happyhoix
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Post by happyhoix on Mar 31, 2015 9:44:10 GMT -5
This is the same guy who one time, after SIL puked and passed out on the livingroom carpet, got out the carpet shampooer and shampooed the carpet around her as she lay there. So I am assuming that SIL was not a habitual drunk who always got plastered every Friday night and ended up passed out in her own vomit? Because if she was, maybe her DH cleaning the carpet was a nice thing he did for her . (This reminds me of when DH had an inner ear thing and vomited throughout the bedroom and bathroom right after eating a bunch of French Toast. Then we had to go spend the next 8 hours waiting for him to get seen at the emergency room, which allowed the vomit to harden to the point I thought I would have to get a pressure washer to cut it. I still can't look at French Toast without wanting to puke myself, althought he went right back to eating it almost immediately - sure, he didn't have to clean it up!)
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cael
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Post by cael on Mar 31, 2015 9:51:03 GMT -5
LOL no she isn't a habitual drunk! That's just how he operates. She laughs about it, we talk about that story and end up in tears we laugh so hard. That's so gross. I had a cream of mushroom soup experience like that when I was a kid (except I didn't have to clean it up - I just watched my brother vomit it exorcist-style ), couldn't even think about it for a long time after that.
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midwestlily
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Post by midwestlily on Mar 31, 2015 10:05:31 GMT -5
Back in the sixties, my father once gave my mother a new girdle for her birthday. Is it any wonder the marriage didn't last? And my mother once gave me this: It bakes a potato faster than the oven...but not nearly as fast as a microwave. When I told her that, she said, "You can steam broccoli in it in only 10 minutes!" I pointed out that I could steam broccoli in a steamer in 5 minutes.
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flamingo
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Post by flamingo on Mar 31, 2015 15:30:13 GMT -5
My aunt gave me a fly swatter for xmas. She was getting rid of stuff from a home-based business she tried out for a year, and the fly swatter was one of the items she needed to give away. As I'm looking at it, wondering how to say "Oh thank you! Just what I always wanted!" in a somewhat sincere voice, she chimes in and says, "Now that you live in the BIG CITY, you can kill the flies with this. Oh, and it's PINK! I know how much you love pink!"
Um, yes, I like pink. Pink nail polish, purses, boots. But fly swatters??! PS-I live in a high rise in my BIG CITY-flies can't really get to me easily. But, thanks anyway!!
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cronewitch
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Post by cronewitch on Apr 1, 2015 3:46:21 GMT -5
Mom loved to shop for gifts. I didn't get many that were awful except once in Jr High she gave me a yellow bulk knit sweater that was way too big when I wanted cashmere, not yellow. The last one that went in the garbage unused was a plastic thing to make hard boiled eggs as seen on tv. I didn't open it and was telling someone about it so took it to work. It had like three pieces for each egg you would need to wash after using. So you break an egg into a cup, put on lid and float it in water to make shell free hard cooked eggs. I looked at it and decided I never wanted to ever wash it or use it so threw it away.
My niece got the worlds worst wedding gifts from her younger siblings. Their father took them cross country to come to the wedding stopping at second hand stores, each child had a couple of dollars to spend on a gift. One was a plastic plate painted gold with a used candle on it another was a velvet painting in bad condition. Mom called the bride and said she needed to come open the gifts at her house she would love them. She said I am sure I will, mom said no "YOU WILL LOVE THEM" so she would know how to react. So she came and opened them, thanked the kids and told them she loved them and loved the gifts they had thoughtfully picked out for her. Mom thought it was better to open them in private ahead of the wedding.
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