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rosesarered Wed 08-Apr-15 20:25:00

I'm on G'net, have one eye on the tv, and am packing for a break in the Lake District [in the morning] of several days [eek, no wi-fi] possibly a good thing though.Earlier, I was in the garden painting the fence, chatting to a neighbour and drinking a mug of coffee, aren't we women wonderful, men can only do one thing at a time!

Anne58 Wed 08-Apr-15 20:28:22

Mr P has been known to have a conversation and look gorgeous blush (well, to me at least) whilst simultaneously cleaning the oven! grin

durhamjen Wed 08-Apr-15 20:28:38

Tony Balir said the Labour Party could do it, so I'm sure we can manage.

durhamjen Wed 08-Apr-15 20:29:19

Sorry, Tony Blair. Couldn't even misspell it properly.

Envious Wed 08-Apr-15 21:16:01

You made me smile Phoenix! Nothing like still appreciating a nice looking man! Especially if he's your husband. grin

FarNorth Wed 08-Apr-15 23:40:30

And cleaning the oven! How gorgeous is that!

Soutra Thu 09-Apr-15 08:03:47

He could look like Frankenstein crossed with Mr Bean if he cleaned MY oven wink

Charleygirl Thu 09-Apr-15 09:13:32

pheonix the oven cleaning does interest me- how much do you charge to hire Mr. P out? Maybe that could be a sideline if times become hard?

Like Soutra I really would not be looking at or bothering who cleaned it.

Teetime Thu 09-Apr-15 09:17:05

My mother who taught me to score a house within an inch taught me to 'whistle and ride' always to have more than one job on the go.

Jane10 Thu 09-Apr-15 19:02:00

My youngest DGS can multitask -he can pick his nose and suck his thumb at the same time! He's gorgeous to look at too!

Liz46 Thu 09-Apr-15 19:17:25

My husband can watch one sport on the computer, another on the tv and listen to a third on the radio. If he does anything else, such as treating the garden fence he is unable to think about anything but that. My plants just get trodden on and destroyed.

merlotgran Thu 09-Apr-15 19:21:23

Never mind multi-tasking. Just getting him to complete one task before moving on to the next one would be a miracle.

I'm just as bad though.

rosequartz Thu 09-Apr-15 19:33:40

Send Mr P to me please!! phoenix

I only need to borrow him, not keep him - I can admire him whilst he cleans the oven.

DH won't clean the oven and I have been looking at him for over 40 years now grin

rosequartz Thu 09-Apr-15 19:35:36

The odd thing about reading the paper and watching the tv at the same time is that I can often be reading a word in the newspaper (not a usual word like 'the') and someone on the telly says it at that exact moment.

Very odd phenomenon!

pompa Thu 09-Apr-15 20:08:06

I can watch TV and ignore Mrs. P at the same time -- does that qualify as MTing.

loopylou Thu 09-Apr-15 20:13:14

Ask Mrs P!
I'm not sure she'll say yes.....

absent Thu 09-Apr-15 20:47:28

The first time I really felt like a proper mummy was when I realised that I was changing absentdaughter's nappy with my right hand – a terry nappy that had to be folded properly – while talking on the telephone, holding the receiver to my ear with my left hand. I bet I couldn't do it with a grandchild.