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Oh dear, AIBU, really? Just bought something off of a Facebook selling tat page and I love it!

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Refreshed · 02/02/2020 20:36

I just realised oncr purchased that ids from those pages, that probably fits the description, of those Facebook selling tat threads Blush

Do I lose my Mumsnet badge of honour now? I really quite like it.

I shall get my running shoes on, I suppose Grin

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Floribundance · 02/02/2020 21:51

’Borderline. Not the worst I've seen by far but I still wouldn't mind setting fire to them.’

This ^

TimeToChangeNameAgain · 02/02/2020 21:52

That sounds fabulous deslynam. I hope it was like in Samuel Pepys’ diary where he writes all the naughty bits in various foreign languages.

Stephminx · 02/02/2020 21:59

@FairytaleofBykerGrove

Love it - and your user name !

SuperFurryDoggy · 02/02/2020 22:01

Oh they’re quite cute!

Nice holder from @FairytaleofBykerGrove too Grin

JigsawsAreInPieces · 02/02/2020 22:03

But what do you do with the wooden bits once the egg is gone?

Chazzer... Along with the best mum, friend, teacher crap.

Crinkle77 · 02/02/2020 22:10

I saw this beauty in my local Facebook page recently.

Oh dear, AIBU, really? Just bought something off of a Facebook selling tat page and I love it!
BigPinkFlower · 02/02/2020 22:27

30 for £45 in another listing

Chocpear · 02/02/2020 22:37

Thanks Bigpinkflower, problem is only want 2 and nor able to paint them myself.

Chocpear · 02/02/2020 22:42

jigsaws, I would re use them each year.

Fairytaleofbykergrove, a lot of craftmanship went into your holder!

NarwhalsNarwhals · 03/02/2020 00:28

Oooh, I want some and then I shall coat them in glitter. DD(11) pretends she is horrified by my taste but the tackier the tat the more she smiles

What on earth do people do to “get organised” for Easter
Possibly actually more than I do for Christmas. Mum, sister and I organise a few things each and help each other out with them (PTA, Scouts, Guides, church etc). We have a family tradition of giving each other books for Easter (not sure why, Great grandmother did it so it stuck) plus church - DS serves and there are a lot of Easter services, then there's the family get together and an Easter egg hunt with clues, although I hadn't thought of using other languages.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 03/02/2020 00:51

Much of it depends on your intentions and motives. When I was at university, long before the days of FB Marketplace (the Web itself didn't yet really figure in most people's lives), a number of us fine folk would have ongoing competitions to actively seek out the shoddiest, most appalling piece of tack we possibly could, for the sole purpose of congregated merriment and shared mirth.

I think there are two distinct kinds of people who frequent the infamous seaside/touristy area Houses of Shame 'walk-around stores' and emerge with purchases.

There are some who believe they've truly located a very special object of beauty which will bring joy and enrichment to their lives. Good luck to them, I wish them well and am genuinely happy for them. They aren't hurting anybody and it would be a very dull world if we all liked the same things.

The others are the ones with that look of crazy delight on their faces, eyes lit up, hands being rubbed together with glee. They know it's going to be bad - the badder the better - and their pleasure comes not so much from the perception of the inherent beauty of the tawdry wares therein as from the belief that, in spite of all of the hatred, drudgery and nastiness there is in this world, that one little colourful, rickety Alpine yodeller entombed for eternity in a faded plastic snow globe - just yearning for you, yes YOU, to come along, notice him and pick him up to energise and rekindle his hopes and dreams with one altruistic vigorous shake, is the jagged plastic solid gold proof that it can still be a wonderful place.

Embrace the terrible, don't fear it.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 03/02/2020 00:59

Oh, and just in case you're all waiting with bated breath to find out, the outright winner of all time (well, before we all left anyway) was judged to be the exquisite Tissue Box Of Splendour, sourced for a snip from Blackpool's very fine Springfield Market.

It looked very like this, only not quite as tasteful. Perfect for those who maintain that having a snotty nose and enjoying the finer things in life are by no means mutually exclusive.

Oh dear, AIBU, really? Just bought something off of a Facebook selling tat page and I love it!
MotherForkinShirtBalls · 03/02/2020 15:00

Yabvu for not punning properly...

I think I've found an exception eggception to the rule

GiveHerHellFromUs · 03/02/2020 15:09

@Crinkle77 that's actually horrendous Grin

Gingernaut · 28/02/2020 21:55

Something for Mothering Sunday

Lady can personalise Zorfola gift sets.

Oh dear, AIBU, really? Just bought something off of a Facebook selling tat page and I love it!
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