MNHQ: AIBU to share 25 of our all time favourite classic threads to mark Mumsnet’s 25th birthday?

[BeckyAMumsnet]

As you might have heard if you were listening to the Today programme this morning, it’s Mumsnet’s 25th birthday! To celebrate, we’ve scoured the classics board and consulted with the team at MNHQ to select this list of our all time favourite classic threads for a bit of Mumsnet trivia. 🎉 Think you know your naice ham from your penis beakers? Your lemon drizzles from your T-Rexing in the supermarket? Why is everyone shouting 'cancel the cheque?' And who on earth is Soupy the Bat? 🤔 Test your Mumsnet knowledge by guessing the missing words on some of the most unforgettable thread titles. Let us know how many you get right and don't forget share your favourite Mumsnet threads below.

1. Someone has renamed their wifi – “My neighbour’s a ___”
2. Help my son just touched a __
3. Ds1 has made a large __ cock
4. There is a tiny elderly __ lady in my garden
5. Center Parcs and _ __
6. Household objects that are ___
7. People keep having sex in my __
8. Why do_ need so much help?
9. Can I make ice cream from _?
10. I just spent the night nursing a __ ___thinking it was a baby hedgehog
11. AIBU to think you can't get past _ _ in a relationship?
12. AIBU to be traumatised by my own _?
13. AIBU to say no to visiting __for Christmas?
14. A ___ has fallen down the back of the loo
15. AIBU to throw water over a __ i've just spray painted?
16. He has eaten a _ __
17. ___ condensation
18. Is ____ a virgin?
19. ____ Easter bonnet?
20. AIBU to put big 'No ____ ' signs in my bathroom?
21. AIBU to avoid church because of DH’s ____
22. "Let's have a __" said no woman ever
23. __ noises during sex?????????
24. Delia’s pancake batter recipe smells exactly like ___
25. Please help me find the invisible ___ before I go mad

Answers below - how many did you get?

1. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1283109-Somone-has-re-named-their-wifi-to-My-neighbours-a-cunt_
2. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/160076-help-my-son-just-touched-a-working-class-boy_
3. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/576025-help-ds1-has-made-a-large-clay-cock_
4. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/2154580-There-is-a-tiny-elderly-Korean-lady-in-my-garden-and-I-want-to-go-out_
5. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1385104-Center-Parcs-Anal-sex_
6. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/3058228-household-objects-that-are-pricks_
7. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/3288349-people-keep-having-sex-in-my-hedge_
8. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/4578634-why-do-sheep-need-so-much-help_
9. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/4607290-can-i-make-ice-cream-from-shrews_
10. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/4178349-I-just-spent-the-night-nursing-a-cushion-tassel-thinking-it-was-a-baby-hedgehog_
11. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/3784524-To-think-you-cant-get-past-the-ick-im-a-relationship_
12. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/4611825-to-be-traumatised-by-my-own-undercarriage_
13. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/3756317-To-say-no-to-visiting-pigs-for-Christmas_
14. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/636548-A-plate-has-fallen-down-the-back-of-the-loo_
15. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1465377-To-throw-water-over-a-pigeon-Ive-just-spray-painted_
16. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/2017083-He-has-eaten-a-fat-ball_
17. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/2775925-Fanny-condensation_
18. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/2576179-Is-Voldemort-a-virgin_
19. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/937597-Sinister-Easter-bonnet_
20. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3007694-To-put-big-No-Wanking-signs-in-my-bathrooms_
21. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3280403-AIBU-to-avoid-church-because-of-DH-s-flatulence_
22. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2957480-Lets-have-a-BBQ-said-no-woman-ever_
23. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/115727-pirate-noises-during-sex_
24. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/relationships/1970414-Delias-pancake-batter-recipe-smells-exactly-like-semen_
25. _https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1665088-Please-help-me-find-the-invisible-duck-before-I-go-mad_* *

This is my favourite - short but funny

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/752184-hauck-stroller-pound-25-Asda

I once changed my name to what was a random (to my mind) TokyoSashimi.

