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Her next door.

94 replies

Pumpkinsaregrowingnicely · 18/09/2026 20:12

To think after 24 years Alice simply wasn't interested?

OP posts:
Millytante · 19/09/2026 20:21

Littlejellyuk · 19/09/2026 19:54

Sally got a mustang though... 😆 🤣 😂

😂

Littlejellyuk · 19/09/2026 19:56

DangerousLesions · 19/09/2026 18:06

Generational thing. I've just got it: "I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice".

I didn't twig at first glance, as was poorly with a lemsip, then the penny finally dropped after I read it out loud 😆 🤣 😂

Littlejellyuk · 19/09/2026 19:54

Millytante · 19/09/2026 17:47

Not a brand new Cadillac? That’s a bad sign.

Sally got a mustang though... 😆 🤣 😂

Agatha1989 · 19/09/2026 19:52

FFSItsTooHot · 19/09/2026 16:51

It was a song called 'Living next door to Alice' in which the singer is bemoaning the fact that he's lived next door to her for 24 years and she's shown no interest in him. And now she's moving. I think it was a hit in the late 70s for a group called Smokie,so you'd only know what the OP was talking about if you're over about 55!

This reply 😂😂😂😂

CherryKerry · 19/09/2026 19:37

Goditsmemargaret · 19/09/2026 06:46

Sally is an absolute knob, putting her paw out for Alice's crumbs.

Don't look back in anger, I heard her say.

Kidsandhouse · 19/09/2026 19:32

TotallyBogusYeah · 18/09/2026 20:34

Who the fuck is Alice?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

66babe · 19/09/2026 19:29

Lurkingandlearning · 19/09/2026 17:45

Sylvia”s does. She even knows which train they are catching

Oh was it a midnight train … ?

66babe · 19/09/2026 19:28

Millytante · 19/09/2026 17:44

Sylvia’s mother now FaceTimes a bloke named Fernando who takes her mind off all that 😉

Ah how romantic , in the firelight I assume ?

Skyflier · 19/09/2026 18:11

He only wanted to get into her pants anyway!

IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere · 19/09/2026 18:09

I don't trust Sally. I think she may have been whispering stuff in Alice's ear, probably telling her that he was secretly pining for Sylvia.

DangerousLesions · 19/09/2026 18:06

Littlejellyuk · 18/09/2026 20:47

I have no idea what this thread is about, but I am already invested in the comments.
🍿 🍿 🍿

P.s. I honestly thought it was going to be a post slagging off your neighbour! 😆 🤣 😂

Generational thing. I've just got it: "I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice".

Zoopet · 19/09/2026 18:00

I nominate this thread for classics!

Millytante · 19/09/2026 17:53

Hatty65 · 18/09/2026 20:30

I always thought she'd secretly been in love with him, but given up as he'd never shown any interest in her.

She found someone else, and he immediately decided he wanted her. Dog in the manger.

Good God. The theme of all those diabolical Tom Jones ditties: Alice’s wet neighbour finally drank some extra strength Nescafé, but it was too late.
She’d gorn. To Boise, with an American from the nearby USAF base.

Next scene: Alice is no more.
Wet neighbour is on the run, still clutching the weapon he bought in the very odd Duty Free.
This is why Indiana wants him. 🚓

Maninasuitcase · 19/09/2026 17:50

Pabbel · 18/09/2026 20:46

Thats what happens living next door to Alice 😅

for 24 years?

Millytante · 19/09/2026 17:47

Littlejellyuk · 18/09/2026 21:13

The limousine was a game changer....
🚗

Not a brand new Cadillac? That’s a bad sign.

Lurkingandlearning · 19/09/2026 17:45

66babe · 19/09/2026 17:42

Does her mother know ?

Sylvia”s does. She even knows which train they are catching

Millytante · 19/09/2026 17:44

66babe · 19/09/2026 17:42

Does her mother know ?

Sylvia’s mother now FaceTimes a bloke named Fernando who takes her mind off all that 😉

CostcoFanofThree · 19/09/2026 17:43

I heard a few things about Alice, I’m not sure he didn’t dodge a bullet. A few red flags on both sides.

Millytante · 19/09/2026 17:42

Throwmoneyatit · 19/09/2026 14:21

I hope Sally knows that she's second choice

Well, the whole village knows that Robert Palmer used to sneak Sally through the alley (which was a common suggestive/crude idiom in that part of the West Midlands back then, and all the blokes in the Dog and Gun used to gossip like it was Coronation Street)

What made it all more intense of course, is that the village pond just opposite is the very spot where Deborah used to ride a white swan, and frankly, the regulars in the D&G have always had a pretty sour view of ‘chicks’.

66babe · 19/09/2026 17:42

Lurkingandlearning · 19/09/2026 17:23

I think Alice went off to explore the world with her friend Sylvia

Does her mother know ?

itsalltoplayfor · 19/09/2026 17:42

I hear Sylvia is getting married anyway.

anomymetoo · 19/09/2026 17:39

TotallyBogusYeah · 18/09/2026 20:34

Who the fuck is Alice?

😂

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 19/09/2026 17:31

Sally's been friendzoned. He's going to spend the next thirty years quietly pining and looking at old pictures whenever Sally is out and the first sniff he gets that Alice might be interested (he'll be stalking her Insta) he'll be out of that door.

I hope Sally has a good lawyer.

PuppyMonkey · 19/09/2026 17:30

FFSItsTooHot · 19/09/2026 16:51

It was a song called 'Living next door to Alice' in which the singer is bemoaning the fact that he's lived next door to her for 24 years and she's shown no interest in him. And now she's moving. I think it was a hit in the late 70s for a group called Smokie,so you'd only know what the OP was talking about if you're over about 55!

I take it you’ve not heard the updated version that this poster is humorously referencing. Grin

Millytante · 19/09/2026 17:30

KatyKan · 18/09/2026 21:28

Don't let them jump off the Tallahachie Bridge.

Nah, Alice is opening a restaurant not far away