Jack Monroe #532 Borbenheimer. Sloppenborber. Borbenslopper.

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To answer the question on the last thread as to if she’s ever mentioned SB in any other capacity than to big herself up, not that I’ve ever seen. I’ll admit I’m not an OG Frau, but I’ve been around a while so if she has it was way back. I know people like to grumble about parents who post every minor achievement their child has, but I’d rather see a million ‘OMG, so proud of Noah for getting a smiley face sticker on his homework for his poem about autumn leaves’ than see one person treating their child like an NPC who only exists to prop up their main character.
 
I would 100% purchase some kind of visual, pretty product that someone crafted that listed the thread titles for Jack. I would add it to my keep sake box (it’s actually rather small…I’m selective) and I can see myself at 94 sat there absolutely cackling, with my kids watching on, clueless.

If I’m ever laid up in bed with some Jack-style illness that’s life-threatening but not really just the kind of thing that makes you laid up in bed, bored,I’ll copy them all onto a word document and laminate them myself.

On my list of ‘things to do that I’ll never get round to’ I genuinely think this would rate higher than the 15 years of photo books I need to produce for my own dearest family 💁🏻‍♀️
 
reCAPTCHA said:
I’m not joking I would absolutely purchase some kind of visual,purchasable, pretty visual thing that someone crafted that listed the thread titles for Jack. I would add it to my keep sake box (it’s actually rather small…I’m selective) and I can see myself at 94 sat there absolutely cackling, with my kids watching on, clueless.

If I’m ever laid up in bed with some Jack-style illness that’s life-threatening but not really just the kind of thing that makes you laid up in bed, bored,I’ll copy them all onto a word document and laminate them myself.

On my list of ‘things to do that I’ll never get round to’ I genuinely think this would rate higher than the 15 years of photo books I need to produce for my own dearest family 💁🏻‍♀️
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Same, I’ve been tempted to stencil “And Still I Rinse” onto my living room wall on many occasions.
 
Geetbo said:
Same, I’ve been tempted to stencil “And Still I Rinse” onto my living room wall on many occasions.
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Ha! You know how they bring visual prompts out for dementia patients? I’d want them to save me a thread title a day, give it to me on a piece of paper, and then I could sit happily waxing lyrical in my own little world. It would keep me going for at least…..hmm….18 months, right?
 
reCAPTCHA said:
Ha! You know how they bring visual prompts out for dementia patients? I’d want them to save me a thread title a day, give it to me on a piece of paper, and then I could sit happily waxing lyrical in my own little world. It would keep me going for at least…..hmm….18 months, right?
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And if they wanted to make sure none of us escaped from whichever Home for The Demented we were incarcerated in, they could play recordings of "Boulevaaaaaaard" at the approach to all external doors . . . we'd dive back in pretty damn sharpish . . .
 
reCAPTCHA said:
I would 100% purchase some kind of visual, pretty product that someone crafted that listed the thread titles for Jack. I would add it to my keep sake box (it’s actually rather small…I’m selective) and I can see myself at 94 sat there absolutely cackling, with my kids watching on, clueless.

If I’m ever laid up in bed with some Jack-style illness that’s life-threatening but not really just the kind of thing that makes you laid up in bed, bored,I’ll copy them all onto a word document and laminate them myself.

On my list of ‘things to do that I’ll never get round to’ I genuinely think this would rate higher than the 15 years of photo books I need to produce for my own dearest family 💁🏻‍♀️
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I've been promising my mum a photo book since she was 70 (she's now 81 🤪 ). I just bought her this - you can have up to 10k photos and videos! She bloody loves it. You can invite family and friends into it so they can also add stuff too. It's ace

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I think a lot (most?) of her parenting posts are trying to copy other people and the dead giveaway to her real feelings is the way she somehow manages to always get the tone completely wrong.

The chore chart thing, she posted that at a time where all the American mommy bloggers seemed to be doing it and often complete with gentle teasing digs - yet hers comes over as totally cold and authoritarian verging on bullying. The same with the discussion cards, I saw other people posting about those but only Jack’s sounded like it was forcing SB to do it at every single meal akin to some sort of bizarre North Korean brainwashing ritual. If I was forensic and had the time I bet I’d be able to find where she’s borrowed/plagiarised loads of her anecdotes from and just given them unmistakable Monroe tone.

All this to say, I think even when she’s basically stealing all her parenting content she still can’t hit the right tone or make it sound genuine and that’s just so sad to think of, poor SB.
 
Brian Butterfield said:
I've been promising my mum a photo book since she was 70 (she's now 81 🤪 ). I just bought her this - you can have up to 10k photos and videos! She bloody loves it. You can invite family and friends into it so they can also add stuff too. It's ace

Amazon product
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Bliddy hellfire! I had no idea they were so expensive

Son and daughter-in-law bought one of these each for us and for her parents for Christmas last year so they could post us pictures of their lovely baby. (Worth every penny, BTW)
 
Chapeau 🎩 for thread title.

I was also bored this afternoon and perused her insta. Have we had Edie Sedgwick before?
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I would feel like this was a massive stretch and her ego is utterly beyond bounds but then I saw that sedgwick’s sister has written a book

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So I guess they do actually have something in common
 
VeniVidiVicki said:
Chapeau 🎩 for thread title.

I was also bored this afternoon and perused her insta. Have we had Edie Sedgwick before?
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I would feel like this was a massive stretch and her ego is utterly beyond bounds but then I saw that sedgwick’s sister has written a book

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So I guess they do actually have something in common
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Another 'friend'.

It's funny how all these 'friends' are always coming up with 'you look like xxxxx' stuff
 
VeniVidiVicki said:
Chapeau 🎩 for thread title.

I was also bored this afternoon and perused her insta. Have we had Edie Sedgwick before?
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I would feel like this was a massive stretch and her ego is utterly beyond bounds but then I saw that sedgwick’s sister has written a book

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So I guess they do actually have something in common
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Oh Jack - you sweet summer slop child . . .

Edie was pretty, stylish, and original. You're imaginary friend is fibbing to you again.
 
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