Egluntyne Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 We bought a new dining suite about 3 years ago. It is lovely, but I have always moaned that it is a bit short for lavish entertaining, ie we always have to get the 'emergency' table out to add to it at Christmas etc. I was working on something connected with my day job on it earlier, and felt something sharp s"Ooops, word censored!"e my knee. I had a look and saw that a weird metal clip was dangling down, which had been held up with some parcel tape. Further inspection revealed two additional sections of table, in a sort of secret compartment, which could be fitted into the middle, adding another 3 ft to the table. Woo hoo. I do dust under it occasionally, in case you were wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 And yes, I regularly feel daft. Most recently it was in B&Q, looking at reading lamps, complaining that the bulbs weren't very bright. OH toddled off to find alternative bulbs. I then removed my sunglasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 and totally speechless!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I felt really stupid in a yorkshire hotel earlier in the year. The breakfast waitress asked if I wanted white, brown or mixed. I thought she was asking about coffee, and that mixed was a Yorkshire way of serving coffee. My face obviously showed all my slow thought processes, then my husband burst out laughing. She was asking about the toast, of course. I've also been teased by my family ever since I said going on Eurotunnel was like being on a train whilst in the comfort of your own car. The said, well, yes, that's because it is.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Christmas come early Egluntyne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 But I always feel that way - it's become natural. When we were watching a cricket match the other night Murray said "what's that word?" I said "Der" because that's exactly what it said. OK it was Derby abbreviated but he was already rolling on the floor in hysterics. Oh yeah, didn't see that one coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I remember being on a fairly busy train, quite a few years ago, travelling to Glasgow to meet up with a friend. I was chatting away to my Mum on the phone, to pass the time. 'Where abouts are you at the moment?' she asked. 'I think we're going through The Goebbels at the moment,' I replied (at full conversation volume). There was a short silence at the other end of the phone before my Mum suggested I might mean The Gorbals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopsie Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Oh Thank goodness it's not just me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Partaaaaay at Egluntyne Towers then!!! Cheesy nibbles anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 I won't be in. I'm going to Confession. I may be gone for some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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yvonne Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 A few years ago, my OH was coming back to the car munching a Magnum at a petrol station, I yelled out "Pig" at him, and was a but surprised to see a few people stare at me until I saw a police car behind him - if the ground could have opened up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 A few years ago, my OH was coming back to the car munching a Magnum at a petrol station, I yelled out "Pig" at him, and was a but surprised to see a few people stare at me until I saw a police car behind him - if the ground could have opened up... Whoops! When I was at college, a friend had some pig skin leather gloves. He was once admiring them, quite loudly in the town, until he realised there were a couple of policemen standing on the corner. I think he wished the ground could have swallowed him up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 When youngest was little we used to do the 'what noise does this animal make?' game. It backfired when he started reception & the teacher asked what noise the pig made. Son replyed 'nee naw' to the teacher, who's husband was a police officer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Brilliant Egluntyne - it's like a whole new table! I quite often say daft things. A classic was when I asked what happens if you get all six lotto numbers and the bonus ball..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 mine was the time my mum and dad received a postcard with a pic of some mountains in Spain. "ooh, what's all that white stuff on them?" I said.... only to be told it was snow in my defence I was about 16, therefore brainless, and it didnt LOOK like snow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I won't be in. I'm going to Confession. I may be gone for some time. That'll be the first time in ages then What did Him Indoors say when you 'fessed up, or has he still to be enlightened? I've lost count of the number of daft things I've done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 What did Him Indoors say when you 'fessed up, or has he still to be enlightened? He was as flabbergasted as I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Did you have a drum roll before you showed him? And then "TA DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" like on the shopping channels (not that I watch them - but I've got the general idea of what happens). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Almost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 It must have felt like finding treasure when you saw that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 At least you found out about it before deciding that you really needed a longer table and getting rid of it . I found a little compartment (like a tiny glovebox) to the right of the steering wheel of my car a year or so ago. We've had the car about 10 years . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benaberry Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Definitely the kind of thing i'd do My moment that will go down in history was whilst watching the Ashes a few years ago (the summer we won it for the first time in however many years) All innocently, I asked if Andrew Flintoff was Freddie's twin or just his brother, as they looked awfully alike Husband took great delight in pointing out to me they were one and the same person In my defence, I never watch cricket, and had only ever heard him called Freddie as that's how the media tend to refer to him. Still haven't been allowed to live it down though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Quite a few years ago a friend said to me "I love U2", however I mistook it for "I love you too" and then replied with "Awwww I love you too!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I only recently found the little button on the car windscreen wipers that means you can change how fast they go... had the car since 2003! my, how the family laughed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
