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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
OP posts:
Raisinganiguana · 27/10/2023 19:23

I know you feel oh so funny and your friend is probably dining out on this (and I doubt it’s actually true) but I do think it’s gross. Chortling that a woman in her 70’s doesn’t know what an anus is and bought it innocently for her grandson who likes planets? This kind of stupid horseshit is why certain industries have no older people working. As soon as they head towards 60 they’re just perceived as ‘doddery’ and past it.

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 19:23

@Moominy

Trouble is, ageist comments aren't funny. Pointing that out doesn't make someone a 'bore'.

Quietisgood · 27/10/2023 19:24

Mn is fucking mental at times! Sorry OP that you are getting such a hard time for what is obviously a lighthearted post ; do people seriously not understand that this genuinely could just be a humorous and very inappropriate error on the customers part- yes, of course older people understand sex and innuendo, but its quite unlikely that an older female would want to make an anus joke to someone, much more likely that she just saw the planet and thought they'd be great for the space-loving grandchild without properly reading?!! I don't think it's ageist to say that my nan's eyesight is not as sharp in her 80s, and she's got form for this sort of thing. She once gave someone in the family a beach towel that read something like "fancy a shag?" She hadn't even noticed the lettering, she just thought they would like the colours and pattern! We all thought it was funny! We didn't tell my nan, as she would have been mortified, as it was inappropriate as a gift to a relative, not because she doesn't know now what it means🙄
and PPs reporting the post to admin, and talking about trading standards getting involved as the socks are not homemade -ffs, unbelievable! lighten up! 😂

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 19:24

Raisinganiguana · 27/10/2023 19:23

I know you feel oh so funny and your friend is probably dining out on this (and I doubt it’s actually true) but I do think it’s gross. Chortling that a woman in her 70’s doesn’t know what an anus is and bought it innocently for her grandson who likes planets? This kind of stupid horseshit is why certain industries have no older people working. As soon as they head towards 60 they’re just perceived as ‘doddery’ and past it.

Yes exactly.

Masking as humour, is propagating societal myths about older people, women in particular.

adjacenttoquiteafewspheres · 27/10/2023 19:24

Why's he texting in a panic and having a cold sweat, I don't get it?

Moominy · 27/10/2023 19:25

@EarringsandLipstick bore off 😉

porridgeisbae · 27/10/2023 19:25

I can totally see that someone might exist who would buy this by mistake. And no matter how much we might want to deny it, people's cognitive function can decline with age- it comes to us all to an extent.

Some people aren't worldly either. My mum answered a personal ad once for a bloke 'looking for a dominant woman.' She thought it meant the guy was after a woman with a strong personality or something. He had to explain to her that that wasn't quite what he had in mind. Grin

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 19:25

but its quite unlikely that an older female would want to make an anus joke to someone,

Why? Why is it any more likely than another member of the population?

That's ageism right there.

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 19:26

Moominy · 27/10/2023 19:25

@EarringsandLipstick bore off 😉

Aren't you lovely.

Duckingella · 27/10/2023 19:26

Out of interest does your friend have an online shop???

Busydayahead · 27/10/2023 19:27

😂i hope you haven't cut off your fingers OP. Gave me a laugh with the socks. Sorry you are getting a hard time. It was meant to be light hearted and some posters can see the funny side including me.

I am old and I miss the old times where you can have a joke, laugh, have a sense of humour. No harm intended without being accused of ageism, being rude, attitude, etc. I am old. Who cares if someone calls me a old. Worse things to be called.

Back in the nineties, I looked after a lady in her late 90's. She was on my ward in the hospital I worked in. The stories she told us was hilarious. She knew how to live. She was a typical east end Londoner, full of energy, life and soul, full of laughs and got up to things that wouldn't seem possible. She always said, I was young once, dont waste it.

