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To ask what mumsnet post lives rent free in your head?

893 replies

mosiacmaker · 02/09/2023 14:20

Just for fun.

Mine is the woman who posted for advice about what to do about her husband who was talking to their cat really sensually. Not baby talk but like sensuous loving ”ooh your fur is so good my darling pussycat” and it gave her the absolute ick.

Every time I talk to my dog I remember her and chuckle. I wonder how she’s doing 😂

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TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 02/09/2023 23:12

WhereHaveAllTheMooncupsGone · 02/09/2023 23:03

The name @MrsDevere rings a bell, I don't recall any of her actual threads though.

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Billie, and Aillidh.
I think of them both often, and speak to both of their Mums.

Amybelle88 · 02/09/2023 23:12

Rainyrainyrainy · 02/09/2023 15:10

I have fucking cried at this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Mangofandangoo · 02/09/2023 23:13

Snapped and farted

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 02/09/2023 23:14

Cantfeelmyfingertips · 02/09/2023 21:38

What on earth was that one about?

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It's linked up thread, it was about clothes, expectation vs reality.

letmesailletmesail · 02/09/2023 23:15

When someone (Honeydragon?) spray painted a pigeon. It was landed on her fence whilst she was painting it.
Didn't she also Immac her baby's head (on another occasion)?
Both were brilliant.

TheDutchHouse · 02/09/2023 23:16

porridgeisbae · 02/09/2023 21:26

I know it's not lighthearted but I'm mainly into the relationships board and so- Chickencuddle. She was with a sexually evil husband. I so hope she's escaped or makes a new thread and finally gets out.

Also LittleRedToothbrush and how she got away from her husband and built a life for herself.

Also... me. Grin There were years where I thought of the thread where vipers helped me leave a wrong'un, every single day, the comments different people made. I still think of it often.

I also wonder where some old posters have gone. Probably they're here under new names- unless they've managed to break the habit of MN. Smile

LRTB here , it's been nearly fours years and I still believe I would never of managed it without all the help I received on here

GardenGuardian · 02/09/2023 23:16

The Quern- it was very silly but had me crying laughing, and I think it got deleted

There was also a parking one many years ago with wheelie bins and a giant Olaf in hi-vis…

Onethingafteranother12 · 02/09/2023 23:16

It may have only been last weekend, but the cat stuck in neighbours house with crab sticks and bathroom vent ham, wont be leaving my head anytime soon 😂

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 02/09/2023 23:17

TheLongGloriesOfTheWinterMoon · 02/09/2023 21:59

The cheese in coffee is a myth.

It was really:
Mum of toddler was worried about the toddler getting calcium if she couldn't find fresh milk.
Someone asked if the child liked cheese, because if so, it was a good source of calcium.
Someone else said "pffft, so these lockdown lovers are suggesting we put cheese in our coffee are they?"

And the myth was born. (A poster actually changed their name to cheeseincoffee which just showed they should have RTFT!)

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I'm convinced I saw the actual cheese suggestion, but I think it might be the Mandela effect.
I do remember the bonkers Easter egg threads at around the same time though.

bluebeardswife7 · 02/09/2023 23:18

grass321 · 02/09/2023 17:44

It's a bit vague but I'm sure there was a thread when a lady was (or pretended to be) very rich.

Lived in Knightsbridge or similar, had various domestic staff and seemingly fragrantly wafted around all day doing nothing. Asked a series of questions about taking her daughter for an ice cream etc and generally seemed to live in an alternative reality.

Was it Le Queen?

Nearlyspring23 · 02/09/2023 23:19

YesitsBess · 02/09/2023 21:40

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED!

OP kept hearing creepy music box music from down the garden, everyone suggested the usual (haunted Furby, neighbours doorbell etc. Because obviously this happens far more than anyone realises) and then there was a sound file and it was very creepy.

Then I think a single rose showed up in the garden, then silence for a bit, then the deletion message.

I don't know why it sticks in my head but it did.

I often think about this one too. I think it is because I was expecting some sort of resolution. Then the deletion message stating that the situation had become concerning just added more intrigue.

What was the noise and what else had happened? From memory a neighbour had heard it too an the op was going to theirs to investigate, then it was deleted.

