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my local facebook community group is spectacularly idiotic today, is yours?

201 replies

GaryBaldbiscuit · 01/01/2019 13:55

Just a few
Is the tip open today?
Are there any buses?
Are the doctors open?
Can I weigh my baby today?

To name but a few!

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Halfahunnerstillastunner · 02/01/2019 17:01

I'm def Team Roger. I frequently have to sit on my hands to not post JFGI (just fucking google it). He's a legend in my eyes Grin

BillyAndTheSillies · 02/01/2019 19:01

It was definitely a LL highlight! And broke the monotony of "can anyone recommend a good pub for a roast" posts @MissMooMoo howdy neighbour!

zeebeedee · 02/01/2019 20:30

We have a resident photographer as well Purdy.
There were loads of pictures of nearly empty reservoirs this autumn. We also have loads of people asking for recommendations for local tradespeople, taxis, services etc.
@LoniceraJaponica

I recognise your username, and know we live in the same city, but this makes me think you're even nearer to me than that!

BrilliantDarling · 02/01/2019 20:33

😂 😂 😂 Roger is brilliant

LoniceraJaponica · 02/01/2019 21:58

Are you in South Yorkshire @zeebeedee?

whassupmissus · 02/01/2019 22:39

Lost dogs cats and horses. Where you can get the best kebab. 'Romanians' knocking on doors and asking dodgy questions. Arsehole drivers/parking. Travellers. Look at this cake I made. Fireworks. Drones on the loose. Pretty much the same as everyone else.

VanGoghsDog · 02/01/2019 22:51

Mine is pretty much the same as the ones posted here, but I've had to leave a few as I seem prone to getting into arguments.....can't think why.....

Recent gems include:

Person 1: does anyone know what time the shop opens
Person 2: no

That one just cracks me up every time I think of it.

This week someone offering a sofa, free to collect.
Someone underneath 'I'd like it if you can confirm it comes from a vegan household and what is the country of origin'. (No clue as to what countries were acceptable)
That descended into people saying they only wanted it if it came from World of Leather and had been used as a sacrificial altar....then it all got removed.

And one where I got into an 'exchange' with someone who answered the question 'what times do the buses run', with 'fifty five minutes to the hour'.
I replied 'do you mean five past?'
Her: 'no, fifty five minutes to'
Me: 'it's the same thing though'
Her: 'no it's not'
Other person: 'lol it's just a turn of phrase, it just means fifty five minutes to the hour'
Me: 'it's not a turn of phrase I've heard, it's confusing, if you mean, say, one fifty five, that's five to two, but if you say fifty five minutes to two, that's five past one.'
First person: 'if you want to know the bus times look them up yourself'
(Fair enough I suppose, and I didn't want to know the bus times, but I'm still Confused at all that as it's not a way I have ever heard time stated!)

R3b3kah · 02/01/2019 22:57

I live in a very small town and The most irritating one is about car drivers... someone will get cut up on a roundabout, and straight away posting having a rant about it Hmm

Unfortunately that’s the day to day of being a car driver you have to deal with, you can’t go posting on Facebook every time a driver does something wrong

MissEliza · 02/01/2019 23:45

They do that on ours too and also like to add their photos of the offending vehicle which they then insist when challenged was taken by their passenger. Yeah right Hmm.

Atchiclees · 03/01/2019 00:47

Old lands eye Grin

Ours is dog poo. Bins, speeding, fireworks, flies, and photos from the past. One old bloke who has set himself up as a Wise Old Sage Town Elder likes to prove his is considerably more local than yow, by answering with names of places long forgotten. “Turn left past the Aethelstan’s old farmstead, down past bluebell wood, and cross over by the place the Atkins used to live” Confused He has a hotline to 101 and isn’t afraid to use it!

Butteredghost · 03/01/2019 04:51

Coldandfrosty GrinGrin

CripsSandwiches · 03/01/2019 08:11

I seriously don't get what's wrong with some of these questions.

Is there anything on for kids today?

Totally valid question, this information is usually buried in the listing of local websites and won't appear in a Google search.

Where's the best place to go trick or treating?

Also valid. My area is really cool for trick or treating. Kids come from outside because its safe and a good atmosphere and as long as they follow the rules we're happy for them to do so.

Even questions about in collections can be tricky. My neighbour struggles to navigate the council website so always just asks me.

I get some of the questions are silly but people seem to be getting overly annoyed be people asking local questions on a local Facebook site - that's kind of what it's for!

GaryBaldbiscuit · 03/01/2019 08:21

my original post was regarding new years day, particularly baby weighing, and why do people think the tip will be open!

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GaryBaldbiscuit · 03/01/2019 08:22

I am team Roger! Grin

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zeebeedee · 03/01/2019 09:06

LoniceraJaponica Wed 02-Jan-19 21:58:39
Are you in South Yorkshire @zeebeedee?

Yes!

LoniceraJaponica · 03/01/2019 20:16

Posts about Northern Fail, the two local GP practices, a derelict pub and bin collections?

alltoomuchrightnow · 03/01/2019 21:30

Today..(have changed name below)

''So, this afternoon Paul saw a "newish" red car parked in our gateway by the bungalow (not the nursery gateway) The boot lid was up so Paul thinking something may have been wrong went and asked the couple if everything was ok. "Yes" they said. They were polite, well spoken, around 70ish. Thinking back, Paul said, they did seem a bit sheepish. It was only about half an hour later that we realised they've nicked our green wheelie bin complete with our rubbish which we had just put out ready for collection. Seriously.......I can't believe it. 😨😵 Apologies if anyone finds bags of rubbish along the roadside, it's probably ours out of our bin which the thieves decided they didn't want 😡😠😳😱😨''

GaryBaldbiscuit · 04/01/2019 07:13

That is hilarious though

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likablum · 04/01/2019 07:29

Mine is a wag type town.....someone recently asked for an art tutor for their 5 yo to improve their drawing techniques ConfusedConfusedConfused

NoShoeShops · 04/01/2019 09:14

Ours is the lack of shoe shops. In fact even the mention of lack of shoe shops has been banned. Grin

zeebeedee · 06/01/2019 13:48

LoniceraJaponica Thu 03-Jan-19 20:16:49
Posts about Northern Fail, the two local GP practices, a derelict pub and bin collections?

No derelict pub, but photographer rang a bell, so there must be more than one of them in S

alltoomuchrightnow · 07/01/2019 01:39

Just posted on ours -

''
NONE
FREE
(town name)
Looking for who sliced my tires in (name) street thanks I ent nappy u got w problem c9me seen me number 18''

moita · 07/01/2019 02:03

We live about 5 mins drive from a city hospital in one direction and a police station in another. The amount of posts saying 'anyone see the helicopter overheard?' 'What's with the sirens going off?' etc, etc is ridiculous.

It's a pretty safe area but if you read the FB group you'd think we were living in a war zone.

MissEliza · 07/01/2019 21:44

Yesterday on ours someone decided to put up a picture of the home of a very high ranking politician. Most people in the area have an idea approximately where this person lives but it just this bloody dumb to put up an actual very identifying photo.

BillyAndTheSillies · 08/01/2019 10:17

Today's rant was Christmas trees not being collected.

My favourite furore was the town over from us called for a boycott on a French restaurant selling fois gras. It still comes up from time to time.