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What's the most bonkers thread you've read on here?

509 replies

passioninthisworld · 17/06/2023 15:58

I've been on Mumsnet for around 10 years now, I have read some crazy threads.

I'm lying in bed hungover and looking for some stories to brighten up my shameful Saturday afternoon.

If anyone wants to share it would be greatly appreciated Grin

OP posts:
Zone2NorthLondon · 18/06/2023 00:02

jesusjoan · 17/06/2023 23:37

Can't remember if this was a troll or not but the one last year when a woman set up spy cameras because her tradesman was bonking a married woman he sneaked into her house while she was at work but was charging OP by the hour for the work.

Yes I recall that, I’m a bit shady on the details but the builder was clients gaff for a tryst

Hawkins0001 · 18/06/2023 00:03

808Kate1 · 18/06/2023 00:00

@Hawkins0001 the bison chemtrails poster? haven't seen her on here for a while!

Yea, I believe I've read other posters say that that person was the op of those threads too, I mainly catch the water serpents when they pop up,

newrubylane · 18/06/2023 00:05

Beeinalily · 17/06/2023 16:22

Can't remember all the details, but it started with a DH throwing wine at the wall, and there was a Sharon involved. What I CAN remember is lying in bed with the giggles and trying not to wake up the whole house!

As I am doing right now having clicked on the link to it 🤣

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 18/06/2023 00:06

Then realised that a photo I took of my dog yesterday looks EXACTLY like one of the 'me now' photos they always show at the end of the article in which Barb from Hull got fleeced out of her savings by her Tunisian toyboy Ahmed.

Grin Grin Grin

That has just made my evening!!

Wasnt there a thread when someone shouted "Willie's, Willie's Willie's" at someone else???

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1270796-To-have-reported-this-builder-to-his-company

FromDespairToHere · 18/06/2023 00:06

I'm sure there was one where someone pissed on their office chair at work?

A recent one that made me laugh was the woman who was outraged that her DH considered a bowl of rice crispies to be a suitable breakfast for their DC. She said they were being given puffs of air or some such nonsense!

Somethingneedstochange78 · 18/06/2023 00:07

I would rather just wear my socks than slippers fuck knows how many people have worn.😂😂😂

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 18/06/2023 00:08

Ah, thanks, Ormally.

I'm cringeing so badly for them - utterly shameless!!

Zone2NorthLondon · 18/06/2023 00:19

Was there a date gone badly in London zoo,live mn updates on what a culchie he was
Folk began to congregate and rubberneck to see this unfold in real time and gawp at the mismatched couple - posting updates

TheaBrandt · 18/06/2023 00:28

There was one poster who was adamant that none of her NT children had ever gone anywhere unaccompanied by an adult until they were 18. A few posters questioned this but she held firm that this was indeed the case. I have teens now and that blows my mind I hope it was bollocks or those poor stifled kids never hanging out with mates without mummy popping her head over the nearest hedge.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 18/06/2023 01:23

This one really made me laugh. It popped up as trending but was a zombie (which I didn't notice). I'm glad I saw it, though! I'd be interested in an update!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4289167-My-glasses-upset-the-dog?reply=121740809

SandandSky · 18/06/2023 01:28

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 18/06/2023 00:06

Then realised that a photo I took of my dog yesterday looks EXACTLY like one of the 'me now' photos they always show at the end of the article in which Barb from Hull got fleeced out of her savings by her Tunisian toyboy Ahmed.

Grin Grin Grin

That has just made my evening!!

Wasnt there a thread when someone shouted "Willie's, Willie's Willie's" at someone else???

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1270796-To-have-reported-this-builder-to-his-company

Thank you so much for the link to “Willy, Willy, Willy” - it’s fantastic 😂😂😂

Threelionsandalioness · 18/06/2023 01:35

The mourning of reality vs expectation or something very similar.
Absolutely hilarious,made my face hurt from laughing so much !
I'm hoping it's in classics ...it should be xxx

Chocolatesandroses · 18/06/2023 01:42

Lol this is very funny , one of the best ones I have read so far

JennyJenny8675309 · 18/06/2023 02:48

What the fuck did I just read? Bonkers thread.

