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A Viscous attack # 2

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Catpiece · 15/08/2025 11:23

Is it okay for me to start a second thread of the highly entertaining viscous attack? Couldn’t see a sequel and don’t want to step foot on anyone’s toes
edited to add: I’m Cattery but with a name change x

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PipMartin · 12/01/2026 10:41

Local Facebook community pages keep on giving. My local Mayor has announced that the council are back after a short brake. And a group of nurses in a photo are being sort for a reunion

AgentPidge · 12/01/2026 13:34

On the 'Advice for a new mum' thread, someone recommends having "about a hundred Muslims handy".

Well yes, it's good to have a helping hand. But will she have enough chairs?

Catpiece · 12/01/2026 14:03

AgentPidge · 12/01/2026 13:34

On the 'Advice for a new mum' thread, someone recommends having "about a hundred Muslims handy".

Well yes, it's good to have a helping hand. But will she have enough chairs?

Love it. Oh yes, FB is the gift that keeps on giving. Some real gems. A “short brake”? Is that when you nearly drive into the car in front?

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Allseeingallknowing · 12/01/2026 14:49

“Satin lingerie stile dress” seen on Mumsnet today. Is it for fancy walking wear in the countryside? Hope the poster doesn’t mind me repeating it on here!

Chersfrozenface · 13/01/2026 16:37

One I see a lot is Amercia or even amercia.

There was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom called Mercia, recalled in the name of the West Mercia Police.

Given that the prefix 'a-' means 'not', as in asexual or apolitical, then Amercia must mean anywhere / everywhere that isn't Mercia.

LightandBreezy · 14/01/2026 00:38

On the thread discussing the right to protest, someone has written about the Suffragettes - "Where would we be now, without all the havoc they reeked?"

HopeSpringsInfernal · 14/01/2026 09:24

LightandBreezy · 14/01/2026 00:38

On the thread discussing the right to protest, someone has written about the Suffragettes - "Where would we be now, without all the havoc they reeked?"

Were they perhaps throwing rotten eggs?

MagpiePi · 14/01/2026 13:07

Chersfrozenface · 13/01/2026 16:37

One I see a lot is Amercia or even amercia.

There was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom called Mercia, recalled in the name of the West Mercia Police.

Given that the prefix 'a-' means 'not', as in asexual or apolitical, then Amercia must mean anywhere / everywhere that isn't Mercia.

...which does seem to be Trump's view of the world. 🙁

Allseeingallknowing · 14/01/2026 17:47

Born and bread- as seen in a Mumsnet post today.

Catpiece · 14/01/2026 19:18

🍞🥖

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ThunderThighs123 · 15/01/2026 09:21

Just seen on Mumsnet AIBU: 'My husband is going Vegas.'

Is this a new verb, perhaps?

Does it mean going crazy; letting one's hair down; up for debauchery??
Thoughts?!😂

Chersfrozenface · 15/01/2026 10:20

ThunderThighs123 · 15/01/2026 09:21

Just seen on Mumsnet AIBU: 'My husband is going Vegas.'

Is this a new verb, perhaps?

Does it mean going crazy; letting one's hair down; up for debauchery??
Thoughts?!😂

Could be worse, he could be going full Vegas.

TheaBrandt1 · 15/01/2026 10:23

I live near the village in which I was born and bread.

MagpiePi · 15/01/2026 17:32

ThunderThighs123 · 15/01/2026 09:21

Just seen on Mumsnet AIBU: 'My husband is going Vegas.'

Is this a new verb, perhaps?

Does it mean going crazy; letting one's hair down; up for debauchery??
Thoughts?!😂

It is a way of speaking, to miss out the ‘to’. So they meant the husband is going to Vegas.

MagpiePi · 15/01/2026 17:34

Why would you want vegetables in your dessert anyway??

Chersfrozenface · 15/01/2026 18:03

MagpiePi · 15/01/2026 17:32

It is a way of speaking, to miss out the ‘to’. So they meant the husband is going to Vegas.

That might work in languages which have grammatical cases that can denote movement.

For languages such as English which rely on prepositions (to, from, by, above, of, etc.) leaving them out really doesn't help comprehension

PendantScorner · 15/01/2026 18:14

@MagpiePi , Isn't sugar beet a vegetable?

TerminalMoraine · 15/01/2026 23:42

I will meat you at the door.

MagpiePi · 16/01/2026 13:52

PendantScorner · 15/01/2026 18:14

@MagpiePi , Isn't sugar beet a vegetable?

I believe most of the sugar in the uk is made from sugar beet, so adding a spoon of sugar would be adding a vegetable, but I don’t think that’s what the poster means.

I was thinking of why you’d want to get some turnips or broccoli into a dessert.

MagpiePi · 16/01/2026 13:53

Chersfrozenface · 15/01/2026 18:03

That might work in languages which have grammatical cases that can denote movement.

For languages such as English which rely on prepositions (to, from, by, above, of, etc.) leaving them out really doesn't help comprehension

Maybe it’s a midlands thing? I’m sure people spoke like that when I lived in Leicestershire, as in, ‘I’m going Sainsbury’s, do you want anything?’

PendantScorner · 16/01/2026 13:59

Carrot cake is ok (not that I like it) and there's the cakes with beetroot in (I think they're chocolate cake so I've not tried it.

I'd never really thought about sugar beet before. It looks very much a root vegetable.

TerminalMoraine · 20/01/2026 16:26

Just read that a dog or a cat can be viscous. It’s a mindfield too.
Swollen lump nodes.
Online dating sight.

Allseeingallknowing · 20/01/2026 16:41

TerminalMoraine · 15/01/2026 23:42

I will meat you at the door.

That sounds extremely viscous!

Catpiece · 22/01/2026 10:56

Is an online dating sight where you get to do a video interview with a potential suitor?

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