a good slapping!!!!

[bea]

noooo! not children!!! we don't want to stir up that hornets nest do we!!!

no i mean hands up if you feel those Sheer Blonde Girls "alex and Brit" need a good slapping! i have never been so irritated by an advert and find them incredibley frightening!... do people like this really exist?... i fear they have been to sulky smoulder school to perfect their stares to the camera!!!

or horrors of horrors.... does it really mean i yearn for 'sheer blonde' hair! and am just jealous!

I don't think so!!!

who else do you think deserves a good slapping!!!???

Mopsy,

Just read this after a week out of touch. Back to the DH thingy-- nope, can say for sure it's not my husband. We're of the "read what I just wrote" type and, plus, it's not the type of things he would hate.

My slaps don't go anywhere at the moment. Ok, no.. that's not true. I'm in the US for the first time in a year and the stupid big billboard type things the local businesses have with the patriotic slogans are scaring me. A slap isn't enough. Oh dear, had much more to say and too much beer. Please don't start an anti-American thread, because I've certainly had enough of that, too. Big slap to those who don't understand the US and its system of government and a big kick to those who don't understand the size. Not on mumsnet, though. It's the worst of both worlds living abroad... luckily the best too. It more than makes up for it.

Ummm... time for more beer?

Today's nomination for a clip round the ear - our local Nissan dealership (S. London) for wanting to charge 230 quid for our car to be serviced - now getting it done in Swansea (near MIL) for a mere 70 quid! Rip-off.

People whose names begin with R who are about to jet off to Lanzarote Mopsy xx

Bron, for a minute there I thought you were mad at Bob Pary for having a flat stomach after childbirth....sorry i'm pregnant (brain's a bit addled).

Oh, I'd better not go there on the flat tummy, all I can say to make you feel better is that I have tons of stretch marks and droopy SMALL boobs, how unfair is that?! I'd like to slap Liz Hurley and Jordan for going out partying just weeks after giving birth, like you just know they're not the ones b/f every two hours, bleary eyed after weeks with no sleep, limp hair and STILL walking like John Wayne! Bloody rich cows! Bet they've got Gina Ford in!!!!

OMG!! I've just seen the Natalie Imbruglia "I'm worth it" ad!!! DP and his friend were in hysterics over the claims made for this mascara, eg. How could an eyelash NOT be in 3D? etc

So now I know what a scary minger looks like. But although its a word I've seen around for some time I've never heard it said. So I'd like some advice or put it to a vote please: is it pronounced to rhyme with "Ginger" or "Ming (as in vase) -er"? Thanks, sorry to reopen an old bit of the topic!

Minger with the ming as in vase...

I would like to slap the maitre d' (or whatever he was) who approached us while dh and I were waiting to be seated at a hotel restaurant. He walked up to us and said "Good morning SIR, would you like a table?", like I wasn't even there. I was looking straight at him but he decided to greet my husband instead. He then came up to our table a couple of times during our meal and spoke ONLY to dh, then said "Goodbye Sir" when we left. AARGGHHH!!! I thought our culture was WAY past this kind of male superiority thing!!! I'm not a raving feminist but I thought it was pretty blatant and rude in this day and age. I should've slapped him while I had the chance.

could i just offer up a major beating (slapping just isn't good enough) to every estate agent in london. And if any of you are estate agents i don't apologize! We have just been about to exchange contracts on a much needed larger house for the 3rd time in 6 months only to find out that the estate agents have been lying through their teeth once again....grrrrr!

SofiaAmes, if you got nearly as far as exchanging doesn't your solicitor need a bit of a tap too? We never regretted using someone who turned out to be a cross between a KGB official and a bloodhound, neatly disguised as a middle-aged man from Cheam.
ks, Russell Watson, Filippa Giordano, Lesley Garrett, Andrea Bocelli - a secure compound is needed, with soundproofing. And Charlotte Church will need to be shipped in if she does not stop hammering her lower register.

Can I add our local gas supplier who seem to delight in cutting off the gas supply on average of once a month without any warning. Once again I find myself without hot water and a truly disgusting grubby child to clean. They never seem to take responsibility either, usually telling me my water pressure must be low (it's FINE!!!!!)

Andrew Castle - that txxt from GMTV - who was interviewed in Junior mag (why do I buy it? I really have no idea). I quote.... "Although we don't eat out that often, I do think it is important that children know how to behave in restaurants. I can't bear to see toddlers running round like lunatics or having a tantrum in the middle of Pizza Express". Now the man has two daughters - so either they are freaks of nature who never went through the terrible two's or Andrew kept them under lock and key for the duration and believes we should all do the same. Either way, he's getting it from me...

I wonder does he consider pizza express the height of fine dining. I would hope that my children don't run around restaurants either, but I wouldn't classify pizza express as a restaurant....in fact it's the kind of place I would go if i expected the children to run around.

Hear, hear, Sue W! All of mine have been well behaved in restaurants, despite being 'normal' active children and not held under lock and key. I didn't allow them to run round at home at mealtimes so I guess it just came naturally to them.

I agree re children sitting down in restaurants. Personally, we take our kids out to eat quite often, but choose to go out for lunch or a really early dinner (about 6ish) and they are expected to sit at the table and be reasonably quiet. Mind you, my kids love to eat, so its not usually that much of a problem! My d.h. and I go out for dinner so rarely on our own that if we do, we prefer to eat at about 9 ish when there tend to be no kids!

I agree with the running around bit - but the tantrum bit was what got me. Bearing in mind that my ds can be a saint one minute and satan the next - with no forewarning of imminent possession - am I supposed to never go out to eat just in case he throws a wobbly?