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OldMeg Thu 06-Sept-18 07:52:20

I’ve been taking GN too seriously of late. So thought I’d lighten up a bit.

I’m sure you can all think of more to add to the list....

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap
when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Google Maps eally needs to start their directions on # 5.
I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection, again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

17. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

18. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

19. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

20 Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1 .7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

MawBroon Thu 06-Sept-18 07:57:38

A welcome smile Old Meg !
Life can be pretty sh*tty and a bit of humour is sometimes what I need to stop me pulling the duvet over my head and announcing “Goodbye, cruel world”

Auntieflo Thu 06-Sept-18 08:01:57

Good list Old Meg, but I'm sure as eggs is eggs, that I'd be lost at #5 before I'd even started.

DanniRae Thu 06-Sept-18 08:11:48

grin

1. I regret saying to my daughter that it is clear which of my friends don't have daughters because of their fashion mistakes. She now takes the job of keeping me from fashion faux pas way too seriously!
2. I don't regret telling her to burn all my diaries (especially from 2004!!) when I die.
3. Why when a friend is just about to get to the interesting bit in a story about her love life does her phone ring and the moment passes.
4. I can't believe that although my youngest daughter is late for everything I still expect her to turn up on time for dinner.
5. I constantly have to remember that although nothing is as good as you think it is going to be, nothing is as bad either.

rubysong Thu 06-Sept-18 08:26:58

Fun lists!
Do go to YouTube and learn how to fold a fitted sheet. It is a wonderful thing to master and can amaze people at parties.

MissAdventure Thu 06-Sept-18 08:31:58

grin
I'm not sure I'd want to be at a party where folding a fitted sheet is on the agenda.

Bridgeit Thu 06-Sept-18 08:44:29

Brilliant Oldmeg, yes every single one of them !?

Cherrytree59 Thu 06-Sept-18 08:46:57

Oh I dont know after the folded sheet we could have the timed...
Insert Duvet into the quilt cover.

sodapop Thu 06-Sept-18 08:50:17

They all resonate with me 'OldMeg* brilliant.
One to add, my best friend and my daughters have agreed to deal with each other's facial hair if ever we are incapable of doing so.

Teetime Thu 06-Sept-18 08:59:48

Oh yes and why when in a shop or service station choosing a loo from a line of pristine freshly cleaned ones do I always seem to find the one that hasn't been!

GrannyGravy13 Thu 06-Sept-18 09:40:00

Agree with all OldMeg x

Why is it when having bought a fresh crusty loaf when I sneak into kitchen to have the crusty end piece it's always gone!!!!

Why when having bought an item of clothing that I love, do I then see it on someone else of a different body type and it looks ghastly, consequently said item is banished to the back of wardrobe never to be worn again.

Grannybags Thu 06-Sept-18 09:48:32

All good lists! I'm off to YouTube now to learn how to fold a fitted sheet...

Nanny27 Thu 06-Sept-18 09:49:45

Thanks old Meg I chuckled all the way through your list.
One to add;
Why do I never trust that I have locked the back door when I go out? I know I have but always have to go back in and check!

Grammaretto Thu 06-Sept-18 09:53:05

I see the garment on someone who really suits it. grin
Well done oldmeg sod's law applies here a lot.
#13 and #17 resonate.
And not being able to read the label on the shampoo or other product without glasses and glasses don't work in the bath/shower

henetha Thu 06-Sept-18 10:17:48

What a brilliant list, OldMeg. Can I add two things that bother me?
Why does Yorkshire pudding rise better if I make it with plain flour that it does using self-raising flour?
Why are men's shirts sold with such ridiculous packaging,
- pins, celophane, cardboard, plastic. Why not sell them just on hangers like ladies blouses are?

POGS Thu 06-Sept-18 10:47:35

Good list Old Meg

Who would have thought it would be posh to put chips in a baked bean can.?

Why is my dress size different from shop to shop?

How easily the meaning of inclusive has turned into exclusive.

Strange my lovely old photos last better than some more recent ones.

Pagzy Thu 06-Sept-18 11:01:09

What a brilliant thread

ninathenana Thu 06-Sept-18 11:35:13

Nothing to add at the moment but they are all making me smile.
Especially the Google maps.

ChaosIncorporated Thu 06-Sept-18 11:48:49

Thank you oldmeg - I am still smiling.
I offer the following additions:

1. When there are only two ways to insert a phone charger, why does it always need three attempts?

2. Why do small children always say the most embarrassing thing at the quietest point in general conversation?

3. Good manners should not mean having to be polite to to cold callers.

4. I have regretted not saying "no" far more often than I have regretted saying it.

6. I believe in the sock fairy! socks vanish, in the laundry cycle, and I still have no idea where they go.

OldMeg Thu 06-Sept-18 12:03:56

Love the additions....that one about the phone charger made me LOL

JackyB Thu 06-Sept-18 12:04:51

I can fold a fitted sheet - no problem. And our freezer has a light.

Like Nos 3 and 4 though.

ffinnochio Thu 06-Sept-18 12:16:30

Thoroughly enjoyable OldMeg ?

No. 4 is top of my list!

As an addition. ... why is there no ‘irony’ emoji? Is it because those that get an ironic remark don’t need one, and those that don’t get it, still wouldn’t get it, with one?

Willow500 Thu 06-Sept-18 12:58:24

Very funny thread grin

And why is it when I finally decide to have salad its all gone off?

Or when my roots don't need doing I'm not going anywhere but the the week before I'm due at the hairdressers I get invited out!

Tea and cake Fri 07-Sept-18 07:33:58

Agree with every single one of these! ?. Could add, why when I think of an interesting fact to look up on Google later, by the time I've got round to it I've completely forgotten what it was?

teabagwoman Fri 07-Sept-18 07:45:52

OldMeg you’re wonderful, agreed with every one of them.
Got my morning off to a great start.