Strange things people do

They all made me smile, thank you

morsel! Not morels!

An elderly neighbour asked if she could put her very small amounts of rubbish in my bin. Of course, no problem, every week she would drop items of rubbish into my bin, no bags just loose rubbish
Having given it some thought I asked her why she needed to do this. The answer, without a morels of shame: "Because my bin is clean and I don't want it getting smelly"
Seemed logical to her!

FannyCornforth

Personally, I don't think that this is strange, as it's something that I'd do myself, but it definitely made me chuckle.
Our house and our neighbours' houses back onto very pleasant fields and woodland.
The other day, out of the back bedroom window, I saw our neighbour holding up his little dog so that he could see over their fence into the field.
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I absolutely love this one. I'd do the same sort of thing for my dogs. Made me giggle.

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.

My Mil is in a nursing home and tonight she has phoned to tell us that she has blocked ears and so won't be able to hear us.

nadateturbe

^My mother in law, a lovely lady by the way, had towels in the bathroom on a rail which were not to be used . They were “for display purposes only”..........bizarre.^

The towel rail beside the wash hand basin has towels to use. The one at the far side in my bathroom has display towels.

Hello Mother in law

people texting you at ridiculous o'clock in the morning! why?

My mother in law, a lovely lady by the way, had towels in the bathroom on a rail which were not to be used . They were “for display purposes only”..........bizarre.

The towel rail beside the wash hand basin has towels to use. The one at the far side in my bathroom has display towels.

And a mate of mine once memorably said, in a thoughtful way,'The Lye...where people aspire to live in Quarry Bank...'

That sounds about right!

A friend set up an IT department in a secondary school when she worked there, so is no stranger to technology. On retirement she refused to have a computer or any other device 'in case it goes wrong' !
Guess who she phones all the time asking me to look up things for her!

I have a friend that washes the dishes before they go into the dishwasher. What a waste of water ?

There are people who do not use their bus pass for fear of looking old. Ditto pensioner discounts.

NannyJan53

Fanny There is a saying here about Gornal (near Sedgely) "Where they put the pigs on the wall to watch the band go by"

It obviously refers to the days when people kept a pig in their garden.

Thank you Jan , that's great!
They keep horses in their gardens in Tipton (and in a house on one occasion) accordingly to my late Mom who taught there.

And a mate of mine once memorably said, in a thoughtful way,
'The Lye...where people aspire to live in Quarry Bank...'

My bloke never closes his living room windows. I find that weird.

My mother in law, a lovely lady by the way, had towels in the bathroom on a rail which were not to be used . They were “for display purposes only”..........bizarre.

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.

Fanny There is a saying here about Gornal (near Sedgely) "Where they put the pigs on the wall to watch the band go by"

It obviously refers to the days when people kept a pig in their garden.

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!

tanith

I suppose what I think is strange isn’t to others. Do you know someone who does something unfathomable to you?

This is what prompted my question and I do know it’s a trivial thing so ignore the thread rather than flame me.

Stood in front of my bedroom doing some exercises this morning I see my opposite neighbour was watering her garden with a hose, nothing to see here, except it’s been bloody raining for over week. Why? ?

Maybe it was one of those Miracle Gro hose feeders and she's hoping this rainy spell will help wash the feed deeper into the roots of the plants. I treat my lawns with dilute Weedol from a watering can during rainy spells for the same reason. From a distance it will just look like I'm watering the lawn.

How long did you watch her for? Maybe she was hosing away cat, dog or fox poo or had done what I did once, put down some fox repellant and the smell was so awful that I went and washed it away with the hose.

People who feed the ducks on the canal at the back of our house (lovely) then throw the bread bag on the bank (not lovely).

Blossoming I was only stretching my Achilles tendon as its been swollen and very painful but leaning on the window sill helps the stretch lol.

Delila, yes, it's sweet isn't it

Fanny, I’ve done that, & my little dog gave every sign of being very interested.

I found this unfathomable just this morning: took GC to a local park that has miles of footpaths cross crossing it for walkers, joggers and dog walkers. In the middle is a children's swing park, fenced on all sides with about 10 large notices stating that alcohol, smoking and dogs are not allowed within that area. 2 other families arrive, complete with unleashed dogs that then run around freely chasing children, whilst the adults sit on the benches smoking. We left.

Personally, I don't think that this is strange, as it's something that I'd do myself, but it definitely made me chuckle.
Our house and our neighbours' houses back onto very pleasant fields and woodland.
The other day, out of the back bedroom window, I saw our neighbour holding up his little dog so that he could see over their fence into the field.
???