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OMG - have you seen this?? Mumsnet being sued again. This time by Dads!

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Polarfoil · 01/04/2011 01:15

I've just seen this news story on the BBC Shock.

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TheFarSide · 01/04/2011 01:19

I smell a rat

SingingSands · 01/04/2011 01:20

April Fool I bet.

Rohanda · 01/04/2011 01:24

yes, It's been reported by Token Male...see??

and c-a-l-m.

Mumcentreplus · 01/04/2011 01:24

Def..April Fool..liking Justines comment...I use mine for maggoty bins in summer

Rohanda · 01/04/2011 01:25

and that umbrella is sooooo Dadsnet!!

Rohanda · 01/04/2011 01:29

in fact, that is UD in the Batman outfit, and Beenbeta as Spidey. Sorted.

Rohanda · 01/04/2011 01:37

and bears DO wear wet suits. just big ones...

KatieMiddleton · 01/04/2011 01:39

Lol. Hope you're not too Blush at being had Polarfoil

kickassangel · 01/04/2011 01:39

melvin footlong - hahaa, good name

Rohanda · 01/04/2011 01:41

I suspect polar is connected with the spoof story link on David Cameron..but I am to tired to go into the crypticness of it all...

spiderslegs · 01/04/2011 01:51

Many now feel so intimidated they can?t even post opinions about Kerry Katona?s breasts on the Daily Mail website. It?s a serious problem.

Clearly a serious piece.

KatieMiddleton · 01/04/2011 01:51

Ah a one and only posting. Just couldn't wait for someone to find it Grin

Rohanda · 01/04/2011 01:52

Hamlet and the Prince...

"Seems? I know not seems.
Nay 'tis"

giraffesCantDanceWhileSober · 01/04/2011 02:12

Its a serious well balanced article. Their feeings are valid too. ffs this is just the sort of shit they are up against :(

spiderslegs · 01/04/2011 02:27

Giraffe - it is, it's a horror, useful only for procreation, setting the Sky Plus and removing spiders from the bath

& *Melvin Footlong, a dad from Weymouth, reflected the widely held views of many men when he complained: "Because I don't have access to Mumsnet's Am I being Unreasonable boards, I never know if I'm being reasonable or not. It puts me and other dads at a huge disadvantage."

"It's not fair, I want to write EastEnders storylines too," he added.*

spiderslegs · 01/04/2011 02:28

Mark Stephens, who defended Mumsnet in its notorious libel battle with the eminently reasonable parenting guru, Gina Ford, confirmed last night that he was representing the Fathers' groups. "Just as Oscar Wilde once suffered for his sexuality, and Hamlet is not Hamlet without the Prince, these men are paying the price of a cruel twist of genetic fate."

spiderslegs · 01/04/2011 02:30

How dare they - the fuckers

Mumcentreplus · 01/04/2011 02:30
madwomanintheattic · 01/04/2011 03:52

oh justine, she's gonna sue you again 'the eminently reasonable parenting guru' swmnbn... that's gotta be libellous...

i want to know whose idea it was though... did the bbc come up with it, or mnhq? and i want a copy of the 'let's share child care' photo please. to put up in the feminista bar. i will of course be defacing the other banner so it reads 'not even' though.

madwomanintheattic · 01/04/2011 04:16

oh, that is funny, actually. because i assumed it really was a 'spaghetti tree' piece actually on the bbc. Grin and i was quite impressed at the level of in-jokes to entertain mnetters on such a public joke.

and it isn't.

one point to mumsnet.

nil to madwoman. Grin

i like it better now. but i still want a copy of the photo please. Grin

madwomanintheattic · 01/04/2011 04:17

much funnier when an actual poster falls for it hook line and sinker. Grin

particularly when she thinks she's clever enough to have worked out the joke.

gah. Grin

cornsilkily · 01/04/2011 06:58

darn I forgot to sew dhs' trouser legs up

FreudianSlippery · 01/04/2011 07:03

TeeHeeHee at Melvin Footlong :o

TheJollyPirate · 01/04/2011 07:06

lol Grin

DilysPrice · 01/04/2011 07:24

V. good, much better than Today's "3D Radio".

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