DCUM classics

[Anonymous]

How about the Boys in Pink Pajamas thread? The best part about that one was that it had the usual 1.5 pages of mild snarky fun, then lay dormant for eight months, then got resurrected by some clueless soul who was offended by the gay jokes it engendered and treated us to an overpunctuated rage-on about the nature of gayness.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/127276.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:(8) Flame away

Abstract: Most will know this 95+ page thread dedicated to people’s most flame-worthy, politically-incorrect but genuine feelings. Interspersed are both seriously funny opinions and vehement disagreements.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/142897.page

Loved this one.

[Anonymous]

OP, I nominate the crazy Politica and Prose Wifi thread in the Political Forum - certainly worth your talents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:aww, I thought this meant the OP was back. Hopes dashed! But funny memories relived.

Dang! I also thought this...

[Anonymous]

OP, are you out there? Please come back.

[Anonymous]

bump for end-of-year memories

[Anonymous]

Many new classics since then:

Linoleum! Eagle Snafu.

Pinecone Boy

New contender is 4 yo called her pregnant mom's Christmas pancakes disgusting; ensuing thread reveals much pathos

Bobcat Girl

Lightly Fried Spices Tuna, which began as a lament against Fairfax and the burdens of being a DINK Millennial household

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many new classics since then:

Linoleum! Eagle Snafu.

Pinecone Boy

New contender is 4 yo called her pregnant mom's Christmas pancakes disgusting; ensuing thread reveals much pathos

Bobcat Girl

Lightly Fried Spices Tuna, which began as a lament against Fairfax and the burdens of being a DINK Millennial household

It doesn't count without number, links and abstracts.

[Anonymous]

Such an Awful Morning

Abstract

Op wakes up late and, despite knowing she has a meeting set up at 9 am and must rush, takes the time to make she and her husband a lightly fried tuna sandwich with coconut oil and yummy spices for antioxidants. This detour as well as traffic on 66 makes OP late and grumpy about why she even has to live in Fairfax, which she hates. Posters quickly note how ludicrous it is for two adults to be so unable to get to work without drama, but clever posters home innon OP's foul sounding sandwich (she eats it at room temperature with cheese and vociferously defends it as "yum"). OP comes back often to defend her sandwich but suspiciously never takes offense at the insults to her character and marriage.

It is later revealed OP is a troll but before then, Wise Sandwich Creator recreates OP's sandwich with photographic proof and reactions from her children ("You made skunks for lunch"). Separate discussions about "blue light" from cell phones and what time is best to wake up make this thread worth a read.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/225/547143.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Such an Awful Morning

Abstract

Op wakes up late and, despite knowing she has a meeting set up at 9 am and must rush, takes the time to make she and her husband a lightly fried tuna sandwich with coconut oil and yummy spices for antioxidants. This detour as well as traffic on 66 makes OP late and grumpy about why she even has to live in Fairfax, which she hates. Posters quickly note how ludicrous it is for two adults to be so unable to get to work without drama, but clever posters home innon OP's foul sounding sandwich (she eats it at room temperature with cheese and vociferously defends it as "yum"). OP comes back often to defend her sandwich but suspiciously never takes offense at the insults to her character and marriage.

It is later revealed OP is a troll but before then, Wise Sandwich Creator recreates OP's sandwich with photographic proof and reactions from her children ("You made skunks for lunch"). Separate discussions about "blue light" from cell phones and what time is best to wake up make this thread worth a read.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/225/547143.page

This is a great summary.

[Anonymous]

Wolf Cabinets

Abstract: OP rushes to DCUM in a snit because her Wolf cabinets were delivered in terrible condition and she needs suggestions for recourse. In her angst, she unfortunately forgets how to employ proper syntax and sentence construction and her message is deployed to mixed reception. One poster responds in OP's style of writing with a witty rejoinder that delights fellow DCUMers as deeply as it ires a still-distressed OP.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/404239.page

[Anonymous]

4 yo called my xmas pancakes disgusting

Abstract: The title of the thread lays out the issue at hand, but when OP's first sentence is "They were delicious, btw," it becomes clear DCUMers are dealing with no typical OP. OP, for reasons that are murky, demanded everyone eat Christmas pancakes when she was starving. This unfortunately interrupted her child's Christmas present opening. The 4 yo responded as 4 yo's will do and a pissed OP sent her to her room, because it was "mean" of her to call the delicious pancakes disgusting.

Battle lines were quickly drawn between posters who thought it was normal and reasonable to make a 4 yo stop opening presents so her mom could eat and posters who believed OP had set up her 4 yo for disappointment and should have just waited until presents were done or eaten something to cure her hunger. The thread could easily have stopped several pages in except for the tantalizing combination of yet another contentious food item causing familial strife, a recalcitrant and long-winded defensive OP, and a Christmas morning posting time ensuring many posters had time to engage. It brings all the holiday drama one expects from DCUM.


http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/691288.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Such an Awful Morning

Abstract

Op wakes up late and, despite knowing she has a meeting set up at 9 am and must rush, takes the time to make she and her husband a lightly fried tuna sandwich with coconut oil and yummy spices for antioxidants. This detour as well as traffic on 66 makes OP late and grumpy about why she even has to live in Fairfax, which she hates. Posters quickly note how ludicrous it is for two adults to be so unable to get to work without drama, but clever posters home innon OP's foul sounding sandwich (she eats it at room temperature with cheese and vociferously defends it as "yum"). OP comes back often to defend her sandwich but suspiciously never takes offense at the insults to her character and marriage.

It is later revealed OP is a troll but before then, Wise Sandwich Creator recreates OP's sandwich with photographic proof and reactions from her children ("You made skunks for lunch"). Separate discussions about "blue light" from cell phones and what time is best to wake up make this thread worth a read.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/225/547143.page

[Anonymous]

How did that Bobcat story ever end? I remember seeing a picture of the ring once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Such an Awful Morning

Abstract

Op wakes up late and, despite knowing she has a meeting set up at 9 am and must rush, takes the time to make she and her husband a lightly fried tuna sandwich with coconut oil and yummy spices for antioxidants. This detour as well as traffic on 66 makes OP late and grumpy about why she even has to live in Fairfax, which she hates. Posters quickly note how ludicrous it is for two adults to be so unable to get to work without drama, but clever posters home innon OP's foul sounding sandwich (she eats it at room temperature with cheese and vociferously defends it as "yum"). OP comes back often to defend her sandwich but suspiciously never takes offense at the insults to her character and marriage.

It is later revealed OP is a troll but before then, Wise Sandwich Creator recreates OP's sandwich with photographic proof and reactions from her children ("You made skunks for lunch"). Separate discussions about "blue light" from cell phones and what time is best to wake up make this thread worth a read.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/225/547143.page

I actually got this slightly wrong- went back and the 6 yo said "You cooked skunks for breakfast."