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Notso Fri 11-Oct-13 12:44:21

....a whole pot of paperclips are joined together in a chain smile

gracesmum Fri 11-Oct-13 12:49:16

You can't find your car keys/TV remote/house keys because either you put them on a high up shelfo so that they couldn't find them and play with them or hide them.........or you didn't.
The cleaning stuff from under the kitchen sink has migrated to a shelf in the garage, the bathroom cabinet is bulging with all the things you put out of reach and you've got a yellow plastic duck or three in your bath with you.

Mishap Fri 11-Oct-13 12:50:24

The TV remotes are in the toy box.

Elegran Fri 11-Oct-13 12:54:12

Every single remote control in the house is on the coffee table in front of the sofa (and you have forgotten which one actually controls the TV) and every single thing that can be altered on the TV, the Hi-fi, the CD/DVD player, the videotape player, the satellite box, the Central heating controls, and the oven timer has been set to something weird.

Mishap Fri 11-Oct-13 12:56:26

Three is a suspicious smell coming from the waste bin - that's where they put the discarded nappies!

kittylester Fri 11-Oct-13 13:00:28

The house is a complete tip and you need a drink!! grin

Gorki Fri 11-Oct-13 13:01:52

My shoes are found soaking wet in the garden having been used for dressing up and then discarded.

whenim64 Fri 11-Oct-13 13:10:58

All the tops are off the smellies in the bathroom and the dog stinks of Chanel No 5

A whole toilet roll is unwound and stuffed down the loo

A load of apps have been hidden on the iPhone where I can't find them

There's bread dough stuck in the dog's hair

The central heating is on very high setting

I'm asleep in my armchair ten minutes after they've left! grin

Gorki Fri 11-Oct-13 13:15:07

I bet your house is their favourite place when grin

glammanana Fri 11-Oct-13 13:22:36

I know when DGD has gone home as all my hair slides and bulldog clips are all over my dressing table and hair brushes left out,the lids from nail varnish have been put back on wrong bottles and the bath room is a mixture of allsorts of different perfumes,the joy of having a 12 yr old grin and barney re-appears as if by magic from his hiding place in the dressing room where he hides until she has gone just in case he gets brushed by mistake.

Notso Fri 11-Oct-13 13:28:25

Then there's the bogey Wall Art grin

glammanana Fri 11-Oct-13 13:31:05

It could be worth a fortune in years to come notso grin

whenim64 Fri 11-Oct-13 13:41:54

Oh, forgot the freshly charged electric toothbrush that has run right down. What were they doing with that? Dread to think! grin

Notso Fri 11-Oct-13 13:44:20

The Wall Art keeps moving up the walls as they get taller glamma grin

whenim64 Fri 11-Oct-13 13:51:59

I get a call on my mobile next day. 'Why aren't you answering your landline?' Discover it's been set to mute!

Sook Fri 11-Oct-13 14:48:49

Hand prints.......All over the French windows and glass coffee table.

Mamie Fri 11-Oct-13 15:40:54

You find the elastic thingies they have to tie their hair up under the furniture for months after they have gone.

Mamie Fri 11-Oct-13 15:43:21

You find a little note in a drawer saying "I love you Granny and Grandpa", (and you know it is six months until the next visit). sad

joannapiano Fri 11-Oct-13 16:19:35

DH and I are ready for bed at 8pm (and we sleep!)

kittylester Fri 11-Oct-13 16:23:18

when, I wouldn't use the toothbrush until you've had it in milton for at least a day! grin

j08 Fri 11-Oct-13 16:27:48

Your heart sinks when you see a crack in the glass of the French Windows, until you realise it's a stick-on joke thing out of the Beano. hmm

dustyangel Fri 11-Oct-13 16:35:59

jO8 grin

LizG Fri 11-Oct-13 16:44:46

What a lovely thread flowers thanks

Aka Fri 11-Oct-13 16:59:01

All of the above grin

Notso Fri 11-Oct-13 17:33:20

When your SkyPlus planner is full up with things you haven't recorded.

I'll second the Milton advice....the mind boggles grin