Strange things people do

tictacnana - I was puzzled by that so I googled “ulterior meaning of cheese and ham sandwich” and the urban dictionary threw up a result! I’m not going into detail here ??. I’m still puzzled though, surely if you’re in a cafe you can’t be accused of meaning the urban dictionary definition!

I was at the Birmingham Arts Centre on a trip from college in Manchester. We went to the cafe there for lunch. There was a queue and ,when it was the turn of my friend and I , I asked for a cheese and ham sandwiches. The girl behind the counter yelped, burst into tears and ran to the room at the back of the counter. She returned, seconds later with an older woman who asked what I’d said to the girl- who was still weeping. I repeated my sandwich order and was told to watch my mouth or get out. Any ideas ?

Alioop I’m tempted to try that, but with balsamic vinegar.

Joesoap

I admit to washing the dishes before going into the dishwasher,my husband doesnt do this, he thinks I am mad,no comments please.

My husband does this and it is really annoying, all that wasted hot water and washing up liquid - I have threatened to get rid of the dishwasher and leave it all to him

My sister's friend has to put vinegar on her ice-cream.

dragonfly46

My parents had underfloor heating and at 9.30 every night my dad would put his PJs on the floor to warm whether they had visitors or not!

That’s the funniest thing I’ve read for ages ??

Boz

Thinking on
Another bloke with OCD tendencies built a massive sand tray on his drive so visitors cars' wouldn't leak oil on his block paving, Someone got a stick and wrote "Get a Life" in the sand.

I can sympathise a bit with that. Same thing happened in our brick paved drive and it took many hours of scrubbing with horrible, expensive cleaner which still didn’t get rid of it completely .

Kate1959..... That's totally weird . I would love to know why they think that's necessary. Maybe they've made some kind of strange pact with each other . Seems ridiculous to me .

Nadateturb.... Yuk. ??

Tanith... Yes I know , crazy isn't it . That made me laugh , but yes , I too have seen similar.??

We had friends who hired a car every year to go on holiday; they had a car, but didn't like to 'wear it out' on the motorways. I could never think of what to say when they informed us they were off to pick up the hire car - it cost them hundreds every time, and the logic of this still escapes me.

Weirder and weirder ?

I remember Rylan Clark-Neal telling an interviewer that he always strips naked before he can go to the toilet for a 'number 2'.

MY DH has a shower, he goes and gets dressed then goes back to clean his teeth. He seems to be physically incapable of cleaning his teeth until he's dressed. I don't understand it!

Hopikins

My darling old Mum had a very strange way of cooking sprouts
she overcooked them, then strained them in a colander and then pressed them flat with a saucer. When I was newly married I thought that was the correct way to cook them. My husband was appalled, he came from a family of greengrocers
so thankfully put me right. I have no idea where her way of cooking and flattening sprouts came from...I do giggle about it now though.

You don't come from the Black Country do you Hopikins? That's how my Nan used to cook sprouts - squeezing them flat with a special curved metal disc that Grandad (a pattern-maker in the foundry) made for her after she used a saucer and it broke, cutting her hand.
I was 38 when I discovered that sprouts were delicious..!! ?

Redhead56

I watched Nigella making a Turkish dish yoghurt with sloppy poached egg and butter sauce on top. I felt queasy just watching it never mind eating it what a combination. All things separate ok but not on one plate not for me anyway.

Ooh, that's Çılbır - it's lovely, but then I love Turkish food!

My son's partner will alway get a new cup out of the cupboard to make a drink...so after finishing a cup of tea / coffee, if she has another or is giving you one, she gets a new one instead of washing the original!
I went to refill my glass of water once and the poor girl nearly passed out

My brother has been known to add curry powder to his porridge. And to pronounce it delicious!

tanith

StatenIsland I was stretching for no more than 10 mins but she was still out there after I’d had my shower dried and dressed. You could be right about any of those reasons I suppose but I’m loving reading about all these quirky strange happening.

I always wait till it's been raining if I have to apply nematodes to the garden, via the hose and an applicator thingy!
Also I like the idea of exercising in front of the window - I'd need a view to distract me from the agony of the stretches.

I admit to washing the dishes before going into the dishwasher,my husband doesnt do this, he thinks I am mad,no comments please.

We have a designated car park in our street. All of our back gates lead into it, but my next door neighbour always come out of her front door to walk round there. It just seems really odd.

We've done that to the surprise of our neighbours. We explained that we had just planted fresh plants and were watering them in.

NannyJan Here in Leicestershire it used to be a saying, when I was young, about the village of Huncote. If someone asked where you were going, you said "I'm going to Huncote on a pig. I'm going to put the pig on the wall to watch the band go by."

It was an old people's saying and I haven't heard it for decades. It has probably been forgotten except for a few of us oldies.

I have towels in the bathroom that are just for guest to use, God help my OH if he uses them! ?

When colour TV was first available, an elderly uncle of mine bought a set and placed it next to his old black & white one. My Dad asked him why he needed both TV's. He said he used his old set for black & white films and his colour set for everything else. No amount of telling him he could get old films on his new set would convince him. He was well matched with his wife who, when ill with a cough and cold, would swallow a spoonful of Vicks because she thought it more effective than just rubbing it onto her chest. She suffered no after effects as far as I know!