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AIBU?

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Give advice to the poster above you, wrong answers only

654 replies

TerfQueen · 20/10/2022 10:37

Inspired by so many posts here lately where the replies are utterly batshit and wildly presumptive, give the poster above your terrible advice!

Extra bonus points if you can turn their question / AIBU into a personal attack, whilst deriving totally speculative presumptions from the little they’ve wrote.

I’ll go first.

My next door neighbour would like to plant some flowers along our boundary line, AIBU to let him plant the flowers? Husband says he prefers the neat lawn without flowers along the edging

OP posts:
Limosella · 04/11/2022 20:46

Futuristik · 04/11/2022 20:34

@Wauden and @cruchieaddict that was my other set of twins thanks and we found the boy was not DHs the girl was but we found it unethical to split them so we sent them both to an orphanage in Vietnam. Thanks for prying into my business though. Can't start a bloody thread around here before people go back and delve into your post history and tell you what your MIL ate for breakfast in 1997. I'm actually really tearful.

What did your MIL eat for breakfast in 1997 and was it delicious. I'm getting rather bored of my foraged diet and fancy something a bit different and tasty. If I see another wizened bilberry I may have the screaming ab-dabs. I can tell you that porridge made with dried and ground up hop leaves is not very nice at all either

Isthisforeal · 04/11/2022 20:52

Futuristik · 04/11/2022 20:31

Possibly the rest is an hallucination and youre actually tucked up in your bed in Somerset while your family pad around and whisper worriedly about you downstairs, cupping mugs of steaming hot tea. By Amy chance, your GP offer you a prescription you had to pay him for? This may be tampered with due to his Venezuelan side hustle perhaps. Worth investigating imo.

I see how I caused you to be confused, sorry, there is no GP, it's all GM (Grumpy man).
This is not an hallucination, I can send proof. Oh, he's feeding his chickens now. He really is quite good looking.
How's Somerset at this time of year? How are the men there? I've done most of South America, maybe a change of scene is what I need.

Isthisforeal · 04/11/2022 21:05

@Limosella are you able to travel? I can put you in touch with my ex, I need to get him off my hair and you sound like his kinda gal, spunky and wild. His Italian mother cooks all the meals, it's nice, if a little fattening. It might be just what you need? Never been to Wales but I'm sure Caracas has better weather. Let me know if you are interested.

Wauden · 04/11/2022 21:42

Futuristik · 04/11/2022 20:31

Possibly the rest is an hallucination and youre actually tucked up in your bed in Somerset while your family pad around and whisper worriedly about you downstairs, cupping mugs of steaming hot tea. By Amy chance, your GP offer you a prescription you had to pay him for? This may be tampered with due to his Venezuelan side hustle perhaps. Worth investigating imo.

@FuturistikIt wasn't Amy, because I saw her earlier today.

Futuristik · 04/11/2022 21:50

Isthisforeal · 04/11/2022 20:52

I see how I caused you to be confused, sorry, there is no GP, it's all GM (Grumpy man).
This is not an hallucination, I can send proof. Oh, he's feeding his chickens now. He really is quite good looking.
How's Somerset at this time of year? How are the men there? I've done most of South America, maybe a change of scene is what I need.

The answer is always Rwanda. Keep up hun xx

Limosella · 04/11/2022 22:42

Isthisforeal · 04/11/2022 21:05

@Limosella are you able to travel? I can put you in touch with my ex, I need to get him off my hair and you sound like his kinda gal, spunky and wild. His Italian mother cooks all the meals, it's nice, if a little fattening. It might be just what you need? Never been to Wales but I'm sure Caracas has better weather. Let me know if you are interested.

I have a troupe of performing canaries rescued from 'down pit'. I would be very loathe to leave them. They're sweet little things and their chirped renditions of Bread of Heaven and Land of my Fathers are very popular and have reduced many an ex-miner to tears.

It's a cold 'un tonight on the mountain, frost is lying thick on the Twmp. I may have to break out my woolly winter drawers soon.

justgotosleepffs · 04/11/2022 22:48

CoalCraft · 20/10/2022 11:29

I'd like some advice please.

My husband and his friends gather at our house about once a week to play a board game. The problem is that they play in the dining room, making the table unusable, so I and they have to eat lunch on our laps in the living room. Aibu to insist the table be cleared for meals despite this disrupting their game, or should I just lump it?

Why not eat your lunch in the conservatory or orangerie instead? Or could you convert part of the billiards room into a cosy dining area?

justgotosleepffs · 04/11/2022 22:51

Birdy1066 · 27/10/2022 00:19

Name change for me on this one - first time poster - so be gentle - expect to get flamed but I’m prepared for it as I know what a bunch of psychopathic hussies are out there reading this ( at least that’s what my doctor in my current asylum Futuristik tells me ) my question is this. My mother in law insists on using Pears Soap but is insisting on using the green bar and not the brown bar, do you think this is normal behaviour for a decrepit vindictive fascist old slag ?

