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Something unexpected that made you go "wtf??"

709 replies

FuckingFabulous · 25/05/2021 18:14

I want to hear examples from your experiences. Like when someone drops the facade for a second and you see something a bit scary about them, or when someone reasonable comes out with something utterly ludicrous and you've no idea how to react. I want to hear them! Because earlier today, I found out that my neighbours daughter doesn't have identical twins called Ronnie and Jensen, which was my assumption. She has one boy called Jensen, but my neighbour hates the name and will only call him Ronnie. The boy is six. His middle name isn't even Ronnie. His grandma just prefers that name and calls him that. Confused

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SoMuchForSummerLove · 26/05/2021 23:18

That curly pigeon made me feel sick Envy

Cowbells · 26/05/2021 23:25

[quote SunshineCake]@Cowbells wear bed socks ?Confused.[/quote]
I do!

Friendofdennis · 26/05/2021 23:31

Walking through a crowded shopping centre I failed to get out of the way of a fast approaching mobility scooter because I have a bad hip and couldn’t side step. The woman just rammed into me and I ended up lying across her shouting Stop! as she continued to motor along until I fell off her.

YesIReallyDoLikeRootBeer · 26/05/2021 23:37

I have a friend who is a bit kooky. Believes in several conspiracy theories. Nothing super crazy, just things that would make me roll my eyes from time to time. Then one day he told me that Sandy Hook was faked. That it never happened. No children were killed. It was all crisis actors. I was so stunned for a moment I just stood there probably with my mouth hanging open. Then I became so angry. I yelled at him "20 little children were murdered in their school, how can you believe something like that" and I just walked away. I just could not deal with it anymore. Later he did tell me that he now believes it really happened (I still wonder if he just says that because he knows thats what I want to hear). Since then he has only carried on with silly eye roll conspiracies.

notacooldad · 26/05/2021 23:42

Probably about 15 years ago me and Dh were in a town centre pub on a busy weekend. There was no where to sit so we were stood at one if those high tables where you can have a tall bar stool. I looked around to see if anything was coming free and I noticed a bloke and woman sat down. She was staring straight in front if her expressionless and he was sucking on her breast. As the place was packed and mist people were stood up I don't think many, if anyone else noticed. I posted on here about it and someone suggested that she may have been a prostitute and he was fulfilling a fantasy. I thought it may have been a partner that was been controlled ( when I reflected in it later.
Either way it shook me up and I feel bad that I didn't intervene.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 26/05/2021 23:44

when I had my first baby clinic appointment with DS1 (he was 8 weeks old I think) I bumped into our local pool's lifeguard.
we started chatting, turned out we picked the same names for our boys.

at some point I just shook my head and said "it's so strange that I'd seen you around, never knew you were pregnant"
she replied: " nor did I".
😱

she thought she had appendicitis and was rushed to hospital only to be told she was in active labour. that's when she found out that she was pregnant!

Staffy1 · 26/05/2021 23:46

@AsanteSanaSquashBanana

I think there's some truth in that! When we were getting married I read about the option for a cloud blaster (cost £10,000!!!) to make sure there were no rain clouds in your area.
I think someone in my area must have splashed out on one. I've always thought there's something weird going on as the rain clouds seem to avoid the area. It's sad when not even the rain wants to come here.
HaveringWavering · 26/05/2021 23:52

We were away last week and our newish cleaner came for the first time when we were not in. This week I was making small talk and asked him if he’d enjoyed having the place to himself for once. He said “well, actually no, because I was really worried you might have mice and I’m really scared of mice, once I saw one at home and I jumped up on the kitchen counter with a knife in my hand to defend myself and my flat mate came home but she didn’t have her key but I couldn’t get down to let her in because I was so scared of the mouse”.

I just smiled and backed away slowly…

WithLargeTableMouse · 26/05/2021 23:54

I worked with a girl called something like Anna who was sometimes friendly and sometimes really standoffish like this. I’d go from thinking we were becoming good friends to next time I saw her she’s hardly acknowledge me. It turned out she was twins but they both had the same name so doubly confusing for me. One was Anna Rose and one was Anna bell and they had a little sister also called Anna Beth (not actually their real names) so everyone called them Anna and they always worked opposite shifts Confused. I did end up being very good friends with the lovely one once I’d figured out who was who.

WithLargeTableMouse · 26/05/2021 23:55

@StayAGhost

There was a mum on the school run that I used to chat with. Sometimes really friendly and chatty Other times a bit standoff-ish

Fair enough

One day I was chatting with her, walking down the path....then I saw her waiting with the other mums!

Yes, they were TWO separate people.

My previous post was meant to quote this one Hmm
Grizalda · 26/05/2021 23:55

Two policemen trying to corner a large and pretty pissed off swan to get him off the main road.

Was it for The Greater Good the greater good. ?

muffindays · 26/05/2021 23:57

friend's mum was a mad scientist and did tests on friend as a child involving magnetic type machines that made her ill. WTF.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 26/05/2021 23:59

once I left my pushchair on the pavement; strapped kids in car, walked on the road side of the car, got in and walked off.

