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To have laughed at her Slimming World advice?

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Pikaso · 18/01/2022 13:04

Woman at work has been doing Slimming World. She’s obsessed with it and goes on about it constantly armed with her books and Muller Lights at every meal.
I told her last week I was going to give it a go. I didn’t buy Muller Lights but instead bought some asda own yogurts which had almost identical calorie, fat and sugar content. Sat down to eat lunch yesterday and she came in and said “I thought you were doing slimming world?”. I said “I am” so she said “how many syns in those yogurts?” So I said “none, they’re the same as muller lights”. She replied “no, you’re meant to eat Muller lights!” And looked really concerned and worried!! I did owl noises in her face and told her the calories, sugar and fat etc were exactly the same so why would it matter??! She actually left the room muttering about how it won’t work if you don’t do it properly.

I did slimming world a few years back and stopped because of the cult like behaviour of the members and leaders. I thought I’d give it another go but she has totally put me off again! Nothing has changed!!
She’s been off with me ever since. WIBU to have laughed at her muller light concerns?? Common sense tells you it’s the calories etc that matter, not the bloody name on the pot!!

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DerektheGoose · 18/01/2022 13:55

0/10
Must try harder to get your "funny" thread into Classics Hmm

Letsallscreamatthesistene · 18/01/2022 13:56

@Pikaso

I wasn’t saying cuckoo. It was literally a gentle “coooo coooo … “ just to break her train of thought
What?! This is hilarious. You 'coo coo'd' at her? Is this a thing where you're from?

I realised compared to some im young, but ive spent 35 years on this planet and have never been owl noised at.

TellingBone · 18/01/2022 13:56

OP means business

To have laughed at her Slimming World advice?
Letsallscreamatthesistene · 18/01/2022 13:57

@cherryonthecakes

How many people have read all of OP's posts so far to find out more about the owl noises? 😂
Im only here for the owl noises
maddening · 18/01/2022 13:57

Owl noises! Wtf

lucylucyapplejuicy · 18/01/2022 13:58

If you made sheep noises I'd kind of understand like her following the pack (still would of thought you were a bit passive aggressive) but owl noises?? What the....hahaha

Kittykat93 · 18/01/2022 13:58

@DerektheGoose

0/10 Must try harder to get your "funny" thread into Classics Hmm

Agreed. No idea why everyone is crying with laughter about this it's clearly a wind up.

Gumbomambo · 18/01/2022 13:58

Did you decant your Asda yoghurt into a B-owl? This is insane. I love this thread.

c3pu · 18/01/2022 13:59

Owl noises?

This is right up there with "screaming at the sistine chapel" and "snapped and farted"

Paperyfish · 18/01/2022 13:59

SummerHouse

Irritable owl syndrome

eastegg · 18/01/2022 13:59

Why is syn spelt with a y?

Oh wait, that’s a ‘why’ question, I forgot OP doesn’t answer those.

maddening · 18/01/2022 13:59

Op "People normally just stop talking"

I am not surprised, it really is not something considered socially acceptable to do to people.

ClawedButler · 18/01/2022 14:00

Ah, I think I can surmise what happened.

Muller Mary: I've let slip about the yoghurts
Pikaso: You twit, to who?

RainbowBridge21 · 18/01/2022 14:00

She was being daft but you were rude and a bit mean about it. You weren't being a nice person. Don't get in people's faces OP it's such a dickish thing to do.

HippyMoon · 18/01/2022 14:00

I'm still stuck on the owl noises. What has that got to do with the price of cheese?! Very random!

ConstanceL · 18/01/2022 14:00

I think she is probably avoiding you as she thinks you are a bit bonkers and therefore scarily unpredictable - owl noises? How is that ok behaviour?

SheldonesqueTheBstard · 18/01/2022 14:02

The dove from above shit hasn’t worked @RainbowZebraWarrior

The visiting dog is just looking at the ceiling with more side eye than I would like.

And mam has just asked if I’m ok…

I chose not to respond in owl in case it made her worried. (Today is one of those days and explaining about someone shutting up someone in owl has taken longer to explain than it should have) 🥴

Aloha7373 · 18/01/2022 14:02

Barn or tawny? There’s a world of difference

RainbowZebraWarrior · 18/01/2022 14:03

@ClawedButler

Ah, I think I can surmise what happened.

Muller Mary: I've let slip about the yoghurts
Pikaso: You twit, to who?

Dying! 😆
Justwingingit2005 · 18/01/2022 14:03

The muller light slimming world issue was always a topic in my office.

Someone was eating 4 or 5 a day as well as those mug shots instead of a tea as they kept her 'full' we were talking 3 a day, as well as eating bowls of pasta etc and wondering why she wasn't loosing weight all while bleating it's free on SW

Cam2020 · 18/01/2022 14:04

Here for the noises!

But seriously those yoghurts are shit whichever brand - just have a plain, natural yoghurt with fruit that will actually fill you up and have some nutritional value!

Letsallscreamatthesistene · 18/01/2022 14:05

@Paperyfish

SummerHouse

Irritable owl syndrome

HAHAHAHAHA!
HeatonGrove · 18/01/2022 14:07

Being rude to friends/colleagues is almost always counter productive.

DrSbaitso · 18/01/2022 14:07

You raised an owlaballoo.

ClawedButler · 18/01/2022 14:08

Irritable owl syndrome!

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