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Oldwoman70 Thu 23-Aug-18 16:42:58

Following on from the GN who has an invention (love to know how that is going by the way). I have a business idea. I am thinking of setting up a school to teach .......................

how to close a gate! grin

Judging from my experience I am sure it is a lost art. It seems I have to close my gate after people have called several times a day!

I was just cleaning the shower (a job I hate anyway) when I glanced out the window and the gate was wide open - must have been the postman. (There goes his C****** present)

Auntieflo Thu 23-Aug-18 16:47:06

Could it please contain a section on how to put things back where you found them. Husbands being first in line, don't all rush now!

Oldwoman70 Thu 23-Aug-18 16:53:48

Of course, it will also include a section pointing out that standing in the middle of a room glancing around and then saying they can't find something is extremely irritating to their long suffering better halfs.

I would also consider including instruction on how to hang a coat on a coat hook rather than throwing it over the back of a chair

KatyK Thu 23-Aug-18 17:01:13

And when you take the last of something from the fridge or pantry, don't leave the empty packet in there!

Auntieflo Thu 23-Aug-18 17:06:32

I've got one of those as well KatyK

callgirl1 Thu 23-Aug-18 17:08:31

Not to mention empty cardboard tubes where there should be a toilet roll.

ninathenana Thu 23-Aug-18 17:49:00

I have some candidates for "how to shut a gate" could you also teach "how to use a door knocker" instead of rapling on the glass panel please angry

ninathenana Thu 23-Aug-18 17:50:19

* rapping

MissAdventure Thu 23-Aug-18 17:51:36

And how to knock neatly and pleasantly.
Instead of sounding like a gorilla hammering on a set of drums. (There's an idea for an ad..)

Shinyredcar Thu 23-Aug-18 17:54:50

Or use the bell. I am fed up of testing mine to see if it works, after that gorilla has called on me and banged away.

Chewbacca Thu 23-Aug-18 17:57:38

Could you include "How to Put the Loo Seat Down Before You Leave the Bathroom" in the curriculum as well Oldwoman70, please?

Chewbacca Thu 23-Aug-18 17:59:51

Oh, and also "How to Replace the Loo Roll When You've Used the Last Piece Instead of Leaving an Empty Tube For the Next Person"?

Oldwoman70 Thu 23-Aug-18 18:56:40

All suggestions going on the curriculum!

DanniRae Thu 23-Aug-18 19:01:40

How not to glare at your wife in the supermarket when you have had trouble tracking her down because she has had a nice chat to a friend and wasn't where you thought she should be! (It happens every bloomin week - his irritated face coming towards me and I am fed up with it.) angry

WayneJohnson Thu 25-Aug-22 08:37:55

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Germanshepherdsmum Thu 25-Aug-22 08:39:08

Reported

Witzend Thu 25-Aug-22 09:18:16

This was when dds were still at home, but how not to leave a little shampoo etc. in the bottom of the bottle and start another, instead of leaving the first upside down so the last bit can be used. Or adding a little water and swishing it about, to use it up.
And then putting the empty one in the bin!
Plus of course starting a new loo roll and leaving the empty tube on the holder.

ixion Thu 25-Aug-22 09:28:49

And a compulsory hearing test at enrolment, please!

SunshineSally Thu 25-Aug-22 09:44:03

DanniRae

How not to glare at your wife in the supermarket when you have had trouble tracking her down because she has had a nice chat to a friend and wasn't where you thought she should be! (It happens every bloomin week - his irritated face coming towards me and I am fed up with it.) angry

????oh my days - I can so identify with this one!

Sago Thu 25-Aug-22 09:48:18

Toilet seats too please, not my husband but many male guests???

Nannagarra Thu 25-Aug-22 09:59:07

Is there any chance of a section on How To Take In All Items In A Shop thereby happening upon new products not just those on a list, which, when located, have to be rushed to the till?

Wheniwasyourage Thu 25-Aug-22 10:00:03

I put a notice on the toilet roll holder once when some of the family were coming to stay, pointing out that the law forbidding the replacement of toilet rolls by visitors had been rescinded. It still didn't work, so yes, please put how to change the roll if you use the last sheet high on your list of lessons.

Lessons on how to put the TV remote back where it stays would be useful too.

deepgreen Thu 25-Aug-22 15:11:29

For the pragmatic, while awaiting establishment of the new training school business:
Put a self closer spring on the gate?
Put the door knocker / bell in a more inviting position or make them somehow intriguing/irresistable to use?
If however the current knocker is overexciting to gorillas, superglue a suitable muffle to the striker?
Find an acceptable parking spot with amusements for angry supermarket husband e.g. near the newspapers/magazines, for browsing, but with spare cash / card to purchase one if wished, and an agreed bench to go and read, till you do the finding of them ?
Place the new loo roll and, importantly, the receptacle for the discarded cardboard, invitingly close?
There are even self closing loo seats

M0nica Thu 25-Aug-22 15:20:40

How about a whole section on shutting drawers and doors, and another on putting things back where they were found.

Charleygirl5 Thu 25-Aug-22 15:38:26

Shutting doors, especially the front door if a tradesman has to go to his van in July, okay but that is not acceptable in January.

Where I live the front gardens are all open plan. Could you please teach my neighbours and their many friends that they have a path from their front door to the road, the shortcut is not across my front lawn.