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Mumsnet could do better (la quatrième partie): cheese wars and chickens

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79Helene · 28/06/2024 23:18

Merailers assemble! The doors are open for part 4!

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BooBooButts · 03/03/2025 19:51

MissConductUS · 03/03/2025 18:39

HI @BooBooButts. There are numerous ridiculous threads on AIBU. Which one are you referring to?

I had influenza A last week, but am doing much better now, mostly thanks to an Rx for Tamiflu.

Oh no, I'm glad you're feeling better now though! So many viruses and other bugs doing the rounds at the moment.

The thread I was referring to is one about the differences between British people and Americans. It's utterly ridiculous. Even just the idea that all Americans are the same makes me laugh - pretty sure your country is bigger than our whole continent 😂 Not sure how much someone in Miami has in common with someone in Seattle.

BeretInParis · 03/03/2025 20:28

I'm enjoying the Only Connect branded kippot the Four Opinions team is wearing tonight.

BeretInParis · 03/03/2025 20:29

The yiddisher team has done so well. No spoilers though!

BooBooButts · 03/03/2025 23:36

BeretInParis · 03/03/2025 20:28

I'm enjoying the Only Connect branded kippot the Four Opinions team is wearing tonight.

I don't watch the show but that team name is bloody hilarious 😂😂😂 Is that really the name they went for???

BooBooButts · 03/03/2025 23:46

Ok so I just looked up that episode of Only Connect to confirm the name is as funny as I think (it is) and realised I'm pretty sure I know the team captain's brother 😂 I love a good game of Jewish geography!

BeretInParis · 04/03/2025 00:10

And I’m betting that one of the chaps on the losing team was Jewish too. I’ve never seen so many Jewish people on a quiz (a BBC one, noch) - including Victoria Coren-Mitchell. Is this what some people mean when they say that the Jews control the media?! 😂

EllaDisenchanted · 13/03/2025 18:28

Purim sameach everyone! 🎭

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SpuytenDuyvil · 13/03/2025 19:19

Chag purim sameach! I have to admit I bought my hamantaschen this year, even though I got a new recipe to try. Hope everyone is finding some happiness this Adar. I must admit, here in the US, it is a shocking time.

EllaDisenchanted · 13/03/2025 19:36

SpuytenDuyvil · 13/03/2025 19:19

Chag purim sameach! I have to admit I bought my hamantaschen this year, even though I got a new recipe to try. Hope everyone is finding some happiness this Adar. I must admit, here in the US, it is a shocking time.

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I don’t think I’ve ever made hamantaschen and I don’t like poppy seed ones 😆 (do I have to hand in my Jewish ID card?! 😜)

EllaDisenchanted · 13/03/2025 19:36

SpuytenDuyvil · 13/03/2025 19:19

Chag purim sameach! I have to admit I bought my hamantaschen this year, even though I got a new recipe to try. Hope everyone is finding some happiness this Adar. I must admit, here in the US, it is a shocking time.

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🫂 hope this Purim is a joyful one despite everything

SpuytenDuyvil · 13/03/2025 20:37

I'm not sure, Ella. Poppyseed is the queen (see what I did there?) of the fillings. My non-Jewish DIL is even mad for them. DS won't eat any but apricot filled, so he might have to turn in his card, too😂

EllaDisenchanted · 13/03/2025 20:55

SpuytenDuyvil · 13/03/2025 20:37

I'm not sure, Ella. Poppyseed is the queen (see what I did there?) of the fillings. My non-Jewish DIL is even mad for them. DS won't eat any but apricot filled, so he might have to turn in his card, too😂

theyre just wrong. They trick you in to thinking it’s choc and it’s not and it sticks in your teeth. I’m with DS here 😅
and yes I saw what you did 👸👑😅

MissConductUS · 14/03/2025 17:44

File this under "Better late than never":

Columbia students who occupied Hamilton Hall in pro-Palestinian protest expelled, suspended

The Trump administration recently announced that it was revoking $400 million in grants and contracts with Columbia over their failure to protect the rights of Jewish students during the protests last year. I think that's what's motivated them to finally take some disciplinary action against those involved.

