To ask for a round up of all the little MN in-jokes?

[faithinthesound]

Mods, feel free to delete this if it's not okay!

I've been here some months now, and I've noticed a lot of little in-jokes around that come from old threads, some of which are in Classics, etc. Usually when I come across a reference that I don't recognize, someone is kind enough to explain it to me (and sometimes even link the original thread!) but I thought it might be nice, and kind of fun, to gather together as many as we can in one thread!

I'll start. The one that always sticks out to me is the one about the Mexican house thief. That's from this thread.

The other one that had me in absolute stitches was the saga of Sharon, the wasp, and the wine that never reached the carpet, which starts here, and apparently continues here with someone "t-rexing in the Asda"... Hysterical, I tell you.

I'm really hoping some long-time MNers will be along to link to such joys as "cancel the check"; "pom bears"; "Maui"; and the one where everyone MumsNetted as their toddlers :D

(I'm sorry if this is against some unwritten rule. It's not REALLY a thread about a thread, it's a thread about a lot of threads...)

HAMWIDGE!!!

Bread

Ham

Bread

Please someone link to the @nal sex one at centre parcs - I've still yet to find out what the joke is and I keep hearing about it!

I bloody love Pom Bears. So glad to have read that thread.

Something I don't understand is the 'throws biscuits' thing. I always thought the icon was a pineapple with a cherry in the middle. But even if it's a biscuit, what's the context in which people throw them or reference biscuits in a thread? I can see that it's negative but not sure what it's all about.

agree, auntie tantrums and the toddler was very funny!

Oh yes, the Auntie Tantrums thread was lovely. Didn't the child insist on getting into the dog's bed, and Tantrums was terrified that she'd go home and tell her mother she'd been made to sleep with the dog?

Is Tantrums still around? I loved her.

Pom Bears had me in stitches.

What about the one with the nanny and the ski lodge and the footprints in the snow? Anyone know what happened there?

emesis - the biscuit is supposed to be a snarky way of saying "no comment". I think it originated from a webchat with Gordon Brown who was unable to answer the very straightforward question "what is your favourite biscuit"

I think it's had its day now, though - the amount of "here, have my very first " posts means that surely everyone has used it at least once...

(It's supposed to be a jammy dodger, BTW)

Didn't the biscuit come from s Gordon Brown webchat where m'netters kept adki g his favourite biscuit but he wouldn't answer (cos his assistants weren't passing on the question) and then afterwards it becamw a new icon/emoticon thingie? (Meaning "I can't be arsed answering)?"

Cross posted with Olenna - who also has much better spelling than I have!

@HoneyDragon dropped immac on the baby's head. She also managed to dye the baby blue (holding a wet baby whilst wearing a non-colour-fast blue top, if memory serves). She also rimmed her Labrador, by tripping up the step into the kitchen and falling face first just as the dog did one of those back-arched-downwards, bum and tail in the air stretches they do.

HoneyDragon is my MN crush not just for the wonderfully random accidents she has, but also for her immense generosity in sharing them with us all.

One of my favourite threads, that I don't think has been mentioned yet, is the one where @TantrumsAndBalloons talked us live through the weekend where she babysat her friend's here-year-old - Well - That went well, didn't it

Mexican house theif and penguin bollards be funny as was shiny turning up to the penguin enclosure. Also enjoyed (I think!) kingfupandas epic one lane road stand off.

Penis beaker was the beginning of the end although cutted up pear never did it for me either

That bat photo. It was before my time and I've been here a decade.

thief goddamnit !!

OK - so delving into the really secret knowledge - what smileys are available on MN other than those listed?

I'm aware of [ tardis ]

and which is meant to be the Bull pub sign in Ambridge.

The dawn doctor

Ah, the MN bat. I'd forgotten about him - but still have the pic!

Before WORKzilla and Shagzilla there was Gluezilla! Which I recall was about a lady whose 'friend' wanted her to decorate her wedding venue but clear orf for the actual wedding?

Also lemon drizzle bitch; can't remember the specifics but it involved a school cake bake, I think LDB was in or involved with the PTA then absolutely dropped herself in it with an reply all email?

I've only recently started to post but I've been lurking for a long, LONG time!

Now we've had the bat picture, it won't be long until someone posts the picture of Terry Wogan's cock.

Spoonyfucker.

Was just about to say Terry Wogan's Cock!

Terry Wogan's cock thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2076296-Terry-Wogans-cock-Eurovision-just-isnt-the-same!