Then on a thread I saw a TokyoSushi and was about to get all suspicious about stalking etc. Then did an advanced search and discovered poor Tokyo Sushi had been around for years longer than me under that name. So i felt quite abashed.

(Apologies TokyoSushi- I meant to DM you and apologise at the time. )

I was reminded of the https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/3527870-Which-is-the-tastiest-Protestant-traybake thread, the other day - it's one of my favourites.

And there's [[https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1852343-Well-That-went-well-didnt-it?reply=41563276, where TantrumsAndBalloons babysat a friend's three year old.

I've been here a very long time (I was on Aitchs BLW forum and she told me I'd like it here, and ds is at Uni now), and though I love the funny classics, I have to say the ones like Peters heart transplant where we were all crossing fingers/praying/ thinking of them all, and EMINs thread about her foster baby are examples of MN at its finest. Alongside AnyFuckers Listen Up thread which should be compulsory reading at school

I think that is the difference between Mumsnet then and now.

I'm another 'newbie' sucked in by the penis beaker in October 2013. Although even I see the changes since then.

Regarding the Today interview, who actually came up with the biscuit question because they were crediting Justine and I think it was a random MNer? They said it was when Gordon Brown was being quizzed on the site.

I'm such a mis-reading numpty! The thread was already in the top 25! [How embarrassing]

Remember nearly all of these (still loved 'Cutted up Pear' the most though).

I also remember CRYING till I couldn't breath at some of the old Peddlars threads. I just had a look and they don't work as well now that Peddlars doesn't exist so the links are dead, but my god, actual tears at the 'beautifully preserved spanner from the the original home of Citroen in France for a mere £625' and all the other artisinal shite on their website at ludicrous prices.

Placemarking to enjoy these at leisure!

Has anyone mentioned the lady who asked for advice on a specific pushchair to which she received no replies? And then - years later, she answered herself ..

Yes 😄 I put a link to it earlier in the thread - love that one.

Oh snapped and farted wasn’t included 😜🤣

I knew a few.

Pouffe of Poo pops into my mind every so often.

The first thread I remember being helpless with laughter at was when a poster was trying to link to an M&S dress but just couldn't work out how to do it. It went on for ages and I was absolutely gasping with laughter.

What no rapist dolphins!? That thread lives rent free in my head. It was utterly mental.

Happy birthday Mumsnet, here's to the next 25 years of community madness

Probably not in classics but did anyone participate in the MN WI bake offs? The highlight being a poster sifting flour from her upstairs window to achieve the necessary airiness for the Victoria sponge? The legendary ‘high sift’.

Can’t sleep and working my way through these… have now fallen into a MN rabbit hole
also, a recent fave (how could I forget)

www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/4985034-i-think-my-cat-stole-someones-sunday-lunch

I am Spartacus got to me and made up for the crap I saw around.

Auntie Tantrums! I re-read it recently, it still melts my heart. It was so beautifully written and the sheer joy of the toddler is palpable. She'd be 15 now!

Has anyone mentioned Fish Slice and Lube yet?

Is T-rexing/ T-Rex arms on the list?

Brilliant

Leat illustrious moments of my professional career. It’s one of my favourites.

Glad the babysitting a 3 year old thread has been linked. That was a great thread.

What an amazing thread, thanks for posting, hadn’t read it before.

Happy birthday MN. Thank you for many years of entertaining and informative chat.

Happy birthday Mumsnet. Thanks for all the constant laughs, wisdom snd reassurance that It Wasn’t Just Me since I joined around 24 years ago when I was pregnant for the first time. I look forward to reading through the classics later or more likely tomorrow I’m doing a post-menopausal early hours shift!
Does anyone remember the husband eating the home made fat ball thread. And T rex arms?