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To think my friend is going to hell

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:19

My friend has his own shop where everything is hand made , he makes his own products and stocks hand made products for others as a collective,

He's just text me in a panic , a little old lady came in and bought these .....

He's now worrying in case it's the grandsons xmas present

I think xmas day could be interesting in one house in the north of England 😂🙈

To think my friend is going to hell
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CaravaggiosCat · 27/10/2023 17:36

Aww, my grandmother would be mortified and my uncles would bin them if they received something like that. That sort of joke wouldn't run on my dads side and with very few on my mums.
I hope they aren't like that and she is a cool granny.
Actually, I wouldn't find it funny either lol its just not my sense of humour. Everyone is different I guess.

RubyBoozeDay · 27/10/2023 17:37

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:29

And I agree it's not funny at all . Can someone report my ageist thread please . Im busy chopping my fingers off so I can never cause offence ever again on a forum . Thank you .

Don't be like that. Your post was horribly ageist, you must realise that? Stop overreacting to constructive criticism.

ElectricMagpie · 27/10/2023 17:39

This is exactly the sort of thing my MIL would buy for DS :)

Petallove · 27/10/2023 17:39

😂😂 made me chuckle. Depends on grandsons age and her sense of humour!

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:40

I've said I'm sorry.

If I ever need to deflate my mood I'll know where to come . I'm just a little lady myself you see , I need to drink the koolaid. I'm sorry if I caused offence . It was supposed to be funny , the socks themselves aren't funny , pout my friend's description of how it happened and his subsequent giult ridden text was

Again I apologise . I'm going to leave the thread now and hide it because if I wasn't depressed before , I am now ,

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porridgeisbae · 27/10/2023 17:41

If someone effectively said by means of a gift, 'I like ur-anus' to a grandchild, that'd be kind of perverted. MNers would probably say to contact the police immediately.

Your post was horribly ageist, you must realise that? Stop overreacting to constructive criticism.

Grin
tuvamoodyson · 27/10/2023 17:41

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:29

And I agree it's not funny at all . Can someone report my ageist thread please . Im busy chopping my fingers off so I can never cause offence ever again on a forum . Thank you .

I’ve obliged…

Bromptotoo · 27/10/2023 17:43

My Mother, born 1926, would probably have got the joke.

If the OP's 'LoL' just liked the design it's not the shopkeeper's fault any more than if they'd been bought off the 'net or from a grockle shop in Scarborough - which was where Mum bought stuff for her grandkids.

Allthatwegotisthispalebluedot · 27/10/2023 17:55

Hope the little old lady gives them to her younger lover who has a nice bum, rather than her grandson though.

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:58

Yes it's the like "UR anus " bit that makes it quite niche I feel

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Dazedandmore · 27/10/2023 18:00

Isn't this socks? If yes who cares? If it's a scarf then it will be a bit tricky but I'm sure if it's for a child the parents will be able to handle it.

It's not his job to explain the joke I think so he should chill.

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 18:00

Maybe their for her husband and she's into rimming

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WeaselCheeks · 27/10/2023 18:02

Necadalooshi · 27/10/2023 16:24

My Mum bought a headscarf when she had cancer, proudly wore it all round town until she saw my sister who said, Mum, do know that the print is canabis leaf? My Mum found this hilarious, had no idea but it didn't stop her wearing it. She was a lovely mischievous woman.

My mom bought a brooch of a cannabis leaf, and was wearing it quite proudly until I told her what it was. She thought it was a maple leaf.

I mean, I don't expect her to be a botanist, but Jesus Christ, she hit young adulthood in the 1960s.

PickAChew · 27/10/2023 18:02

In that case, her grandson, if there is one, could well be an adult.

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 18:03

PickAChew · 27/10/2023 18:02

In that case, her grandson, if there is one, could well be an adult.

Yeah I'm sure he'll appreciate that his granny likes his anus , !

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Chasingsquirrels · 27/10/2023 18:05

Socks!!!
I see that now, I originally thought it was a beach towel 😳

bonzaitree · 27/10/2023 18:06

Oh no OP you said something about someone being old.

Now you’re going to Mumsnet hell! 🤣🤣🤣

DisforDarkChocolate · 27/10/2023 18:06

We still laugh at the 3.5 inch floppy jock socks my MIL bought her son, as you can tell it was a while ago.

Gnomegnomegnome · 27/10/2023 18:07

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:40

I've said I'm sorry.

If I ever need to deflate my mood I'll know where to come . I'm just a little lady myself you see , I need to drink the koolaid. I'm sorry if I caused offence . It was supposed to be funny , the socks themselves aren't funny , pout my friend's description of how it happened and his subsequent giult ridden text was

Again I apologise . I'm going to leave the thread now and hide it because if I wasn't depressed before , I am now ,

Bless you op, maybe get this deleted and post again but just say that a lady purchased them but your friend is pretty sure that she didn’t read the text?

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 18:11

bonzaitree · 27/10/2023 18:06

Oh no OP you said something about someone being old.

Now you’re going to Mumsnet hell! 🤣🤣🤣

I class myself as old . I'm in my 50s . Old / young is just a description for me , I didn't realise you can't use the term old . Some of my clothes are old. My dogs old . So I didn't know it was an "ist" .

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ItsSoStimulatingBeingYourHat · 27/10/2023 18:13

Haha! I hope she bought them for her husband/Partner/fwb!

My mum bought me this badge on a trip away because apparently it was all me (not that she’s biased! 😉)
I asked if she meant that? She said yes of course!
”But it says cunt, mum!”
😂
She hadn’t even noticed and she’s a bit of a sweary grandma!

To think my friend is going to hell
Gymnopedie · 27/10/2023 18:15

When I was 13, so my mother would have been 39, 'Santa' brought me a Playboy bunny apron. I swear mum just thought it was an apron with a rabbit on it and I never disillusioned her.

(No I didn't believe in Santa when I was 13, but younger sibs did so Santa brought things for all of us.)

ThreeRingCircus · 27/10/2023 18:15

Ahh this thread made me smile. I hope she didn't read them properly so didn't get the joke and a grandson somewhere has a funny story to tell in years to come.

MaggieBsBoat · 27/10/2023 18:16

Being a senior citizen doesn’t automatically make you either a simpleton or unaware of jokes.
Jesus bloody wept.
Your friend really needs to mix with a wider range of people!! And you @capabilityfrowns need to check your ageism.

cortex10 · 27/10/2023 18:19

DM, who I never heard swear in her entire life, bought a badge for DS aged 4 that said 'For fox sake ban hunting' - she hadn't got her glasses when she bought it and said 'it has a lovely picture of a fox on it so I thought he'd like it'. Not sure she ever got it.