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Which mystery do you want solved.? Very very lighthearted..

383 replies

Scaffoldingisugly · 05/03/2024 14:14

What sort of half - wit designs /manufactures pale cream ddog beds?
Trawling the aisles of a popular pet store for aged creaky ddog-willing to spend as she isn't comfortable in current one (my sofa /chair) Majority have cream interiors.. The bit ddog will put her dirty paws and bumhole on!!

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thenightsky · 05/03/2024 16:10

Why fitted sheets shrink so much on the very first, not even hot, wash and the duvet covers and pillowcases stay the same size.

AmaryllisChorus · 05/03/2024 16:12

AccidentallyFabulous · 05/03/2024 15:59

There was a thread on this very subject years ago - it's probably in classics. As I recall Henry came in for a lot of abuse.

Henry is the only earthly creature I'm abusive to. I feel bad but he is so feckin useless at his job and so passive aggressive. A tedious self-appointed house clown who likes to hide behind corners, pratfall against furniture then roll over onto his side grinning when you just want to run a quick vacuum over the carpet.

I'm not telling you anything I haven't said to his gurning little face.

MrsDilligaf · 05/03/2024 16:16

Why is my daughter furiously polishing her school shoes? I can't get her to put a bloody glass in the dishwasher but she's shining her shoes.

Verv · 05/03/2024 16:18

Why a hot water bottle complete with Icelandic knitted cover and a large kitchen knife completely vanished from my flat never to be seen again.

Also as another poster said, Dylatov Pass, Celeste and flight 370!

DoesNotPlayWellWithIdiots · 05/03/2024 16:19

I'd like to know where the fuck the small lump of cheese I was grating ended up when it and the grater slipped out of my fingers!

It was nowhere on the worktop, not inside anything on the worktop, not on the window sill, not in the sink and not on the floor. I even looked inside the bloody toaster! If it'd landed on the floor my dog would have snaffled it and I'd have heard her but she stayed exactly where she was.

This happened last week and I still don't know where that fucking piece of cheese is!!!

fridaynightdinner12346 · 05/03/2024 16:27

MardyBra · 05/03/2024 14:50

I came on to say who killed the princes in the Tower of London and was Elizabeth the First really a virgin. But I guess we’re talking different types of mystery.

Exactly the same!!can we be friends 😂

ItsAliveItsElectric · 05/03/2024 16:27

Why my ndn still have their Xmas tree up in March

fightingthedogforadonut · 05/03/2024 16:28

Where the fuck did my green DK yarn go?

It's driving me nuts. If Scooby and the gang could get right on it, I'd be grateful...

Kingsleadhat · 05/03/2024 16:32

AccidentallyFabulous · 05/03/2024 15:18

More in line with the tone of the thread, where is my black top?

Seriously, where? Not in the drawers (mine, DH's or DC's), not in the washing basket, not drying.

It might be stuck inside a duvet cover

Kingsleadhat · 05/03/2024 16:34

thenightsky · 05/03/2024 16:10

Why fitted sheets shrink so much on the very first, not even hot, wash and the duvet covers and pillowcases stay the same size.

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Because fitted sheets are vindictive bastards

MabelFurball · 05/03/2024 16:36

Why the is NOTHING worth watching on TV.

Scaffoldingisugly · 05/03/2024 16:39

My dcat is called Henry and is as much a twat as the vacuum version....

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DuckyLuck · 05/03/2024 16:41

AccidentallyFabulous · 05/03/2024 15:18

More in line with the tone of the thread, where is my black top?

Seriously, where? Not in the drawers (mine, DH's or DC's), not in the washing basket, not drying.

My black trousers were in the place I'd searched at least 3 times thoroughly before (under a pile of other washing) - is that where your black top could be?

Maddy70 · 05/03/2024 16:42

Why my new bluetooth ear buds are. Had them for Xmas. Put them safely inside my bedside cabinet still in the box ...not found them since

Attackofthekillereggs · 05/03/2024 16:43

Where is my half-eaten Easter egg?

elliejjtiny · 05/03/2024 16:44

I was going to say the mystery of ds4's hearing aids but he found them this morning. Unfortunately this was after they had been through the washing machine in the pocket of his school trousers.

I am wondering how many nudists became nudists because they were sick of doing the washing.

Ginandpangolins · 05/03/2024 16:45

JudgeJ · 05/03/2024 15:17

Keeping the teaspoons company maybe?

Ah, the teaspoons! I was given a set of cutlery from my nan when she died - full complement of everything but only one teaspoon. Where did they all go????

ClaudiaWankleman · 05/03/2024 16:47

AccidentallyFabulous · 05/03/2024 15:13

I'm not particularly interested in this but in terms of mystery, why has the Jack the Ripper mythology grown up in the way it has to the extent of guided walks in Whitechapel to the murder sites, and businesses named after him (looking at you, 'Jack the Chipper' fish and chip shop in Greenwich).

I don't get it. No 'Harold Chipman' fish and chip shops I'm aware of so why are we okay with the murderer of Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly having all this pop culture stuff?

(Sorry OP, I get this isn't what you were after but I've been thinking about it a lot lately...)

It feels quite obvious that the answer is time. There are many quite gruesome things which have morphed into popular culture over time - other examples include Guy Fawkes, Ann Boleyn, Fanny Adams etc.

When there's sufficient temporal and cultural space, we don't feel bad about it.

Februaryfeels · 05/03/2024 16:49

SoleTrader · 05/03/2024 14:45

Where is Kate?

Who?

Scaffoldingisugly · 05/03/2024 16:49

The untrigue of them never being caught maybe?

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Cockapoopoopoo · 05/03/2024 16:49

LumpyPumpkin · 05/03/2024 14:21

I want to know who the people are who pick up their dog's poo, put it in a poo bag and then fling the poo bag into a hedge or a tree.

Why would anyone do that?!

If you're a poo bag flinger, please explain yourself.

Yes! Not lighthearted though, it makes me so angry and if I ruled the world these people would be executed jailed.

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 05/03/2024 16:50

Where is my work time card? It disappeared from the hall table a few days ago? Also mousey, dd's teddy disappeared within these walls in 2017. Why is my kitchen floor always dirty?

Why can't men whisper?

2ndMrsdeWinter · 05/03/2024 16:53

How are my teenager’s ankles so orange? I know lots of women who wear fake tan and their ankles are never the elusive shade of tangerine she manages to attain so effortlessly.

jammaker11 · 05/03/2024 16:55

I'd love to know if when you die that is it or if there's something else.

mathanxiety · 05/03/2024 16:57

AccidentallyFabulous · 05/03/2024 15:18

More in line with the tone of the thread, where is my black top?

Seriously, where? Not in the drawers (mine, DH's or DC's), not in the washing basket, not drying.

Yours is gone too??

DD4 has been driving me nuts for six weeks about her black top, the only one she needs/wants/ feels comfortable in...

(I have a horrible feeling I threw it out with a pile of other tops of hers that were utter rags).