You have my sympathy, OP. Your MIL sounds really toxic and controlling. I hope you're not letting her have any unsupervised contact with yiur DCs

Isthisforeal · 04/11/2022 23:00

Limosella · 04/11/2022 22:42

I have a troupe of performing canaries rescued from 'down pit'. I would be very loathe to leave them. They're sweet little things and their chirped renditions of Bread of Heaven and Land of my Fathers are very popular and have reduced many an ex-miner to tears.

It's a cold 'un tonight on the mountain, frost is lying thick on the Twmp. I may have to break out my woolly winter drawers soon.

No worries, I get it, I'll call with my old friend Candida Bactrim Levaquin, she's always ready for an adventure.
Your little birds sound absolutely charming, what are their names?

Hope the moths didn't get to your wollies, OP. I couldn't cope with all that, I always sleep au naturel on banana leaves.

Futuristik · 05/11/2022 03:49

justgotosleepffs · 04/11/2022 22:51

You have my sympathy, OP. Your MIL sounds really toxic and controlling. I hope you're not letting her have any unsupervised contact with yiur DCs

Rtft MIL is long dead and you're giving advice to a lunatic.

RoundedToast · 05/11/2022 09:04

Wauden · 04/11/2022 21:42

@FuturistikIt wasn't Amy, because I saw her earlier today.

Where was she & what was she doing?

I hope you logged it with 101 immediately?

Limosella · 05/11/2022 12:59

Isthisforeal · 04/11/2022 23:00

No worries, I get it, I'll call with my old friend Candida Bactrim Levaquin, she's always ready for an adventure.
Your little birds sound absolutely charming, what are their names?

Hope the moths didn't get to your wollies, OP. I couldn't cope with all that, I always sleep au naturel on banana leaves.

My current canary troupe are Blodwyn, Bryn, Dai and Ifor. I had Gwynneth until recently but she was taken and eaten by a passing red kite. Nature in the raw, circle of life and all that.

Hurrumph stealth boasting about banana leaves when all some of us have is mattresses stuffed with heather and thistle leaves. Speaking of which any tips on easy removal of thistle spines from the nether regions?

Isthisforeal · 05/11/2022 13:19

Such lovely, evocative names!@Limosella As for the thistle spines, surely you could train Blodwyn, Bryn, Dai and Ifor to pick them out for you?
The mental picture is a little disturbing but necessity is the mother of ingenuity, is it not?
So sorry about Gwynneth Flowers

Circling back to Moi, I feel really shocked and saddened at the invalidation of my experiences on here! Not very supportive, is it? Should I make a move on the GM or should await for rescue and take a chance in Somerset?

Limosella · 05/11/2022 13:32

A good plan Isthisforeal. Canary beaks are long and thin so should reach every little crease and cranny.

Re GM, a skirt made of banana leaves could be a good outfit to wear when attracting his attention. The Somerset levels are very wet and flat this time of year. You risk trench foot if you choose to live there. Good for cranberries to eat though and cotton grass can be woven into a multitude of delightful outfits

Isthisforeal · 05/11/2022 13:56

@Limosella TMI I'm afraid, but good luck all the same.

re. GM: thanks for the suggestion, I was thinking, instead of the leaves, maybe just the bananas?

Isthisforeal · 05/11/2022 14:02

@Somerset sounds rough.

Doesn't anyone want some good old fashioned bonker advice anymore?
Where is everybody?
@1000yellowdaisies @AdoraBell @AnApparitionQuipped @Arnies @Asking22 @TerfQueen @1000yellowdaisies @2ndMrsdeWinter @BEAM123 @Batiqueattic @BigUpAllOfUshereOnMN @Birdy1066 @Bubblepunk @ChazsBrilliantAttitude @DebussytoaDiscoBeat @GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok @nzborn @multicolouredblouse @iklboo @fruitbrewhaha @bigbushes etc.

Bubblepunk · 05/11/2022 14:05

@Limosella Any tips on how to remove woad stains from the skin?

Cheesegrater, obviously 🙄

Limosella · 05/11/2022 14:26

Isthisforeal · 05/11/2022 13:56

@Limosella TMI I'm afraid, but good luck all the same.

re. GM: thanks for the suggestion, I was thinking, instead of the leaves, maybe just the bananas?

Ah yes, Josephine Baker. Now she was a wild sort. How is your dancing and singing? I'm sure GM will go mad with desire for you

Limosella · 05/11/2022 14:30

Isthisforeal · 05/11/2022 14:02

@Somerset sounds rough.

