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Something that made you properly laugh?

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dreeeamingbutawake · 13/04/2023 23:03

Me… Dh’s dad arriving at the holiday rental when it was dark, which had its own swimming pool. Us switching the lights on and coming out to him only to hear a splash and he’d fallen into the pool, suitcase and all! I still laugh a lot thinking about it years later.

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BensonStabler · 15/04/2023 02:29

PinkRiceKrispies · 14/04/2023 23:24

A thread on here a while ago about embarrassing moments.
A lady went to a hospital appointment and was very nervous. The consultant put her at ease by joking around and soon there was a lot of banter between them.
He then said to her 'Make a face ' and then turned away.
She pulled her most craziest face and when he turned back, he stuttered at her saying 'What are you doing?!' and she replied with 'Making a face like you said!'
He then roars with laughter and said 'I said, make a FIST so your bloods can be taken!'
Apparently he was laughing so much another doctor had to come in and take over!
Made me weep with laughter

i am not lying… this made me cry with laughter lol 🤣🤣🤣

pompomdaisy · 15/04/2023 02:31

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StoppinBy · 15/04/2023 02:56

I was out with a friend and at the end of the night we got some chips and sat at a table with another girl of around 25 and her friend we didn't know.

We were all a few drinks under the belt, somehow the topic came up of ages, my friend asked the girl we were sat with how old she thought she was, the girl replied 'I'm not really sure, somewhere between my Mum and my Nan's age'.

My friend was in her early 30's and the look of horror when the girl pinned as her as somewhere between 50 to 70 made me laugh my head off the whole way home.

Don't ask questions you don't want answered 🤣🤣

ShandaLear · 15/04/2023 03:29

My mums eyesight it terrible. I once sat and watched her shouting at the cat and telling him to get off her bed, except it wasn’t the cat; it was her black cardigan.

Softdough · 15/04/2023 03:33

Years ago me DH & DD arrived on holiday in Turkey around midday, room wasn't ready so we set up by the pool and changed DD into swimwear, I remained fully clothed and said to DH I would swim later once we had access to the room and I could shower/change properly. DH headed to the bar for a couple of drinks, meanwhile I saw a child who appeared to be getting into difficulty in the pool, que me fully clothed jumping into the pool to help his kid who wasn't remotely bothered and just gave me a funny look. I however looked like a drowned rat and was trying to pull myself out of a pool with jeans on with great difficulty, DH is walking back at this point with 2 cocktails in hand and just said to me 'I didn't think you were getting in the pool just yet'

WarmestRegards40 · 15/04/2023 04:24

Years ago when long denim straight skirts were a thing, 3 of us (the middle one in the skirt) were walking along and suddenly the middle one sort of flew forwards and slow motion fell face down 😂😂 she hadnt spotted a bollard which hit her between the legs and the skirt had no give so she just tipped over face first.
I nearly peed myself laughing

Trying42023 · 15/04/2023 05:41

In my 20s, I went to a village fair with some of my uni friends in one of their home towns, one of those stepping back in time, 'raising money for the church roof' affairs.

We were sat in the pub at the end of the day, and one of the resident friends was explaining to us about the fair's dog show, but that he couldn't take part as he didn't have one. So he proclaimed to the group; "Next year, I'm going to dress up as a dog and Bob (his best friend) is going to enter me".

Cue hysterical laughter at the outrage such an activity would have caused to the villagers 😂

ItisSailingTime · 15/04/2023 05:53

Just before Christmas, my Grandma was in hospital, and my mum had spent a lot of time making soft, reheatable food for her and my Grandad. My mum, sister and I went to the pub one evening while a stew was slowly cooking in the oven.

On return, after a few drinks, I helpfully tried to check on the stew, but didn't move my face put the way of the oven door. So I got a huge waft of scorching heat straight to the face, that stuck my mascara-ed eyelashes to the top of my eye socket. I looked and my sister was passing herself and my red face and stretched eyes.

My grandmother passed away a couple of days later, but she would have been in hysterics had she been there.

whatcurtains · 15/04/2023 06:56

Toddler proudly shouting to her big brother "Look at my cocks!" .... Pointing to her much loved rainbow crocs.

Our eldest telling me the that crabs have "really big nips"

SinnerBoy · 15/04/2023 07:12

Out in the hills in County Durham, a friend and me were following a motorbike, which crashed on a load of wet bark, from a forestry operation. We stopped and the guy was up the bank, with his foot pointing 90° in the wrong direction.

We scurried over and the guy moaned, "Call me an ambulance..."

My friend said, "You're an ambulance!"

The guy said, "Well, could you telephone and ask some paramedics to help me?"

We did.

SparklingChampagneAndStrawberries · 15/04/2023 07:13

This only happened yesterday. I was In Sainsbury’s and I was in the freezer section and there was a woman just down from me reaching in to get something. She wasn’t very tall (maybe 5 foot) and the items were right at the back. I watched her leaning and leaning until she fell in headfirst 😆 😆 I wasn’t sure at first if she was by herself and if DH and I were going to have to haul her out but luckily, someone (I assume her partner) came rushing over. I so wish I’d filmed it 😬

PauliesWalnuts · 15/04/2023 07:20

@ShandaLear that just really made me laugh out loud 😆 Sometimes the simple things are the funniest.

