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If you could ban anything what would it be

415 replies

zaza687 · 15/07/2022 00:34

Anything you want what would it be ?

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entropynow · 15/07/2022 07:49

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 15/07/2022 07:05

People whinging about cats

Cats and their entitled owners

SavvyJenks · 15/07/2022 07:50

I'm with @Phrenologistsfinger, fuck fish, wet bastards.

Apollonia1 · 15/07/2022 07:50

Air conditioning set to freezing temperatures when it's not even warm outside.

Barking dogs waking me up. Dogs off-leads.

Smoking in public places.

ReeseWitherfork · 15/07/2022 07:54

DockOTheBay · 15/07/2022 01:50

I don't understand "surnames" as an answer, how would you distinguish between people? I know at least 6 girls/women called Hannah. Would they have a number? Or be referred to by some other characteristic?

I agree with fireworks in private gardens, wind chimes and politicians who disagree with something just because the opposition agree to it, surely there must be some issues that both parties actually agree on?!

I would add to the list: arriving an hour in advance to pick your child up from school and sitting in your car in a parking space with the engine running, filling the atmosphere with cloud of smoke just so you can't keep the air con on and your teenager doesn't have to walk 100 yards.

At university we had Psychology Ben, Fake Tan Ben, Big Gay Ben (he didn’t mind this), Farmer Ben (he was from the West Country)…. Wish I could think of more.

TrailOfAbandonedPlanners · 15/07/2022 07:57

I don’t want to ban anything. But I have a whole list of things I’d like to eliminate (not in a genocidal lunatic kind of way).

  • I’d like to eliminate housework. I’d like a self-cleaning, tidying house where all the laundry does itself - and then puts itself away.
  • I’d like to eliminate the need for transport to get places. Magic instant teleportation for all. Obviously people can still cycle and stuff because they want to. But no need to spend 2 hours in the car to get somewhere.
Which is to say, I have no realistic ideas.
RJnomore1 · 15/07/2022 07:58

HelpMeGetThrough · 15/07/2022 06:19

How do you know if someone is a chav?

Because they.....

go somewhere and they rock up. Loud, screechy and with badly behaved kids.

To be fair I know a few “middle class” families who fit that description.

RJnomore1 · 15/07/2022 07:59

I’ll just go for spiders please. And wasps as im allergic to them.

TrailOfAbandonedPlanners · 15/07/2022 08:00

At university we had Psychology Ben, Fake Tan Ben, Big Gay Ben (he didn’t mind this), Farmer Ben (he was from the West Country)…. Wish I could think of more.

I suspect this is some indication of how surnames came about in the first place. Just after the first name, rather than before. Ben Smith, Ben Taylor, Ben (who lives by the) Ash (tree), and so on. And the patronymic stuff too: Ben Peterson, Ben MacDonald. People presumably got more creative with it all over time.

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 15/07/2022 08:00

Colourful packaging on chocolates and sweets. Selling sweet products in petrol stations. In fact, refined sugar - but that would maybe be going too far.

HMSSophia · 15/07/2022 08:02

Stupidity

Ragwort · 15/07/2022 08:03

Irresponsible dog and cat owners.

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 15/07/2022 08:04

Cyclists and horses on country roads

KnittingNeedles · 15/07/2022 08:08

All Beautiful South records. Have a mass bonfire and stop the radio ever playing their twee shite again. HATE THEM.33

BorisJohnsonsHair · 15/07/2022 08:11

Private schools.
Dogs

MissusPongo · 15/07/2022 08:11

Plastic grass, drones in public places, bad parking.

MarsQueen · 15/07/2022 08:12

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Hibbiscrubber · 15/07/2022 08:13

Most HMO.
Fireworks, and the ones used in shows to be silent.
Use of devices in public without ear/headphones.
Smart motorways.
Breeding of animals, unless you're licenced and insured.
Breeding of dogs with health issues, like pugs, frenchies etc.
Fake grass.
Tax loopholes.
Wealthy politicians and expenses. We'd see how much they'd do for us plebs if they knew what it is like to live in the real world, with real struggles.

MarsQueen · 15/07/2022 08:14

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AndreaC74 · 15/07/2022 08:14

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 15/07/2022 08:04

Cyclists and horses on country roads

I'd ban cars on country roads, they were never designed for the twats that drive them.

Coastalcreeksider · 15/07/2022 08:16

Those bloody awful, noisy exhausts that dickheads seem to think make their rusty old Fiesta 1100 sound like some expensive performance car. I've news for them, it doesnt! Also the modified engines that pop and bang down the road.

Late at night it's horrendous as I'm quite close to a motorway and the dimwits roar down our main road that joins up to the motorway.

Wankers!!

TrailOfAbandonedPlanners · 15/07/2022 08:17

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Teleportation for horses too. 🤣

willowglass · 15/07/2022 08:18

Pet ownership

Reallyreallyborednow · 15/07/2022 08:20

Cross breed dogs with designer portmanteau names.

SerenadeOfTheSchoolRun · 15/07/2022 08:22

Just lighthearted and in response to someone earlier who wanted to ban cars. I know the horses were there first and always slow down and give way. Just annoying when I need to get somewhere especially if the riders don’t tuck in where they could have ;although they usually do) 🙂. I think cyclists are more annoying especially on slightly faster roads. We need to build more cycle lanes and bridle paths.

Thisbastardcomputer · 15/07/2022 08:22

The bastard who drives down our road at 5.30am on a motorbike at well over 100mph, north Lincolnshire version of the TT.

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