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

[Hullygully]

What is the point of them?

Really?

Ohhhhh Adam Ant - yum yum

Fuckit. Half way down the thread I thought of a beauty for The Lust. I've forgotten it. I do own a Funeral Dress. And have know of many many things on The List.

Why are horses on it though?

May I stick up for the WI? At the risk of being boring, amongst many other good things, it was the WI that set up many public libraries in the first place. They badgered councils to apply for Carnegie grants to create lending libraries and where councils refused (one council leader said: 'The people of Oxfordshire do not want to read' ) they set their own libraries, amassing collections of books people could borrow. 90 years later they are campaigning to save public libraries - and to protect legal aid for victims of domestic violence and all sorts of other important stuff.

The good thing is that no-one has to grow older anymore. Like how women and men dyed their hair, nowadays we can just all get botoxed up. So long as you have the money. So in years to come no-one will ever look old. Brilliant.

Just need to find some money.

'1. One of 11 children living on a farm not very happy with other girl's sandals from the jumble sale.'

Oh. My. God. I knew it. Pag is Dolly Parton.

Hully, I have just picked up on this thread. Not sure where you are coming from. Are you seeking reassurance? How old are you? Do you have a DP, DC, career etc? Have you reached a crossroads in your life? Please do not despair, I am sure that you will find lots of advice and support on this site.

Thank you DMAGA. That is most reassuring. I am at a croosroads, but it's ok, I see a motel.

Mary - yy Latin names

Sarah - there are a few things (inc horses) which ogt on it inadvertently with soomeone proving they weren't a MAW. Fret not.

arf @ DMAGA at Hully.

acrobiotic aerobic class hmm
Actual Cats
Address Books
Alan Titchmarsh, Aled Jones, David Essex, Michael Ball and Pip Schofield
All Antique shops
All charity shops (no volunteers you see)
All things remotely to do with golfing
Alphabetised lists
Am dram
Antique Jugs
Any type of peering
apostrophes
Artic rolls and caramac
Babycham, advocat and Dubonnet
Baking lots of pies
Barging small children off the dancefloor while singing the wrong words while high leg kicking while whooping while clapping while dancing
Battenburg and Madeira cake
Being concerned about it being The Done Thing
bingo
Birthday Books
Book clubs
Boots No 7
Branflakes
Buying Carnations because they last so well
Cardigans
Cat Ornaments
Cat tea cosies
chicken shaped things
Chin Hair
Chiropody
Clapping hands while dancing
Cliff Richard!
Climbing trips
Clothes purchased from Woman's weekly or Telegraph
Coach tours
Coach tours
Coming up with list items which are too long
Complan
country living
Countryfile
Court shoes
Crocheted special list manager cardigans (unless they are for Hully)
Daily M*il
Daniel O'Donnel
Danish spectacles?
David Attenborough programmes
Days out riding rollercoasters with the kids
