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

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Sewsilver Sun 26-Feb-12 17:23:56

I suffer from it too,,, so reassuring to find others. Plus total inability to find my way from one place to another. Glad spilled wine doesn't count. At the risk of being pedantic ( not normally but this flu is having weird side effects) why is it called Philpott syndrome? Ooh quite exciting to think I might have a syndrome instead of just being clumsy. Sometimes I swear the container shrinks whilst I am actually pouring

Anne58 Sun 26-Feb-12 17:08:02

em consider yourself lucky, I'm a martyr to it. Many's the time that Mr Phoenix finds the contents of the dish cupboard arrayed across the worktop, as I stand bemused, confused and distraught with a pan of some substance at hand.

On the other hand, on the odd occasion that I have mis-judged the contents of the wine bottle, he has found me bent over the glass daintily hmm slurping before attempting to move the afore mentioned receptacle.

em Sun 26-Feb-12 16:54:13

How very reassuring - I rarely spill wine so perhaps I am not a fellow-sufferer after all.

syberia Sun 26-Feb-12 16:23:23

grin

Anne58 Sun 26-Feb-12 16:14:47

em errors in the estimating of wine only count if wine is spilled , an extra half glass doesn't constitute an error under the rules of Philpott Syndrome.

em Sun 26-Feb-12 16:09:06

Phoenix how brave of you. I feel I may have a less extreme version of your syndrome. I find I frequently select a container which is too BIG for the quantity I want to freeze and feel I have to choose a second smaller one. This means of course that I have to wash up more than I should so not only is it inconvenient but a waste of resources. I also find that the quantity of wine left in the bottom of the bottle ISN'T the one unit I estimate - there is always another half-glass which has to be consumed.
I am right behind you!

bagitha Sun 26-Feb-12 16:04:14

grin

I've got it bad, phoenix!

So that's two of us. Bring your shoulder over here.

Anne58 Sun 26-Feb-12 16:01:03

I feel that it's time to come out of the closet about this, but perhaps it might be more accurate to say "come out of the cupboard".

For years I have suffered from an affliction that whilst it is in no way life threatening, can cause distress, confusion and create more washing up.

I refer to "Philpott Syndrome". I feel that there may be many sufferers among us, but we go (as yet) unrecognised and undiagnosed.

The principal symptom is the complete inability to identify the amount of a substance be it liquid or solid, and recognise the size of the container into which it will fit.

How many times have you considered a quantity of cooked mince and onions, destined to become a shepherds pie, and dithered over the selection of a suitably sized pyrex dish to accomodate it, plus the correct proportion of mash?

Have you, too, poured soup or sauce into a tub, ready to go into the freezer, only to find it either overflows the container, or that you have a left over amount that is of of no practical use?

Or even, perhaps, looked at that last bit of wine in the bottle and wrongly thought that it would fit in your glass, only to find yourself reaching for the kitchen roll?

If you can answer "yes" to any of the above, chances are that you too are a sufferer.

Unfortunately there is currently no help available, but by standing together,shoulder to shoulder (allowing of course for the possible lack of judgement over shoulder distance) we can raise awareness of this condition.

Thank you for reading.