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MN Test: can you really judge character by the contents of a lunchbox?

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Blu · 27/06/2006 20:28

For the first time ever, i have to make DS a packed lunch for a school trip. He knows the rules are no sweets, nuts, fizzy drinks and glass bottles. Between us we have planned what to have.
Knowing what you do (or think you do) of me - what will be in DS's packed lunch on Thursday?

You can be as detailed as you think necessary to prove your point!

oh, and the school have asked that it be in a carrier bag that can be thrown away afterwards so that they don't lug it round, not an actual lunchbox.

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motherinferior · 27/06/2006 20:30

I reckon you have argued for something vaguely vegetable. Which he won't eat.

Two chocolate biscuits. Which he will eat.

A sandwich, either of ham (Posh Ham supplied by you, whereas he would be perfectly happy with Floppy Ham) or cheese.

A baby bel.

Possibly crips.

motherinferior · 27/06/2006 20:31

That should be criSps, was not trying to make Clever Post-Disability Awareness Ironic Joke.

niceglasses · 27/06/2006 20:31

Corned beef pastie
Space Invader tomato sauce flavour 10p bag
Panda orangeade
Chocolate Freddo
Mini pepparmi
3X sherbert flying saucers.

Blu · 27/06/2006 20:32

MI I am now spluttering helplessly with laughter..

but giving no clues at all yet.

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Twiglett · 27/06/2006 20:32

I think carrot sticks, hummous, pita bread, olives and a nice chardonnay

helsy · 27/06/2006 20:32

Pom Bears, though. I don't know you, by the way! Hello

Twiglett · 27/06/2006 20:33

is it a sausage roll?

Racers · 27/06/2006 20:46

I don't know you either but are you going to put it in a lovely paper bag instead of plastic?

marthamoo · 27/06/2006 20:59

I always type crisps as crips too, how spooky.

I was thinking about this this morning - well, not the contents of Boy Blu's lunchbox/carrier bag, I'm not psychic.

Someone said on one of the judging threads (or maybe one of the anti-judging threads, I lose track) that you can't tell when someone is walking out of a shop, sausage roll in hand, whether that's indicative of a poor diet in general (tantamount to neglect, child abuse and quick call the Sausage Roll Abuse Subdivision of Social Services) or if they had organic oatmeal and fruit out of the Abel and Cole box for breakfast that morning. Very true, I thought, as I prepared ds1s packed lunch. Some Mumsnetters would judge me very harshly for ds1s packed lunches: he does not eat fruit (no, not any) so every day he has a roll (sometimes it's white, shoot me!) with ham (posh ham, not floppy ham), cheese, tuna or smoked salmon on it. He has a carton of fresh orange juice, a flapjack or little cake or chocolate biscuit and a bag of crisps. Yes he has crisps every day. So do I. Sometimes I have two bags. Ha! I laugh in the face of the Crisp Abuse Subdivision of Social Services. He won't eat raw salad stuff - so no carrot sticks, celery, peppers or cucumber find their way into his lunchbox. The only vegetable matter to be found in there is if he has sweetcorn with his tuna. It's a pretty terrible lunchbox.

But he eats really well at home - he likes most vegetables (including spinach, asparagus and cabbage), he'll happily tuck into a roast dinner, curry, pasta or lentil hotpot or dhal...there really isn't a lot he won't eat...except things that make lunchboxes more appealingly healthy!

So Judge Me Not by the contents of my son's lunchbox!

Was that a rant? I don't care. My boy eats sprouts.

Caligula · 27/06/2006 21:01

LOL at My boy eats sprouts. I'm finding that an unrealistic boast.

tamum · 27/06/2006 21:03

I am giggling helplessly at your crisp defiance marthamoo

Right, I think:

A bagel with cream cheese (posh, not Laughing Cow et al)
Crisps
Carrot sticks
Smoothie
An apple.

How'd I do???

helsy · 27/06/2006 21:05

My dd told me a few weeks ago she's never eaten a sprout. She claims that every Christmas she spits them into her hand and puts them on someone else's plate . She loves floppy ham.
Well, Blu? anybody close yet?
Think MI (though hilarious) missed off yoghurt/fromage frais - you like Yeo Organic/Little Rachels, he prefers Munch Bunch.

Blu · 27/06/2006 21:06

if it was a Bingo game some of you would have crossed out soome of your numbers...but no Full Houses yet!

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tamum · 27/06/2006 21:07

The tension mounts.....

spidermama · 27/06/2006 21:08

Let's see now ...

Blu will have made a big effort. She has the time and as this is a first there's the novelty value. Also, as she has written a thread about it, there may well be an element of boasting. Either that or she intends to shock us with an uncharacteristically un-PC effort.

Hmmm.

I'm stumped.

marthamoo · 27/06/2006 21:08

That reminds me, I haven't had my crisp fix today

Caligula, you have to allow me some measure of Smug Mum-ness - he really does eat sprouts (I love sprouts actually, I always do a few extra so I can eat them cold later)

cutekids · 27/06/2006 21:09

wonder if it's the same trip my little uns going on? same rules exactly!
however: "plastic" ham sandwiches
crisps
fruit shoot
penguin
apple/banana
is that alright?

marthamoo · 27/06/2006 21:09

I think you've gone for cheese strings and Sunny D...

Blu · 27/06/2006 21:09

Spidermama - you should be a football commentator..." yes, either England or Portugal will win this match..."

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Twiglett · 27/06/2006 21:09

I think there's a bunch of seedless grapes in there

tamum · 27/06/2006 21:11

And a small tablecloth... genius, a lunchbox that is made up entirely of MN in-jokes.

helsy · 27/06/2006 21:11

Is it chips?
OR (serious attempt now)
a banana
A pitta bread with ham in
apple juice
a fromage frais (sticking by that one)
pom bears (and that one)

handlemecarefully · 27/06/2006 21:11

We love crisps in this house marthamoo, but also love babycorn, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower and mangetout

Right blu boy's lunch box:

*A carton of apple juice / ribena toothkind (because you're not OTT on that sort of thing)
*A wholemeal roll or sandwich of tuna and sweetcorn
*Packet of mini cheddars
*An apple
*Carrot sticks
*Box of raisins
*flap jack

That's totally and utterly wrong isn't it

IHeartEnid · 27/06/2006 21:14

a tortilla spread with hummus, rolled up and cut into pieces
carrot sticks
kiwi fruit
strawberries
a baby bel
a penguin/club/other spoiling choccy treat

marthamoo · 27/06/2006 21:14

Tofu and quinoa
Home made multi-grain bread
Lychees
Innocent fruit smoothie
Wagon Wheel

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