To wonder why someone has posted a spatula through my letterbox?

[gracielacey]

I've come home and found a wooden spatula on the inside of my front door that must have come through the letterbox.

Does anyone have any idea where that would have come from?

[gracielacey]

I'm rather perplexed about its origins

[BasilFaulty]

Aaghahhahahahahhahahahahaha sorry OP but that's hilarious.

I'd hazard a guess that they've either borrowed of bought it for one of your neighbours and put it through the the wrong door.

[neddle]

Were there any leaflets or anything else?
It’s recommended to use a spatula to open stiff letterboxes and avoid fingers getting trapped or bitten by dogs.

[dawnc27]

was there any leaflets or junk mail there too?

[WereAllBladesArentWe]

It wasn't me.

[babybrainusedtobesmart]

Could be more sinister and they were trying to get the door open by reaching for a handle/key?

[Aprilshouldhavebeenmyname]

Could it be a coded message that you have stirred up trouble for someone?

[Sashkin]

I expect it was for somebody else and they have just put it through the wrong door. Your NDNs are probably sitting at home pissed off that their friend hasn’t returned their favourite spatula yet.

But that is quite a boring solution, so hopefully people on here will have more entertaining ideas...

[Sturmundcalm]

i would guess leaflet deliverer who put it through by accident!

[Isleepinahedgefund]

Is it instead of growing pampas grass in front garden? Apparently pampas grsss isn’t that popular anymore. Maybe a spatula is the new pampas grass.

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

I was put posting sone leaflets recently, with a spatula, and a dog very quietly took it from the other side. I had to ring the bell and ask for it back. Do you have a dog?

[bakingdemon]

I used to do a lot of leaflet delivery and the poster above is right, it's often recommended to use a wooden spoon or similar to poke letterboxes open in case they're really stiff or there's a dog on the other side

[wowfudge]

I agree with the pps that a leafleter has put it through accidentally.

[gracielacey]

Ah, leaflet delivery would make sense as it was surrounded by Labour and Lib Dem leaflets!

(In Lewisham, and there's a parliamentary by-election on Thursday)

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Isleep the spatula would be much better than the pampas grass as you could use it for spanking too...

[FiestyCherry]

Did a slimming world leaflet appear through your door at the same time....I have friends who are consultantsand they use a wooden spoon / spatula to push leaflets through doors in case there is a snappy dog on the the other side of the door....I kid you not 😂

[Ohyesiam]

They want to spank you with it.....

[gracielacey]

Don't have a dog though!

[FiestyCherry]

Wondering if they pushed it too far through with your leaflet and lost it!

[FiestyCherry]

They wouldn’t know you didn’t have a dog though they use it just in case

[BasilFaulty]

I suppose they don't know if you've got a dog though tbf.
Is that elastic bands around the bottom of it?

[JustGettingStarted]

Definitely a leaflet deliverer. I have lost similar implements when I have leafletted.

[JustGettingStarted]

Also I didn't use the implement only because of dogs - I wanted to push it in hard so it would fly out further into the front hall.

[eleventybillion]

Ooh another thing to add to my list of weird “things mumsnet has taught me”.

Constantly amazed at the things you lot know

[halfwitpicker]

Someone wanted you to start a thread....