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To think back on this year's best "WTF" threads

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rainbowmash · 18/12/2021 17:45

I've been inspired by a recent post on AIBU about a DP handing vegetables, bamboo, and mis-matched hard drives full of films as gifts to OP and family (OP, I hope you don't mind me mentioning this as an example! I also hope you get some better gifts this year!)

Among all the more serious stuff, there have been quite a few threads this year which crossed the line into serious WTF territory. Some that spring to mind for me:

The lady whose new neighbour tried to enlist her into befriending his wife who had significant language barriers - and the resulting thread which got weirder by the day! If I remember, the OP was very calm and level headed about the whole thing!

The OP whose DP was in a cycling club which was being followed around by a mysterious self-appointed cheerleader who turned up to their events and who nobody could get rid of!

What have been your favourite threads from the MN twilight zone?

(I'm not a journo, btw, but if anyone feels like paying me for recycled MN posts, do go ahead!)

OP posts:
Nettleweed · 20/12/2021 20:50

Does anyone remember the OP who scolded a middle aged woman for taking pictures of her horses?

That thread was hilarious.

KingDangerMouse · 20/12/2021 21:11

Yes! That one! 😂

TheRemotePart · 20/12/2021 21:25

@Drybird2020 just that , really! Grin
can’t go into details too much , but it was mad… still amazed at my naivety!

It’s not there anymore thank goodness …
House is cold again, though sadly haha. But at least not on fire ….

winterchills · 20/12/2021 21:58

Love this 🤣

bonfireheart · 21/12/2021 00:48

My fave this year was about the guy who said something in his sleep about kicking Teddy bears, his girlfriend/wife thought that meant he was cheating on her with an American woman.

GrandTheftWalrus · 21/12/2021 01:24

@TheRemotePart was the house that was insanely warm?

I always miss all the good threads.

picklemewalnuts · 21/12/2021 07:52

[quote TheRemotePart]@Drybird2020 just that , really! Grin
can’t go into details too much , but it was mad… still amazed at my naivety!

It’s not there anymore thank goodness …
House is cold again, though sadly haha. But at least not on fire ….[/quote]
That was a wonderful thread. The gap between those who knew and those who didn't!
No! Yes! No! yes! Really??

TheRemotePart · 21/12/2021 10:05

@GrandTheftWalrus yes that’s it haha started off innocently enough them BAM! Illegal activity!

@picklemewalnuts haha I thought I was street wise but clearly my postcode has made me soft …Blush

JuergenSchwarzwald · 21/12/2021 10:15

Not a WTF thread, but what I would say was an enchanting, lovely read - the one about the (fast moving) hedgehog who ended up being put in OP's bath and the OP's partner didn't know it (she?) was in there. It was a lovely thread.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4374246-How-do-you-catch-a-hedgehog

PineappleWilson · 21/12/2021 10:45

My favourite was a horse owner who turned up at the paddock to find some random letting their child ride the horse. She was moving the horse soon, but was going to ask the new owners of the field whether they cam back again. The parent kicked off at her turfing the child out of the field.

neverornow · 21/12/2021 13:55

Oh my goodness. Thank you OP for starting this thread. I just read the "snapped and farted" thread for the first time. I am aching from laughing so much.

OneRuleForThem · 21/12/2021 15:11

@PineappleWilson

My favourite was a horse owner who turned up at the paddock to find some random letting their child ride the horse. She was moving the horse soon, but was going to ask the new owners of the field whether they cam back again. The parent kicked off at her turfing the child out of the field.
I’m sure I remember this! Do you have a link?
OneRuleForThem · 21/12/2021 15:12

@bonfireheart

My fave this year was about the guy who said something in his sleep about kicking Teddy bears, his girlfriend/wife thought that meant he was cheating on her with an American woman.
I definitely remember this one 😂
RandomCatGenerator · 21/12/2021 17:54

@bonfireheart

My fave this year was about the guy who said something in his sleep about kicking Teddy bears, his girlfriend/wife thought that meant he was cheating on her with an American woman.
?!?!
RandomCatGenerator · 21/12/2021 17:55

@ImprobablePuffin

Hop on over to the budgie thread that's active at the moment.

-Delightful Christmas mayhem ensues-

Ooooh link link link pleeeease
SoSobored · 21/12/2021 18:02

I don't know if this has been said (were 12 pages in) but #cakegate was my Confused - parents didn't give cake to their year old daughter, but actually the OP asked about her childminder. Mental!!

WomanStanleyWoman · 21/12/2021 18:34

The op who's partner apparently likes little girls because he can't eat a croissant without a plate.

This one I need to read!!

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 21/12/2021 18:47

I also need a link to the budgie thread!

WomanStanleyWoman · 21/12/2021 18:50

@YoureAllABunchOfBastards

I also need a link to the budgie thread!
It just got pulled Sad
bonfireheart · 21/12/2021 19:24

Oh no, the teddy bear kicking one has been deleted!!

Ddot · 21/12/2021 19:52

Does anyone recall the one about the lady with the dodgy house share. I must admit I became rather worried about her.

CupcakesAndCastles · 21/12/2021 20:53

The woman ready to report a colleague to HR because he said she should drink green tea not coffee. The way she went on you thought he would have asked for her bra size

LarryandLeon · 21/12/2021 21:06

I liked the one where the OP was annoyed that her partner had given some bolognese mince to her 2 grandkids. She was saying it was far too much food for them & it turned in to a version of the mumsnet chicken with people competing over how long 500g mince lasts for them. There was also a funny one asking how many sausages to cook.

Lemonyfuckit · 21/12/2021 21:28

@Echobelly

Not sure if this year or last, but the one about receiving a mysterious typed Bible passage about marriage in the post addressed to DH and wondering if it was a cryptic message from an Other Woman but it turned out to be an eye test from DH's work sent with no context or explanation whatsoever, I think.

That was very odd.

I remember that one! Thanks for filling me in on what actually happened.
Changechangychange · 21/12/2021 21:42

@PineappleWilson

My favourite was a horse owner who turned up at the paddock to find some random letting their child ride the horse. She was moving the horse soon, but was going to ask the new owners of the field whether they cam back again. The parent kicked off at her turfing the child out of the field.
There was also a batshit one about some poor poster who had had a horse for a while, and then a previous owner (several owners ago, not the one she’d bought it off I don’t think) decided she wanted her old horse back and was stalking OP’s friends on FB trying to find her, and driving round the country trying to find this horse to horsenap. Can’t remember the outcome, but the original owner sounded absolutely unhinged.
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