Silly things we do

Loved re-reading some of these - tears down my face ??

Just 4 years ago my friend & I had a day out in Leicester - the next county to where we lived. Shopped, had lunch and finished off with a final snack - mainly to sit down before heading back to the car park.
For a change, her car was easy to spot - there, in the middle, a barrier across the entrance between us. Then we saw the sign saying "Closes at 7pm".
We went across the road to ahotel to consider our options so at least we were warm.
My friend had work early the next day.
I phoned another Very good friend who travelled 15 miles to pick us up, take us home & Friend 1 had to get her brother to help her collect the car at 7am the next morning.
Very good friend arrived with her husband, wound the window down "Get in" was all she said - we felt about 12yrs old ?

Fortunately, we're still on good terms. Maybe one day I'll be able to bail her out in return.

This thread has really cheered me up.
Doesn’t make me feel quite so daft when earlier I was watching TV and one of the characters waved to a friend, and I waved back!

When out one very warm summer’s day wearing a rather costly pair of sunglasses. I stopped abruptly turned to face my husband and told him I had left them somewhere. We hurriedly retraced our steps and eventually stopped by a shop window for a breather. I caught a glimpse of my reflection, and realised I was wearing them - neither of us had noticed!

Not one of mine but a story my old boss told me. She was going to the hospital for a smear test but was desperate for the toilet before going in to be seen. To her shock after doing the toilet she discovered there was no toilet paper so she wiped herself with a tissue she found in her pocket.
However, the male Dr burst out laughing when he carried out her test and said,”Well that is the strangest place to keep your postage stamp Mrs ———!” She was mortified but saw the funny side realising it must have been sticking to the tissue!

Long ago I used to work for a well known Bank. One morning my alarm clock went off. I grabbed it sleepily, held it to my ear and said,”Good morning, Bank of ——- how may I help you today?” much to the amusement of my DH.

I put two bank notes in "a safe place" last spring, as the shopping trip I needed them for didn't come off.

I still have not found them - the safe place obviously wasn't where I thought it was.

Now wondering whether we spent that money on something that I have absolutely no recollection of.

Moral: stop putting things in safe places NOW before I get any older and more forgetful!

My lovely silly mum popped in a panty liner before going out for a ladies lunch cos she wets herself when she laughs only to find it later stuck on the end of her long woolly scarf when she was out.
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Oh these are just so funny to read???

My mother put a whole ham in the twin tub to cook. She returned much much later to find the steam had brought the ceiling down!

Not me, but my dad. He once put the kettle on to boil and then fell asleep. The steam made a huge patch of the plaster and lathe kitchen ceiling fall in. That woke him up!

Severnsider

Put some eggs on to boil and forgot about them Two hours later - the pan boiled dry, the eggs had burst and splattered all over the kitchen, cooker top a disaster and the pan was a write off.

This one reminded me of something from 40+ years ago.
We moved and I was doing supply teaching. I was told to bring in a boiled egg for every child in the class to decorate for Easter.
I shopped on the way home and put 12 eggs on to boil. Later another 12. After doing other jobs, I put the last twelve on and sat down and watched T.V. and went to bed.
We got up to the most awful smell, not an egg in sight. Dh looked up there was fine cream dust all over the ceiling and the kitchen they had exploded. A ruined pan and cooker top. No smoke alarms in those days.

When planning a theatre visit and I couldn't believe the bargain price I managed to get for a hotel room in London - £48!! On Monday I received an email from the hotel saying they were looking forward to me staying with them that evening. All well and good, but the show was on Tuesday.

After a quick call to the hotel I managed to rearrange for the Tuesday but had to pay an extra £70.

Simmering a chicken carcass for stock, and then putting the colander over the sink to drain it…?

I put my spare shoes on the roof of the car then put my other bags in the boot and drove away. It wasn’t until the car behind me started flashing his lights at me that I pulled over, luckily they were still there.

Just yesterday I was making a sausage casserole I put the top oven grill on to brown the sausages then remembered I needed to fry the onions so I got out a frying pan to lightly fry them. 5 mins later couldn’t understand the smoke and burning smell opened up the back door but it got worse then realised I’d left the grill turned on with the door shut. I quickly opened the top oven door picked up the tea towel to grab the grill pan out and of course it was was red hot and the whole lot dropped on the kitchen floor upside down grease from the bacon I’d cooked the day before and all.

I have chuckled all the way through this thread. What a lovely start to the day!

We have a downstairs cloakroom off a room which in turn is off the lounge. As is our badly planned out house, the light for the room is in the lounge. I walked across the lounge to turn the light on in the room, then back again to open the door to go into the room, to find the light on in there, and immediately said, "who on earth last left this light on in here?" forgetting that I had just put it on myself! It wouldn't be so bad, but clearly my memory is not good, because I have done this numerous times now, even blaming my poor husband for this misdemeanour once!! Even now, it is always a shock when I open the door to find the light already on, but at least I then remember I just put it on, myself. You'd think I'd be used to it after 12 years!!

Making yogurt.
Boiled 1.3 litres of milk watching to ensure it didn’t boil over.
Cooled to correct temperature.
Added powdered milk to thicken.
Added the new yoghurt starter.
Took to sink to strain it into the container just in case of minor spillages…
Forgot to put container underneath the strainer and the whole lot went down the sink!

Disneyworld. Arrived early to a sparsely filled carpark. Came out to fields of cars later. Not a clue! Couldn't even remember the colour of our recently rented vehicle. Did the key release button. No flashers ( sadly!). Went back into the fun park and gave Cinderella many more hours of our time than planned. It was a very late night!

Not sure if you know that a way to get the burnt black off a saucepan is to boil washing powder in some water in it…..that is unless you then boil the washing powder water dry
Dah ……that’s me folks

These are hilarious. Great thread sandye

arriving at my sons house I noticed the car window was open, I put my hand through it to open the door and close window but of course the alarm went off as soon as my hand went through window causing son to come running out and me with a red face!

I once stepped into a hot bath with my slippers on!

As a teenager I tried snootily to ignore some lads with motor bikes trying to chat me up as I stood at the bus stop. When one offered to guide me across the road I realised I was not at a bus stop !!

Walking across the playground into school one morning I said to the other teacher with me that there was something wrong with my legs because I was leaning to one side. Looking down we saw I was wearing odd shoes, one heel was an inch higher than the other. Had to walk lopsidedly all day long.