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To wish the people screaming outside would shut up?

610 replies

Notcontent · 03/07/2018 22:02

Yes, I do understand that people are excited about the football, but it’s Tuesday night and my DC, who is completely exhausted, has to get up early for school - the rather scary shouting has just woken her up. Yep, I know someone will say I should move to the middle of nowhere. I would love to - as many people would - but sadly that’s not possible.

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RhubarbRhubarbRhubarbRhubarb · 04/07/2018 07:43

Just to clarify @shortstuff; I’m not saying nobody should watch the World Cup, just replying to @vandrew who said “got a link to that?” on the previous page.

RhubarbRhubarbRhubarbRhubarb · 04/07/2018 07:48

vandrew4

NoNo it is a well documented and proven fact that domestic violence increases significantly when we lose at these football matches. Please do not be so dismissive of the genuine pain and fear that occurs
you got a link to that?

ReadingRiot · 04/07/2018 07:53

How is it OK to dismiss a workingclass predominantly male passion? Art or dance is equally unfathomable to many but there's no need to be rude about it. It really is true that working class white boys are becoming the most disadvantaged section of our society.

Shortstuff08 · 04/07/2018 07:55

RhubarbRhubarbRhubarbRhubarb

I am talking about the thread in general.

I am sick of everything else being blamed for male violence. It's down to the individuals committing it. Sport is just one more excuse they use.

ADuckNamedSplash · 04/07/2018 07:59

I don't think anyone's posted this yet. I saw it during the last World Cup:

stephenliddell.co.uk/2014/05/21/how-football-sounds-to-people-that-just-dont-care/

To use the analogy in the article - if your neighbours were making a racket in their garden late at night to celebrate a big archaeology break-through, you'd be pissed off. You would not be placated by their arguments that it's a big achievement or that it last happened 4 years ago, because you simply don't care!

RhubarbRhubarbRhubarbRhubarb · 04/07/2018 08:02

I am talking about the thread in general.

Good good! Thanks for clarifying Smile.

Shortstuff08 · 04/07/2018 08:04

Late at night? It was all over for 10pm.

There's loads of stuff that I am not interested in. I don't begrudge other people being happy and celebrating loudly. Occasionally.

If my neighbours were celebrating an archaeology discovery at 10pm, I would let them crack on.

If people were still being loud at 2am or regularly, then that's because they are dicks. Doesn't matter if it's football or crocheting.

10pm once every so often, I can live with.

RhubarbRhubarbRhubarbRhubarb · 04/07/2018 08:05

I haven’t read all of that article @ADuck, but I just actually laughed aloud at “SEND IT FOR CARBON DATING YOU FOOL” Grin. Amazing.

LakieLady · 04/07/2018 08:07

Don't tend to get people getting pissed and behaving like tossers over the tennis.

DP's ex must be the exception that proves the rule there. She nearly got arrested for D&D on the way back from Wimbledon one year.

Mind you, she got banned from a station branch of M&S for being pissed and abusive too.

UserX · 04/07/2018 08:13

People who act like wankers do so because they are wankers. Not because there's sport on.

They feel entitled to their behavior because of the football. Says quite a lot about football fans.

Firstnameterms · 04/07/2018 08:15

I would imagine the increase in violence is also due to the increase in alcohol consumption when a match is on. I don’t mind the singing and the dancing about, it doesn’t last long. The drunks who were dancing around in the middle of the main road last night though...Christ it’ll be a miracle if they got home safely the way they were!

StepBackNow · 04/07/2018 08:20

I've never really "got" the hysteria around sport, especially football, which the home countries aren't that good at. The London Olympics irritated me.

The whole country is not happy and involved. Many of us don't give a fuck but are happy that others are happy.

Bit I think the supporters should be aware of neighbours with kids tying to sleep.

x2boys · 04/07/2018 08:24

if men are abusive arse holes, they are abusive arse holes, if they can't control themselves perhaps they should lock themselves away untill they can , its not the fault of football Confused

Shortstuff08 · 04/07/2018 08:25

They feel entitled to their behavior because of the football. Says quite a lot about football fans.

All or even most football fans act like dicks. So it doesn't say something about football fans.

Its says something about the people out there that look for any excuse to get pissed and be a dickhead.

Hermagsjesty · 04/07/2018 08:29

Absolutely agree with what @readingriot said. The blatant snobbery and classist attitudes on mumsnet genuinely shock me sometimes. Just because you don’t like something, doesn’t mean you need to belittle and dismiss those that do.

LonginesPrime · 04/07/2018 08:30

"SEND IT FOR CARBON DATING YOU FOOL”

Freaking brilliant!

x2boys · 04/07/2018 08:30

exactly Shortstuff, someone I went o school with was jailed for being a football hooligan years ago, he was a bullying twat at school and I imagine he used football as an excuse, lots of people enjoy football though ,most are not thugs , and a lot of people don't really watch football untill there's an England match.

punter · 04/07/2018 08:31

As others have said it was all over by 10.30pm. In this hot weather we have had countless parties and barbeques in our residential area that START at 10.30pm with loads of screaming and drunken behaviour. Just had another note through the door warning of a 21st birthday party bash on Saturday evening so more late noise to come. Oh well, have a good time, soon be winter again.

LonginesPrime · 04/07/2018 08:33

I just heard a woman on the radio who called in to complain that the game interrupted her programmes and went on to say 'I can't understand why people are watching it, especially women' and as if that wasn't enough, after being challenged by the presenter, she responded with, 'well, it doesn't do people good to be too happy, does it?'

FatBarry · 04/07/2018 08:37

I'm in a villa in the French hills and we had it too, twice this week, once from the French then last night from the English.

Only it was DH making the noise last night. I bet our elderly French neighbours were over the moon.

I bloody hate football.

Shortstuff08 · 04/07/2018 08:39

after being challenged by the presenter, she responded with, 'well, it doesn't do people good to be too happy, does it?'

That's about sums up a lot of attitudes on this thread too Grin

IllHaveALargeGlassOfRed · 04/07/2018 08:41

Move to Scotland - we're greeting up here! Greeting = sobbing.

IllHaveALargeGlassOfRed · 04/07/2018 08:42

I actually detest football and everything that goes with it but even I don't blame the England fans for getting a tad excited Smile

LadyRochfordsHoickedGusset · 04/07/2018 08:43
M3lon · 04/07/2018 08:48

Love the archeology rant! They missed the part where middle aged archeologists randomly become 'ambassadors' for world peace in some strange fashion and occasionally get asked to speak at the UN.