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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?

OP posts:
Pagwatch · 21/10/2011 13:27

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
John Barrowman
Per Una
Antique Jugs
Cat Ornaments
Actual Cats
Fun cat cartoons
Cat tea cosies
Fun cat greeting cards
Proudnscary, Pagwatch and other people who don't know how to make lists properly
Things that fold up to go in your handbag like plastic hats and reusable bags
Hurumphing
Gold stickers with your name on
Voluminous linen outfits
Danish spectacles?
Novelty egg cups
Cliff Richard!
But not Pagwatch because she figured out how to do the list on her iPad and is no longer that much of a twat.

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:28

Having a sustainable

Hoh yes.

Ok, let's give splashy watercolour paintings on novel fronts painter a break. Or not.

OP posts:
SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 13:28

Course it is coldsancerre - they've got to get home again.

Pagwatch · 21/10/2011 13:28

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
John Barrowman
Per Una
Antique Jugs
Cat Ornaments
Actual Cats
Fun cat cartoons
Cat tea cosies
Fun cat greeting cards
Proudnscary, Pagwatch and other people who don't know how to make lists properly
Things that fold up to go in your handbag like plastic hats and reusable bags
Hurumphing
Gold stickers with your name on
Voluminous linen outfits
Danish spectacles?
Novelty egg cups
Cliff Richard!
But not Pagwatch because she figured out how to do the list on her iPad and is no longer that much of a twat.
Oooh. Battenberg and Maderia cake

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 13:28

Vermicious, you'll have to sort Paggy out. She's gone all awry.

OP posts:
ColdSancerre · 21/10/2011 13:29

Pag you're about two pages behind with your list I'm afraid.

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 13:29

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
John Barrowman
Per Una
Antique Jugs
Cat Ornaments
Actual Cats
Fun cat cartoons
Cat tea cosies
Fun cat greeting cards
Proudnscary, Pagwatch and other people who don't know how to make lists properly
Things that fold up to go in your handbag like plastic hats and reusable bags
Hurumphing
Gold stickers with your name on
Voluminous linen outfits
Danish spectacles?
Novelty egg cups
Cliff Richard!
Zumba
Homemade birthday cards
Peppermint tea
acrobiotic aerobic class hmm
Holidays in Portugal and Madeira
Golf clubs
People who play golf
All things remotely to do with golfing
Waterfall cardigans
Tapered slacks
Court shoes
Novels with sploshy watercolours on the front cover
Missing The Point
Snorting
Proudnscary (again)
Branflakes
Womans Own
Immodium
Watching Eggheads
Having a sustainable
Baking lots of pies
Doing long distance walks.
Teenaged children
Ski holidays
Festivals
Dogs
Horses
Hillwalking
Climbing trips
Drinking too much wine with your mates
Days out riding rollercoasters with the kids
Dying your grey hair blonde
Hot sex with boyfriend without the worry of pregnancy
Doing the above whilst still holding down a full time job
Phillipa Gregory novels
Book clubs
Scholls
Organiser handbags
Boyfriends who don't care if you have wrinkles
Fragrant list touting (and flouting!)
Splashy watercolour novel covers
"couldn't give a flying pair of fingers" mode
Elevenses
Pagwatch

ColdSancerre · 21/10/2011 13:30

Actually, lists are a bit middle aged womanish. Can you add lists to the list please?

JajasWjolef · 21/10/2011 13:30

SuePurbly aroooooooooo to you too!! I just can't keep up, not hiding just slow [hblush]. Must be cause I'm a MAW [hconfused]... [hgrin]!

David Attenborough programmes

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 13:31

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
John Barrowman
Per Una
Antique Jugs
Cat Ornaments
Actual Cats
Fun cat cartoons
Cat tea cosies
Fun cat greeting cards
Proudnscary, Pagwatch and other people who don't know how to make lists properly
Things that fold up to go in your handbag like plastic hats and reusable bags
Hurumphing
Gold stickers with your name on
Voluminous linen outfits
Danish spectacles?
Novelty egg cups
Cliff Richard!
Coach tours
Zumba
Homemade birthday cards
Peppermint tea
acrobiotic aerobic class hmm
Holidays in Portugal and Madeira
Golf clubs
People who play golf
All things remotely to do with golfing
Waterfall cardigans
Tapered slacks
Court shoes
Novels with sploshy watercolours on the front cover
Missing The Point
Snorting
Proudnscary (again)
Branflakes
Womans Own
Immodium
Watching Eggheads
Having a sustainable
Baking lots of pies
Doing long distance walks.
Teenaged children
Ski holidays
Festivals
Dogs
Horses
Hillwalking
Climbing trips
Drinking too much wine with your mates
Days out riding rollercoasters with the kids
Dying your grey hair blonde
Hot sex with boyfriend without the worry of pregnancy
Doing the above whilst still holding down a full time job
Phillipa Gregory novels
Book clubs
Scholls
Organiser handbags
Battenburg and Madeira cake
David Attenborough programmes
Lists

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 13:31

Things that are 'wipe clean'
Hats on parcel shelves

BestIsWest · 21/10/2011 13:32

Can I add Fitflops and Boots No 7

Ariesgirl · 21/10/2011 13:33

Cats are featuring heavily.

