properly functioning health systems which are not the NHS but nothing like the US system either.

I know they do crunchy. It was more the smelling them from miles away.

Oh, and 15 to 20 years ago is deep in the ancient past, when nobody had computers or mobile phones, and things were "done differently then", and parents routinely thrashed their errant offspring with belts etc. instead of it only being the first bloody decade and a half of the 21st century

That Wren and Linnet are pretty girls names. They’re not the worst, but they are not names!! They’re species of bird. You wouldn’t call your child Pigeon or Crow or Magpie.

I've read the whole thread and not spotted this one - I'm pretty sure I didn't dream it: its fine to go swimming without a tampon in when you've got your period, because the water stops the blood coming out. What the fuck. No it doesn't.

evilringahbitch As I always point out in discussions about the NHS, that is because they pay more for their healthcare. It really isn't rocket science. Decent healthcare, whatever system you use, costs. We do not pay enough.

That Wren and Linnet are pretty girls names. They’re not the worst, but they are not names!! They’re species of bird. You wouldn’t call your child Pigeon or Crow or Magpie

I thought this was about "facts" not opinions? Linnet is a bird but that isn't where the name comes from. Wren is a bird and a name, and has been a name for a few hundred years at least. It's idiotic to suggest it can't be a name because its a name of something else, is Rose not a name because it's a flower? What about Robin, that's a bird and you wouldn't argue with that as a name? What about Paloma, and Mavis, and Raven?

Janet

Of course I am! You're fired points finger at Janet

I fucking wish I had his money though :)

I have learned that taking a home pregnancy test is not the correct way to find out if you are pregnant.

You must ask a bunch of strangers , if your strange itchy nipple on the day your period is due means you are having a baby.

Nothing surprises me in the baby name topic. Apart from why you would ever need to post in it.

Somebody wanted to call their DD 'Harbour'.

that it's disgusting to use a toilet brush to ......... clean the toilet