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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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TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 13:04

apostrophes
the rspca
parish mags
ecco
woollen mill
kittens
petunias (nasty flowers)
Alan Titchmarsh, Aled Jones, David Essex, Michael Ball and Pip Schofield
bingo
wicker baskets
waitrose
country living
she
chicken shaped things
Doctors on ITV (poss itv altogether)
Peachy's MIL
Mumsnet
People who take threads like this seriously
RHS and NT
Coach tours
tins of biscuits
odd spec cases
List obsession
Last night of the proms
Countryfile
WI
Cardigans Angry

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 13:05

apostrophes
the rspca
parish mags
ecco
woollen mill
kittens
petunias (nasty flowers)
Alan Titchmarsh, Aled Jones, David Essex, Michael Ball and Pip Schofield
bingo
wicker baskets
waitrose
country living
she
chicken shaped things
Doctors on ITV (poss itv altogether)
Peachy's MIL
Mumsnet
People who take threads like this seriously
RHS and NT
Coach tours
tins of biscuits
odd spec cases
List obsession
Last night of the proms
Countryfile
WI
Cardigans
pop socks

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:06

Except your special List Manager one. I've had it crocheted, special.

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Planetofthegrapes · 21/10/2011 13:07

Adios...

Lakeland
Past Times
All charity shops (no volunteers you see)
Garden centres
Good Housekeeping
All Antique shops
Complan
Artic rolls and caramac
Quality Street
Babycham, advocat and Dubonnet
Gin and tonic, scotch on the rocks
Imperial Leather soap

Cheeptrickortreat · 21/10/2011 13:07

I was going to say WI, you got there before me Sad

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 13:08

Complan

Shakey1500 · 21/10/2011 13:08

Can we add Elaine Paige to the list?

Cheeptrickortreat · 21/10/2011 13:08

*scotch on the rocks is so not going

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:08

Planet - you must put them on the end of the current list. We are compiling a Definitive Guide to the Pointlessness.

Get to it. Pore ol Vermicious is busy with the bedding plants.

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TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 13:09

apostrophes
the rspca
parish mags
ecco
woollen mill
kittens
petunias (nasty flowers)
Alan Titchmarsh, Aled Jones, David Essex, Michael Ball and Pip Schofield
bingo
wicker baskets
waitrose
country living
she
chicken shaped things
Doctors on ITV (poss itv altogether)
Peachy's MIL
Mumsnet
People who take threads like this seriously
RHS and NT
Coach tours
tins of biscuits
odd spec cases
List obsession
Last night of the proms
Countryfile
WI
Cardigans
pop socks
Lakeland
Past Times
All charity shops (no volunteers you see)
Garden centres
Good Housekeeping
All Antique shops
Complan
Artic rolls and caramac
Quality Street
Babycham, advocat and Dubonnet
Gin and tonic, scotch on the rocks
Imperial Leather soap
Crocheted special list manager cardigans (unless they are for Hully)
Elaine Page
Tutting

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:09

None of you are doing it properly.

Where's the List Manager?

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Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:09

There she is!

Bless her pop sox.

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Proudnscary · 21/10/2011 13:10

John Barrowman

Proudnscary · 21/10/2011 13:10

Per Una

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:10

Get your cardie off the list you ungrateful List Manager you. It took me hours to find that pattern in Woman's Weekly.

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TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 13:10

apostrophes
the rspca
parish mags
ecco
woollen mill
kittens
petunias (nasty flowers)
Alan Titchmarsh, Aled Jones, David Essex, Michael Ball and Pip Schofield
bingo
wicker baskets
waitrose
country living
she
chicken shaped things
Doctors on ITV (poss itv altogether)
Peachy's MIL
Mumsnet
People who take threads like this seriously
RHS and NT
Coach tours
tins of biscuits
odd spec cases
List obsession
Last night of the proms
Countryfile
WI
Cardigans
pop socks
Lakeland
Past Times
All charity shops (no volunteers you see)
Garden centres
Good Housekeeping
All Antique shops
Complan
Artic rolls and caramac
Quality Street
Babycham, advocat and Dubonnet
Gin and tonic, scotch on the rocks
Imperial Leather soap
Crocheted special list manager cardigans (unless they are for Hully)
Elaine Page
Tutting
People who can't spell 'Elaine Paige'
Tea cosies

Phew, I'll need a nice cup of tea now...

Proudnscary · 21/10/2011 13:11

Antique jugs

Proudnscary · 21/10/2011 13:11

Cat ornaments

Proudnscary · 21/10/2011 13:11

Actual cats

Proudnscary · 21/10/2011 13:11

'Fun' cat cartoons

DumbledoresGore · 21/10/2011 13:11

You're all missing the point. Without middle aged women, you wouldn't have little old ladies, complaining about their corns, and criticising the youth of today, and taking up room in buses, and blocking the pavement with their zimmer frames....

Oh ok then, where do I go to be eliminated?

Planetofthegrapes · 21/10/2011 13:12

Cat tea cosys

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:12

What a list! All that stuff we won't need. It's so environmentally friendly as well as more aesthetically pleasing without the middle-aged.

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Proudnscary · 21/10/2011 13:12

'Fun' cat greetings cards

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:13

Put em on th elist, proud.

Pore ol Vermicious is having a valium tea.

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