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Original poster

If AIBU has been around during the blitz

188 replies

briebuiltthiscity · 27/09/2020 12:16

(Lighthearted)
If Aibu has been around what would have been posted? Would we really see the “blitz spirit” or more “ndn seems to have more rations than me - Aibu to report them”.

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x2boys · 27/09/2020 12:21

I expect there would be endless threads about ,people not wanting to wear their gas mask,s and people not seeing the point in black out curtains.

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briebuiltthiscity · 27/09/2020 12:22

@x2boys “can anyone recommend me a gas mask that matches my work suit” (style and beauty).

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unlimiteddilutingjuice · 27/09/2020 12:24

YANBU: I hate all those Blitz Spirit memes that are doing the rounds. People in WW2 were just as irritated by rules and regulations as we are today.
There's a reason why the ARP warden is the baddy in Dad's Army. People liked ARP wardens about as much as we like traffic wardens.
People didn't always comply either: far fewer people allowed their kids to be evacuated than the government had planned, for example.

GoldfishParade · 27/09/2020 12:25

"I'm burnt through all my rations, all I have left for the week is a turnip from the garden. I dont know how I can feed my children. Can anyone help?"

"Use lentils to make the turnip last."

unlimiteddilutingjuice · 27/09/2020 12:26

Back in the spirit of the thread:
"Underground stations. Is the Communist party BU or should we be allowed to shelter down there?"

GoldfishParade · 27/09/2020 12:26

"My DP hasnt responded to any of my telegrams. It's been a month now, I know hes on the front but he usually telegrams."

"LTB"

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briebuiltthiscity · 27/09/2020 12:28

@GoldfishParade “we make a turnip last all week in this house! Very carby though so would be wary of eating too much” Wink

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briebuiltthiscity · 27/09/2020 12:29

@GoldfishParade he’s obviously having an affair. LTB.

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Gancanny · 27/09/2020 12:29

AIBU to share a style tip with you all? I can't get hold of stockings anywhere so I got eldest DD to draw a line up the back of my legs - bam, instant stockings.

Vinosaurus · 27/09/2020 12:31

My husband keeps disappearing off of an evening for hours, he's telling me he's joined the home guard and he's off to training - but I keep detecting a hint of cheap scent on his clothes when he returns. AIBU to be suspicious he's got a bit on the side?

GoldfishParade · 27/09/2020 12:32

"I have met a wonderful man. He is caring and respectful, he is also drop dead gorgeous (I think). Theres just one problem: hes german, and my family are making my life hell. They dont treat him the same as they do my (English) BIL. I am so distraught- what should I do? I cant choose between my family and the love of my life like this."

"They are narcs, you do you. Go NC."

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briebuiltthiscity · 27/09/2020 12:33

Is my neighbour a CF. Their house was bombed to smithereens - however a lot of the rubble etc seems to have made its way to my front garden and they haven’t been round to tidy it up yet. It’s ruining my rose bushes”.

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pigsDOfly · 27/09/2020 12:34

@Gancanny

AIBU to share a style tip with you all? I can't get hold of stockings anywhere so I got eldest DD to draw a line up the back of my legs - bam, instant stockings.
Also, brew up some tea and stain your legs brown with it. Makes your stockings look even more realistic.
PicsInRed · 27/09/2020 12:34

"AIBU not to evacuate my children to strangers in the countryside?"

"YOU ARE SO UNREASONABLE THEY'LL DIE AND IT WILL BE YOUR FAULT"

😂

Kokapetl · 27/09/2020 12:35

WIBU for reporting my NDN for being a black marketeer?

x2boys · 27/09/2020 12:37

When will it all get back to normal why can't we just all learn to live with it and get on with life?

Ivegotnothing · 27/09/2020 12:38

AIBU to not want to give up my silk smalls for parachutes?

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briebuiltthiscity · 27/09/2020 12:39

@PicsInRed or on the other side “I Live in the countryside and I’ve been lumbered with the children from hell. Aibu to send them back”?

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GoldfishParade · 27/09/2020 12:39

"Is anyone here quite enjoying being at war? I have really reconnected with my community since being bombed."

PicsInRed · 27/09/2020 12:40

@x2boys

When will it all get back to normal why can't we just all learn to live with it and get on with life?
Yes, I always liked that Chamberlain fellow.
LynnThese4reSEXPEOPLE · 27/09/2020 12:40

"AIBU to report SIL? She's got SO MUCH sugar! I'm sure it's black market. Also, she has new stockings and lives near the American base, and my brother is away in Germany..."

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briebuiltthiscity · 27/09/2020 12:41

@GoldfishParade

"Is anyone here quite enjoying being at war? I have really reconnected with my community since being bombed."
That actually really did make me laugh out loud.
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GoldfishParade · 27/09/2020 12:42

"AIBU to quite fancy Churchill?"

"YABU. He is a racist prick."

Chemenger · 27/09/2020 12:43

I live in rural Scotland and I don’t understand what all the fuss is about bombs, I haven’t seen one and neither has anyone else I know. Is it all a plot by the government? Also if people can’t buy food why don’t they just use some of the veg from their gardens and shoot some rabbits?

Playdoughbum · 27/09/2020 12:43

I hate the tacky look of my blacked out windows. WIBU to just keep my lovely untaped windows and just keep the lights down a bit? I don’t see how it helps anyway. Surely if we are going to be bombed closing your curtains won’t help?

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