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Blossoming Sun 16-May-21 12:17:12

Why do people exercise in front of their bedroom windows? I don’t want anybody watching me huffing, puffing and creaking ?

Daisend1 Sun 16-May-21 12:08:43

As the saying goes and heard on many occasions from my Yorkshire inlaws, nowt queer as folk

Kate1949 Sun 16-May-21 11:58:20

Don't know what happened there! Newatthis that really made me laugh!

Kate1949 Sun 16-May-21 11:57:02

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Redhead56 Sun 16-May-21 11:56:49

That’s disgusting I remember years ago going to Essex to a wedding. On the train there was a woman standing and trying to floss her teeth at the same time!

Newatthis Sun 16-May-21 11:53:20

I've got some friends who at 10pm every night get the tooth floss out and floss their teeth in the living room. I stayed with them for a week and found this very odd. Do you think that they were hinting that it is bedtime?

timetogo2016 Sun 16-May-21 11:46:16

Someone i used to know,many years ago used to take his dog for a walk,drop it back to the house and tell his wife it`s time for his walk now.
His wife shook her head,i laughed and said i think he means the pub my friend,she laughed and said i was possibly right.

tanith Sun 16-May-21 11:34:08

There’s nowt so queer as folks ?

Boz Sun 16-May-21 11:09:24

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.

Boz Sun 16-May-21 11:04:23

I knew someone who loved the newness of his car to the extent he rarely used it! He bought a little banger to park in places he thought unsafe for his precious BMW. No one else was allowed to drive it, of course, and he verged on a nervous breakdown if it got a scratch. Get a life.

Kate1949 Sun 16-May-21 10:53:49

I don't know if this is strange or not but I find it odd. Maybe you won't.
Some friends have been married over 50 years and never stop kissing and cuddling. When we visit and go for a look around the shops, if the husband goes into one shop and the wife another, they kiss and cuddle first. Every time, every shop. I suppose it's nice really but a but over the top to me.

Redhead56 Sun 16-May-21 10:53:20

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.

nadateturbe Sun 16-May-21 10:43:03

This is only a small thing but I find it strange. My friend has a poached egg on top of her porridge.

tanith Sun 16-May-21 10:32:52

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? ?