LifeIsPainHighness · 18/06/2023 02:49

The thread where the OP was meant to be going to the Scottish highlands from Leeds for her brother’s child-free wedding but her babysitter got COVID the day before. Her brother refused to allow the kids to come. OP had I think a broken foot so couldn’t drive and I think the train would mean an overnight connection. Her DH could have driven but it would meant upgrading to a family room as they’d have to take the kids and would cost another few hundred £££ and then she’d be on her own.

The responses were quite honestly totally batshit - OP was a total bitch, she should do WHATEVER IT TAKES to get there, she should get a plane, hike, get a lift, stay in 400 hotels on the way etc, leave her kids in the hotel room bored and excluded because (Peggy Mitchell voice) faaaaamily is the most important thing. She wasn’t making enough effort etc and when she mentioned they were having money issues and going on train, staying in a hotel between connections then taxi, etc would cost another £500 I think posters said “just spend the £500 it’s your BROTHER”. Poor OP didn’t have £500 spare! It was honestly mental and just goes to show how many people’s agenda is not to give advice but to desperately can an OP when they’re down.

evtheria · 18/06/2023 03:21

EmeraldPanda · 17/06/2023 17:57

The penis beaker - that was my introduction to Mumsnet 😂

Same. What a way to draw me in!

Catsmere · 18/06/2023 03:31

Itsallaloadofbollocks · 17/06/2023 16:24

Dave the millipede

I was hoping someone would mention Dave! Not bonkers so much but hilarious.

PinkShoelacesAndAPolkaDotVest · 18/06/2023 06:42

I haven’t read the while thread so don’t know if anyone has mentioned the relatively recent thread about the wolves swimming across the ‘river’ from ‘landlocked’ Belgium to the UK.

Also the poster and her partner were killing invasive species of crayfish one reservoir at a time by filtering the water surreptitiously.

It was an utter wind up but it was hilarious.

LucyLongbody · 18/06/2023 06:42

If I recall, on the Canadian one, the OP was a bit of an arse and another poster was trying to help.
The OP said something like 'Have you ever even been to Canada?'
Helpful person said 'I am Canadian!'
Can't remember what happened after that.

Expectation V Reality is hilarious with Suzie Quatros nan, Cypriot goat herder and fat match.

LucyLongbody · 18/06/2023 06:49

I found Your Minge on another thread, enjoy:

this has been on here before but it is my most shamefilled moment and i burn red thinking about it...
32 weeks pregnant with dc3 we went swimming, i had put my tankini on at home so i could see if i had a bad bikini line hanging out the bottom of my bottoms.
we went to the baths,dp got dd2 changed and gave me the armbands and rubber ring to 'sort' and so i just took my out door clothes off and 'met them on poolside' i was dutifully inflating the barbie rubber ring\armbands when dp started advancing down the side of the pool mouthing frantically 'wtf are you doing i can see your minge' i was puffing up the inflatables glaring at him as he gestured and mouthed 'your minge,i can see your minge' i looked on the little chair by the poolside and there,neatly folded,underneath the rubber ring were my tankini bottoms.
i don't know why i took them off,but i was stood inflating shit,by the pool while 'family swim' went on beside me.

QueenOfThorns · 18/06/2023 08:02

’Sex lube and a fish slice’, which I believe was someone’s succinct advice for getting a stuck pancake off a kitchen ceiling. I can’t find the thread, though

FatCatBum · 18/06/2023 08:11

YouLittlePlonka · 17/06/2023 16:48

The whole snapped and farted thing and the way everyone jumped on board making it into a huge thing was pathetic. It really wasn't that funny 😐

I agree, I just can't understand why anyone thought it was funny!

FatCatBum · 18/06/2023 08:22

getyourfucksinarow · 17/06/2023 18:20

I've been here for nearly 20 years. There have been many, but one that sticks in my mind involved an OP who was stranded on her worktop because her husband had gone to work and she couldn't get down. She then said she was ill because nobody was very sympathetic to her plight, and all of a sudden her mum was there and she had a doctor's appointment and was diagnosed with flu, all within the space of about 2 hours. I think the OP was called UpsideUp, but the only thread that's in AS under that name is one about whether a slug could have moved a glass which she put on top of it.

Oh I loved this one! The level of entitled rage that her husband had dared go to work was amazing