Anyone else suffer from this? There really should be a support group.

I did it! One glass of red wine - beautifully poured to within a centimetre of the rim - no spillage and no need for dainty slurping! (Paris goblet type of glass -precisely one unit)

Well done !!!!!!!!

What are you girls on? Whatever it is - can I have some please?

Gracesmum you must not mock the afflicted! Have you read this thread - the traumas, the self-doubt and the offers of solidarity? Stop and consider - you too may be a victim of this syndrome! Perhaps you'd like to try to tackle pouring a glass of wine. It isn't as easy as it looks to get it right.

You mean it takes practice? I'm up for the challenge.

Go for it

Ahhh thats just answered a long ongong problem I have..... I just couldnt understand how a bottle of wine would not go into my glass in one go.

You need a bigger glass (or two)

My name is Janthea and I suffer from Philpotts Sydrome. Phew - thank heavens that's off my chest.

Well done janthea ! It takes a brave woman to stand amid her pyrex collection and admit that!

( Standing up from a chair that is in a circle with other occupied chairs) My name is Annika and I suffer from Philpots Sydrome.
I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to say type these words and to know that I am not the only idiot person who has this terrible sydrome.
I find it impossible to judge the amount of cling film needed to cover meat that needs to go into the fridge. I find that when I have pulled the cling film from the roll and have struggled to cut it and then battled with it to stop it from wrapping its self around its self I have enough to wrap the whole fridge.
As for the glass of wine problem may I suggest a little tip I learnt some time ago and could end years of misery and suffering for some of you us on here . Get a glass, get wine from fridge , open wine take glass in the hand, throw glass in the bin , put wine bottle to mouth and drink !!!

Annika - you think that's funny? My brother bought my Mum bottle of brandy and a cut glass brandy glass for Christmas. Around New Year I suggested she opened the box containing the glass - hunted for bottle - could only find an empty one. When asked how she had drunk the whole bottle without using the glass, I got a gimlet stare and "From the bottle!!"

That's where I get it from, see! It makes much more sense that dirtying a glass, the work surface, the floor, my slippers etc!

Thanx for that advice Annika ...but suspect for me the Philpott Syndrome would be even worse ...likely to miss my mouth after a few!!

Just sit in the bath Jacey.

Thanks kittylester

annika sounds like a plan

Jacey you could always wear a bib and then wring it out into a....... oh heck I was going to say glass but isn't that where we came in.

{can't stop laughing} emocion Annika!!!!

Ladies, I feel that I should congratulate you all, it takes courage to stand up and admit that you are a sufferer, particularly when you know, as we all do, that there is no cure on the horizon.

To realise that we may have to continue in our present state, without support, without official recognition, and with the potential of extra washing up or excessive foil and clingfilm use, epitomises the essence of what makes British women stoic and stalwart. (Not forgetting of course our sisters and fellow sufferers throughout her Majesties dominions, God bless'em)

To all those who acknowledge their condition, I salute you!

I love the bath idea, but what to do when on an evening out you have a sip of your drink, you miss your mouth and the straw ends up your nose. Hurriedly trying to extract the straw from your nostril before anyone notices.
Is that considered part of the Philpott Syndrome or should I be looking for the Klutz Group.

I have bad news! These conditions are progressive and worsen with age.

Young women have it too. There's that one who is in the ad just before Coronation Street who throws food at her mouth and misses

Faye , thank you for your contribution, but I'm sorry to have to tell you that straws up the nostrils only count as Philpotts Syndrome if you have mis-judged the capacity of the said nostril to the aforementioned straw, i.e. "Does the straw fit into the nostril?"

If it is found that the straw is too big to invade the nasal cavity, then it might just qualify.

However most Philpotts related incidents start with a deliberate intention to place a quantity of something into a container (or in the case of wrapping items in clingfilm or foil, the deliberate intention of covering an item in an appropriate layer. Some Philpotts purists actually debate if this is in fact Philpotts, but as yet there is no definitive research, so we will err on the side of leniency here, rather than risk a splinter group.)

So, in conclusion, if one of the main indicators of Philpotts is the intention to carry out whatever action resulted in the is-calculation, you need to ask yourself "Did I mean to put that straw up my nose?"

I hope this helps.

Signed

Phoenix,

Founder of Philpotts In Sisterhood Support. (P.I.S.S)

My DH definitely has Philpotts syndrome, has had it for years. When we had only been married a couple of years, we had visiting us a college friend of his and wife. Two highly educated mathematical men tried to wrap a chicken in foil. Two non-mathematical wives told them the piece they had cut was far too small and were dismissed as mere spatially challenged females. Three pieces of foil later ........

Elegran did you say "I told you so" or just look quietly smug and superior?