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

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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!)

@godmum56
That thread had me gripped for days , it was great . I wonder if all the teddies got a bravery awarded

@LadyCampanulaTottington

It wasn’t this year but the Sistine Screamer is my favourite. None have come close to the perfection of that thread.

The Sistine Screamer is my all time favourite, and one I regularly think about.

@rainbowmash

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4290196-weird-letter-received?msgid=108893380#108893380

I thought this had been resolved - apparently not! Very strange.

This isnt the letter i was thinking of, it was a more recent thread.. can anyone find it?

Korean Granny was also many years ago!

2014!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/2154580-There-is-a-tiny-elderly-Korean-lady-in-my-garden-and-I-want-to-go-out

I can't remember the title, but there was a v funny thread a while ago about OP's exH (who lived rough in the woods) serving roadkill badger to the DC. The comments were brilliant, including one about the "Sett menu"!
And the other classic thread about people shagging in the OP's hedge. MN is endlessly entertaining!

How am I only finding out about the Sistine Screamer today??? Fascinating!!!

[quote WeeFae]2018!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/3277729-Embarrassed-by-boyfriend[/quote]
😂 😂 😂 this has given me a good laugh

@rainbowmash

How am I only finding out about the Sistine Screamer today??? Fascinating!!!

She was brilliant!

[quote WeeFae]Korean Granny was also many years ago!

2014!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/2154580-There-is-a-tiny-elderly-Korean-lady-in-my-garden-and-I-want-to-go-out[/quote]
noooooooo. 2014!!! I am officially old. Maybe I reread it earlier this year?

Can we take their crap off of our roof?! www.mumsnet.com/Talk/legal_matters/4391926-Can-we-take-their-crap-off-of-our-roof

A new one has just started !
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4429858-To-think-all-of-you-here-would-benefit-from-seeing-a-soul-alignment-practitioner?pg=1

@Inmypjsagain that's it! Yes the person commented that how could we possibly know what ritual it was when most of us were frazzled, premenopausal women who'd been discussing a second hand changing bag for the past few days.
Brilliant comment. 👏 👏 👏 😆

The woman who's son filmed a weird ritual in the woods.... v creepy .... and a current one about an 'old' neighbour (in his 50s ) who's obsessed with ops toddler, sings about him drunk in the garden and says he wants to go to bed with him .... what the fuck

I think this was last year, but I vaguely remember a thread about someone who said their best friend had a phobia of Morris Dancers and had to hide in the village pub toilet when they heard the jingling of their little bells.
Did I dream that... 🤔

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4044101-morris-dancer-phobia

I never knew this was a thing.

Omg just sitting giggling how did I miss snapped and farted . Dh giving me odd looks 😂

Just remembered another one - the female OP invited two male friends round for dinner but not their partners, and then didn't actually provide any food because apparently they are mysonginists!

The one where OP's husband cooked a £40 steak for their massage therapist and they all had dinner together

Immediately thought of the guy that parked at the farm gates, that was great

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/4312884-Locked-parking-thread-4-The-End

The husband who lost his wedding jacket was one of my favourites

The recent work Secret Santa one where the OP’s boss left before “the fisting” began!

@Inthesameboatatmo

The satanic cult in the woods and changing bag gate !

Yes. Absolutely two of the best threads this year.

What a bout the balloons that explode in your face for Valentine's day?

@TulipCat

Just remembered another one - the female OP invited two male friends round for dinner but not their partners, and then didn't actually provide any food because apparently they are mysonginists!

I need to find that - was there more to it, or was it just a weird performance?

@RandomCatGenerator

Oh, also the one where the OP had moved into a new house and the neighbour was insisting that their child was incredibly allergic to dogs so the OP had to keep her dog inside. The neighbour was alleging that even being within ten metres of where a dog had been would cause the child to die. The rules OP had to follow were insane. And the whole street was related to the neighbour.

Omg I remember this one!! Do you have a link to the thread?