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I will not let you hide in the cloak and dagger Mumsnet Mafia

374 replies

TheResistance · 26/06/2022 19:44

you won’t get away with this

OP posts:
BruceWaynettaSlob · 26/06/2022 21:23

I do keep a beaker beside my bed to clean horses' heads.

Pifflewiffle · 26/06/2022 21:26

Is this my chance to be a part of Bugsy Malone?

You could have been anything 🤣

Absolutely. It’s been decided we’re weaker divided, let friendship double up our powers.

Sunbird24 · 26/06/2022 21:28

I don’t have an actual dagger, will a miniature sword style letter opener do?

Pifflewiffle · 26/06/2022 21:29

I do keep a beaker beside my bed to clean horses' heads

Is it a gigantic beaker or a normal size one for very small horses?

Rogue1001MNer · 26/06/2022 21:35

Best thread so far this year

unname · 26/06/2022 21:35

HebeMumsnet · 26/06/2022 21:01

<shouts from the MN mafia's pocket>

Can I just add that I DON'T have a dagger but I DO have a cloak. Well it's a cape, but it will do. And it's VERY practical. Great for changeable weather, excellent for concealing breastmilk leaks back in the day, and these days I just use it for throwing on to cover food stains on tops. I think we should all get one.

Also, Mumsnetters generally are MASSIVELY on top of bin collections, so between us, I really think we have the mafia bit covered. I think, with this level of organisation, the lack of daggers isn't going to be an issue.

<passes round bagels and sits down again>

And you can always take the cape off and wear it as a skirt? I have to think these things up.

SheldonesqueTheBstard · 26/06/2022 21:36

Not MN mafia no.

But I am the danger.

I am the one who knocks.

grr.

Equiphant · 26/06/2022 21:36

If this is going to go all Bugsy Malone, i want a splurge gun before Dandy Dan shows up

Hawkins001 · 26/06/2022 21:36

HebeMumsnet · 26/06/2022 21:01

<shouts from the MN mafia's pocket>

Can I just add that I DON'T have a dagger but I DO have a cloak. Well it's a cape, but it will do. And it's VERY practical. Great for changeable weather, excellent for concealing breastmilk leaks back in the day, and these days I just use it for throwing on to cover food stains on tops. I think we should all get one.

Also, Mumsnetters generally are MASSIVELY on top of bin collections, so between us, I really think we have the mafia bit covered. I think, with this level of organisation, the lack of daggers isn't going to be an issue.

<passes round bagels and sits down again>

Much appreciated for the bagel

HebeMumsnet · 26/06/2022 21:39

unname · 26/06/2022 21:35

And you can always take the cape off and wear it as a skirt? I have to think these things up.

Oh yes! It could be a bit Buck's Fizz, Making Your Mind Up style? I often do that at bedtime, just for a laugh. I think that might be good, yes! Will have to empty the pockets first, though.

iklboo · 26/06/2022 21:41

Don't tell anyone but I'm undercover in the Feds so I can warn of any raids coming our way. They think I joined because MN kidnapped my Fruit Shoot. Officer Balonz if you need an inside ear.

BoreOfWhabylon · 26/06/2022 21:46

NO ONE EXPECTS THE MUMSNET MAFIA!!!

Their chief weapon is fear and surprise.
Fear and surprise and the banhammer

(Fly on the wall recording of MNHQ Mod Squad springing into action follows)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj8n4MfhjUc

KvotheTheBloodless · 26/06/2022 21:49

I'm shocked that OP has rumbled us! Shock

I've often thought MN could also use our own version of the A-Team - travelling around the country in a van, helping women to LTB, telling CFs to FOTTFSOF, and dispensing justice, wisdom and lemon drizzle cake.

Warmhandscoldheart · 26/06/2022 21:53

@Sortilege

Southwold?
Good idea, we can let the crabs take care of the body

Pifflewiffle · 26/06/2022 21:59

I've often thought MN could also use our own version of the A-Team - travelling around the country in a van, helping women to LTB, telling CFs to FOTTFSOF, and dispensing justice, wisdom and lemon drizzle cake.

That would be bloody brilliant. Like a supercharged emergency service. It would obliterate any need for 999, 111, doctors, health visitors, midwives, lawyers, psychiatrists, most tradespeople, interior designers, personal stylists, marriage guidance advisers, CAB, city councils, most government departments - in fact just about the only people that would be needed would be refuse collectors and couriers. I think we’d have everything else covered.

Justthisonceharold · 26/06/2022 22:00

Geamhradh · 26/06/2022 20:59

I live in the south of Italy.
<Gazes nonchalantly at knuckles>
G'wan @TheResistance beat that one.

My neighbour was in the actual resistance. And he's still got his gun but they won't let him use it because he's in his 90s

So there

JayniSummers · 26/06/2022 22:03

Do we get a mafia uniform? Can I request black? Boden obviously and sling back sandals ?

Hawkins001 · 26/06/2022 22:05

iklboo · 26/06/2022 21:41

Don't tell anyone but I'm undercover in the Feds so I can warn of any raids coming our way. They think I joined because MN kidnapped my Fruit Shoot. Officer Balonz if you need an inside ear.

Most impressive, we always need double or triple agents for the cause.

Hawkins001 · 26/06/2022 22:06

JayniSummers · 26/06/2022 22:03

Do we get a mafia uniform? Can I request black? Boden obviously and sling back sandals ?

I'll check with inventory clerk.

BMW6 · 26/06/2022 22:10

Please can we have elasticated waistbands?

Hawkins001 · 26/06/2022 22:10

Pifflewiffle · 26/06/2022 21:59

I've often thought MN could also use our own version of the A-Team - travelling around the country in a van, helping women to LTB, telling CFs to FOTTFSOF, and dispensing justice, wisdom and lemon drizzle cake.

That would be bloody brilliant. Like a supercharged emergency service. It would obliterate any need for 999, 111, doctors, health visitors, midwives, lawyers, psychiatrists, most tradespeople, interior designers, personal stylists, marriage guidance advisers, CAB, city councils, most government departments - in fact just about the only people that would be needed would be refuse collectors and couriers. I think we’d have everything else covered.

I'll organise a training package lead by, Sergeant Major Jonas Blane.

FOJN · 26/06/2022 22:11

Tell us who grassed or you'll be sleeping with the fishes.

Pifflewiffle · 26/06/2022 22:13

Do we get a mafia uniform? Can I request black? Boden obviously and sling back sandals ?

Im fine with black and with Boden but can whatever is decided on be available in their Petite range because I’m really short . Also can I request trainers on the basis we need to be able to make a quick getaways/hasty retreats, and slingback sandals could be a major safety hazard when negotiating unlit, cobbled alleyways and other difficult terrain.

ThisMammaCat · 26/06/2022 22:14

I've got a cloak but it's purple, not great for hiding in. My dagger (polymer clay knife) is a rainbow dragon one. I'm in though, my special skills are crafting 😆

DeanStockwelll · 26/06/2022 22:25

Dashes off to raid Cludo game a swipes the dagger off colonel Mustard while he's not looking.
Presents it to @HebeMumsnet as a bribe token of respect .

Looks around to see if my partner in crime @sweetpea1535 has my back while I do mafia type stuff