Doesn't anyone want some good old fashioned bonker advice anymore?
Where is everybody?
@1000yellowdaisies @AdoraBell @AnApparitionQuipped @Arnies @Asking22 @TerfQueen @1000yellowdaisies @2ndMrsdeWinter @BEAM123 @Batiqueattic @BigUpAllOfUshereOnMN @Birdy1066 @Bubblepunk @ChazsBrilliantAttitude @DebussytoaDiscoBeat @GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok @nzborn @multicolouredblouse @iklboo @fruitbrewhaha @bigbushes etc.

Who are all these people mentioned? Have I found a MN inner gang? How very exciting, I've read about those on MN but thought they had been stamped out. Are you the Reddit crew maybe?

Isthisforeal · 05/11/2022 14:47

@Limosella I can't even understand how reddit works or find anything on it so, no.
Just missing the fun of 1/2 weeks ago, so, what I did is I typed @ then @a, then @b to tag everyone that was coming up, every poster that has played on this thread. Obviously I got bored at the second letter of the alphabet and gave up. Plus not sure we are 'allowed'.
You've hurt my feelings.

WheelofLife · 05/11/2022 15:01

Isthisforeal · 05/11/2022 14:47

@Limosella I can't even understand how reddit works or find anything on it so, no.
Just missing the fun of 1/2 weeks ago, so, what I did is I typed @ then @a, then @b to tag everyone that was coming up, every poster that has played on this thread. Obviously I got bored at the second letter of the alphabet and gave up. Plus not sure we are 'allowed'.
You've hurt my feelings.

You’ve hurt MY feelings. Do you often discriminate against the posters whose names start with ‘W’? I actually identify as an ‘A’ name. This is literal violence. 😛

Can anyone recommend a good therapist?

Limosella · 05/11/2022 15:37

And here was I thinking I had finally found the famed MumsNet royalty people write about. I was busy googling coronets ready for my investiture or whatever it's called. There have been references made to Swishy Haired Kate. Are you she Isthisforeal

Limosella · 05/11/2022 15:40

WheelofLife · 05/11/2022 15:01

You’ve hurt MY feelings. Do you often discriminate against the posters whose names start with ‘W’? I actually identify as an ‘A’ name. This is literal violence. 😛

Can anyone recommend a good therapist?

You need the skills of Futuristik she practises a tough love sort of therapy I understand

Asking22 · 05/11/2022 16:13

Isthisforeal · 05/11/2022 14:02

@Somerset sounds rough.

Doesn't anyone want some good old fashioned bonker advice anymore?
Where is everybody?
@1000yellowdaisies @AdoraBell @AnApparitionQuipped @Arnies @Asking22 @TerfQueen @1000yellowdaisies @2ndMrsdeWinter @BEAM123 @Batiqueattic @BigUpAllOfUshereOnMN @Birdy1066 @Bubblepunk @ChazsBrilliantAttitude @DebussytoaDiscoBeat @GerronBuzanDoThaWomwok @nzborn @multicolouredblouse @iklboo @fruitbrewhaha @bigbushes etc.

Hun, I have Covid OK and trying to keep my shit together.

But since you asked, I have a recurring unruly hair on my chin. WTF should I do, I'm too young for this shit 😩

Futuristik · 05/11/2022 16:15

WheelofLife · 05/11/2022 15:01

You’ve hurt MY feelings. Do you often discriminate against the posters whose names start with ‘W’? I actually identify as an ‘A’ name. This is literal violence. 😛

Can anyone recommend a good therapist?

Feelings are impulses for inferior beings who have not yet mastered the Thread of Life and the supreme knowledge that one is always Alone.

Over the course of my life I have been many things to many people. An insightful and empathetic psychiatric professional, a caring and inspirational plastic surgeon, a brilliant, daring and nuanced Amazon Relic Discoverer, a wise and rich leader of a Discussion Group, and much more, as a rich tapestry of talent, tact and transformation.

But now I have taken the stunning and brave step of declaring that I have never been a human at all, and to declare ourselves by our human labels and titles is no more than deceiving ourselves and the little ones we are called on to protect and nurture.

I now identify as a shimmering sparkle on the rays of the infinite. I am but a tiny fractal, so seemingly insignificant but the building block of the Universe.

Inside you, I see much more Capability than identifying with the letter W. You're right, the actions against you were Literal Violence but now you are safe and protected from ignorance in all its forms.

I will not ask you for money because India where I now reside has a richness and abundance of Abundance and Richness. I am far beyond money, which does not exist. However, as you reach inside your soul you must also delve into the depths of your wallet, which signifies illusion, and give it all to me. Money is illusion. Give me all your illusion and I shall enlighten you.

Your deep desire for an A name signifies you want me to rename you. Consider the following and see which resonates in the pits of your wallet and soul:

  • Atom
  • Atari
  • Avarice (ironically self flagellating)
  • Air
  • Alpha

Namaste 🙏
Shimmering Sparkle

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