BiddyGrotto

[Robinia]

It seems we're not getting any changes on AB 'til after xmas so I've set up a grotto for us. Sorry it's a bit like a scene from Great Expectations but I've sprayed a few cobwebs silver & blown the dust off me doileys so please come in & sit down.
What do all the biddies/grumps want to find in their wrinkly stockings this year then? Do you like all this festivity or will you be the grumpy gran/grandpa from hell this year?
Please feel free to take a present out of the bran tub as you leave by the way. Contents may be unidentifiable....oops sorry...be varied.

[jno]

confusing your hoppers and your choppers gessoo? Kangaroos are the ones whose ears don't spin round and round.

[gessoo]

LOL jno

It happened years ago when I worked alongside an airfield and was heard to exclaim 'Look at that Kangaroo landing over there', which was met by a lot of very puzzled faces.

[woofgang]

I remeber Jimmy Young quite a few years ago referring to craft moments. This stands for "Can't Remember A (Edited by answerbank) Thing. I have had these for as long as i can remember and today that's all the way back to last week!!

[gessoo]

LOL jno

It happened when I used to work alongside an airfield and was heard to exclaim 'Look at that kangaroo landing over there', which was met by a lot of puzzled faces!

[gessoo]

This is getting silly. My first reply must have posted at the same time as woofgang's but didn't show up, and then suddenly pops up after I posted again. Can you report one of them for me folks. Thanks.

[Robinia]

gessoo my house is more untidy now that I'm on my own than it was when I had two teenage sons here! I've been trying to get rid of clutter but all I do is move it about....I only have one newspaper a day so how come there appears to be about 3 times that many? And why are there always pots in the bowl waiting to be washed? I don't eat that much....!

I know what you mean about Mike - that's just normal for me - as you may know brain fog is part of this bloomin FMS. I recently went upstairs 5 times (& that's a trial on it's own some days) before I remembered what I wanted .... and it's taken me 2 hours to recall what I wanted to look for on the computer this morning. Mind you I blame the grotto for that .....enter here and all sanity is lost.

[gessoo]

Glad I'm not alone. Sometimes it really worries me. I also end up upstairs in one of the bedrooms forgetting completely why I went up there!

[gessoo]

Must now go and clear the pots from the sink from last night - the ones that Mr G couldn't fit in the dishwasher!

My son had leftover curry for breakfast and the whole house smells horrible. He never would eat anything normal for breakfast like cereal or toast!!!!!

[netibiza]

Morning biddies -gessoo have to agree with your son re breakfasts, I love cold curry or sate in the mornings. When I worked in a noth London Hotel in the late 60's I always ate the leftover cold prawn curries. I now also have a dishwasher, but Mr N has put it in the storeroom where it will remain for years no doubt so am still using the gnarled old hands. Mr N only rearranges tins when he has the "mood" on him, it's like a black cloud hanging over his head, so it gives him a chance to moan, do I care? It's easier to let him get on with it and ignore his mumblings.

[Robinia]

oh yuck neti - I'll be putting your name forward for the next I'm a Biddy - Get Me Out of Here!! you'll be great at Grotty Tucker trials....

[jno]

ooh yes, can just imagine neti killing a baby satay with her bare hands and eating it whole, before swimming across a river of crocodile-infested curry. brrr

[Robinia]

lol jno - and what an excuse for her to wear those leopardskin leggings....it'll be worth every penny of the phone bill to keep her in there.

[gessoo]

One elderly couple is visiting another for supper. The two women go into the kitchen for a moment, leaving the men to talk.

One of the men says to the other, "The Mrs. and I went to the nicest restaurant last night."

"Is that right?" the other inquires, "What was it called?"

"That's just it," he replies "I can't recall. "Say, what's the name of that red flower that has thorns all over it?"

"A rose?" he responds.

"YEAH, THAT'S IT!" he says energetically.

He then whirls around and yells into the kitchen, "Hey, Rose! What was the name of that restaurant we went to last night!?"

[Jude123]

lol gessoo

[shaneystar2]

Ha! ha! brilliant Gessoo..that 's me too.My Mum always said I had a head like a sieve.I am permanently standing on the landing in a daze wondering what I am doing there.
Somerfields was packed with old chaps.Pension day !!

I watched Location x3 last night and I also wonder where these people put their things.These places always look so immaculate.There is not a speck of dust and they never seem to have anything to eat and nowhere is a book to be seen.As for the bathrooms there never seems to be any soap or towels! I would have to hire a skip to get this place like that if I decided to move.
Mind you the pantry would be the only tidy place.!!Neat tins!!
I did bung a few things out yesterday though for one of those charity sacks they put through the door. No doubt in a couple of months time I will be looking for what I have given away!!

[jno]

Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.

One day they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, "Now don't get mad at me..... I know we've been friends for a long time..... but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't
remember it. Please tell me what your name is."

Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"

[shaneystar2]

Never mind IAP..it wouldn't do for us all to be the same..life would be very boring. You would get on with my M-I-L like a house on fire.She has more tupperware than I could shake a stick at and it has to be the real McCoy not cheap and cheerful from Woolworths!
You are very welcome to come and tidy my cupboards any time.Tea and cake provided !

[gessoo]

That's great jno. Now, I am trying to remember the name of that person who started this thread (scratches head............ mmmm............. some sort of bird.................mmmmm................got it!.............................. 'Bluetitia'....................

[gessoo]

Ha, ha, IAP. Mr G also won't through away any sorts of plastic containers or those plastic spray bottles. 'They might come in useful one day!' He likes to decant things into containers - I prefer not to. That way I know I use the older stuff first. It's funny how we all have different ways. I think as you get older you get more set in silly little ways too.