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 ?

Oh and men are awful awful beings but marrying one solves everything.

That an average sized chicken should feed a family of four for at least three days if not all week.

Ifailed

Oh no, but I HAVE to. Argh. I don't know if I should. Maybe I shouldn't. Ugh.

Oh, and thanks!

I wish I hadn't missed the lesbian colander one!

That teachers who aren't very good at their jobs absolutely do not exist! They all always go above and beyond. They never behave unfairly or make wrong decisions or judgement.

*disclaimer - I do, of course, appreciate that the majority of teachers are over worked and under paid/appreciated and do a marvelous job on the whole.

Partner does something you don't like in bed= must be a porn addict

Normal blokes don't watch porn. Haha!

You had an affair=you are scum of the earth and should lose custody of your kids and go to hell. Doesn't matter how abusive or unreasonable your partner was, that's irrelevant.

That whatever your job you can work from home whenever you feel like it

What about EBay? You can easily find things around your house that you can easily sell on EBay. Not only will you find a buyer straightaway but you will make enough profit to pay that electricity bill or whatever.

"The (compulsory) blazer alone is about £100"

That is outrageous. Is it an academy?

I'm in N Ireland, and it's pretty standard here for a school uniform, regardless of school. We don't have academies. (Well, we have schools called academies but it's just a name).

It was only through reading mumsnet that I discovered that it is frowned on elsewhere in the UK to have expensive uniform. We just take it for granted. I was talking to a parent recently who had spent almost £1000 on uniform for one child because she needed various kits for different sports and each team, at the same school, had a slightly different kit.

*MissionItsPossible

The wispy spiders eating the big spiders thing was revealed on one of my threads! I wanted to google it to see if it's true but I didn't know what the wispy spiders were called and I didn't want to type it in and guess and have pictures of tarantulas and other nasties popping up! Does anybody know what they are called so I can look it up? I'm not particularly feeling very fond of them right now though as I woke up yesterday morning and felt a hair on me and then realised it was one of those crawling across my face*

Or cellar spiders if you don't want to learn a mouthful. They're mint spiders.

Thank you gamer I went into a toilet cubicle at work, copied and pasted the long name supplied upthread by Failed, held my phone at arms length and made my eyes really squinty but I chickened out and couldn't do it! I'll get brave and do it later at home stupidly on the laptop with the huge screen

@Alisvolatpropiis

"That people don’t make snap judgements about people based on their names."

"They absolutely do."

Which is really unfair since the parents gave the child the name!

Link about the spiders, only picture is of cellar spiders and a photo reel at the bottom that you can ignore
www.express.co.uk/news/nature/705302/Cannibal-spiders-Britain-new-warning-ravenous-arachnids-feasting-your-home

Re: Spiders - equally likely to be Harvestmen, aka Daddy-Long-Legs, aka Opiliones (although they are not technically spiders)

Segmented body - cellar spider
Non segmented - harvestman
:)
(Courtesy of a thread that had actual facts, not "facts")

Really sorry to have derailed this thread but I'm getting confused by which spiders eat the big ones now. I thought people were talking about the ones, they look sort of see through and spindly and congregate mostly in the corner of walls.

That's them, mission

Warning for arachnophobes -link has a picture
goo.gl/images/RuuUBh

On the hobbies thing: everyone’s DH’s hobby seems to be cycling.
Also agree with the “just move!!” comments, as well as frequent usage of LTB and narc. With the NPD thing, it’s nearly always the mother/MIL who’s the narcissist, with the partner/husband being the enabler. Not seen many instances where it’s the man who’s the narcissist.

Not brave enough to click, sorry Beyond! Anyway, I think I need to stop derailing this and torturing myself by thinking about different types of spiders

That every single SAHM without exception lives in constant fear of being left penniless and starving in a garret with their children when their cheating bastard husband ups and leaves them, high and dry, as he inevitably will, without exception.

LordSugar, are you actually Lord Sugar, c'mon you must be .

What about "I'm transgender therefore I want all feminists to die now" or sth, not sure but that's the gist.

Don't even think about ever getting married abroad. If you do you are obviously a greedy, self entitled, cheeky fucker, who deserves no family and friends - let alone ones that will travel to your wedding.

wow - the rage I feel coming off my computer is warming my skin! :)