The Daft Things You Do

Have used deodorant instead of hair spray. It does brush out quite easily .

Ha ha - that so reminds me of the Mrs Brown's Boys sketch where she tried using hair removal strips! ? ??

Put the panty liner in my knickers the wrong way round. Sticky side up. OUCH !

Oops - almost used hairspray instead of deodorant. Mustn't leave them side by side again - I could have spent the day saluting everyone! ?

What a pity TriciaF ☹️ salt water will do that every time!
My aunt used to live by the coast and had to replace her car every 2 or 3 years due to salt corrosion.

ps I took the watch to a watchmaker and he said the salt in the sea water had corroded the parts and it couldn't be repaired. I suppose you could replace the works entirely, but not sure about the casing, if that's badly damaged. Mine wasn't.

Linsco - I have a watch that I keep for sentimental reasons too, so I understand your Mum's feelings. My family bought it for me for my 50th, (I'm 80 now) wore it for ages , then went swimming in the sea with it on about 10 years ago and ruined it.
I wear it occasionally.

That fact is Rosieroe the face of the watch was too small for her to read the time. She only wore it for sentimental reasons and continues to wear it despite the works being totally knackered! My brother knows a watchmaker and has offered to have it repaired but she won't part with it even for a few weeks! ?

P.s. What a shame about the watch. Particularly as it had sentimental value. I hope that it was replaced with one she really likes.

I love your mum's sense of logic (and humor). ?

I don't think there was an explosion, but I wasn't there. She said it was like lightening flashes inside the microwave. The sad part was her watch was gold cocktail one given to her by my dad when I was born.

When my brother was born the following year he gave her a pair of slippers and when my youngest brother was born a few years later he bought her a box of licorice allsorts....she said it wasn't worth her while having any more!

A couple of things - one, as usual I couldn't find my specs, so finally decided I'd have to use my spares.
Tried to put them on.... the old ones were still on my nose!
The other one - Rosieroereminded me of it. I actually went out shopping still in my slippers a few weeks ago. We have to drive to the shops so I didn't notice until I got there.
Actually it didn't really matter because quite a few of the oldies here go shopping in their slippers. Especially in the mornings it's mostly retired people, and many are well into their 80s or 90s so entitled to wear what they want.

A friend's mother, when in what turned out to be the early stages of dementia, cooked/burnt socks in the microwave and put sausage rolls in the washing machine.

Was there an explosion inside the microwave Linsco56? I'm assuming there was a battery in the watch. She'll not try that again will she. Feeling as if I should show some sympathy here but can't help but laugh at the very thought of the chaos when the bang went off. ?

This is funny and now I won't go to bed thinking of past anniversaries (a different thread). Thanks for the belly laugh.

My mum did a hand washing without removing her watch and to dry it she gave it a quick rub with the tea towel and put in the microwave (don't ask!)....result was a broken watch and broken microwave.

Oh disgruntled, I thought I was the only one daft enough to do that! I've also stood on a rake, just like the idiot clowns, didn't half hurt my head.

The other evening I got home from work and couldn't unlock the back door. I jiggled the keys, and the door, but to no avail. Was getting upset so rang DH to find out how long he would be. Then rang SIL and asked him to bring the spare key when he brought DGC to ours. He arrived, stuck key in door, unlocked door. I had tried three or four times while waiting. Next morning went out, and locked the door. That's when I realised I had been trying to lock the door instead of unlocking it!!!

Disgruntled , little bit like that old ad with joan Collins and leonard Rossiter on the plane , only he hit the recline button on the chair and tipped the drink all over the place

Many years ago I was in the green room with a coffee in my left hand and someone asked me the time......coffee all over my shoes...

I'd get worried if your hubby's nose gets cold and wet and he starts sitting up and begging Ilrina. ? ?. As for the mat - I didn't notice the wet when I sat down, it was only when I stood up again! Yuck.

Ilrina -

That's too funny for words.

A daft thing I did last night: It was very hot so we decided to have a cold dinner. Pork Pie, Coleslaw, and I made some Potato Salad. Hubby was sitting in the kitchen chair, and I was about to make the Potato salad, but decided to feed the dog first. So I am chatting away, and scraping the Dog's dinner into our lovely china bowl which was ready for the salad.Dog looked slightly worried and confused, Hubby says " I know we are having an easy dinner tonight, but I don't fancy Chappie and Rice"

That's a brilliant idea Ilrina!