SNORT!
El Sancho jerks awake.
Please don’t tell me I slept through a discussion about Monty Python or gardening sheds or something.
Also, you know, that ball there ain’t gonna throw itself.
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SNORT!
El Sancho jerks awake.
Please don’t tell me I slept through a discussion about Monty Python or gardening sheds or something.
Also, you know, that ball there ain’t gonna throw itself.
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/a...ulldogball.jpg
This one looks flimsy but is made of railway sleepers embedded deep into the soil. Nothing short of a direct hit by something big would topple it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
This year I'm going to paint it - I got the paint last year but didn't get round to it - yellow. I might even put some flowers on it - big five petalled blooms with a nice orange centre - like the little kiddies at school paint.
I think it'll look good.
I don't know...the testical tape for measuring sheep sounds kind of interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
And really, it's past time for a sci-fi or superhero thread, don't you think?
Paul-that shed is a work of art just as it is! A large, primary-colored flower would simply detract from the stunning simplicity of its lines and the rugged wood its made of.
I'm afraid you did miss some go-o-o-d conversation , Sancho, lol. Now, fetch!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
Do it helga! Start the thread on super heroes and such! :d
I second it!!Quote:
Originally Posted by PoeticPassions
While we're waiting for that thread.....Anyone else think Captain Marvel's cape looks like a curtain?
http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/p...ainMarvel2.jpg
http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/p...inMarvel-1.jpg
can't say I like that superhero.... my current favorite is Diabolik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDSwPdJUAgc
I think the girls thread is the perfect place to talk about superheroes!!
on my amazon wish list is a coffee cup that says:
http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Marvel...id=LJFUJNSNUTU
and
http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Buffalo...id=LJFUJNSNUTU
As Kiki has just found out, we're discussing what's in "the drawer" in our respective houses in The Bloke's Thread.
We have been expounding certain physics theories as to how "the drawer" works - you know, the phenomena whereby nothing you want can be found, but everything you will want next week is- by which time it'll have disappeared again.
We also seem pretty unanimous that it's some kind of inter-dimensional portal/ wormhole through which objects disappear until they are sought by females - much to the chagrin of males who want to access the contents. It is a source of constant frustration and humiliation, but what can you do against the primary laws of the universe?
Perhaps there's a superhero who's conquered drawer physics?
Drawer Man!!
No, it doesn't sound right. They all wear their drawers outside their trousers, so perhaps that would just be confusing...
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Originally Posted by Helga
Now those are cute!!
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Originally Posted by Paulclem
How about "The Finder" ????? He finds things at a single glance, able to grab things out of packed drawers without looking.
ha, yes!
"The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle was solved today as it has been recently discovered that Margaret Meldrew put away all the planes 'to know where they are'." (Victor Meldrew)
Eve Voltaire hated women because 'they aways know where things are.'
I always say to Mr Kiki (I ike that :D) that I put those things away, because at least then one of us knows where things are - if I can remember, which sometimes does not occur and in which case the law of the universe that I am also human and may forget things is proven once again. This doesn't change the fact that Mr Kiki always asks for stuff he has put away...
I call it saving time and damage limitation. You call it humiliation and embarrassment.
:devil:
No, to be fair, everything is not too much organised in this house and there is enough to search for which I have put away.
As my father says, 'I have not lost it, I just don't know where it is.' (whatever that means)
Of course women have mobile man-drawers known as handbags. They hold twice as much and are three times more mysterious.
If I'm looking for something and Mrs P utters the phrase "It's in my handbag." I know I might as well give up the search.
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Originally Posted by iamnobody
Yes! and pretty gaudy/tacky one at that....
I wonder who came up with the idea that superheroes wear capes in the first place anyway... I know I don't. :)
The drawer may follow a similar principle as the dryer where one sock out of a pair always seems to get lost... I'll go for the wormhole idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
As for the name of the superhero.. may I suggest 'Storager Forager'!? Ok, pretty stupid, I know. But I'm not feeling creative today.
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Originally Posted by kiki1982
I will say that I always seem to know where other people's things are, but never my own... I wonder if it is a psychological thing, or whether it may mean that I just pay less attention to my own things... I lose everything. Wallets, phones, keys, jackets, jewelry... The worst part is that most of them have never been recovered. bah
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
My grandmother was like that. If she couldn't find something when she was out (which regularly happened) she used to say, 'Oh it must be in my other handbag.' As a little girl I used to be confused about that because my mother only had one handbag. My grandma died when I was eleven, but now, at the age of 29, I have several handbags of different sizes which change according to the clothes I wear and it sometimes happens that I can't find something... However that is only very rarely.
I am not one of those women who carry around twenty lipsticks, twelve powder boxes, 3 magazines and a whole lot of other junk in their bags. Although mine are big, they only have my seven necessities in it:
1 lip balm lipstick
my glasses case (if I do not forget)
my book
my keys
1 bottle of water
my mobile
my purse
And that is all.
Have we girls already talked about what is in our handbags, actually or not?
That about the dryer... It doesn't happen to me anymore... I think the disappearing socks ceased to be when I started clearing up the bedroom and consistently throwing them all in the washing basket.
The Finder - with one big round magnifying eye, and a handful of long thin fingers to reach into the other dimension behind the drawer.
Not even he would venture into a lady's handbag.