Doctors on ITV (poss itv altogether)
Dogs
Doing long distance walks.
Doing the above whilst still holding down a full time job
Drinking too much wine with your mates
Dying your grey hair blonde
ecco
Elaine Page
Exclamation marks
Festivals
Fitflops
Fitplops
Flipflops
Footglove shoes
Freddie Mercury's autograph on your bosom
Fun cat cartoons
Fun cat greeting cards
Garden centres
Gin and tonic, scotch on the rocks
Gold stickers with your name on
Golf clubs
Good Housekeeping
Hats on parcel shelves
Having a sustainable garden
High leg kicking while whooping while clapping hands while dancing
Hillwalking
Holidays in Portugal and Madeira
Homemade birthday cards
Horses
Hot sex with boyfriend without the worry of pregnancy
Hurumphing
Immodium
Imperial Leather soap
J Campbell Kerr
John Barrowman
Judge Judy
kittens
Lakeland
Last night of the proms
Latin names for plants
Laughing too loud
Lipstick on teeth
List obsession
Lists
Mail order travel slacks and comfy shoes
Mispent Youth (or MissPenteuth)
Missing The Point
Mumsnet
Musicals staged in local theatres both watching and performing in
Novels with sploshy watercolours on the front cover
Novelty egg cups
odd spec cases
Organiser handbags
parish mags
Past Times
Peachy's MIL
Peering over reading glasses
People who abdicate responsibility for their own lists
People who are unfettered by lists
People who can't spell 'Elaine Paige'
People who don't google J Campbell Kerr
People who don't know what Fitplops are
People who don't know who J Campbell Kerr is
People who know what fitplops are
People who play golf
People who skip
People who take threads like this seriously
People who would fuck the list
Peppermint tea
Per Una
petunias (nasty flowers)
Phillipa Gregory novels
pop socks
pot of tea and a pot of hot water for a top up
Proudnscary (again)
Proudnscary, Pagwatch and other people who don't know how to make lists properly
Pubic Hair
Quality Street
Reading Glasses
RHS and NT
Rovers, Volvos and Nissan Notes
Scholls
she
Silly questions
Singing in wavery voices at appropriate times
singing in wavery voicesat inappropriate times
Singing the wrong words while high leg kicking while whooping while clapping hands while dancing
Ski holidays
Slippers
Snorting
Souvenir tea towels and spoons
Strictly Come Dancing
Storing ONE spoonful of potatoes in tupperware for yer Dad's lunch tomorrow
Sucking
Suepurbly
Swapping winter and summer wardrobe (although that might be a UK thing)
Take a Break magazine
Tapered slacks
Tea cosies
Teenaged children
The Archers (grudgingly)
the rspca
Things that are 'wipe clean'
Things that fold up to go in your handbag like plastic hats and reusable bags
tins of biscuits
tissues shoved up your sleeve
Triumph's bestselling bra: the 'Doreen'
Tutting
Using things up
Voluminous linen outfits
Wafting up voluminous linen skirt and flashing support garments (in beige)...
waitrose
Watching Eggheads
Waterfall cardigans
Weeing a bit on trampolines
Weeing a bit while laughing too loud
Werthers
Westlife
Whooping while clapping hands while dancing
WI
wicker baskets
Womans Own
woollen mill
Zumba

