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GagaJo Tue 28-Feb-23 17:41:03

So once you've been a GN member for a whilte, been around the block a few times, you'll have witnessed some feeding frenzies on controversial topics.

Some of those I remember from yester year are:

* Baby milk shortage (being bought up and sold overseas)

* Boris Johnson (at one point praised for his intelligence, yes, really!)

* Jeremy Corbyn (a real Marmite character)

*Anything to do with trans issues.

What are some of the topics that have caused metaphorical fisticuffs that you remember?

MawtheMerrier Fri 03-Mar-23 14:31:30

Do you remember the Tesco tray liners? And the shouting down from an upstairs window to the delivery man?
That was tedious in the extreme.

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 14:33:53

Maw, we could have an entire thread devoted to that business.
I miss the poetry.
I was proud to have inspired the opus ‘Dog with Scone’.
To be honest, I had quite a laugh with you on some of those threads grin

sodapop Fri 03-Mar-23 14:35:15

Callistemon21

I don't know! I put on a wetsuit and goggles, with a SCUBA myself.

Can we have pics please Callistemon21 I have a vivid image in my mind, want to see if it matches up,grin

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 14:36:19

Ffs. Don’t encourage her 🙄

MrsKen33 Fri 03-Mar-23 14:41:23

For anything ‘of that sort’ my father always recommended a wire brush and Dettol.

Oreo Fri 03-Mar-23 14:50:54

Had a shower fitted in the bathroom seven years ago and only discovered last week that both shower heads unscrew for cleaning!
No more stretching up for scrubbing them now.😊
And I always use a loo brush for cleaning the loo, how else can you keep it clean?

Oreo Fri 03-Mar-23 14:52:14

Not having seen a previous thread on loo cleaning I vote we have one now😂

Calendargirl Fri 03-Mar-23 15:50:40

Didn’t some GN’ers (or one at least), put the loo brush in the dishwasher to clean it?

🤮

Patsy70 Fri 03-Mar-23 16:28:44

Calendargirl

Didn’t some GN’ers (or one at least), put the loo brush in the dishwasher to clean it?

🤮

Noooo!!!!! 😳

Iam64 Fri 03-Mar-23 17:05:43

Oreo

Had a shower fitted in the bathroom seven years ago and only discovered last week that both shower heads unscrew for cleaning!
No more stretching up for scrubbing them now.😊
And I always use a loo brush for cleaning the loo, how else can you keep it clean?

Well - in the previous debate, ‘some posters’ suggesting using toilet paper rather than a brush

As a result of this thread, I tested the small shower implement, it reaches 👍🏻

GagaJo Fri 03-Mar-23 17:05:50

Calendargirl

Didn’t some GN’ers (or one at least), put the loo brush in the dishwasher to clean it?

🤮

I thought that was a Mumsnetter?

VioletSky Fri 03-Mar-23 17:09:30

In the dishwasher?

I....they....what?!?

VioletSky Fri 03-Mar-23 17:10:19

Oh no.
That's broken me.

The Internet is a bad bad place

sodapop Fri 03-Mar-23 17:11:19

I remember reading about the dishwasher on here but don't know where it originated 🤮

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 17:52:07

VioletSky

Oh no.
That's broken me.

The Internet is a bad bad place

It’s almost certainly an urban myth.
It’s been knocking about for years and years

Elegran Fri 03-Mar-23 17:54:53

Maybe they just said that they put the loo brush in the dishwasher so that they could laugh at the horror it caused? That kind of thing has certainly been done before.

VioletSky Fri 03-Mar-23 17:58:54

There are lots of news articles about someone saying it, even The Guardian wrote one lol

Iam64 Fri 03-Mar-23 18:00:35

I’m a member of various Facebook specific dog breed groups. Many disagreements there about washing dog bowls, kongs etc in the dishwasher ( yes I do)

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 18:06:36

sodapop

Callistemon21

I don't know! I put on a wetsuit and goggles, with a SCUBA myself.

Can we have pics please Callistemon21 I have a vivid image in my mind, want to see if it matches up,grin

I got DH to do it! 😂

Smileless2012 Fri 03-Mar-23 18:18:02

Impressive Callistemongrin.

sodapop Fri 03-Mar-23 19:40:25

Definitely impressive, are you making a career out of wielding the loo brush now.

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 19:55:37

Iam64

I’m a member of various Facebook specific dog breed groups. Many disagreements there about washing dog bowls, kongs etc in the dishwasher ( yes I do)

I put the dog bowls in the dishwasher, they get cleaned at a high temperature.

I wish I could put the loo in there.

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 19:55:58

Smileless2012

Impressive Callistemongrin.

Thank you 🙂

Marydoll Fri 03-Mar-23 20:02:53

My RA consultant (he was a bit eccentric) told me that he put his loo brush in the dishwasher and suggested I put my splints in it, to clean them.

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 21:33:35

Oh, lovely!

😲