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Your top Mumsnet memories/moments of the last ten years - post them here

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JustineMumsnet · 13/01/2010 16:49

As some of you may know, this is our tenth year in existence and we thought it would be nice to put together a list of the top ten MN moments during those ten years - obviously not all of you are as old in the tooth as me but everyone's thoughts welcome.

So by way of a starter for ten here and distinctly off the top of my head (so don't shout if I've missed you out!) are some of our most memorable moments/mn events...

Feel free to violently disagree add your own - am sure, being so decrepit we've forgotten loads.

In no particular order...

Christening of SWMNBN and MP's apology for rockets gag
Mile 4 Maude
First live birth
Christmas appeals generally
Biscuitgate
bottom butter
tim dowling and wife - hammering it out on MN
David Cameron's massive panniers
AIBU generally
Pirate sex
Misdee and Peter and the heart transplant
Is that UCM?

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RolandButter · 13/01/2010 17:11

what IS the penguin thing

Blackduck · 13/01/2010 17:11

The thread about the stupidest thing you have ever done at work - I had to stop reading I was laughing so much......

RolandButter · 13/01/2010 17:11

god am feeling old
dont know any of those
i remember 9/11 ones

sheesh..

GhoulsAreLoud · 13/01/2010 17:11

There was one - annoying things that other people do that annoy you irrationally I think it was - someone said that their in-laws used a small electric whisk to mash the inside of a baked potato.

Saltire · 13/01/2010 17:13

Definately Peter's transplant.
Mile for Maude too,and in fact the threads where we have joined forces - when trinity lost her DH, and Yorkiegirl(where is she these days) and OJ when they lost their DHs.
Not memorable for the right reasons perhaps, but meorable all the smae.

One which i always remember was the cot mattress thread, when MN broke, god that was funny

lottiejenkins · 13/01/2010 17:15

Penguin Thread
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/735696-to-have-set-up-a-false-date-with-this-idiot

PixieOnaLeaf · 13/01/2010 17:16

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hocuspontas · 13/01/2010 17:16

I liked the montage on youtube.

Also the random links to the bat. Got me everytime! Can anyone tell me how the bat came about and whose it is/was?

Mile for Maud stands out for me.

RolandButter · 13/01/2010 17:17

the bat was when we were all googlign for image results for our names

that was soup dragons

FimBOW · 13/01/2010 17:18

Good PR i know but Boden giving the coat to Trinity.

JohnnyTwoHats · 13/01/2010 17:18

I made the top ten!

nymphadora · 13/01/2010 17:19

More recent one the snow birth!

SameAsYou · 13/01/2010 17:19

Mile 4 Maude

Is that UCM for def as I wore the MN t-shirt for Mile 4 Maude

Cod in general!

The Penguin thread

Misdee/OJ thread

Kewcumbers lovely DS

It turned out to be a journo but the Christmas thread with the girl who slept with her boss at Christmas party and they fell in lust/love

Was it LittleLapin who did the Christmas swap

RoyaltyIsMyOnlyDelusion · 13/01/2010 17:20

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squeaver · 13/01/2010 17:21

Macaroon incident

cornsilkscatholichamster · 13/01/2010 17:23

Swede's whorehammer thread was the funniest ever.

bibbitybobbitysantahat · 13/01/2010 17:23

Just remembered another one - Smallships dh's stag night ...

StewieGriffinsMom · 13/01/2010 17:23

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AitchTwoOhOneOh · 13/01/2010 17:23

the one about the christmas party photos, where the photographer went bananas about all the hits on his site and found out that there was general hilarity on here. cod at work, naturally.
it was soapy who did the first christmas swap, the rabbit did m4m.

gherkinwithapurplemerkin · 13/01/2010 17:23

lavenderrrrr and the air rifles

Buda · 13/01/2010 17:24

MileforMaud
Misdee and Peter and his transplant (and subsequent DD4!!!)
OJ and Steve and eating trifles
Loved the montage
Xmas Appeals
Times when MN has supported others (like when Trinity needed help)

Lots of others I am sure.

AitchTwoOhOneOh · 13/01/2010 17:24

franny and tutter peeing into a nappy.

lottiejenkins · 13/01/2010 17:24

Can i add our ongoing for nearly two years now Bereaved Mums thread please? So many brave mums telling their sad tales!!!

MmeLindt · 13/01/2010 17:25

Random Acts of Kindness

Workplace idiocy

Most of classics actually.

TrillianAstra · 13/01/2010 17:26

Booble plate!

(was going ot say Peguin but see it is already up there a lot)