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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?

GagaJo Fri 03-Mar-23 11:20:24

Galaxy

Gagajo often starts really good threads.
I never start a thread, so lazy.

My god! My first GN compliment. Thanks Galaxy.

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 11:14:20

FannyCornforth

Galaxy

Gagajo often starts really good threads.
I never start a thread, so lazy.

You can easily start to wish that you really hadn’t bothered.
I had that feeling earlier this morning wink

It's happened to me, FannyCornforth, especially when I first started years ago.

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 11:11:38

Galaxy

Gagajo often starts really good threads.
I never start a thread, so lazy.

You can easily start to wish that you really hadn’t bothered.
I had that feeling earlier this morning wink

Galaxy Fri 03-Mar-23 11:04:45

Gagajo often starts really good threads.
I never start a thread, so lazy.

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 10:59:13

Callistemon21

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

grin

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 10:58:54

This thread is an absolute belter.

For all of you coveting my shower head situation; it is one of the very rare benefits of having a tiny house / tiny bathroom.

The shower head is one of the types that is attached to the bath taps ( I don’t have a shower - that is another of my numerous housing based problems 🤷‍♀️ )

I might post a diagram - there’s no way I’m posting a photo! grin

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 10:22:51

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

Hetty58 Fri 03-Mar-23 10:20:05

Why bother with the swimsuit?

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 10:18:13

I do know someone who said she wears a swimsuit to scrub out the shower 😀

Galaxy Fri 03-Mar-23 10:06:40

Doesnt encourage waste to the bowl is the best descriptor I have heard in a long time. smile

Marydoll Fri 03-Mar-23 09:59:23

Callistemon21

It's a way of - flooding washing the bathroom floor at the same time.

So instead of a loo brush, you need a showerhead, a bathing suit, a mop and bucket? Sounds like too much hassle to me.

I have another question. Is it a squeezy mop or traditional one?

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 09:56:23

ixion

We had a Geography teacher who we used to call H-rp-c
As in clean round the bend ...

Why do geography teachers always get nicknames? 🌏

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 09:55:22

It's a way of - flooding washing the bathroom floor at the same time.

ixion Fri 03-Mar-23 09:54:30

We had a Geography teacher who we used to call H-rp-c
As in clean round the bend ...

JaneJudge Fri 03-Mar-23 09:51:01

Marydoll

I have just had a go using the showerhead. It definitely doesn't reach. I have another question. Do you not get a soaking Fanny, when you reach across to switch off the shower?

For this pursuit she wears a bathing suit

Callistemon21 Fri 03-Mar-23 08:58:09

We had a new shower fitted yesterday - haven't had the bill yet but it still won't reach the loo.

The plumber got a wet sleeve when I asked him to demonstrate it.

Marydoll Fri 03-Mar-23 08:49:56

I have just had a go using the showerhead. It definitely doesn't reach. I have another question. Do you not get a soaking Fanny, when you reach across to switch off the shower?

Iam64 Fri 03-Mar-23 08:40:05

Mollygo, I’m rarely envious and mostly content, even happy with my lot, including the bathroom. But - I wish the shower head reached the toilet. The new (ish) toilet doesn’t encourage waste to the bowl. Enough said

Mollygo Fri 03-Mar-23 08:22:25

I wish my showerhead would reach across to the loo FC. I have to rely on jugs of very hot water to rinse off my toilet brush (silicon, no nasty bristles) in the loo.
But that will arouse another GN obsession. You use the shower more than once a day possibly for longer than 4 minutes!😱

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 08:01:07

‘Morning Galaxy smile
Sorry. Yes, where would it all end.
Absolute anarchy.
Before you know it an unsuspecting poster could find themselves sharing a joke with a reader of the Daily Mail, or swapping beauty tips with a Remoaner.
The opportunities for dissension are endless shock

Galaxy Fri 03-Mar-23 07:48:03

Hoy no fraternising with those outside the clique.
Morning grin

Marydoll Fri 03-Mar-23 07:28:25

Morning Fanny!.

I may get the steamer out, that too is therapeutic. wink

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 07:26:24

‘Morning Mary, yes it’s strangely therapeutic, showering the loo.
I do the basin and taps too.
I really should get our more…

Marydoll Fri 03-Mar-23 07:19:06

FannyCornforth

As I said upthread, I clean mine with the shower head (on very hot) every day. It gleams!

I never thought of that Fanny, but of no use to me, my shower heads won't reach.
Oh well back to the drawing board.
Occasionally, I get the steamer out, but that's such a faff, wheen your hands are arthritic.

FannyCornforth Fri 03-Mar-23 01:03:18

As I said upthread, I clean mine with the shower head (on very hot) every day. It gleams!