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Really weird stuff people do that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

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PrimitivePerson · 18/08/2024 17:12

Someone I know puts hotel TV remotes in plastic bags before using them, because she once heard a standup comedian talking about men wanking on them while watching porn.

WTAF?

What weird things do people you know do that make absolutely no sense at all? Anything as odd as that?

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chaosmaker · 18/08/2024 20:45

Longlazyday · 18/08/2024 18:26

Turning electrical gadgets off rather than leave on standby- advised by brother, fire-fighter. He said he’s been called out to fires started by items left on standby.

And it saves money. I once had a computer energy supply catch fire. If I'd left it on overnight, it would have started a serious fire. I like to turn everything except the fridge and router off though.

Sense, not weird at all!

JaneJeffer · 18/08/2024 20:44

Justforoncecansomethinggoright · 18/08/2024 20:31

Vote for Trump

Wrong side of the Atlantic

JaneJeffer · 18/08/2024 20:44

AutumnBride · 18/08/2024 20:33

Who's putting milk in scrambled eggs ??

Who doesn't?

BeaLola · 18/08/2024 20:42

Well we don't have a kitchen bin - we used to hut I got fed up of DH cramming so much stuff in it that either the big broke getting the rubbish out or it got stuck. So now I use a carrier looped over drawer handle and it goes out to bin once full.

Also switch microwave off after using - no clock on it

I do unplug tvs when we go away on holiday

I do t think it's weird -just different.

Summerspritzer123 · 18/08/2024 20:42

Differentstarts · 18/08/2024 17:55

I have to open and close door 7 times before I leave the house otherwise everyone I know will die

This is ocd. Are you seeing anyone for this? I would highly recommend speaking to your doctor

godmum56 · 18/08/2024 20:41

ChampagneLassie · 18/08/2024 20:34

I do this with squash. Totally sensible.

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Me too especially when its hot and I get thirsty. I make it litre at a time and have the bottle and a glass by my chair. The time it saves is trotting back and forward to the kitchen.

Nchanged89 · 18/08/2024 20:41

Newsenmum · 18/08/2024 20:40

What do you mean by leaving it in a bottle? And all squash needs to be diluted I thought?

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Premixing it?

Newsenmum · 18/08/2024 20:40

theywenttoseainasievetheydid · 18/08/2024 17:21

I know someone who dilutes squash and leaves in a spare bottle in the kitchen to be used because it ‘saves time’ ……
i have been known to cover the radio remote in the kitchen with a plastic bag to keep it clean but my daughter objected

What do you mean by leaving it in a bottle? And all squash needs to be diluted I thought?

redtrain123 · 18/08/2024 20:38

I use hotel remote controls and kettles and don’t even give it a second thought.

chattyness · 18/08/2024 20:37

ChampagneLassie · 18/08/2024 20:34

I do this with squash. Totally sensible.

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I do it too but I put the bottle in the fridge because I like it ice cold

BlueMongoose · 18/08/2024 20:37

QuestionableMouse · 18/08/2024 17:18

Oh this is going to go well... 😑

😆

ChampagneLassie · 18/08/2024 20:34

theywenttoseainasievetheydid · 18/08/2024 17:21

I know someone who dilutes squash and leaves in a spare bottle in the kitchen to be used because it ‘saves time’ ……
i have been known to cover the radio remote in the kitchen with a plastic bag to keep it clean but my daughter objected

I do this with squash. Totally sensible.

AutumnBride · 18/08/2024 20:33

Who's putting milk in scrambled eggs ??

Justforoncecansomethinggoright · 18/08/2024 20:31

Vote for Trump

onwardandupwards · 18/08/2024 20:30

My next door neighbour pegs her washing out a couple of items at a time, walks back down the garden, goes back in collects more, pegs that out, goes bk in gets 2 more items over and over ( no disabilities ect ), same with getting it in. Better than the other side whose washing has been hanging out for almost a month.

Delphiniumandlupins · 18/08/2024 20:27

PrimitivePerson · 18/08/2024 17:25

Well, we all know how many hours it takes to make a glass of squash! 😂

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I kept a bottle of ready diluted squash when my kids were young. Seemed perfectly sensible to me.

Durdledore · 18/08/2024 20:26

JudgeJ · 18/08/2024 19:52

My late MIL would turn off the gas and electricity if she was going shopping, she refused to have a fridge when she saw a programme about CFCs, think that's right. She also turned off all the sockets before going to bed, when we came downstairs on Christmas morning I thought the fridge light had gone but no, the whole thing was off at the wall, the girls had gooey chocolate ice cream with breakfast, we didn't keep much in the little freezer box as we lived abroad and were just over for Christmas.

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Sounds very much like my mum 😂

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 18/08/2024 20:25

Moveoverdarlin · 18/08/2024 19:57

Don’t you have to reset the clock on the oven and microwave every morning???

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There's no clock on either my oven or microwave.

Simonjt · 18/08/2024 20:22

TitusMoan · 18/08/2024 20:13

Asian as in Chinese rather than Indian? All the people I know from Hong Kong do that with the remotes! Why?

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Pakistani, it keeps them clean, it also prevents any numbers/markings from rubbing off.

Strangerthanfictions · 18/08/2024 20:22

PrimitivePerson · 18/08/2024 17:12

Someone I know puts hotel TV remotes in plastic bags before using them, because she once heard a standup comedian talking about men wanking on them while watching porn.

WTAF?

What weird things do people you know do that make absolutely no sense at all? Anything as odd as that?

I feel like I am just going to get loads of good ideas from this thread 🤣

Clafoutie · 18/08/2024 20:21

PerkyMintDeer · 18/08/2024 20:10

No. Shame is seen as very old fashioned these days.

The young girl next to me at Tesco last week was putting a Lovehoney Rabbit vibrator, lube, condoms and a 10 pack of Peroni through the self service checkout last week, needed an ID check, the male assistant who came over discreetly said, let me get you a bag for this, love and she said "oh no. I don't need a bag. I can carry it all!" and proceeded to balance the Rabbit, Lube and Durex on top of the Peroni and walked out in full view of everyone, not a care in the world.

Sex positivity. Maybe not a bad thing? I felt deeply ashamed in my 30s buying pregnancy tests for very much planned, wanted babies!

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I had hoped we’d moved on from regarding sex as something to be ashamed of 🙄

parkrun500club · 18/08/2024 20:20

MiniPumpkin · 18/08/2024 19:43

Can someone please help me out with this ..

re people turning off all switches such as microwave, tv and so on..

how do you feel about the fridge/freezer that’s switched on? Am I missing something.

Also why do the fires only happen at night and not when the oven is unattended all day while you are out at work?

I used to turn my oven off at the wall. I now don't, largely because I do use the clock and don't want to reset it every day. However, I do keep the microwave unplugged as we don't use it very often.

Bodeganights · 18/08/2024 20:19

redalex261 · 18/08/2024 17:35

I pass scrambled egg mix through a sieve before cooking it so there’s no white flecky bits in the finished product. (bleurgh!) Been told by everyone this is very weird.

So you break eggs, whisk with milk and then sieve it?

RSavernake · 18/08/2024 20:19

ClaudineMallory · 18/08/2024 18:23

Me too. I have read that it's safer to do this, especially overnight.

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Me too, didn't think there was anything odd about it.

Clafoutie · 18/08/2024 20:19

HyggeTygge · 18/08/2024 19:58

Putting keypad tones on (or not switching them off) on your phone.
My aunt comes over and is on her phone 16 hours a day and it's bip bip bip bippity bipbip

Ha! Yes, that’s infuriating 😬