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Kaleva

(36,327 posts)
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 03:34 PM Jun 2012

Went out to get the mail with my coffee cup in hand

Walked back into the house, drank the last bit of coffee and set the cup down on the table where I normally put the mail and tossed the mail into the sink where I had dishes soaking.

I quickly realized my error.

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Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
2. Good.
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 03:46 PM
Jun 2012

I'm not the only one. Put my lighter in my mouth yesterday and tried to light it with my cigarette.

One of my favorite exchanges with my son, "Why is the cereal in the refrigerator?" "I don't know, but you should probably check to see if the milk is in the cabinet." (it was)

And...

"Why is the remote in the refrigerator?" "THAT'S where I left it!"

According to his wife, he still leaves weird things in the fridge.

Kaleva

(36,327 posts)
4. Back in high school, I worked at a large farm part time.
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 06:41 PM
Jun 2012

One day I working on some field equipment located at the boss's home. His son came out of the house, walked up to me and asked if I could give him a ride to the main farm a few miles away in about 15 minutes as he had some work to do over there. I told him that wouldn't be a problem and as he went back into his home, I went to the van, got in and drove to the main farm. When I got there, I wondered why I was back at the main farm when I hadn't finished the work I was doing at the boss's home. I then remembered I had forgotten all about the boss's son!

A story one of my uncles told me.

One day my uncle and aunt went for a drive. They stopped at a gas station to gas up. As my uncle was gassing up the car, my aunt went inside to use the bathroom. My uncle finished gassing the car, went inside to pay for it, got in the car and drove off. He said he was several miles down the road before he realized my aunt was not in the car.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,806 posts)
5. My family still tells the story of how my grandma
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 07:04 PM
Jun 2012

put her knitting yarn in the refrigerator.

I've started doing stuff like that lately...

Kaleva

(36,327 posts)
6. My wife one day made a tuna salad that had no tuna flavor at all.
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 07:24 PM
Jun 2012

I spotted the problem right away. She kept saying, as we ate it, how bland it was. I kept my mouth shut. It was actually quite okay and I even told her how much I much I appreciated her making the "tuna" salad. I also told her how much I loved "tuna" salad and we hadn't had it for quite some time. We didn't have it that night either but I was just going with it. This was just too funny! She didn't discover the problem with it herself until the following day when she was attempting to spice it up.

Baitball Blogger

(46,753 posts)
7. I walked into the house with a bag of Sake samples for my hubby's Father's Day gift,
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 07:42 PM
Jun 2012

I hid the bag and went back to the car for other groceries. By the time I walked back in I completely forgot where I hid the bag of Sake.

FloridaJudy

(9,465 posts)
8. Recipe for Seniors' BBQ Chicken
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 07:44 PM
Jun 2012

1) Open package of chicken pieces

2) Place on cookie sheet

3) Slather with BBQ sauce

4) Place in oven

5) Go play around on the Internet for half an hour or so

6) Remove chicken from oven

7) Now turn oven on.

Kaleva

(36,327 posts)
10. I've done that with a crock pot
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 09:24 PM
Jun 2012

Put the ingredients into the crock pot in the morning. Left for work and when I returned from work late in the afternoon, I then plugged in the crock pot.

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