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

You need a bigger glass (or two)

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.

Go for it

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

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.

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

Well done !!!!!!!!

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)

As in a policemans lot is not a nappy one. Nappy one!

nanachrissy yes, you are right, Philpants syndrome is indeed related to Philpots.

However, I'm not entirely sure that you actuallly meant to refer to (and I quote) a "nappy situation" ???

chrissy

phoenix, dedicated band, perhaps?

I think I may have a related condition, (Philpants syndrome) in that I always think I can get in a size 14, but usually overflow into a size 16.

This is not in any way a nappy situation

...I only have a minor attack of this syndrome ...to do with finishing off the bottle!!

jeni what????

I gather there is a dedicated and of advisers available, if you feel you are bad enough to need their services.

em you'll feel better if you admit it to yourself - we all do.

em, whenever you are ready to come out of the cupboard, rest assured that we will be here for you.

We recognise that it can be a hard journey along the road to recovery, (if, ideed that is possible, given the appalling underfunding under the current government, or any previous governments, come to that) but that first step, that initial admission that you do indeed have a problem, is something that only you can take.

Oh no! Now I'm worried again. It was the comment about the dainty slurping of the wine glass that got me. I always thought when that happened that I'd filled the glass to precisely the right level for drinking - just not for carrying. I'm beginning to think I really may be one of you. Not that I am afraid to admit it and I am not in any way being discriminatory - but am not yet quite ready to stand up and make a full confession. However if I do pluck up courage and admit it to myself, then I know that I have a supportive sisterhood of fellow sufferers.

Me too!

My goodness, I have it too! Many's a time I have had soup trickle over the top of the jug and down onto my feet. I have sometimes had a whole series of pots out on the counter before I get the right one. Nice to know there a few of us out there, I'm not alone.

Got it in one, kittylester !

My name is kitty and I too have Philpotts Syndrome. I have the extreme version which includes the total inability to judge distance and linear sizes too! For example - judging how much foil is required to double wrap the lasagne dish, etc. There is a fairly rude joke about why women can't judge length but I won't go into that now.

Sewsilver - Philpott - fill pot!

I have a cure for the wine problem - buy a box with a tap on. 5 litres for €18.

I'll stand in the middle shoulder to shoulder next to anyone with over flowing wine glasses then I can catch the overflow from either side