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Aibu to point out that 'Mumsnet' is currently trending on Twitter/X because a labour MP has (rather comically) reported it to the police?

731 replies

Disco50 · 21/12/2023 20:37

Dawn Butler has reported Mumsnet as a whole to the police, for talking to each other and Having Views she does not like.
Mumsnet is currently trending on Twitter.
What rebels we are, having views.

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AutumnCrow · 23/12/2023 05:04

I’m waiting for the dawn raid. (See what I did there?) Haven’t had a good old hammering at the door for a few years. 👀

DifficultBloodyWoman · 23/12/2023 06:04

dunBle · 22/12/2023 15:21

Much as I love Ben Cooper, his specialism's Equality Law isn't it? We'd need a criminal barrister, surely?

Allison Bailey could help - she specializes in criminal law.

But first we need to be told which law we have broken….

nothingcomestonothing · 23/12/2023 06:13

DragonMama3 · 22/12/2023 22:58

I'd wager the Met's having more pressing issues on Black Eye Friday!

Harassing women for having wrong thoughts is quite high on the agenda for UK police forces though...

Waitwhat23 · 23/12/2023 09:15

nothingcomestonothing · 23/12/2023 06:13

Harassing women for having wrong thoughts is quite high on the agenda for UK police forces though...

True...

Aibu to point out that 'Mumsnet' is currently trending on Twitter/X because a labour MP has (rather comically) reported it to the police?
MidWineCent · 23/12/2023 10:49

Catching up.

"Sometimes [the drain is] at the bottom at the back of the inside of the fridge or it may be different depending on model"

But where does this drain lead to? Where does the water go?

This thread has been very informative, thank you @op!

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 23/12/2023 11:11

The drain goes down the back to a little evaporation tray.

Itsalmostherenow · 23/12/2023 12:53

ResisterRex · 22/12/2023 10:58

So Strong

https://x.com/femsocialist/status/1216063919485222912?s=46&t=WHoOZ_3Kv5G6-FyQuvE0LQ

Babies born without a sex

https://x.com/andrewdoylecom/status/1229691214292832256?s=46&t=WHoOZZ_3Kv5G6-FyQuvE0LQ

Giraffes...

www.thepinknews.com/2019/10/28/dawn-butler-gay-giraffes-jeremy-corbyn-lachlan-stuart-lgbt-alliance/

"Butler, Labour’s shadow women and equalities secretary, said that people think children can be “taught to be gay” but that “giraffes are gay… you cannot teach it”.

“If you can teach gayness, who speaks giraffe?” she said at the PinkNews Awards on October 16."

Oh dear

Winnading · 23/12/2023 12:55

PyongyangKipperbang · 22/12/2023 00:49

Oh a thought ...... can we chuck anyone who pronounces Flan as Flahhhhhn (in the American way) into Penisbeaker?

On t'other thread I mentioned one tunnel should be called felix, <<<<takes a bow>>>> and another poster pointed out it would go round in circles, never in fact getting anyplace.
So we can chuck flahhhhhhn people and those who dont know the difference between the egg based foodstuffs into felix and be done with them. Along with felix.

CampsieGlamper · 23/12/2023 14:17

If we eat too much porridge will be give birth to a Dawn?

pronounsbundlebundle · 23/12/2023 15:51

Names for the tunnels that aren't decoys: 'Joanne' (or JK), 'Allison', 'Kellie-Jay' or 'Posie' and 'Maya'.

Kellie-Jay's will be the one that is the most direct route.

JK's will be the one where we can all imagine we're actually using the secret tunnels at Hogwarts.

I'm feeling quite disappointed that we're not all in the clink together at this point, it sounded like much more fun and a lot less tiring than doing Christmas for everyone. The menopause (and iron deficiency) leads to me needing to sit down a lot, so it sounded amazing.

However, I have had an idea for the telly for a new Christmas Comedy Special - it's called 'the Crack of Dawn' and involves Dawn Butler being asked sensible questions and recording her answers. You could also record the reactions of normal people to her answers too. So many gems upthread, it'd be so funny.

And I am living in hope for an eventual @glinner penned sitcom about all the Mumsnetters getting arrested for wrongthink at Christmas.

pronounsbundlebundle · 23/12/2023 15:59

Oh and 'Maya' is the tunnel where we hide all the legal books we've smuggled in to mount our own defence.