OK, when it comes to handbags that is probably my girliest obsession, I can honestly say I have about 25 handbags. Though it has changed now that I have to carry my schoolbag all day but when it comes to my handbag it has the same things in it at all times:
a small purse for coins
a cigar case with pictures of James Dean I use for my cards (bus card,credit and that stuff)
a notebook
a book I'm reading
sunglasses
keys
and extra chewing gum
and my calendar book
sometimes my laptop, it's only 10'' so it fits in most of my handbags
Perhaps The Finders sidekick could be a woman? That way all bases are covered, nothing is off limits??Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
My wife was explaining to me today what she - and presumably all females - call "drawer blindness" which is a condition that manifests in men only.
They open the drawer, missing the big sticky out thing they are looking for, but instead are overcome by the expectation that they will not be able to find whatever it is, thus succumbing to panic and subsequent "drawer blindness".
I find this explanation to be consistent with my experience of blokes tales of finderless woe. Perhaps The Finder should be a woman then?
I'll have to relate this revelation to my Mates on the Cold Ale thread.
No, I think if The Finder was a woman her powers wouldn't be super (or should I say every woman has these super powers)
Perhaps he's a man who is comfortable with his feminine side.
GASP! As he locates a corkscrew
OOO! As he finds the pickled onion fork/dispencer in the lightbulb drawer.
AAH! As you notice his cape tastefully matches his belt and sets off his highlights to perfection.
I don't really have to look for things, all of my clothes are just on the floor so you can see all of them at all times. It's a great system. I'm fridge blind though. This happened less than two days ago:
"Dave, where's the coke?"
"On the door."
"Nuh uh."
I deny that it's on the door until he has to come all the way into the kitchen from his room and, without pause, grabs the bottle of coke which was sitting on the door at my head level less than six inches away from my eyes. It wasn't even behind anything.
Perhaps your blokey qualities have affected your natural feminine ability at drawer/ fridge physics? Perhps having an edge of violence counteracts the "finding" ability we've been on about. :biggrin5:Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
My father also suffers from such selective blindness... His mother used to tell him to 'take [his] eyes in [his] hands and [to] look once more'.
Saying that, she used to lose a lot of stuff, but was able to find other people's :confused:.
Blindness happens to my husband and myself alike... I have done the Juniper-thing...
Haha, oh no, I really hope fridge blindness doesn't start to be referred to as "the Juniper thing." That will amuse David though.
K Ladies, any remedies for dry eyelids?
How about a lotion like Oil of Olay, papaya?
Would you like to know why you don't see something right in front of you, guys? ( I say guys, 'cause Paul Clem) Aha, I knew you would:
http://searchengineland.com/human-ha...u-seeing-13909
If anybody checks this out, I have another question about something I do, and I'm not sure how to fix it.
I am in the 30% apparently... what about you qimi?Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
Hmm, I have never had dry eyelids, but since they are more sensitive (and the skin is thinner) than most of the rest of the face, try some kind of eye cream. Otherwise, my go to recommendation is always vaseline, because it has a hundred amazing uses and is cheap and effective.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Oh man I am the queen of losing stuff. I have lost almost everything imaginable (even myself ;)), and it has become so bad that I am known for it amongst family and friends and constantly made fun of. However, I have never lost something that was someone else's... so that makes me wonder whether I inherently value my own stuff less than other people's? Or maybe because I don't use other people's things that often, I am (statistically) less prone to lose them??? I don't know, but my scatterbrain has really been detrimental to my wallet...Quote:
Originally Posted by kiki1982
If your eyelids are dry, but the rest of your face isn't then you've probably had some sort of allergic reaction? This has happened to me. If you have sensitive skin you shouldn't put your normal moisturiser over your eye area. You need a special eye cream or gel for sensitive skin.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Also, the eyelids are probably the oliest parts of the body, so that's another reason it makes me think you've had a reaction to something if they are dry. But the reaction needn't be because of some 'wrong' cream you've put on them. I've been using specialized stuff for quite a while, but it still happens to me from time to time (especially the inner corners of my top eyelids).
hehe, yes indeedy, Helga (high fives Helga).Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
me, too! Why can't I remember things? I locked my keys in my car on Saturday. That seems to be happening more often.Quote:
Originally Posted by PoeticPassions
ok I just saw this picture and it reminded me of the reading in the bath thread we had not so long ago. I have very complex thoughts on it but anyways: https://plus.google.com/photos/10162...27509047121250
At least you're not driving looking for your car keys-I have done that twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
I'm going to change my eyeline and clean my brushes tonight, I'm hoping that helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurquoiseSunset
1) Love the toy boat at the foot of the tubQuote:
Originally Posted by Helga
2) Not crazy about the books being so close to the water. I know I'd ruin a few books if that were mine.
yeah I guess I'd be worried about the books because of the heat and humidity, but it looks good...Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
On an early get-up at the hotel once, I set my room key on top of the TV and turned the remote in to the front desk. The clerk looked at the TV remote and said (a little too sarcastically for my taste) “Uh, sir, we like to leave those in the room.”Quote:
Originally Posted by KCurtis
Haha, that's great. I don't have many brain-slips like that, but I did once find a jug filled with peach juice in the kitchen cupboard instead of the fridge. I don't remember putting it there, but I was the only person in the apartment. I'm pretty sure someone very quiet broke into my house and moved my juice.
it starts with the juice in the cupboard... it's good that you're still noticing. When others start noticing what you didn't, then.... Sancho looks like he's begun to reach this stage. They have... good places these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Yep, it’s only a matter of time before they find me wandering around the neighborhood wearing nothing but a crazy, unhinged smile.