jimbaxters Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 The usual, seemingly ubiquitous issue again today. Sunday is cleaning day in Baxters Manor. This occurs in the morning and duties are allocated fairly based on skill sets. One such duty of Mrs. B is kitchen cleaning which includes a right scrub and polish of the cooker hob. Unfortunately, Sunday is also a cooking day. You'll have guessed where I'm going with this. Greek lamb chops for me today. She is veggie so it was just for me. Hence I set the marinaded chops into a medium high pan, taking care to render the fat first. After they are in the pan, the spit guard is placed on top. Imagine the reaction when she came through to see some spots of oils on the hob. Raised voices ensued as I pointed out that I had every intention of cleaning up fully after eating only to be told that I don't do it right. She got handed the scourer sponge and told her it will be Deliveroo for me every Sunday from now on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 This has been covered a million times but the timing and way she looked at me had me fucking beeling for a brief second. Line of duty last night. We watched the full episode just about with little or no issue. We've been watching about an hour so obviously we're nearing the end. As Hasting is presented with the file at the end by Arnott and they are discussing the ins and outs of what they have discovered, heading to the crescendo of the episode for some unknown fucking reason she starts chatting. Now I can't even mind what she said, it could have been a question about the show or it most likely was something random. I let out a massive "SHHHHHH!" and I could see her out the side of my eye glaring at me and looking mad. I asked her to repeat what she said after but she said it didn't matter. Nothing more was said on this but what the fucking hell is going through her head? She was watching also she surely knows what was happening at that point also!? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I had a virtual stag do for one of my mates on Saturday. Whiskey tasting and games etc over Zoom. It's been planned for weeks and I of course have mentioned it to my wife on numerous occasions. "You could go meet your sister?" (in our bubble) "you could go round to a pals and sit in the garden?" "you could go for a walk with your pal" Constantly gave her ideas and things she could do. Saturday comes round and she's nothing organised and is moaning that Saturday will just be her sitting watching TV alone as she's nothing planned. Meant I had to sit in the kitchen on an uncomfy as hell chair for hours (granted it's better for getting the next beer). Is it just a guy thing that as soon as the other half mentions plans that we immediately have our day all planned out? If she was going to be sitting on Zoom for 10 hours drinking I'd give her peace and go out. Mainly as I don't want to hear that chat. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.i Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 New bed day today [emoji16][emoji16]I'm merrily removing the last of the crap from under the bed in preparation for dismantling it..... Whilst she is loading the top up with stuff so she can "sort" it.After complaining I was wasting time as we had "loads to do" when I opened the box with my shoes to have a quick glance and see what, if any, are surplus to requirements. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 hours ago, The Minertaur said: Is it just a guy thing that as soon as the other half mentions plans that we immediately have our day all planned out? If she was going to be sitting on Zoom for 10 hours drinking I'd give her peace and go out. Mainly as I don't want to hear that chat. Mines the same. She'll mention she's going for a walk with her pal, meeting someone for coffee, going for a swim etc. Each time my instinct is "cool, I'll get time to play FIFA, watch sports or something". I mention possibly going for a game of golf at the weekend. "Oh I thought we could do something together" "OK, what do you want to do" "Never mind I'll find something to do by myself if you're wanting to go off and play golf without me" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 hours ago, deej said: Mines the same. She'll mention she's going for a walk with her pal, meeting someone for coffee, going for a swim etc. Each time my instinct is "cool, I'll get time to play FIFA, watch sports or something". I mention possibly going for a game of golf at the weekend. "Oh I thought we could do something together" "OK, what do you want to do" "Never mind I'll find something to do by myself if you're wanting to go off and play golf without me" You should play 72 holes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Puts a knife, that has just been used to butter toast, butter-side down on the kitchen worktop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Left approximately 14ml of tropical breakfast juice in the 1l carton and went to the trouble of putting the lid back on and putting it back in the fridge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 27 minutes ago, coprolite said: Left approximately 14ml of tropical breakfast juice in the 1l carton and went to the trouble of putting the lid back on and putting it back in the fridge. This is so that when she is asked the extremely reasonable question as to why she hasn't replaced the juice she can say that there was still some left. The only solution is to smother her in her sleep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 13 minutes ago, The Moonster said: This is so that when she is asked the extremely reasonable question as to why she hasn't replaced the juice she can say that there was still some left. The only solution is to smother her in her sleep. Sounds a bit humane, i'll let her wake up a bit first. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 53 minutes ago, coprolite said: Left approximately 14ml of tropical breakfast juice in the 1l carton and went to the trouble of putting the lid back on and putting it back in the fridge. This, but with the milk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Just now, TheScarf said: This, but with the milk. This but with white wine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 09:27, Busta Nut said: asked her to repeat what she said after but she said it didn't matter. Nothing more was said on this but what the fucking hell is going through her head? She was watching also she surely knows what was happening at that point also!? I reckon her brain had filled up with information and the chat is the overflow. Before the next episode, let her chat about shite for about 10 mins to create enough space for the episode. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I reckon her brain had filled up with information and the chat is the overflow. Before the next episode, let her chat about shite for about 10 mins to create enough space for the episode. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 9 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: This but with white wine. There's never anything left once the current future Mrs Connolly starts a bottle of wine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Bought a new couch. The act of sitting on it makes it sag a bit behind where your back is. This means every night before bed she has to go through a palava of flipping the cushions and hammering then as hard as she can, before fluffing then up and putting them back in position. If we don't it won't look new anymore. I made the mistake of asking if this is just while it's new, or will this have to be done for the lifetime of the couch. Wrong question, but the answer is lifetime of the couch. Each batter of the couch is clearly punctuated with extra rage because I find it a pointless farce so don't join in - but of course whenever I have decided to help with this baffling process, I "don't do it right". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesher Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 We have varying ideas of what constitutes barbecue weather. My wife wants to have one on Saturday with the forecast being 12 degrees and cloudy. I think this is a mad idea. Who is wrong? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, beesher said: We have varying ideas of what constitutes barbecue weather. My wife wants to have one on Saturday with the forecast being 12 degrees and cloudy. I think this is a mad idea. Who is wrong? You. It's best to start with that premise in all situations. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 8 hours ago, madwullie said: Bought a new couch. The act of sitting on it makes it sag a bit behind where your back is. This means every night before bed she has to go through a palava of flipping the cushions and hammering then as hard as she can, before fluffing then up and putting them back in position. If we don't it won't look new anymore. I made the mistake of asking if this is just while it's new, or will this have to be done for the lifetime of the couch. Wrong question, but the answer is lifetime of the couch. Each batter of the couch is clearly punctuated with extra rage because I find it a pointless farce so don't join in - but of course whenever I have decided to help with this baffling process, I "don't do it right". This 1000000 times this. “You’ve not done that right” I don’t understand how it’s possible to be done incorrectly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 7 hours ago, madwullie said: Bought a new couch. The act of sitting on it makes it sag a bit behind where your back is. This means every night before bed she has to go through a palava of flipping the cushions and hammering then as hard as she can, before fluffing then up and putting them back in position. If we don't it won't look new anymore. I made the mistake of asking if this is just while it's new, or will this have to be done for the lifetime of the couch. Wrong question, but the answer is lifetime of the couch. Each batter of the couch is clearly punctuated with extra rage because I find it a pointless farce so don't join in - but of course whenever I have decided to help with this baffling process, I "don't do it right". I feel your pain. Every single night the couch must be put back into showroom condition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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