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145 replies

SailAwaySandra · 27/08/2024 20:19

Mine are

I’d rather be late in this life than early in the next

And

If you want something done properly, do it yourself (bloody annoying but always true)

OP posts:
MyKidsAreTooNoisy · 27/08/2024 20:23

“I think you’re confusing me with someone who gives a fuck”

(I don’t really understand what your first one means, OP)

Aquamarine1029 · 27/08/2024 20:26

MyKidsAreTooNoisy · 27/08/2024 20:23

“I think you’re confusing me with someone who gives a fuck”

(I don’t really understand what your first one means, OP)

I think she might be hinting she's regularly late, because I can't imagine why else you'd have need to say that.

Thepeopleversuswork · 27/08/2024 20:28

You can’t polish a turd 💩

I know it’s disgusting and childish but the thought of someone getting out the brass polish and giving it some elbow grease always tickles me.

Aquamarine1029 · 27/08/2024 20:28

Fuck this.
Fuck that.
Fuck off.

Almost always said inside my head when dealing with nonsense at work.

Oneearringlost · 27/08/2024 20:31

I think it's " Better to be 30 minutes late in this life than 30 years too early in the next"
Sometimes used in relation to driving too fast.

HollyCanDoAnything · 27/08/2024 20:33

If in doubt, mumble.

Heedthaball · 27/08/2024 20:33

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BlueBobble · 27/08/2024 20:37

Better late than dead?!

6ixThirty · 27/08/2024 20:38

Fortune favours the bold.

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 27/08/2024 20:40

We don't hold grudges in this house. Said to the children when they are arguing about something one of them did days ago. Said regularly.

Aquamarine1029 · 27/08/2024 20:41

Oneearringlost · 27/08/2024 20:31

I think it's " Better to be 30 minutes late in this life than 30 years too early in the next"
Sometimes used in relation to driving too fast.

Ahh, yes! That's may very well be it.

Irridescantshimmmer · 27/08/2024 20:41

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at......change.

'They will have to jump into the they dug to shit in'. This one is my original.

Like a rat up a drainpipe

Take a long walk off a short pier.

🤣

Irridescantshimmmer · 27/08/2024 20:42
  • They will have to jump into the hole they dug to shit in'. This one is my original.
SailAwaySandra · 27/08/2024 20:42

My Mother in Law has a brilliant one. She’s a very stoic woman. She once described someone as ‘tighter than a gnat’s arse’ and I didn’t stop giggling for ages 😆

OP posts:
SailAwaySandra · 27/08/2024 20:43

BlueBobble · 27/08/2024 20:37

Better late than dead?!

Well, that’s far less faff than my version! Thanks for this

OP posts:
Smurf1993 · 27/08/2024 20:47

The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed.

BlueBobble · 27/08/2024 20:51

Haha you're welcome!

BoredAuditor · 27/08/2024 20:53

Not my circus, not my monkeys

ehb102 · 27/08/2024 20:53

The only thing you have to do in life is breathe. Everything else is a choice with consequences.

BG2015 · 27/08/2024 20:55

There are no pockets in shrouds.

LadyGrillingSole · 27/08/2024 20:57

My stomach thinks my throats been cut ( I'm hungry )

Like shit off a shovel ( moved fast )

My two favourites!

Lolatusernamesuggestions · 27/08/2024 21:01

Smells like something crawled up there and died. A nod to farts, the really bad ones.

Snorted a bit laughing at the gnat's arse comment.

OverShrinkerThinker · 27/08/2024 21:05

There's two sides to every story - and you're a cunt in both of them

justusandthecat · 27/08/2024 21:07

I'd rather shit in my hands and clap.

ToriMJ · 27/08/2024 21:35

It's blowing a hoolie