to find my heart sinking

[displayuntilbestbefore]

when I popped to an elderly neighbour's to see if she wanted anything getting from the shops (it's thick snow and she's not been out for days as it's too icy) and she said she was ok for food but would love a Daily Mail please.
I even found myself praying I wouldn't see anyone I knew who might think it was for me and found myself shoving it in a bag under the buggy just so there was no chance of anyone spying it on the walk back!

[Heqet]

you should have bought her the guardian instead and told her they were all out of DM

[BelleDameSansMerci]

Oh no! Well, I believe there is a saying that goes something like "no good deed goes unpunished".

[southeastastra]

my mil thinks the guardian is 'dry'

i buy her the daily mail it keeps her quiet for hours.

[displayuntilbestbefore]

Heqet - that very thought did cross my mind but they were right out of Guardians! I even considered The Telegraph but was faced with a too obvious pile of DMs and as the coast was clear quickly bought it, saying far too loudly to my sons "Won't Mrs X be pleased we were able to get her paper for her" as I shoved it into a bag and looked round furtively!

[paulaplumpbottom]

Very sweet of you. Old people really love the Mail. It confirms all their anxietys. You were right to make sure she didn't miss out.

[malovitt]

Our recycling truck missed our street two weeks running so I collected the papers from my elderly neighbour to take to the recycling centre - a massive stack of the Daily Mail.

When I arrived, there was a really dishy bloke at the newspaper bin; I had to wait inside the car for a while until he'd gone. Would die if anyone thought they were mine.

[displayuntilbestbefore]

lol paula and malovitt

[chegirlsgotheartburn]

I am a daily mail hater but I am also a hypocrite so when they were giving away bodice ripping DVDs I wanted to collect the lot.

It started off ok I only had to buy about 6 of them. I used to hide it. THEN they decided to keep extending the bloody offer. I ended up buying about 50 of the flipping things. I had promised to collect the tokens to get a set for a friend, I had to drive to the big Tesco on the motorway every day to pick up the DVD/Paper/Token combo.

Once I had started I couldnt stop.

Do you think I have watched any of the bloody dvds?

Never again.

[displayuntilbestbefore]

lol
shame on you

[chegirlsgotheartburn]

I know - they are hidden in a drawer somewhere. I cant bear to watch them.

Oh the shame.

[BertieBotts]

My Grandma used to love the Daily Mail - she didn't seem like the DM Reader type though, but she did like a laugh so perhaps she read it ironically? Sadly I will never know!

[MrsMellowdrummer]

I had to get it for my Dad when he was in hospital. If he hadn't been so poorly it would have been a big ishooooooooo.

[fernie3]

my gran used to love the daily mail, everyday someone took her a copy. I think it is an old person thing! Whenever I see a Daily Mail I get this "awww" feeling when I think of her in her armchair tutting! I have to say I probably wouldnt go as far as hiding it lol.

[Fibilou]

I was round at relatives' last weekend and they are Mail-reading "ban the immigrants" types. My parents are also a bit Telegraph leaning so agree with them in a less rabid way. They started banging on about Elf and Safety, immigrants etc and it was all I could do not to shout "you are all mental !" at them. They were going on about Littlejohn like he is some sort of superhuman

I think my Dad actually thinks there is some sort of Elf an Safety quango which spends all year thinking of ways it can destroy the world. He also thinks Europe is the root of all evil

[tadjennyp]

My parents are in the same vain Fibilou - thinking global warming is a big con, everyone wants to come over here for the benefits that no Brit can claim etc. To be fair they're passed their retirement age and still work so they can grumble a bit!

[displayuntilbestbefore]

I suppose I should be glad it wasn't News Of The World
At my ILs my DH was aghast to see a NoTW lying under my MIL's coffee table and piped up about it, turns out it belonged to his cousin who had popped over and DH made his mum chuck it out!
Go that man!