About an hour later I needed something from the boot, realised I left pushchair, but it was gone.
the next day I went to see a friend for coffee. halfway through our chat I mentioned about the pushchair incident.
he went:"when was this?
me: "yesterday afternoon"
him: "where and what time?"
me : "just after 3pm on xyz road, near the corner. why?"
him: "because I was walking past that spot around 3.45pm and saw two police officers checking it and putting it in their car!"

long story short I called them, yes, it was my pushchair, I picked it up the next day.
they took it as potential evidence, because an abandoned pushchair could've been connected to a child abduction case!😱

thinkingaboutLangCleg · 26/05/2021 23:59

when I met one of my kids's friends' dad for the first time (as in we were being introduced) I said "nice to finally meet you, I don't think I've seen you on the school run". He said "yeah, I've not been long out of prison"

Zing, I can just imagine your face, or mine in the same situation. A big, mad smile as you desperately try to think of what to say, eg "How nice that we've been having good weather since you came out"...

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 27/05/2021 00:00
  • I meant I went back to look for it but it was gone
ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 27/05/2021 00:02

@thinkingaboutLangCleg

I laughed an said "so when's your next appointment with your parole officer?"
🤣

shreddednips · 27/05/2021 00:31

When I was a kid, my younger sister used to predict animal deaths.

We went to visit some friends and they had a cat- young cat, no health problems so no reason for her to think anything would happen to it. About a week later she was suddenly crying inconsolably saying that she was sad because fudge was dead. Next day, friend rings- fudge hit by a car Sad

Not long after, she came home from school saying her best friend's rabbit had died. My mum saw her mum the next day and said so sorry about your rabbit. The woman was confused and said no, the rabbit is fine. Next day she rings- rabbit eaten by Fox in the night Sad

My sister was probably about 5, stopped doing it soon afterwards and has shown no signs of clairvoyance since!

rach2713 · 27/05/2021 00:35

I had a WTF moment in home bargain today. Seen on the front page of the newspaper that the top science boff fear everything we know about the universe could be wrong and we are all holograms Hmm

CrazyCatsAndKittens · 27/05/2021 00:36

I know a woman whose cat only eats Dreamies. She said she tried to make him eat other cat food but he bullies her, so every month, she buys a massive box of Dreamies on Amazon and the cat had a pack morning, noon and night. I said it must cost a fortune but she played it down and said it wasn’t that much. I just thought it was utterly bonkers!

2018SoFarSoGreat · 27/05/2021 00:44

I've told this before on here, I think, but oh well.

(IN AMERICA, for context) When they announced the first official Martin Luther King Jr Holiday, it was not widely celebrated, and I had to work. I was crossing the main road to my office - loads of other people about, a crowd waiting for the walk signal. A little old lady - I mean old and quite literally little! - took one look at me from the other side of the street, glared, then rushed across straight in front of traffic. Right at me. From about 4 feet away she raised her entire leg and did a... roundhouse? kick at my face. Her foot came within inches of my chin. All the while, she was hurtling the most racially horrible statements at me, complete with all of the worst words. It was astonishing and upsetting and quite physically impressive all at once.

I am a pale white person. There were people all around me, of all colors, shapes and sizes, but she picked me. Guess my crazy magnet was on full blast that day.

WFT!

Becca19962014 · 27/05/2021 01:11

After posting on here Saturday about a "friend" who every now and then bitches about me on here, made up stuff and had a massive go at me justifying doing so because of her replies - she printed her thread off and gave it to me as proof of what a dreadful person I am.

Then on Sunday, after about two years, I saw her!!! Couldn't believe it! She came over to me smiling away for a chat asking what she could do to help me... I blanked her and moved away.

I couldn't believe it!

Becca19962014 · 27/05/2021 01:12

(Our "friendship" ended years ago so there was no need for her to come anywhere near me, though living in a small place of course we see each other).

QueenPaw · 27/05/2021 01:50

Two elderly ladies dressed in sumo suits, walking along chatting and carrying handbags. No idea

A man running in nothing but a pair of trainers and a reindeer thong. In December of course

Not WTF as such but a funny one. Washing up with the window open and see a man, child and dog
Man to child "what do we do before we cross the road?"
Child (very pleased with herself) "SIT!" And plonks herself on the pavement, just as the dog does a perfect sit next to her
Man "oh for the love of god"
I was howling and it makes me laugh remembering it

RedactedTaeFeck · 27/05/2021 01:53

My best friend in primary school used to wank off her dog because he liked it... We drifted apart in high school so no idea what became of her.

timeisnotaline · 27/05/2021 02:16

@Velvian

I was having coffee with a friend at her house, she was complaining about turning 40. I told her she had no need to worry that she looked about 10 years younger.

She replied, "No. I thought it would have happened by now." I asked, "what would have happened" - The answer was that we would be living in paradise (like after the day of judgement type paradise)

That was a conversation killer. I had nothing but a goldfish impression Grin

ShockShock. I... can’t!
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