RenoDakota · 15/04/2023 07:35

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What the hell is funny about this?

Tessisme · 15/04/2023 07:47

Agree @RenoDakota. I reported it a couple of hours ago, but it's still there.

cptartapp · 15/04/2023 07:51

My mum always told a good story about my now deceased dad in the 70's, always the joker, sashaying across the social club dance floor in a velvet jacket balancing a tray of drinks at his shoulder with one hand, slipped and dropped the lot.

Ponoka7 · 15/04/2023 07:52

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How is a disabled child being kidnapped and kept in a locker funny? Do you laugh about similar things here in the UK?

Grimeduster · 15/04/2023 07:55

Last year I was in hobbycraft looking at wool and heard a faint voice saying "help. Oooh. Help please, help me please. Oh dear". I stood there for at least 5 minutes trying to figure out where it was coming from. Eventually realised a poor old lady had ventured too far down the aisle and tripped and fell backwards into a huge cardboard box full of wool. She was just laying in there all snug and cosy but completely unable to get out. I had to go and get the security guard to help and both of us had to hide our giggles while pulling her out. She was absolutely fine by the way, but seeing her lying there surrounded by soft fluffy material and resigned to her fate did make me laugh.

ClaudetteAndHerBaguette · 15/04/2023 08:10

MIL had used a battered old measuring cup for baking for ages, but when (even more of) the measurements came off, she finally admitted defeat and bought herself some digital scales.

She brought them round to our house complaining that she couldn't get them to work properly and all it was showing her was 160g and she couldn't get it to do anything else. DH took one look at it and... peeled the "160" sticker off the display...

I don't think anyone laughed more than MIL Grin

SunshineAndFizz · 15/04/2023 08:39

Mightyouandiconfabulate · 14/04/2023 07:13

Screaming in the Sistine chapel thread.

Every time I think about or re read it, cannot breath.
Best thread ever. (Snapped and farted a close 2nd)

Yes the screaming Sistine Chapel story 😂

MrsMurphyIWish · 15/04/2023 08:57

Tessisme · 14/04/2023 09:23

At a National Trust place with DP. He disappeared and I eventually found him hanging over a 2ft hedge. He was kind of swaying about with the hedge with his arms dangling over the front.

Me: Um, what are you doing DP?

DP: WTF do you think I'm doing? I'm falling over this hedge.

Then he was pissed off because I was laughing too much to help him off the hedge. He said he just turned round suddenly and lost his balance and landed on top of the hedge. Then he couldn't get a grip on anything to help him off. God, I'm laughing now🤣🤣🤣

I’m actually crying - I think it’s the response 😆

I listen to the “Two Mr P’s in a Pod” and this had me weeping:

https://www.tiktok.com/@ict_mrp/video/7187848029473361158

Olios · 15/04/2023 09:55

PinkRiceKrispies · 14/04/2023 23:24

A thread on here a while ago about embarrassing moments.
A lady went to a hospital appointment and was very nervous. The consultant put her at ease by joking around and soon there was a lot of banter between them.
He then said to her 'Make a face ' and then turned away.
She pulled her most craziest face and when he turned back, he stuttered at her saying 'What are you doing?!' and she replied with 'Making a face like you said!'
He then roars with laughter and said 'I said, make a FIST so your bloods can be taken!'
Apparently he was laughing so much another doctor had to come in and take over!
Made me weep with laughter

Oh dear that was funny I have tears in my eyes trying not to laugh and wake the baby sleeping on me. This is not the thread I should be reading right now Grin

Tessisme · 15/04/2023 09:59

PinkRiceKrispies · 14/04/2023 23:24

A thread on here a while ago about embarrassing moments.
A lady went to a hospital appointment and was very nervous. The consultant put her at ease by joking around and soon there was a lot of banter between them.
He then said to her 'Make a face ' and then turned away.
She pulled her most craziest face and when he turned back, he stuttered at her saying 'What are you doing?!' and she replied with 'Making a face like you said!'
He then roars with laughter and said 'I said, make a FIST so your bloods can be taken!'
Apparently he was laughing so much another doctor had to come in and take over!
Made me weep with laughter

Aw Jeez, I missed reading this one. Absolutely brilliant🤣🤣🤣

cloudjumper · 15/04/2023 10:04

DH was trying to explain what zombies are to DD (7yrs). Upon hearing that they are dead people who come back to life etc, she asks 'So, is Jesus a zombie?!' We laughed so much Grin

Outnumberedmummy2022 · 15/04/2023 10:33

Buying my son some crisps and the guy behind the counter asked what flavour he wanted. My son said ‘ready salted please.’ They man said ‘sorry we’re out of those’. My son replied ‘oh okay I’ll just have plain then’ oooo it tickled me..:

son again asked what’s for tea when he was about 3yo. I said ‘wraps and rice’ he ran out the kitchen screaming ‘please don’t make me eat rats and mice’
😅😅

Framilode · 15/04/2023 10:37

Hearing that Bolton Wanderers, the team my DH supports, are re-naming their stadium The Tough Sheet Stadium. My DH's face when I told him and it still makes me giggle now.