Duckingella · 27/10/2023 19:27

welcometothnuthouse · 27/10/2023 16:57

Why do some people think older people are so naive? I doubt there are many Victorian thinking peeps alive. But even Vic and Al apparently had their moments.
My in laws [in their 80's] enjoyed 'Lady Chatterley's lover' when they saw it on dvd a few years back. Apparently it reminded them of their own outdoor adventures, when they were young!😆

Are your in laws my grandparents?

It's definitely the sort of thing my nan would come out with!

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 19:28

Who cares if someone calls me a old. Worse things to be called.

Of course it's fine to call someone old! It's conflating it with being unable to get a joke, or fitting a certain stereotype, that's the issue.

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 19:30

They do sell online yes . But I think if I were to link I'd get done .

It's called "our handmade collective " in Leeds if you google you'll find .

Sorry hq if not allowed and just delete the post

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porridgeisbae · 27/10/2023 19:32

Old is better than the alternative.

Maireas · 27/10/2023 19:34

RubyBoozeDay · 27/10/2023 16:51

If your little old lady is in her 80's or even 90's, I'm sure she understand the joke.

This. It's really very clear!
She probably thinks it's very funny and an amusing gift! He shouldn't worry.

RubyBoozeDay · 27/10/2023 19:34

Well if nothing else, you've managed a stealth ad for your friend's shop so hopefully a lot of us old grannies can buy some lewd socks for our grandchildren, ready for Christmas.

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 27/10/2023 19:35

Your friend is being earthist too.

Maireas · 27/10/2023 19:36

EarringsandLipstick · 27/10/2023 19:28

Who cares if someone calls me a old. Worse things to be called.

Of course it's fine to call someone old! It's conflating it with being unable to get a joke, or fitting a certain stereotype, that's the issue.

Being so silly as to not get that joke - they've even hyphenated the word to make it more obvious! Of course she knows.

NannyGythaOgg · 27/10/2023 19:40

Visiting an old peoples' home 10 years or so ago I got stopped by a lady. She first asked me to give her (toy) dog a biscuit. I gave her one, which she quickly took off me adding, whilst munching it, 'are you stupid? he's a toy'
She then told me 'I bet you didn't know I used to wear American knickers during the war' (err no!). 'Yeah - One yank and they were off' at which point a grinning member of staff rescued me.

Busydayahead · 27/10/2023 19:41

NannyGythaOgg · 27/10/2023 19:40

Visiting an old peoples' home 10 years or so ago I got stopped by a lady. She first asked me to give her (toy) dog a biscuit. I gave her one, which she quickly took off me adding, whilst munching it, 'are you stupid? he's a toy'
She then told me 'I bet you didn't know I used to wear American knickers during the war' (err no!). 'Yeah - One yank and they were off' at which point a grinning member of staff rescued me.

😂😂

LaMarschallin · 27/10/2023 19:45

Maireas
Of course she knows.

Quite.

And, despite the OP's sophisticated <cough> knowledge of types of anal play, it's unlikely to make anyone think of pegging/rimming/butt plugs etc
It's just a very old, very childish joke that even Ron should have been ashamed of making to Harry at his age.
No evidence that the socks were for a grandson, just the OP's friend's sudden idea and panicky text.
Bit of a failed attempt at Classics, perhaps.

Original poster
capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 19:45

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 27/10/2023 19:35

Your friend is being earthist too.

😂???

OP posts:
Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 27/10/2023 19:45

Your title is making presumptions about religious beliefs which as a non 'hell' believer, I am finding offensive.

Your friend is privileged to run their own business, perhaps a little tone deaf during this cost of living crisis?

Also as this forum is online it isn't inclusive to those who do not have Internet access, which is discrimatory and gives cause for it to be shut down.

Welcome to MN OP.

adjacenttoquiteafewspheres · 27/10/2023 19:46

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 19:30

They do sell online yes . But I think if I were to link I'd get done .

It's called "our handmade collective " in Leeds if you google you'll find .

Sorry hq if not allowed and just delete the post

You think you'd 'get done'?

All this hyperbole. It's exhausting me.