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The childminder took *Moondog's* children to Macdonalds today......

264 replies

moondog · 03/04/2008 20:09

so,question is,am I being unreasonable by terminating her contracy forthwith??

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onebatmother · 03/04/2008 21:48

actually culchie was offensive but now reclaimed i think.

amytheearwaxbanisher · 03/04/2008 21:48

that near clonshaugh madame?

Psychomum5 · 03/04/2008 21:50

moondogs children got taken to mcdonalds?????

the world has tipped on its axis!!!!

MadameCh0let · 03/04/2008 21:52

onebatmother, you are right, I meant to type pairk not pork.

still laughing at the jism chips. What poet came up with that little jem i wonder...

MadameCh0let · 03/04/2008 21:53

Is moondog frightfully posh?

Ags · 03/04/2008 21:55

Hi Irish hijackers! Am from Wexford but now firmly ensconced in Kent! Ah, the N11! Fantastic road, the tourist board in Wexford call it The Road to Europe (probably cos it ends pretty much in Rosslare Ferry port!).

And jism is also an American slang word. I never heard it before I started work at a publishing company in London which produced The Journal of International Securities Markets (JISM). Ohhhhh how the Americans laughed at me on the phone!

onebatmother · 03/04/2008 22:00

ha ha haaaaa!

Mhamai · 03/04/2008 22:02

Haven't a clue what this thread is about but linked here from the roadie thread, saw something about Irish hi jackers Going back to finish that thread, then come back to read this one which by the time I catch up with this post, it will all be feckin over..........and exhale.

pointydog · 03/04/2008 22:05

She has a tendency to food freakery, cholet. But she will deny that vehemently

moondog · 03/04/2008 22:06

I will not deny it.
Like Abe Lincoln I cannot tell a lie.

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pointydog · 03/04/2008 22:10

There she is, a-lurking

onebatmother · 03/04/2008 22:13

feel I must point out that I am a Brit, for fear of being accused of cultural appropriation.

chipmonkey · 03/04/2008 22:18

Could be worse, Moondog! She could have given them formula!!!

When very, very drunk, Abrakebabra chips with garlic mayonaise and cheese are Very, Very Good.
But in our local Abrakebabra, Amy, it is essential to have the alcohol in advance to kill the bacteria in the food, don't you agree?

Ags · 03/04/2008 22:34

Mmmm Taco Cheese Fries! Even more bacteria to kill when you add the chilli on top!

Ireland is really the world's capital of stodge with specific emphasis on the use of potato in every conceivable way.

When we got married (12 years ago), we chose two types of potato to accompany the main course but my dh still got a slightly panicked phone call from the hotel to express concern that we needed another potato type as one was dauphinoise and was a bit small. As an Englishman who wishes he was either Italian (pasta) or Chinese (rice) he still finds this hilarious.

And Moondog, apologies for this hi-jack considering how traumatic your experience has been. I hope that you and dc's are now recovering!

MadameCh0let · 03/04/2008 22:35

Funny how this thread started off with 'food freakery' and ended up on the subject of jism chips.

The jism has no additives, preservitives or colourings, no stabilisers, no emulsifiers, so, dig in minimoonpuppies.

Sorry. That was disgraceful. So vulgar. I really have to go to bed now before I type something worse.

MadameCh0let · 03/04/2008 22:37

So funny about potatoes! My mum keeps trying to make me take a big bag of roosters! Would you like a bag of roosters?? NO. I wouldn't. I lived in Surrey for 15 years and I have been weaned off roosters. I now eat wholewheat pasta and brown rice. Mother looks at me like this no comprende

MadameCh0let · 03/04/2008 22:39

Moondog, would you like a big bag of my mum's organic roosters?? Maybe your nanny could make potatoes julienne or something?

newgirl · 03/04/2008 22:39

the macdonalds in our town shut down due to lack of business smug

Ags · 03/04/2008 22:44

Do you live near Sevenoaks too Newgirl? Smug too!

MadameCholet, now don't start me on Roosters! Balls of flour they are don't ya know? Not like the terrible English potatoes we have over here! Is your Mother a long lost relative of my Dad?

newgirl · 03/04/2008 22:49

oo no im not ags! that means at least two have closed!

BexieID · 03/04/2008 22:51

I went to Maccas with a group of mums last year and Tom screamed the place down. If you are out shopping, it's quick food and they welcome you with buggies (thinking of the aibu thread complaining about some cafes not letting you in with buggies). Tom has had 2 KFC kids meals. Well some chips and the yoghurt in them, he threw everything else and I just got water. He did also have some bread with dairylea on it.

BexieID · 03/04/2008 22:55

Quick food for us I mean. I am quite partial to a cheeseburger.

naturalblonde · 03/04/2008 22:56

Newgirl are you in tavistock then?

MadameCh0let · 03/04/2008 22:57

Does your Dad slag off pasta and say " but Potato has fibre and vitimin C".

My parents are in Scicily right now. I hope my Mum is coping ok. I should text her the italian for potato.. Just in case.

dingdong05 · 03/04/2008 23:01

In Edinburgh if you get a bag of chips they automatically try to put "salt n sos" on it. Salt I have no prob with,
but the sos is made from vinegar and chilli sos and is utterly VILE

I shamefully occasionally go to maccy dudes. My lo gets the healthy option whilst I get burger, chips and fat coke

It's not something I'm proud of...

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