Nope, was probably in bed

So it was 'me' you ran away from then?

The rest of us worked that one out ages ago!

The funny thing is that it wasn't me at all and he must have run away from some random person

Bleh. Essayage >.<

But this *is* H_C we're talking about here!

Poor Nicki .

I've just taken a load of washing out of the machine. Despite the fact that all the clothes are dark - and there was nothing in the pockets - I noticed when hanging them out on the clothesline that they're all covered in white bits of fluff. Why? What? How?

And can I do anything about it other than to put the whole blessed lot through the machine again and hope for a better outcome next time?

Your machine hates you!

There was perhaps a tissue up a sleeve that went unseen. Rather than wash them all again you could get a fluff removing brush and try that. Sometimes a few minutes in the tumble dryer will get rid of it and sometimes it seems to glue it in place even more strongly. You may just have to go fluffy for a few days until wash day cometh again. Just cultivate an air of eccentricity and no one will notice.

I've just remembered something weird that once happened

When my boyfriend and me spent the first night at the house we live in now (I think it was actually before we really moved in) we went to sleep on the double bed and woke up the next morning to find that we swapped sides

I do not *do* snotty tissues up sleeves - eugh!

The penny dropped this afternoon! The last time the machine was used, it was to wash some fluffy white bathmats....

The cultivating of an air of eccentricity should not be too hard to manage....

My brother got up this morning and went off to catch the school bus. He was back home ten minutes later because the bus (and other people) was nowhere to be seen. He'd come to the conclusion that school was cancelled because of the snow. Then my Dad pointed out that the calendar said that he wasn't meant to go back till tomorrow Cue my brother having a go at everyone else for not telling him not to get up and going off in a strop - you'd have thought he'd be grateful for the extra day!

The minister's cat has just received its 1700th name

In January???

Do you live in a hot country or is there something about UK weather that somebody's not telling me. (If I hung clothes out here they'd be frozen boards within minutes )

I managed to summon the strength to pick up and play my viola for about 10 minutes

There's been a good - albeit cold - drying breeze today, which has just about done the trick. The radiators will do the rest!

I get up this morning and go to get some brekfast and theres a lot of dark red liquid in the draw with the spoons in
so I take a spoon out, wipe it on me t-shirt and go back to me food.

Cherryade? Blood? Cough mixture? Rust?

Might be worth finding out - your mother might enquire when trying to remove the stain from your tee-shirt.

I'm impressed

Our radiators are very busy at this time of year

I thought it was blood but I think blood might be more sticky
its a red shirt so no worries my brother came down and found it and cleaned it out. he thinks its the parrots fruit juice (he only likes tescos finest)

I finally understand the biochemical reactions in photosynthesis yaaaaaaaaaaaay
Ok, I'm done hehe

I love swimming but hate how chlorine in pools harms my hair! Why must it be so damaging?!

why is it that at the moment I just feel rubbish all the time?

Some musique concrete is so called because it should be set in a solid block of concrete and thrown into a lake.

Back in the office today for the first time since Xmas Eve.
Have spent most of the morning tidying stuff and rearranging.

Somebody stole my chair, though. Fair enough, it was falling apart, so I suspect site operations have come round over the break and replaced all the worn out chairs. But my new chair isn't right. I know i have to play with it to get it right but it's really difficult to do and in any case it still won't be my old comfy chair (with the unravelling seat which spilled foam everywhere).

Oh well. Oh, and I got to take the Xmas tree down! There are two of us who are usually guilty of putting the tree up. I was on a course Monday/Tuesday and not back in the office until today. The other lady is now on maternity leave. So one of our colleagues volunteered to take it down. Only she is off sick. So none of the other 20 people bothered!

Oh, er, the seat of my chair has just gone flying fowards. I think I need to go and play with the levers...

This puts me one more closer to 2000 posts! (And it is easier than answering those awkward questions on other threads)

Good For The Posh Parrot.

Saxlad

P.S Yaaay 2100 Keep it Up Forumites.

When walking in town today I noticed two different shoes in different places in the town left in the road, and a pair of socks dumped elsewhere. How does this happen? Surely people notice if they lose a shoe?!?

Petrat and I celebrate three years of forumming today...

oh, so you do! happy (joint) anniversary !

Not sure about there being 2 sides to every story. I think the story is very big and spherical with an infinite number of possible viewpoints, but then I can only see a little bit of it....

I've just watched Countdown with the new presenting team on Channel 4's on demand service. Didn't get the conundrum - the contestant got it in less than a second...

Seeing "throw a shoe at Bush" in Game Zone reminds me of the news of that incident. In almost every reports I've came across, there were mentionings that throwing a shoe at somebody was considered an insult in the Middle East/Arab/Muslim world. I did (and still do) wonder where it's considered an affectionate gesture

O dear! Another date that I missed. Happy anniversary Batty X Ratty.

for 10/1/06!

Over the hill clarinettist is another 10/1/06 forumite!

Three of us!

Two of us have Welsh connections too. You are outnumbered Batty.

I am indeed! - I have a little Irish blood, but not Welsh...

I have just read the bottom line of DaisyChain's signature.

Don't think I'll be dropping my mobile in my tea to test the theory out...

Speciation is boring me brainless....

Am I turning into my mother?

Someone is killing a feather pillow on TV.

Spoilsport!

Wanna do some fairy squashing too?

Misterjay was somewhat bemused when I finished my recorder practice sesson today.

I explained that I was trying to crack a tricky run in a piece I'm learning.

"It isn't five pineapples, it's three hippopotamuses" I said with a grin.

"OK" he replied with a look that indicated that he thought I was off my rocker...

Having an argument with your parents, and you shutting yourself in a room on the ground floor of the house isn't great. Especially when your bedroom (and warmth) are upstairs on the fourth floor...

Poor poor Misterjay...
I think he deserves a sainthood...

Congratulations petrat on passing 9,000 posts!

Thank you, Forum Twin. A way behind you though Batty.

*looks at post count*

ooo, 13,331...

Decisions, decisions... Baileys Original or Creme Caramel... oh it's so difficult...