Feel free to PARP me on any of the following subjects....

[aloha]

Church schools
Caesarians
What lovely people midwives are.

I think you all know my opinions by now!

What are your PARP subjects?

The phrase "don't you have anything better to do than post on here ?".

yawn parp and yawn again

Who wrote....?

Aaargh! Ever heard of google?

Why is everyone so het up about church schools? I have completely missed that one...

'my dd is only 9 months old and reading shakespeare'
Picky eaters = bad parenting
Why won't my 2-week old sleep through the night OR 'my 2-week sleeps throught he night, aren't I womnderful (instead of 'aren't I bloody lucky'

oh god.

these are not strictly parp threads in that I don't post about them, but....

church schools
private schools
in fact any inequity in the education system.

fashion threads
this-country-is-going-to-the-dogs threads (especially if they are along the lines of "taxes are so high that this country is going to the dogs" or "my dd's teacher won't give her the work I want her to and god this country's going to the dogs" )

also "it's all pc nonsense" (like that's an automatic argument-stopper)

chav threads (esp people who argue that whinging about chavs isn't snobbery before going on about eating tinned meat etc)

and especially leaving-them-anywhere-for-5-mins-is-child-abuse threads.

cod youre too harsh on unfortunates who are looking for practical help.

Those saying 'Test your IQ' or 'Are you a bitch' just so people can say "Ooooh, look at me, aren't I clever!"

Or anything with 'nanny, au pair, or cleaner' in the title.

so "my cleaner is having an affair with Father Christmas, is it my fault because I dont pay her enough?" would get you going then Rhubarb??

fsfsfsfdrer!!!!

Will my microwave kill me ?
Do tampons have asbestos in them ?
Toxic chemicals in my bath

I know I shouldn't post on these but I just have to ! So PARP

he he
thread most likely to annoy Enid would be "why has a teacher at my local church school criticised my decision to have a caesarian when my lovely midwife says its perfectly fine?"

And then someone sen her a handmade card

witchywizz
"I just put my tampon in the microwave to check if it had asbestos in, it has exploded and now my house is full of toxic chemicals, what shall I do?"

My baby is 3 days old, why won't she go 4 hours between feeds and sleep through the night yet?

am with you frannykenstein!

Nightynight ...Aaaarrrrggghhhhh

These aren't parp subjects though, a lot of this is just sniping.

Fathers 4 Justice
Men who don't do housework or childcare
Breastfeeding
My DH drinks seventy units of alcohol a week but isn't an alcoholic as he has a job
And many others depending on time, mood and menstrual status!

1. Americans

2. Any thread that contains the phrase "Why have kids if you're going to have someone else look after them." 3. Wedding etiquette (oddly enough) 4. Threads that begin with some complascent anecdote about what some other mother did. . .and isn't it appalling! (I always think of gossipy biddies in Jane Austen.)

Mumsiness

Name threads - just get a book, stop asking everyone else - it's all been done before

Age gaps - it REALLY doesn't matter

Alcoholics - am I one? If you are asking then yes.

medea
Ill have you know that those gossipy old biddies were my ancestors!

I love those threads - Im just waiting for the day when some other mumsnet regular pipes up and says it was them!

I'd say a PARP thread is one that makes so so cross your heart races and you lose all your sense of humour PLUS you've said everything you have to say about one zillion times before.

that's my understanding too.

Like i say, I often still post on them though.

actually i've just remembered another one:

some mumsnetters are so bitchy/snobby/cliquey and it pisses me off so much that I'm going to be really bitchy/snobby/cliquey about it threads.