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Quote of the week?

144 replies

Flamesparrow · 27/11/2006 23:51

From WWW on the moon landing hoax thread...

"pmsl at 'rocket science isn't that complicated' ! oh so it's like that other stupifyingly simple trade, brain surgery, then?"

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AbbyMumsnet · 02/02/2007 14:27

Jillybeans, tbh, it was a toss up between that quote and the one I went with! Can't use it for next week though - has to have happened in the week prior to the newsletter and will be too far gone by then. Thanks anyway.

JillybeansNW · 02/02/2007 15:48

Oh - got it wrong again! [sigh]

JanH · 02/02/2007 18:06

I can't look for it now because I'm at work, but I loved martianbishop's posts on a sweary thread about her profanity filter on the school website, and how she fixes it to change rude words to eg banana (and what happens to Dickens!)

JillybeansNW · 03/02/2007 16:06

OK, this is probably wrong too but oh well

Flumpytina on Fri 02-Feb-07 19:39:40
Never mind...we are in agreement rabbits do eat their own poo....and you should never tell a two year old this.
On here
MN is just sooooo educational

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AbbyMumsnet · 05/02/2007 20:21

No, that qualifies. Any other suggestions, anyone?

MamaCampbellBlack · 05/02/2007 22:04

By NorksBrideOHara on Sun 04-Feb-07 22:05:25
Oh that reminds me. There's a woman the dead-spit of Jilly Cooper who lives about 1/2 mile away and we were introduced to her when we moved here. I thought it would be all sitting round her aga, sloshing back Chablis and gossiping like mad but she's really, really dull. It's so not fair!!!

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AbbyMumsnet · 06/02/2007 13:55

Please keep them coming.

southeastastra · 06/02/2007 20:16

jimjams on the p&t parking thread

Stop caring about them. Use them if they're free, park somewhere else if they're not. And if you seriously can;t get a child out of a car unless you have a massive space, buy a bloody mini. Above all get a grip.

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AbbyMumsnet · 07/02/2007 11:52

Anyone else, although like t hat last one, jimjams at her finest...

TheEmeraldCityTourGuide · 07/02/2007 12:00

I liked VioletBaudelaire's comment on the thread about 'Are you only friends with people who have the same views are you?'
nappiesgalore wondered what MN Badlands would be like.
Violet replied that it would be 'a very big soft play area, with obligatory fruit shoots every half an hour - sort of 'drive-by fruit shootings'.

mylittlestar · 07/02/2007 12:15

can't exactly remember the thread, it was someone's dp looking at other women all the time i think - and i just loved custy's comment

"kick him in the nads. he's being a tw** "

fantastic! couldn't stop laughing.

i'll find the thread if you need me to - probably not appropriate though??

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AbbyMumsnet · 07/02/2007 12:24

I've been accused of being many things, but rarely appropriate...

Cappuccino · 07/02/2007 12:29

fio on this thread about which condom a woman should carry to give the right impression to a new partner

"no we cant have sex, your choice of johnny is minging and I wont be seen dead in it"

JackieNo · 07/02/2007 14:15

Can I nominate Pann's note on how to get the best out of MN if you're a man (though it's a bit long...):

Good advice there to avoid threads with "Men", or "Fanjos" in the title....or "just-breathed-in-what-do-I-do-now" type stuff, and unless you are very Brave/Stupid/Well-informed and diplomatic ( delete as appropriate) avoid the breastfeeding debates. Limbs have been lost in there. Overuse the daft icons, always say hi to Welsh Boris when you see her, assume nothing, suspect everyone and suspect no-one(eh?), remember that we don't always mean what we say at times (some more than others) and there is often little space to put it right, try not to admire too many individual posters >, and, like me, remain polite at all times.
And be brave. Reminds me of Robert Plant screaming to the sound techies "And I want everything louder than everything else!!"

There. I think that covers all bases.

It's from this thread - Wed 07-Feb-07 13:58:50

Imafairy · 08/02/2007 12:13

Oh please, can it be this

"my personal trainer is bringing me some quinoa to try on saturday " from Tutter!!!

thread here

Pann · 09/02/2007 18:51

Can I propose Pann's hilarious post mentioned below?

Califrau · 09/02/2007 19:00

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FluffyMummy123 · 09/02/2007 19:00

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Toxic · 09/02/2007 19:01

I am not sure we are allowed rude threads, I think MNHQ like to keep up the good, clean, wholesome image

FluffyMummy123 · 09/02/2007 19:02

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PoppiesMum · 09/02/2007 19:06

Another vote for that one

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AbbyMumsnet · 10/02/2007 13:37

Ahem, if I might refer you to a recent quote of the week...

gemmiegoatlegs ponders whether nowt's safe from style's prying eye: "...does fanjo plumpness go in and out of fashion, like skirt lengths and childbirth theories?! I would be so upset if my husband measured mine (visually of course, not with his B&Q tape measure)."

We don't do obscene, but we do do slightly risqué...

FluffyMummy123 · 10/02/2007 13:42

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Blandmum · 10/02/2007 13:45

Have to say, that is a classic