MSE News: Millions helped, billions saved...

Arthurian

Congratulations, and thank you very much, Martin and MSE!

System

avogadro wrote: »

To celebrate, can we dig up and post our favourite or funniest thread on MSE?

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Go for it! :beer:

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Funniest that comes to mind...
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2859672

This one has gone down in MSE history:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2636903

Not much to do with money-saving, admittedly, but I dig it up now and then when I need a bit of a chuckle!

Pollycat

avogadro wrote: »

This one has gone down in MSE history:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2636903

Not much to do with money-saving, admittedly, but I dig it up now and then when I need a bit of a chuckle!

But...but...but... where's the 'chocolate orange for a Christmas present' thread?

Former_MSE_Andrea

This from Tim_L in the very early days has to be one of my all-time favourites. The tears were streaming as I read it!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/39

Former_MSE_Andrea

avogadro wrote: »

This one has gone down in MSE history:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2636903

Not much to do with money-saving, admittedly, but I dig it up now and then when I need a bit of a chuckle!

I hadn't seen that one! Can't believe i missed it! Thank you!

System

There's another thread which I've not been able to find, where the OP was selling his house and the buyers decided to set up camp in his driveway. Cue pages and pages of mirth, as the story took its twists and turns. I'm hoping somebody might know the one I mean and be able to post a link to it.

Pollycat wrote: »

But...but...but... where's the 'chocolate orange for a Christmas present' thread?

I don't think I ever actually saw that one, though I heard/read about it

silvercar

avogadro wrote: »

There's another thread which I've not been able to find, where the OP was selling his house and the buyers decided to set up camp in his driveway. Cue pages and pages of mirth, as the story took its twists and turns. I'm hoping somebody might know the one I mean and be able to post a link to it.

I remember that one. Found it!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2943078


Also there was one where someone found bones buried under the patio.

Ken68

I remember in Sept 04 looking on Usenet for frugal forums and up popped this site and I like to think I have contributed too.

Malthusian

Nick_C wrote: »

No mention of Martin Lewis's terrible advice to people to put their savings with dodgy Icelandic banks.

How was it terrible? They got all their money back from the FSCS, even though it wasn't liable (in other words, they were bailed out by more prudent savers who didn't put their money in Iceland) and they kept the higher interest. Thanks to Martin's advice they successfully had their cake and ate it.