Desiredeffect · 02/09/2023 23:19

Mine would be the one where the poster wanted advice on the children next door kept looking into her garden from there new tree house. Was a good diagram and had me laughing

BIossomtoes · 02/09/2023 23:20

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 02/09/2023 23:17

I'm convinced I saw the actual cheese suggestion, but I think it might be the Mandela effect.
I do remember the bonkers Easter egg threads at around the same time though.

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I’m pretty sure I saw it too. It’s not the kind of thing you forget.

MoreInputNeeded · 02/09/2023 23:21

Mydpisgrumpierthanyours · 02/09/2023 21:47

Can't remember what the post was about but the reply from one poster was "bashes tits on keyboard" always makes me laugh

Oh thank GOD you're here! Thank you SO much. I've been using these magic boxes for over 20 years without a CLUE what I'm doing. I remember when the demon known as the internet came into my house. you'd have been about 5 back then. I have been keeping the evil at bay with chicken legs and candles. Thank goodness you've arrived.

Back when my job involved working on these machines all day, I just bashed them with my tits and hoped for the best.

I'm not actually sure how I managed to get on here, tbh. I was dusting it one day and all this stuff appeared

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/parenting/2307274-I-am-everything-you-hate-about-people-on-the-internet-I-am-here-to-help?reply=52533449&utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share&utm_source=copylink

Page 2 | I am everything you hate about people on the internet. I am here to help. | Mumsnet

I am male, mid 20's and grew up with this technology. Wondering what something means? Wondering how to do something? Wondering how your kids did so...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/parenting/2307274-I-am-everything-you-hate-about-people-on-the-internet-I-am-here-to-help?page=2

Creamcake123 · 02/09/2023 23:21

The incredible mumsnetter who posted about fostering the tiny baby born with a drug addiction was a very moving thread. I understand the OP has since passed away but I often think about her and the (not so little anymore) baby! ❤

WhereHaveAllTheMooncupsGone · 02/09/2023 23:22

I vaguely recall something about a spray painted pigeon. Is that you Paul?

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 02/09/2023 23:24

bluebeardswife7 · 02/09/2023 23:18

Was it Le Queen?

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No, not her.
She's v real though, total liar, easily found at the time.
I forget the name of the London one, but she was a massive fantasist, not sure how real she was.

MoreInputNeeded · 02/09/2023 23:24

Cutted-up pear.

"Earlier today I demanded that my mother stop what she was doing and immediately get me a pear. She is by nature a difficult woman and she insisted on finishing her wee and washing her hands first . I explained loudly that this was unacceptable but, typically for her, my protestations only made her more stubborn. Then she moved the goalposts and decided that I could only have my pear if I said "please" (actually I worry about her in this respect - she is utterly obsessed with that word, it's not normal) so I stormed around the house for 25 minutes or so and then eventually gave in and said please (so now she'll think if she holds out long enough I'll end up saying "please" every time - made a rod for my own back there ).

Anyway, she asked me if I wanted the pear to be cut up or whole. I replied "cutted up" and the utter arse of a woman cut up my pear! I was speechless with rage! Obviously, words were not enough to express my fury so I threw the cutted up pear across the kitchen and kicked her in the shins."

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1301196-If-my-3yo-had-access-to-AIBU?msgid=27421933

BebbanburgIsMine · 02/09/2023 23:25

The Sistine Chapel
Willy Willy Willy!

The one where a poster accidentally sprayed a pigeon.

Sure there's more!

Moraxella · 02/09/2023 23:28

@LaMarschallin seconded! I’m intrigued

porridgeisbae · 02/09/2023 23:28

@TheDutchHouse lovely to hear from you. How're you keeping?

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 02/09/2023 23:28

BebbanburgIsMine · 02/09/2023 23:25

The Sistine Chapel
Willy Willy Willy!

The one where a poster accidentally sprayed a pigeon.

Sure there's more!

OMG, the pigeon!!!
Paul, is that you?

I loved that thread.

TeachesOfPeaches · 02/09/2023 23:29

Someone posted about her DH and her disagreeing about there not being enough space in the dishwasher for the colander and her DH shouted 'THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR THE COLANDER'.

And i say it to myself whenever I load the dishwasher with the colander. Even against all odds