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To think my neighbour has taken gender identication too far .

106 replies

Missmarplesknittingbuddy · 09/01/2025 12:09

Neighbour has been unwell with flu . Just rang and asked her if she needed any shopping . Gave me a short list including washing liquid . She asked for the Persil " non binary one " . 😁 She knows i am posting and wants to read the responses to cheer her up .

OP posts:
AlltheClocks · 09/01/2025 14:34

murasaki · 09/01/2025 13:03

I've just realised that my fridge contains sexist cheese. Where is the womanchego?

My left eye isn’t working very well today and I was trying to work out why your FRINGE contained cheese and wondered if it was a new position you’d adopted?
🤔 😱 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🤣🤣

EdgeofSeventy · 09/01/2025 14:34

@stickygotstuck it's evolutionary apparently, unlike a dislike for something.
Very annoying when it's not listed as an ingredient on menus and has ruined many a meal for me.

Gallowayan · 09/01/2025 14:36

Surely this is a malapropism: she must have meant non bio?

murasaki · 09/01/2025 14:37

AlltheClocks · 09/01/2025 14:34

My left eye isn’t working very well today and I was trying to work out why your FRINGE contained cheese and wondered if it was a new position you’d adopted?
🤔 😱 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🤣🤣

I no longer have a fringe, but when I did, it certainly was capable of having cheese in it, a bit like Roald Dahl's the Twits.

Especially if bent over a baked camembert...

Kashmiri24 · 09/01/2025 14:40

Knittedfairies2 · 09/01/2025 14:14

My friend's aunt used 'to lie down with a couple of paramedics' if she had a headache. Maybe that's what your poorly neighbour needs...

I could do with a lie down with a couple of paramedics, to be honest. 😂😂😂

stickygotstuck · 09/01/2025 14:42

@EdgeofSeventy , yes, I've heard that. My niece feels exactly the same, which makes me think it could be genetic too.

I believe it's similar with celery, which I find mild and inoffensive, while DH thinks it's bitter and the spawn of Satan, and can detect it in soups a mile off.

I cannot tolerate rocket. I know it's meant to be a bit bitter, but to me it tastes radioactive. Really disagrees with me too.

(Edited to say, I don't really know what radioactivity tastes like, obviously!)

nonbinaryfinery · 09/01/2025 14:43

Hahahahahaha

I made a similar joke at one point this is great

LardoBurrows · 09/01/2025 14:43

Kashmiri24 · 09/01/2025 14:40

I could do with a lie down with a couple of paramedics, to be honest. 😂😂😂

You and me both, but these days we'd have to wait a couple of days before they showed up. Oh well, back to the paracetamol it is ☺️

LardoBurrows · 09/01/2025 14:44

Gallowayan · 09/01/2025 14:36

Surely this is a malapropism: she must have meant non bio?

You think 🤣🤣🤣

ladyofshertonabbas · 09/01/2025 14:45

Cracking up! Get well soon.

WoolySnail · 09/01/2025 14:50

Kashmiri24 · 09/01/2025 14:40

I could do with a lie down with a couple of paramedics, to be honest. 😂😂😂

Couldn't we all?! 🤣

Fysm · 09/01/2025 14:52

Unrepentantfarter · 09/01/2025 13:01

Ha! Reminds me of my students' typos of 'organism' and 'public'...

And a student who wrote about the Large 'Hardon' Collider, complete with a superb (slightly phallic-esque) diagram of the Large Hadron Collider.

justgettingin · 09/01/2025 15:01

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This has been deleted by MNHQ for breaking our Talk Guidelines.

People can have a laugh its not a crime.
Not everything is an offence.

WorthyBiscuit · 09/01/2025 15:04

My son also identifies with non-binary laundry detergent as the gender specific type makes his skin itch. Grin

murasaki · 09/01/2025 15:04

justgettingin · 09/01/2025 15:01

People can have a laugh its not a crime.
Not everything is an offence.

Apparently it is, several posts have been deleted.

Bbq1 · 09/01/2025 15:07

Reminds me of the time ny mum was reading my ds a story - he was then aged about 5. Instead of Organism she accidentally said Orgasm!

Hoppinggreen · 09/01/2025 15:08

stickygotstuck · 09/01/2025 14:42

@EdgeofSeventy , yes, I've heard that. My niece feels exactly the same, which makes me think it could be genetic too.

I believe it's similar with celery, which I find mild and inoffensive, while DH thinks it's bitter and the spawn of Satan, and can detect it in soups a mile off.

I cannot tolerate rocket. I know it's meant to be a bit bitter, but to me it tastes radioactive. Really disagrees with me too.

(Edited to say, I don't really know what radioactivity tastes like, obviously!)

Edited

Pine nuts taste burnt to me

wastingtimeonhere · 09/01/2025 15:09

WoolySnail · 09/01/2025 14:09

What did they mean? Because you can get a baby gro bag which is like a sleeping bag with a top, but I'm assuming they didn't mean one of those? 😀

A babygro, which to be fair looked like a bag..😂

BotterMon · 09/01/2025 15:10

My transphobic septic tank can only process non-binary washing powder/liquid.

murasaki · 09/01/2025 15:10

Asaparagus wee smell, both the generation thereof and the ability to smell it are also potentially genetic. Odd. And people don't always get both apparently.

Andoutcomethewolves · 09/01/2025 15:11

When I was.about ten i remember screaming in public 'mummy! Daddy is MOLESTING ME!'

I'm still not quite sure what i thought that meant (i think just teasing?) but that could have gone very wrong 😬

LunaNorth · 09/01/2025 15:11

Mountainash · 09/01/2025 13:58

This has caused me distress and discomfort because I don’t understand the question. 😉

Shea butter?

HaddyAbrams · 09/01/2025 15:11

wastingtimeonhere · 09/01/2025 15:09

A babygro, which to be fair looked like a bag..😂

My parents always called babygros "grow bags" which caused some confusion when I had DC and the brand Grobag had become popular!

hithere44 · 09/01/2025 15:17

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Doggymummar · 09/01/2025 15:17

Mountainash · 09/01/2025 13:58

This has caused me distress and discomfort because I don’t understand the question. 😉

Shea butter I'm guessing

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