To remind you of this crucial safety and navigation tip - you can save people from their planes delaying or getting confused

[maybelazy]

I just want to remind all mumsnetters to wave at overhead planes and helicopters - it helps the radar waves to 'catch on' to something.
It's preferable to use a long stick, and wave it on a ladder or from a tree, but your hand when you are standing on the ground works too.
Jumping is also OK - just remember to jump on the spot for about 15 seconds.
Wave every time you see a plane - even if it's just a dot in the sky.
It doesn't work when you are indoors - for that you will need to wave out of a window using a stick.

And everybody knows that it is only waves from and to people on bridges, tow paths and river banks that keeps pleasure boats afloat. Otherwise, carnage. It’s actually illegal not to wave.

It helps the crops grow

It keeps those massive tyres pumped up, thereby helping the farmer with productivity, and thus helping to feed us all. 🚜🌾

Thank you @TheNightingalesStarling and @InterestedDad37

Does commenting on the massive size of the tyres enhance this reaction?

Are these rules in a book somewhere, or maybe handed down from parent to child?

Every day’s a school day! Thank you, I didn’t know that.

This also applies to shouting yellow car, for the avoidance of accidents and breakdowns we must remind yellow cars of their existence 🤣🤣🤣
Edit for very poor typing 😕

We love to increase the efficiency of Anazon deliveries by punching each other on sight of the vans
Which considering we often drive past the warehouse, can get rather painful, especially if its dispatch time when you can see up to 30 vans in convoy.

Probably 😂🚜🌾

The singing of "Bouncing up and down on my Big Red^ Tractor" is the best way (insert correct tractor colour)

No one has pointed out yet that for a cat stretch to work for them it is important any human nearby says 'big stre-e-e-e-tch' while they do it.

I think it depends what they can get on offer in B&M

I'm laughing too much to come up with a witty response to that.

If you're travelling at night and you shout "FOX!!" do they raid your bins a bit less?

Are you sure? I was always taught it had to be pronounced "b-i-i-i-i-i-g stretch".

You need to be careful with American Airlines as they lob Hershey bars at you and, frankly, that's tantamount to a war crime.

I think either works. b-i-i-i-i-g stre-e-e-e-e-tch is probably best!

Sometimes this site scares me.

Good idea - I'll do that just to be safe. I wouldn't want a cat to have an unsatisfying stretch.

Actually makes it worse, because the tractor gets all self conscious and starts slowing down trying to find a hedge to hide behind.

Best to never mention the size of it's wheels tbh.

And whilst we're here, if, for any reason you walk past a police constable... You must nod and say "nice hat" otherwise the hat will fall off their head.

Riiiiighttt... 🙄

Just pop a woolly hat on your car aerial, and Mumsnet will know that you aren't to be in the receiving end of scary stuff.

I can’t I already have a tin foil one on there