Columbia students who occupied Hamilton Hall in pro-Palestinian protest expelled, suspended

Columbia University students who occupied Hamilton Hall during pro-Palestinian protests last year have been suspended, expelled or had their degrees temporarily revoked.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/columbia-university-students-occupied-hamilton-hall-expelled-suspended/story?id=119774163

EdithStourton · 14/03/2025 21:44

EllaDisenchanted · 13/03/2025 19:36

I don’t think I’ve ever made hamantaschen and I don’t like poppy seed ones 😆 (do I have to hand in my Jewish ID card?! 😜)

I have made hamantaschen and I'm not even Jewish. They were kosher though, made with a Jewish friend.

And had poppy seeds in them. V nice.

Diamond82 · 15/03/2025 01:20

I’m not usually a fan of Eurovision but Israel’s entry by Nova survivor Yuval Raphael ‘A new day will rise’ is beautiful 🇮🇱

quantumbutterfly · 16/03/2025 10:34

Diamond82 · 15/03/2025 01:20

I’m not usually a fan of Eurovision but Israel’s entry by Nova survivor Yuval Raphael ‘A new day will rise’ is beautiful 🇮🇱

That is quite a song.❤

LeaningOnTheEverlastingArms · 16/03/2025 11:39

Yes, beautiful song 💕

Reminds me of the scripture from Psalm 30
in the evening weeping may tarry, but in the morning there is joyful singing.

A new day will rise 🙏🏻

quantumbutterfly · 18/03/2025 11:40

I reported a post linking to an openly pro- hamas twix feed but it doesn't break talk guidelines, this morning a post referencing a report on Oct 7th has crashed a thread within hours to be 'verified.' 😶must have got more heated after I left I suppose.

Cparrot · 18/03/2025 23:49

I see all the SM about ceasefire ending . Here’s a thought maybe H could release the hostages.
Just where is the outrage I just don’t get it.

Diamond82 · 19/03/2025 01:06

Cparrot · 18/03/2025 23:49

I see all the SM about ceasefire ending . Here’s a thought maybe H could release the hostages.
Just where is the outrage I just don’t get it.

the whole thing is devastating. I just don’t understand the narrative, surely the average person with even a bit of common sense can see that you can’t help the Palestinians unless you hold all parties accountable. And of course we know none of this would be happening if Hamas had just released the hostages. Egypt is also legally at fault. But no it’s more convenient to put all of the blame on Israel. Are people in the UK now just radicalised to hate Israel and they can’t see past it.

Cparrot · 19/03/2025 10:26

And don’t get me started on Israel having to provide electricity and water. Who provides that to an enemy!
I still don’t understand why aid can’t go through Egypt? Why is their border closed.

MissConductUS · 21/03/2025 21:39

More good news from New York. Columbia University has seen the error of its ways and will now try not to ignore rabid antisemitism on its campus.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-university-trump-demands-federal-funding-e94d41ca?st=wALJnn&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

It’s amazing what the possible loss of government funding can do to focus the mind, rather like an impending hanging. 😀

BeretInParis · 22/03/2025 13:38

Isn't it a shame that loss of funding is the driver for Columbia's U-turn, rather than just genuinely not being antisemitic?!

MissConductUS · 22/03/2025 14:37

It is a shame that that's what it took, but it's still very good news on many levels. Jewish students at Columbia will be safer once the changes take place. Other universities will notice and not want to suffer the same public humiliation, so they, too, will change their ways. Indeed, another 60 are currently under investigation, and the University of Pennsylvania has already had funds pulled.

There's also the "fake it until you make it" factor to consider. Until now, antisemitic behavior has been normalized. Once it's no longer the norm, students will be less likely to imitate it.

Finally, one of the most interesting demands Columbia agreed to was changes in the admissions process. Historically, they've placed great weight on student applications that evidence a "social justice warrior/far left progressive" mentality. It's not a surprise that a student body that leans that way thought it was fine to disrupt campus and harass anyone who disagreed with them. Hopefully, future students will be more concerned about graduating with a degree than breaking into classroom buildings. Those who did so last year will now either be expelled or suspended for multiple years, which means realistically that they won't be returning. This is a painful lesson for their parents, who've spent a king's ransom to send them to Columbia and now have no hope of getting a degree. They'll also have difficulty gaining admission to any other Ivy League university. No one wants a troublemaker, particularly not while Trump is in office.

Overall, it's an excellent result, and I'm looking forward to seeing the ripple effects at other universities.

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