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 13:33

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
John Barrowman
Per Una
Antique Jugs
Cat Ornaments
Actual Cats
Fun cat cartoons
Cat tea cosies
Fun cat greeting cards
Proudnscary, Pagwatch and other people who don't know how to make lists properly
Things that fold up to go in your handbag like plastic hats and reusable bags
Hurumphing
Gold stickers with your name on
Voluminous linen outfits
Danish spectacles?
Novelty egg cups
Cliff Richard!
Coach tours
Zumba
Homemade birthday cards
Peppermint tea
acrobiotic aerobic class hmm
Holidays in Portugal and Madeira
Golf clubs
People who play golf
All things remotely to do with golfing
Waterfall cardigans
Tapered slacks
Court shoes
Novels with sploshy watercolours on the front cover
Missing The Point
Snorting
Proudnscary (again)
Branflakes
Womans Own
Immodium
Watching Eggheads
Having a sustainable
Baking lots of pies
Doing long distance walks.
Teenaged children
Ski holidays
Festivals
Dogs
Horses
Hillwalking
Climbing trips
Drinking too much wine with your mates
Days out riding rollercoasters with the kids
Dying your grey hair blonde
Hot sex with boyfriend without the worry of pregnancy
Doing the above whilst still holding down a full time job
Phillipa Gregory novels
Book clubs
Scholls
Organiser handbags
Battenburg and Madeira cake
David Attenborough programmes
Lists
Things that are 'wipe clean'
Hats on parcel shelves
People who skip
People who are unfettered by lists
Fitflops
Flipflops
People who don't know what Fitplops are
Boots No 7

JajasWjolef · 21/10/2011 13:33

The Archers

JajasWjolef · 21/10/2011 13:34

Fit PLOPs!!

JajasWjolef · 21/10/2011 13:34

Slippers

Proudnscary · 21/10/2011 13:34

WARNING TO SUEPURBLY

I too brazenly swerved the list but you run a grave risk of being disqualified.

THINK CAREFULLY.

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 13:34
SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 13:35

Vermicious, you are making me larf muchly.

JajasWjolef · 21/10/2011 13:35

Me roo, can't do list thingmy

JajasWjolef · 21/10/2011 13:36

The ARchers have to be on there

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 13:36

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
John Barrowman
Per Una
Antique Jugs
Cat Ornaments
Actual Cats
Fun cat cartoons
Cat tea cosies
Fun cat greeting cards
Proudnscary, Pagwatch and other people who don't know how to make lists properly
Things that fold up to go in your handbag like plastic hats and reusable bags
Hurumphing
Gold stickers with your name on
Voluminous linen outfits
Danish spectacles?
Novelty egg cups
Cliff Richard!
Coach tours
Zumba
Homemade birthday cards
Peppermint tea
acrobiotic aerobic class hmm
Holidays in Portugal and Madeira
Golf clubs
People who play golf
All things remotely to do with golfing
Waterfall cardigans
Tapered slacks
Court shoes
Novels with sploshy watercolours on the front cover
Missing The Point
Snorting
Proudnscary (again)
Branflakes
Womans Own
Immodium
Watching Eggheads
Having a sustainable
Baking lots of pies
Doing long distance walks.
Teenaged children
Ski holidays
Festivals
Dogs
Horses
Hillwalking
Climbing trips
Drinking too much wine with your mates
Days out riding rollercoasters with the kids
Dying your grey hair blonde
Hot sex with boyfriend without the worry of pregnancy
Doing the above whilst still holding down a full time job
Phillipa Gregory novels
Book clubs
Scholls
Organiser handbags
Battenburg and Madeira cake
David Attenborough programmes
Lists
Things that are 'wipe clean'
Hats on parcel shelves
People who skip
People who are unfettered by lists
Fitflops
Flipflops
People who don't know what Fitplops are
Boots No 7
Suepurbly
Slippers
Fitplops
People who know what fitplops are

Pagwatch · 21/10/2011 13:37

Oh I am Chief Gimmer.

Too middle aged to keep up with the list.

Sad

isn't it cold though.

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 13:37

I could go off you though