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What would you ban?

226 replies

BlueEyesWhiteDragon · 03/04/2021 13:53

The dog thread has got me pondering...

I'd ban smoking. Ideally full stop but would settle for at least anywhere outside of your own house. It smells. Its unhealthy not just for you but for people around you who don't choose to smoke. Causes thousands of deaths.

Also wasps. I want to be able to sit out in an evening and not be bugged by them. They can also sting me and have zero consequences. Described as voracious predators. I understand they pollinate stuff but surely we have Bees for that (and other things) why do we need angry Wasps too?

And prawn cocktail crisps. Just No.

When we live in a bluetatorship I will give out free milk and cookies but take away your stupid sounding crisps!

OP posts:
Mollymalone123 · 04/04/2021 07:01

And agreed about reality tv and especially talent shows- can’t bard the audience screaming and shouting- it’s too loud!! God I’m grumpy 😂

PutItInNeutral · 04/04/2021 07:08

People on threads that use any excuse to call people chavs.

Goslowlysideways · 04/04/2021 07:10

People who drive badly - although technically they are already - but people who undertake. People who come up the inside of a queue of traffic and expect to be let in.

The phrase 24/7
Piers Morgan
Plastic grass - apart from in schools
Piers Morgan
The daily mail
People painting their houses dark grey
Men wearing jewellery
Men wearing 3/4 length trousers
Rupert murdoch
Breeds of dogs like pugs, french bull dogs and English bull dogs - any that can’t breathe properly.
My friends husband - I just don’t like him.

PerseverancePays · 04/04/2021 07:55

Plastic poo bags, they should be bio degradable.
Plastic bags.
Disposable barbecues.
Any number over 50% of men in any position of government or position of authority.

Cherrysoup · 04/04/2021 10:32

Brachycephalic dogs. People who breed them should be shot.
Factory farming.
Mindless shit game shows.
Racing. Bloody awful industry whether horses or dogs.
People fiddling with their nose/teeth in public. Euw.
People playing music in their gardens. Fuck off, you have no right to impose your shit taste in music on me.

BlueEyesWhiteDragon · 04/04/2021 13:22

As if the poll results say IABU!

I am clearly not being unreasonable. You are fools! Fools I tell thee!

Flounces away muttering about the masses knowing no better

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ihatethefuckingmuffin · 04/04/2021 13:36

Sweat shops
Hunting
Those crap leggings that are basically tights. Sorry but I don’t want to see your knickers or worse your bare arse
Cyclists who think they own the road

MoonlightFlitwick · 04/04/2021 19:54

It could have been a wood wasp, OP.

JeanClaudeVanDammit · 04/04/2021 19:57

More than 2 cars per household.

Viviennemary · 05/04/2021 12:35

Insects. (I know they are essential) Takeaways especially Mcdonalds. Folk richer than me.

AdoptedBumpkin · 05/04/2021 12:52

Fox hunting
Golf
Vacuous reality TV (especially The Circle)

Thehop · 05/04/2021 12:52

Whales and dolphins in captivity and the wankers that swim with them

HeyDemonsItsYaGirl · 05/04/2021 12:58

Middle lane drivers
Chiropractors and other quacks
Artificial banana flavouring
Cyclists
My neighbour who's obsessed with parking

OhYesChurchill · 05/04/2021 13:00

Mopeds and scooters which sound like a thousand angry Wasps trapped in a tin can!

Amberleaf12 · 05/04/2021 13:08

Photoshopping of pictures. Not just social media for your non celeb but ALL of it. Magazines, social media, videos or whatever the hell else can be photoshopped to create a false edited person.

Anything that teaches young children that they would look and feel and be better if they bought a product such as cosmetics.

tenredthings · 05/04/2021 14:46

Mosquitos !

Alreadyinmypyjamas · 05/04/2021 14:54

Proposing on Christmas Day or Valentine's Day or the person's birthday.

Unimaginative.

BoredatHome321 · 05/04/2021 14:57

people driving 25 in a 30.
people driving 40 in a 60 then 40 in a 30 - blows my mind.

IrmaFayLear · 05/04/2021 14:59

Eating on public transport - or anywhere in public really - and especially in the cinema/theatre. Disgusting.

Leaving litter/throwing it out of car window.

Artificial grass and destroying garden, including paving over the front

Being offended on purpose, and in particular trying to be offended on behalf of others.

FastnetLundyRockall · 05/04/2021 16:31

You're wrong about prawn cocktail crisps. Prawn cocktail crisps are the perfect accompaniment to a glass of red (unless there is a pack of Worcester sauce or picked onion flavour about). They pack a tingly punch, keep people away from you a good hour after you've eaten them, and are the Stilton of the crisp world in fact, while all other crisps are the equivalent mild supermarket cheddar, at best.
Prawns themselves are horrible and should be banned of course.

CatBumJuice · 05/04/2021 17:08

Agree with fireworks. Also feet and jazz flute.

FangsForTheMemory · 06/04/2021 15:38

@ZaraW I don't hate everything. Cats are nice. Except mine, he's a jerk.

MaryIsA · 06/04/2021 16:14

Off road motorbikes - they churn up everywhere they go, are horribly noisy, scare horses, dogs and children and are so smelly.

Whataboutye88 · 06/04/2021 16:15

Spitting in public should be outlawed!

Pottedpalm · 06/04/2021 16:48

Leggings; unless you are wearing a top which covers your arse and camel toe. The exception being people out running etc.