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To think that middle aged women are really a bit pointless?

849 replies

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 12:06

What is the point of them?

Really?

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rycooler · 21/10/2011 20:31
marriedinwhite · 21/10/2011 20:31

Are photovoltaic roof panels permissible for the list.

allagory · 21/10/2011 20:34

That Doreen What a wonder...I had no idea. If I was naming it I would call it something with a bit more gravitas. I was thinking The Ismael Kingdom Doreen bra.

adamschic · 21/10/2011 20:35

Pah, pass for 35! I got ID's the other day and I'm 50. I was so flattered that the shop assistant refused to serve me a bottle of wine.

Pagwatch · 21/10/2011 20:35

Fucking Nora. The list is alphabetised.

You lot are so clever.

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 20:35

Oh, I'm not list monitor. No chance.

Everyone who wants to add to the list - the list of things wot we won't need/won't exist when all the MA Wimmin sail off to HRT Island - can insert their suggestion, neatly bolded please, in the appropriate place. Note alphabetical list.

See? Am delegating.

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 20:36

YY to the Doreen always being a puzzle. I wondered if it was one of those names that was more glamorous elsewhere - like Sharon.

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:36

Hmm Third Assistant Deputy List Manager 1st Class

And may I remind new and oldcomers that the list arose out of all the things we can get rid of once we have shovelled the MAW off to HRT Island.

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Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:37

Oh sorry Sue, I see you have it covered.

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Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:38

Pag - I know, how cool is that?

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TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 20:38

Fucking Nora. The list is alphabetised. You lot are so clever.

Easy: copy it into word, convert to table, sort alphabetically, convert back to text, copy into post.

Blush
Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:38

The Ismael Kingdom Doreen bra.

heh heh

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Pagwatch · 21/10/2011 20:38

So hully, do you hit 50 before or after me?

I sort of want to be the elder statesman in our relationship. I can be Ted to your flighty Margaret.

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:39

You do have to admire List Manager Vermicious. Roald would be so proud.

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Napdamnyou · 21/10/2011 20:39

Can we add shrugs? And looking after pot plants properly?
I have been an old bint since I was 28. So, for 12 years.
Yay me.

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:40

I will be 48 Any Minute..so shortly after, Ted.

WHat happened to Ted? He used ot pop up.

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Pagwatch · 21/10/2011 20:40

ThevermiciousKnid

Ooh. That is all clever and stuff

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 20:40

Grin I quite liked being list manager. Unfortunately I had some work to do. But SuePurbly is doing a superb job. Wink

garlicBreathZombie · 21/10/2011 20:40

Yes, Fabby, but your emotional development got stuck at a young age did it not? My emotional development feels as old as Methuselah and I suspect it has arthritis.

Adamschic, we all know the real reason they refused to serve you is that you were too pissed.

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:40

Definitely looking after pot plants properly. For the ps alone. And taking cuttings, I think, especially from parks.

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Pagwatch · 21/10/2011 20:41

Ted is much distracted by biscuits of late.

He is a good sort.

I am but days away....

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:42

I know. I am days too. We are like cosmic twin things dude.

What was I saying?

I have forgotten what I am doing here.

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Hullygully · 21/10/2011 20:43

I must pop out incontinence but I shall return if I can remmebr where it is

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SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 20:44

Lawks, I do. I do take cuttings from parks Blush. Never gardens or RHS-type places though.

JamieComeHome · 21/10/2011 20:44

I actually don't like plants in pots. I think it's cruel, like caging a bird. They should be out there, roaming free in parks and gardens (plants, not birds. Or birds as well, actually)