I applaud DMAGA for reaching out to Hully in her middle-aged despair.

Perhaps you could do some voluntary work, Hully, to give your pointless existence some sort of meaning?

If you are concerned about inflicting your MAW-ish ways on the wider public, how about knitting some hats for babies in hospital? Or embroidering something for your local church? Both things you can do indoors, on your own, only venturing out to interact with the MAW who run wool shops.

Pore ole Hully. :(

I'm on my phone, c&ping The List is a bit beyond this MAW. I'd like to add in Ponds Cold Cream, Liberty print and bath salts please.

acrobiotic aerobic class hmm
Actual Cats
Address Books
Alan Titchmarsh, Aled Jones, David Essex, Michael Ball and Pip Schofield
All Antique shops
All charity shops (no volunteers you see)
All things remotely to do with golfing
Alphabetised lists
Am dram
Antique Jugs
Any type of peering
apostrophes
Artic rolls and caramac
Babycham, advocat and Dubonnet
Baking lots of pies
Barging small children off the dancefloor while singing the wrong words while high leg kicking while whooping while clapping while dancing
Bath Salts
Battenburg and Madeira cake
Being concerned about it being The Done Thing
bingo
Birthday Books
Book clubs
Boots No 7
Branflakes
Buying Carnations because they last so well
Cardigans
Cat Ornaments
Cat tea cosies
chicken shaped things
Chin Hair
Chiropody
Clapping hands while dancing
Cliff Richard!
Climbing trips
Clothes purchased from Woman's weekly or Telegraph
Coach tours
Coach tours
Coming up with list items which are too long
Complan
country living
Countryfile
Court shoes
Crocheted special list manager cardigans (unless they are for Hully)
Daily M*il
Daniel O'Donnel
Danish spectacles?
David Attenborough programmes
Days out riding rollercoasters with the kids
Doctors on ITV (poss itv altogether)
Dogs
Doing long distance walks.
Doing the above whilst still holding down a full time job
Drinking too much wine with your mates
Dying your grey hair blonde
ecco
Elaine Page
Exclamation marks
Festivals
Fitflops
Fitplops
Flipflops
Footglove shoes
Freddie Mercury's autograph on your bosom
Fun cat cartoons
Fun cat greeting cards
Garden centres
Gin and tonic, scotch on the rocks
Gold stickers with your name on
Golf clubs
Good Housekeeping
Hats on parcel shelves
Having a sustainable garden
High leg kicking while whooping while clapping hands while dancing
Hillwalking
Holidays in Portugal and Madeira
Homemade birthday cards
Horses
Hot sex with boyfriend without the worry of pregnancy
Hurumphing
Immodium
Imperial Leather soap
J Campbell Kerr
John Barrowman
Judge Judy
kittens
Lakeland
Last night of the proms
Latin names for plants
Laughing too loud
Liberty Print
Lipstick on teeth
List obsession
Lists
Mail order travel slacks and comfy shoes
Mispent Youth (or MissPenteuth)
Missing The Point
Mumsnet
Musicals staged in local theatres both watching and performing in
Novels with sploshy watercolours on the front cover
Novelty egg cups
odd spec cases
Organiser handbags
parish mags
Past Times
Peachy's MIL
Peering over reading glasses
People who abdicate responsibility for their own lists
People who are unfettered by lists
People who can't spell 'Elaine Paige'
People who don't google J Campbell Kerr
People who don't know what Fitplops are
People who don't know who J Campbell Kerr is
People who know what fitplops are
People who play golf
People who skip
People who take threads like this seriously
People who would fuck the list
Peppermint tea
Per Una
petunias (nasty flowers)
Phillipa Gregory novels
Pond's Cold Cream
pop socks
pot of tea and a pot of hot water for a top up
Proudnscary (again)
Proudnscary, Pagwatch and other people who don't know how to make lists properly
Pubic Hair
Quality Street
Reading Glasses
RHS and NT
Rovers, Volvos and Nissan Notes
Scholls
she
Silly questions
Singing in wavery voices at appropriate times
singing in wavery voicesat inappropriate times
Singing the wrong words while high leg kicking while whooping while clapping hands while dancing
Ski holidays
Slippers
Snorting
Souvenir tea towels and spoons
Strictly Come Dancing
Storing ONE spoonful of potatoes in tupperware for yer Dad's lunch tomorrow
Sucking
Suepurbly
Swapping winter and summer wardrobe (although that might be a UK thing)
Take a Break magazine
Tapered slacks
Tea cosies
Teenaged children
The Archers (grudgingly)
the rspca
Things that are 'wipe clean'
Things that fold up to go in your handbag like plastic hats and reusable bags
tins of biscuits
tissues shoved up your sleeve
Triumph's bestselling bra: the 'Doreen'
Tutting
Using things up
Voluminous linen outfits
Wafting up voluminous linen skirt and flashing support garments (in beige)...
waitrose
Watching Eggheads
Waterfall cardigans
Weeing a bit on trampolines
Weeing a bit while laughing too loud
Werthers
Westlife
Whooping while clapping hands while dancing
WI
wicker baskets
Womans Own
woollen mill
Zumba

Thank you Sue. And all nicely Alphabetised again, too.

No bother at all Sarah. Was just swinging by before going to to farmer's market with my basket and Liberty Print skirt. True.

Hully is not in despair. She is in Bates' Motel.

Bugger. I clicked on the thread title, already frothing at the mouth all concerned, and it's not a serious thread.

I was poised to post quotations from Elaine Morgan, about how a female's value was not simply calculated from the waist down, and evolution, too.

I love you Hully.. even if you are old and smell a bit

Benny sends his regards

That's Crossroads Motel Hully, I think you may mean Norman. Please don't shower, have a nice bath with bath salts instead. And don't forget to lock the door.

And maybe wedge a heavy chest of drawers in front of it too.

I loved Benny. The unrequited love between him and Miss Diane still moves me.

I never watched it, so in my head it merges with the Victoria Wood sketches.

Hully fits in fine.

Acorn Antiques was a tribute to the brilliant Crossroads.