Mumsnet could do better (part trois)

[EllaDisenchanted]

Hello all, decompression thread 3️⃣

I don't even know why people are allowed to wrap keffiyehs around their face to obscure their identity and make themselves look intimidating like that.

Sounds about right for that board.

I broke my own rules and posted rather than just reporting the repulsive comment. Sincerely hoping no one bothers replying to me because I have no interest in spending any time in the cesspit over there.

You do adapt very quickly.

A colleague asked how I felt about the threat when I lived in Israel, I said fine, and actually I never had to worry about being mugged or burgled so it seemed pretty safe apart from the odd terror attack and occasional wondering if Iran was going to nuke us. They then told me how a friend's family in NI would always close the curtains before putting the light on in case there was a gunman outside. Now that seemed far worse to me - because it was so personal.

I very much appreciated your contribution. But yes, I totally understand...it can be so upsetting. I may take a break

Picture?

Bantams are very pretty!.

According to MN gif thing, this is a Polish chicken. I'm really hoping it's an accurate representation.

@Comedycook - I always feel better after a break from there. It's full of far too many bullies which has resulted in it becoming an echo chamber. It's a very unhealthy place to be.

No sorry - met them
on Shabbat so mental pic only

Just googled polish chickens, they're gorgeous. I think big bird from sesame street must be a giant polish chicken.

www.heritageacresmarket.com/polish-chicken/

Apparently they're very docile and easily bullied by other chickens. :-(. Unless they are over 6 ft tall, then they get their own TV show.

Gorgeous..

Is that the one recently deleted?

The one you started @keenforhelp? Has it gone? Great work on it.

Ooooh the GIF wasn't far off, was it?!

Clearly once this thread is full, the next one is going to have to be called "Mumsnet could do better 4, and chicken appreciation"

I was also going to include recipes in the title but it felt too wrong to include that and chickens in the same sentence.

Gone. Too many reports.

Love the Polish chickens - there used to be a couple at the petting farm near me. So friendly and would always run over for a bit of a chat and a request for grain :)

I turned vegetarian after seeing these guys.

That's a shame. It started out being the only cheering and accurate thread that's been around for a while.

Dug out a pic of one of omelette’s eggs compared to the others!

I think I am going to have to ask MN to withdraw a certain recently posted thread. It is simply frightful what has already been posted...

Is she secretly an ostrich or something?! That's crazy!

Ah, is that the Holocaust inversion one? Didn't take long for it to turn sour.

Yup. All of mine started to try and create some balance or to "educate" turn sour.

I really want to know why Palestinians have to be compared to Jews. Why can't those who are supposedly pro-Palestinian not just come up with their own terminology? Why can't they use their own words to describe what's happening? Why do they have to borrow words from Jewish history? There are plenty of words out there, or they can come up with your own words, phrases, terms. Palestinians really don't have to be compared to Jews for people to care.

But I also really don't want to post on that board today. Sorry 🙃

Poor omelette! I try to buy medium rather than large eggs because....
Btw I've been told that chicken soup is Jewish antibiotic....chickenless soup just won't hit the spot.

@keenforhelp admirable motives but you're on a hiding to nothing with that thread, it'll rapidly descend into the same old, same old. People know full well what Holocaust inversion looks like and it's a conscious choice to keep using it when it's been pointed out repeatedly that it's antisemitic and offensive.

In egg-related news, I got a double yolker this morning, which I'm taking as a sign of good fortune.

The latest podcast on Honestly (Bari Weiss) is interesting. A calm, rational discussion so far (I'm about 2/3 of the way through).