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

[Hullygully]

What is the point of them?

Really?

is "wild man of Borneo " just remembered

Now I do feel old. Autumn Watch is on with that Michaela one ofof 'the hitman and her.' I felt past it when I watched that programme, pissed in the early hours of a Sun morning, me at 28 with my 23 yr old toyboy.

sorry have been off line entertaining another one of my ancient friends but am delighted that narkier tones on this thread have ignited some fabulous MN fireworks

Sue(etc) I salute you for itemising all that is wonderful about an older (sentient) brain's take on the world.

All you who suck up Heat every week and all of those silly ladies mags (who else has given up on them?) Everyone of us except Liz Jones probably. Life is so much wider than our poorer younger sisters who are enslaved by thinking being perceived as gorgeous is the way to get ahead - you only have to look at the behaviour of 11 year old girls posting inappropriately on Facebook to feel sad about the lives of younger women. Right nuff said I'm off to put on my night cape and have a cup of horlicks.

Night cape! Ooh, wants one!

What the jeffers is a night cape? Like a bed jacket?

Giving a shit about birds

It is a bed jacket. A night cape is something a super hero with poor circulation would wear.

'Night Cape' I thought gawd that poster called Cape goes to bed early .

'Giving a shit about birds' made me laugh but then I remembered that I work for an environmental organisation and there are alot of youngsters that give a shit about birds and stuff so guess us normal lesser mortals just catch up with them.

Popsocks.

Yes, popsocks. A cruel invention designed for the varicose-veined.

We have pop sox on The List.

I have seen them actually, in charity shops and on norty seaside postcards. I thought they'd died out. Clearly not .

What, birds?

When I was working in the charity shop today (honest!) I was sorting the knitting patterns and I found some for bedjackets, and some for ponchos, but none for night capes

Maryz - I guess your DD's school doesn't have the 9" school skirts (hopes!)

YY. Pervy seaside postcards of Dodos.

No, night capes. Tied with ribbon.

I havnt read the whole post, but, I work in retail. And middle aged women are the worst! Really snide and talk down to me (I am at management level) they are so so so rude and really difficult.out of all my customers this group are (generally speaking) the ones at cause the most problems. I honestly think that if most middle aged women saw how they behaved they would be ashamed.

ROAR

RTFT. Just RTFT.

Ok I meant bed jacket - was clearly having a senior moment.

Oooh. Have thought of something for the list. Don't know if it's been mentioned because I can't be arsed to wade through 23 pages of raillery, but

Pubic Hair.

Indeed not toipiaried into submission