Most amazing comment you have read on MN?

[marymarkle]

What comment have you read, maybe a long time ago, that you still remember?
I still remember one MNer insisting a 4 year old should be able to walk a mile in 12 minutes. Mine are obviously slackers.

Loads (I think I'm in my 10th year - yay, do I get something?) I know, I know some have been here a lot longer.

Some that stick out;
Penis beaker thread was funny

The woman who claims putting your bog brush in the dishwasher is no big deal and no worse than putting a chopping board in with raw meat juices (aghast at that one, and nearly died at the thought that have I accepted cuppas at houses where this is done (sure I haven't).

One very recently actually (as in last day) there seems to be an onslaught or people washing full loads of dirty laundry on 15 minute fast cycles - how??

The threads on wearing shoes indoors, using towels and pjs once are always funny (won't admit on this thread which camp I'm in)

The ones that gets my back right up

"Naice" (originated with a MN favourite of a found shopping list and someone had written "naice" ham, of course meaning nice) now everything is naice area, naice house and it's in a really smug way - literally the most overused phrase in existence. Of course I live in a nice area, etc. But "naice" just winds me up now.

"No is a complete sentence" - well it is, but not if you want to keep friends and family. The world just doesn't work that way.

Too many more that come to mind, this comment could be 1000 comments long (like it isn't already)

With loo brushes in dishwasher, mooncups in mugs, etc., I never want to have a drink in anyone's house ever again e1y1!

'No, that doesn't work for me' And being a cockwomble

Completely agree jane can see myself going round swabbing peoples dishwashers for fecal bacteria < not envy and almost not joking.

ShirleyKnot's marvellous "Fucking Spanish food eating Spanish Spain bastards in Spain" on the Thickoes of Tripadvisor thread.

But "naice" just winds me up now.

It must be the most irritating word on MN ever, even passing "moist" which at least is a real word.

There was a thread about Common People by Pulp, where the poster took issue with the lyrics,specifically the line "and if you called your dad he could stop it all..."

She said something along the lines of well it's very sensible to call your dad in those situations, more people should do it instead of being too proud/too cool and insisting on being a martyr. Maybe not the most amazing comment on here, but it did make me smirk at the dramatic irony.

Tiny wanker has made me laugh so much I had tears.
There was a food one, I think the OP was pregnant and staying with in-laws? Anyway they had very strange habits and she was fed up and hungry. Cue pages of people seemingly astonished that anyone would need more than a single rasher of bacon in the morning to see them through until dinner

Someone here once suggested that having a cleaner was equally as basic a requirement as having running water and heating at home.

Years ago there was a rant on here that mumsnet was all chelsea tractors and pearls. I think it started after the media had a go at the site. There were some funny replies on that one.

There's a lot of competitive starvation on Mumsnet. It's like being at school where we all felt pressured to throw our lunch in the bin so that we wouldn't be seen doing something as disgusting and indulgent as eating.

treaclesoda There's a lot of competitive starvation on Mumsnet.

There's also competitive cooking.
It's never just a quick and easy tuesday night "cottage pie" where everyone knows what's in it and how it's made. It's "made from scratch, low-fat mince with organic baby vegetables and hand-mashed potato with artisan baked cheese topping".

Ditto eating between meals.
Never just a couple of jaffa cakes or a couple of carrot sticks, always "healthy snacks" or (specifically) "crudites of tenderstem broccoli with freshly made hummus" or "home-baked oat'n'raisin cookies with extra chia seeds for flavour"

there's also a lot of competitive over-eating on MN, and the more rubbish you can inhale in one meal, the prouder you can feel about yourself. Then they start a thread asking how to lose weight urgently.

There was a thread a while ago about someone who asked what was wrong with her diner, which was something like take-away pizza, chips, a jacket potato, some left over of something else and the list went on. Cue tens of posters having to beat that and competition about how many pizzas they can eat in one go and slamming the "starvation" posters.

MN is worst than a playground sometimes, even my teens don't bicker that much.

Where to start hey? I think the one that's really stuck with me though was the woman who was really upset that a dog had cocked his leg on her garden wall. On the outside, he hadn't come into the garden.

That really opened my eyes as to how anal some people are.

The truth is some people have eating disorders and some people have a shit diet. Both seem to want to compete on MN to convince themselves their way of eating is normal.

Found the classics, gonna be a fun read I suspect.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics

I am still not sure if people genuinely live off 500 calories a day whilst the others survive on 5,000 calories a day

It's a weird thing to want to be proud of one way or another!

callmevito. That reminds me of the woman at weightwatchers who had a go at the consultant, despite the fact that she would not give up the litre of Baileys every night

Yes yes yes to "snapped and farted"!!!

When we all pointed out her typo and she explained it wasn't a typo and she actually farted. I have tears now just remembering 😂😂

I began a thread a while ago on 'what would you do'. DH and I were going to begin TTC in but few months but had had an accident and the timing just wasnt right. I posted about getting the MAP. I got absolutely crucified for wanting the MAP - one poster asked me that if I was prepared to do this then would I abort any future baby because they had the wrong eye colour?

I couldn't believe it. Thankfully more sane people came along and were supportive.

there's also a lot of competitive over-eating on MN, and the more rubbish you can inhale in one meal, the prouder you can feel about yourself.

Yes, I've noticed that too. I'm, frankly, a bit heavier than I should really be, so I'm not one for starvation portions. But I'm constantly astounded at what people claim to be able to eat.

I have just finished that Take a Break thread and it is the funniest thing I have read on Mumsnet - there are some comedy geniuses on that thread.

Mainly Mumsnet makes me realise how uptight and easily offended many people are, which is actually quite a useful insight, but I am very glad to be more laid back about washing, food, cleaning, neighbours, hygiene and just about everything. There is a crazy old world out there (as evidence by Take a Break).

@CallMeSirShotsFired she was trying to put her leg on the sink and push her hips forward. For a child who came from a no nakedness household it was quite a shocking site.

One comment that really stood out for me was "Is there such thing as Munchausen's syndrome by proxy without the proxy?". I think the OP was about a MIL that kept faking illnesses or something. I couldn't believe someone could seriously ask that question.

@cushioncovers

Your comment about the thread with the husband made me recall the poster who's partner warmed himself up with the hair dryer before he went to bed. Didn't matter what time of night or if she was already in bed asleep.

Was a bit mad.