Strange things people do

NannyJan53

Fanny There is a saying here about Gornal (near Sedgely) "Where they put the pigs on the wall to watch the band go by"

It obviously refers to the days when people kept a pig in their garden.

Thank you Jan , that's great!
They keep horses in their gardens in Tipton (and in a house on one occasion) accordingly to my late Mom who taught there.

And a mate of mine once memorably said, in a thoughtful way,
'The Lye...where people aspire to live in Quarry Bank...'

There are people who do not use their bus pass for fear of looking old. Ditto pensioner discounts.

I have a friend that washes the dishes before they go into the dishwasher. What a waste of water ?

A friend set up an IT department in a secondary school when she worked there, so is no stranger to technology. On retirement she refused to have a computer or any other device 'in case it goes wrong' !
Guess who she phones all the time asking me to look up things for her!

And a mate of mine once memorably said, in a thoughtful way,'The Lye...where people aspire to live in Quarry Bank...'

That sounds about right!

My mother in law, a lovely lady by the way, had towels in the bathroom on a rail which were not to be used . They were “for display purposes only”..........bizarre.

The towel rail beside the wash hand basin has towels to use. The one at the far side in my bathroom has display towels.

people texting you at ridiculous o'clock in the morning! why?

nadateturbe

^My mother in law, a lovely lady by the way, had towels in the bathroom on a rail which were not to be used . They were “for display purposes only”..........bizarre.^

The towel rail beside the wash hand basin has towels to use. The one at the far side in my bathroom has display towels.

Hello Mother in law

My Mil is in a nursing home and tonight she has phoned to tell us that she has blocked ears and so won't be able to hear us.

My darling old Mum had a very strange way of cooking sprouts
she overcooked them, then strained them in a colander and then pressed them flat with a saucer. When I was newly married I thought that was the correct way to cook them. My husband was appalled, he came from a family of greengrocers
so thankfully put me right. I have no idea where her way of cooking and flattening sprouts came from...I do giggle about it now though.

FannyCornforth

Personally, I don't think that this is strange, as it's something that I'd do myself, but it definitely made me chuckle.
Our house and our neighbours' houses back onto very pleasant fields and woodland.
The other day, out of the back bedroom window, I saw our neighbour holding up his little dog so that he could see over their fence into the field.
???

I absolutely love this one. I'd do the same sort of thing for my dogs. Made me giggle.

An elderly neighbour asked if she could put her very small amounts of rubbish in my bin. Of course, no problem, every week she would drop items of rubbish into my bin, no bags just loose rubbish
Having given it some thought I asked her why she needed to do this. The answer, without a morels of shame: "Because my bin is clean and I don't want it getting smelly"
Seemed logical to her!

morsel! Not morels!

They all made me smile, thank you

When colour TV was first available, an elderly uncle of mine bought a set and placed it next to his old black & white one. My Dad asked him why he needed both TV's. He said he used his old set for black & white films and his colour set for everything else. No amount of telling him he could get old films on his new set would convince him. He was well matched with his wife who, when ill with a cough and cold, would swallow a spoonful of Vicks because she thought it more effective than just rubbing it onto her chest. She suffered no after effects as far as I know!

I have towels in the bathroom that are just for guest to use, God help my OH if he uses them! ?

NannyJan Here in Leicestershire it used to be a saying, when I was young, about the village of Huncote. If someone asked where you were going, you said "I'm going to Huncote on a pig. I'm going to put the pig on the wall to watch the band go by."

It was an old people's saying and I haven't heard it for decades. It has probably been forgotten except for a few of us oldies.

We've done that to the surprise of our neighbours. We explained that we had just planted fresh plants and were watering them in.

We have a designated car park in our street. All of our back gates lead into it, but my next door neighbour always come out of her front door to walk round there. It just seems really odd.

I admit to washing the dishes before going into the dishwasher,my husband doesnt do this, he thinks I am mad,no comments please.

tanith

StatenIsland I was stretching for no more than 10 mins but she was still out there after I’d had my shower dried and dressed. You could be right about any of those reasons I suppose but I’m loving reading about all these quirky strange happening.

I always wait till it's been raining if I have to apply nematodes to the garden, via the hose and an applicator thingy!
Also I like the idea of exercising in front of the window - I'd need a view to distract me from the agony of the stretches.

My brother has been known to add curry powder to his porridge. And to pronounce it delicious!

My son's partner will alway get a new cup out of the cupboard to make a drink...so after finishing a cup of tea / coffee, if she has another or is giving you one, she gets a new one instead of washing the original!
I went to refill my glass of water once and the poor girl nearly passed out

Redhead56

I watched Nigella making a Turkish dish yoghurt with sloppy poached egg and butter sauce on top. I felt queasy just watching it never mind eating it what a combination. All things separate ok but not on one plate not for me anyway.

Ooh, that's Çılbır - it's lovely, but then I love Turkish food!

Hopikins

My darling old Mum had a very strange way of cooking sprouts
she overcooked them, then strained them in a colander and then pressed them flat with a saucer. When I was newly married I thought that was the correct way to cook them. My husband was appalled, he came from a family of greengrocers
so thankfully put me right. I have no idea where her way of cooking and flattening sprouts came from...I do giggle about it now though.

You don't come from the Black Country do you Hopikins? That's how my Nan used to cook sprouts - squeezing them flat with a special curved metal disc that Grandad (a pattern-maker in the foundry) made for her after she used a saucer and it broke, cutting her hand.
I was 38 when I discovered that sprouts were delicious..!! ?