Defence arguments will include 'I only went on Mumsnet for a recipe for a crustless quiche' and 'I thought women were allowed to have and voice opinions in the not quite 100 years since we got the vote on the same terms as men'.

Winnading · 23/12/2023 16:36

ghostyslovesheets · 22/12/2023 14:41

Which is the best flavour of cake to hide a file in asking for a friend.

I mean lemon drizzle loaf thing is the right kind of shape?

But I do know someone here hates lemon drizzle, not mentioning any names like (because I cant remember if it was boiled or not)

Or go buy a massive cake from Costco? Can get more than one file in one a them beasts, and the icing is thick enough to foil the xrays machine thingy. Or ermmmm well sorry but I've run out of cakes I like soooo erm. Any.

Waitwhat23 · 23/12/2023 18:28

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 23/12/2023 11:11

The drain goes down the back to a little evaporation tray.

And (from experience) it needs to be taken out and cleaned every so often or you will drive yourself mad trying to work out where the buggery the smell in your kitchen is coming from.

Winnading · 23/12/2023 18:36

Boiledbeetle · 22/12/2023 17:14

Apparently after six months you are supposed to get rid of it, but not down the kitchen plug hole as the high fat content blah blah blah.

As if anyone ever has Baileys left in the bottle after 6 months!

Hmmmm this cellmate thing might need a spreadsheet. I cannot bear bailey's. (Probably cos I drank an awful lot of a flavoured one once, then threw it all up the next morning. Anyways a spreadsheet marvel? Is there one?
You'll need a cellmate, a cake, a gin, a file, a legal, etc etc spreadsheet.

RethinkingLife · 23/12/2023 18:39

JK's will be the one where we can all imagine we're actually using the secret tunnels at Hogwarts.

If there was ever a greater need for a Marauders' Map…

Itsalmostherenow · 23/12/2023 18:42

Anyone know what time the police are calling? It's just that I fancy a long soak before they arrive. I need time to make sure I'm prepped and ready for the prison adventure

vipersnest1 · 23/12/2023 18:43

I got drunk on Amaretto once - never again! 🤢
Count me out if the creamy drinks please!

Boiledbeetle · 23/12/2023 19:28

Winnading · 23/12/2023 16:36

I mean lemon drizzle loaf thing is the right kind of shape?

But I do know someone here hates lemon drizzle, not mentioning any names like (because I cant remember if it was boiled or not)

Or go buy a massive cake from Costco? Can get more than one file in one a them beasts, and the icing is thick enough to foil the xrays machine thingy. Or ermmmm well sorry but I've run out of cakes I like soooo erm. Any.

😂 I am indeed the hater of lemon drizzle! I'd be easy to pick out at a mumsnet line up. Just offer us all lemon drizzle I'll out myself!

Froodwithatowel · 23/12/2023 19:49

Oooh I am so sneaking around with a lemon drizzle at a meet up looking for you! 😂

MrsTerryPratchett · 23/12/2023 20:20

OK there are a few top bunk types. I'm a bottom bunk becasue I fidget. But I am for the Bailey's. I think this requires a pivot table, not just a spreadsheet.

Also, if we're still banged up come January, anyone fancy a hunger strike then? I need to lose the Christmas weight by March.

UsingChangeofName · 23/12/2023 20:54

How do we leave our details for the spreadsheet please ?

Enjoys plum brandy, lemon drizzle, a MN chicken, and happy to try a crust-less quiche. Don't mind top or bottom bunk. Probably will be caught as I am one of those minority MNers who would open my front door when anyone comes a knocking.

ArabellaScott · 23/12/2023 20:58

Could we do maybe a low carb bootcamp? I'm awful if my blood sugar drops too much. You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry, Dawn!

MrsTerryPratchett · 23/12/2023 20:58

ArabellaScott · 23/12/2023 20:58

Could we do maybe a low carb bootcamp? I'm awful if my blood sugar drops too much. You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry, Dawn!

Oooo sort of a 'hunger' strike.

I like it.

ArabellaScott · 23/12/2023 20:59

I'm happy to do a dirty fries protest, too.

Boiledbeetle · 23/12/2023 21:02

Froodwithatowel · 23/12/2023 19:49

Oooh I am so sneaking around with a lemon drizzle at a meet up looking for you! 😂

I can picture it now, you offering lemon drizzle cake to random women and when they say Yes snatching it away from them with "You're not who I'm looking for, here have a bourbon biscuit instead"

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