'WellDel Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, Alert Mongoose said: I was up earlyish on New Year's Day and thought I better get a batch of washing done. Got the clothes in and was halfway through putting in the powder when the bint barges me out of the way before taking all the clothes back out, all the while chuntering something about bad luck. Daughter and her boyfriend stayed on Hogmanay, and she came away with this "it's bad luck to do washing on New Year's Day" nonsense when the wife was going to put one on. Never heard of it before in my life. Obviously utter bollocks made up at some point by some lazy barsteward with a Hogmanay hangover. The wife, to her credit, basically told her to stop talking pish and carried on regardless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 hours ago, Trackdaybob said: Kettle's at work? f**k that, get an urn. A constant supply for all your tea/coffee needs. We don't all live in National Service time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTFD Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 hours ago, 'WellDel said: Daughter and her boyfriend stayed on Hogmanay, and she came away with this "it's bad luck to do washing on New Year's Day" nonsense when the wife was going to put one on. Never heard of it before in my life. Obviously utter bollocks made up at some point by some lazy barsteward with a Hogmanay hangover. The wife, to her credit, basically told her to stop talking pish and carried on regardless. Weirdly, that came up in conversation with my father this year when I mentioned that I had some washing to put on. I'd never heard it before either. He said his second wife used to say that it meant that you'd end up doing all the washing for the rest of the year. Maybe it's an English thing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 4 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Kettle's what? At work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 19 minutes ago, BFTD said: Weirdly, that came up in conversation with my father this year when I mentioned that I had some washing to put on. I'd never heard it before either. He said his second wife used to say that it meant that you'd end up doing all the washing for the rest of the year. Maybe it's an English thing? I did some washing on New Year's Day and can confirm that I will indeed be doing all the washing for the rest of the year. Of course that's because I live alone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTFD Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: I did some washing on New Year's Day and can confirm that I will indeed be doing all the washing for the rest of the year. Of course that's because I live alone. I've never lived alone, but I've been doing the washing for twenty-three years. Come over and bring your skants, mate; you might as well take advantage too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 9 hours ago, BFTD said: I've never lived alone, but I've been doing the washing for twenty-three years. Come over and bring your skants, mate; you might as well take advantage too Are you honeydicking me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Hibee Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 22 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Are you saying she only boils enough water for her immediate needs ? If so, she is to be congratulated for her efficient use of energy. If you, on the other hand, are one of these feckers who boil 2 litres of water for a single cup of tea, you should be thrown into a pit full of wolverines. I am indeed one of those feckers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Lugging stuff up into the attic…”Please just go inside and leave me alone so I can concentrate”…oh no, stand in the bloody doorway, nattering away…result…step through ceiling when distracted…f**k! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 26 minutes ago, TxRover said: Lugging stuff up into the attic…”Please just go inside and leave me alone so I can concentrate”…oh no, stand in the bloody doorway, nattering away…result…step through ceiling when distracted…f**k! C'mon, get the feckin' photies of your ceiling uploaded.............if only so that Shandon can give you a quote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.i Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Standing in the door putting shoes on to go out and looks at her watch. "Oh I'm going to be late" Then proceeds to stand looking at her phone for a further five minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 8 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: C'mon, get the feckin' photies of your ceiling uploaded.............if only so that Shandon can give you a quote. The airfare would make it uncompetitive…plus I can patch it, nay bother. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 10 hours ago, TxRover said: The airfare would make it uncompetitive…plus I can patch it, nay bother. A week later... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Decides to do all the cleaning and organising she couldn't be arsed doing through the year when i've a week off work so she can go on about how much she's done while i've been watching telly. Still, back to work today for me and only another 50 weeks before she breaks sweat again, so nothing to interrupt bargain hunt and programmes about people buying houses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 13 hours ago, TxRover said: Lugging stuff up into the attic…”Please just go inside and leave me alone so I can concentrate”…oh no, stand in the bloody doorway, nattering away…result…step through ceiling when distracted…f**k! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 5 hours ago, hk blues said: A week later... 8 of 10, hen’s hair is longer… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I may have mentioned this before but f**k me it is infuriating. There is this program called "The Hit List". Basically a music intro quiz. Now with a music intro quiz, the one thing you need is to hear the fucking music intro. f**k knows why but she insists on talking all over the intros or singing the last shite song she recognised for the next 5 mins. f**k me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Never throws things out. Most of the time we replace something it gets sent to her family home even if it's f****d. When I pay my annual visit it's like flashback seeing my old stuff there. In itself it's OK but being a 'manana' culture it sits in our spare room for a fair while. Currently, we have a 55" TV (yes, you can turn it down), a portable A/C and a printer awaiting relocation. The don't have a computer so what in f***s name they need a printer for is beyond me. I have had 2 recent successes though - a DVD home system was dumped just this Monday (although it didn't make it to the bin lorry as a neighbour took it) and a shower heater a month back - it didn't heat the water yet the wife said they could use it anyway! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) She says... 2050hrs - That's me away to bed, I'm working the morn and I'm tired already The reality... 2150hrs - Has been upstairs all of ten minutes, having spent most of the last hour just bumbling about the house, thinking starting half a dozen domestic jobs is more impressive than starting one and finishing it. Naturally, now she's made it to bed, she's on fucking Instagram or something. Edited January 15 by Jimmy Shaker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 On 11/01/2023 at 23:30, Busta Nut said: I may have mentioned this before but f**k me it is infuriating. There is this program called "The Hit List". Basically a music intro quiz. Now with a music intro quiz, the one thing you need is to hear the fucking music intro. f**k knows why but she insists on talking all over the intros or singing the last shite song she recognised for the next 5 mins. f**k me. Aye. Mine is particularly bad for similar. Seems to forget that TV is an audio-visual medium and that if i'm watching something there's a fair chance I want to actually listen to it as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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