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To be slightly mortified

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Allinson2014 · 06/05/2015 16:17

A delivery driver just came to the door. I opened the door and said "chicken". I've no idea why. He looked like this Confused and then ran away. I've no explanation apart from my DD is teething and thinks sleep is for wimps at the moment.

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Idontseeanydragons · 06/05/2015 17:56

Oh cock Blush
This is why I should never type on phones, it just causes trouble!!
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SoupDragon · 06/05/2015 17:55

I had to send an email to DS's firm tutor

And how do you know he is firm? Have you been squeezing him...?

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Idontseeanydragons · 06/05/2015 17:53

I had to send an email to DS's firm tutor and while typing it on my phone got a text message from DH letting me know he was going to be working quite late.
DS's form tutor got the info he had requested plus the addition note that it was fine and his tea was be in the oven to heat up but not to be too loud when he got home as I would be in bed...
He replied thanking me for the information and assuring me that his own partner would be sorting tea out that night..
BlushGrin

SaucyJack · 06/05/2015 17:46

I once got my "voices" mixed up when I was on the phone to the GP's receptionist and the DC's were playing up. I answered a perfectly normal question in a tone that suggested she wasn't going to get any sweets for a month.

FoulsomeAndMaggotwise · 06/05/2015 17:42

My DS was constantly attached to my boob when he was a baby. I mean constantly. I used to just walk around with them out because there was no point putting them away. Once a postman knocked at the door... You can guess the rest Blush

MagelanicClouds · 06/05/2015 17:28

When ds1 was learning to talk, he decided that anything with four legs was a cow.
We were out for a walk, he saw a lady with a dog and shouted -
COW!
She gave me a bit of a stare.....

MagelanicClouds · 06/05/2015 17:28

When ds1 was learning to talk, he decided that anything with four legs was a cow.
We were out for a walk, he saw a lady with a dog and shouted -
COW!
She gave me a bit of a stare.....

Andrewofgg · 06/05/2015 17:24

Shades of John Cleese in Monty Python:

Your dung, Sir.

AbsentMindedNumpty · 06/05/2015 17:22

GrinGrinGrin keep 'em coming, really cheered me up

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Allinson2014 · 06/05/2015 16:59

Haha these are making me laugh. I sometimes call DD chicken and I put her on the floor to answer the door. I said "sit there", my brain obviously wanted me to end the sentence with chicken Grin

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whatlifestylechoice · 06/05/2015 16:50

I snorted at that Yes.

We call all my dog's toys "bunny" as his first one was a rabbit and he knows the word now.

I had a delivery driver call the other day and distract the dog from jumping up on him, I threw his toy and called "Get your bunny."
The delivery guy looked at me like this Confused and I could see him thinking "that's a pig, you fool".

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Allinson2014 · 06/05/2015 16:38

Hahaha that's made me feel better YesIDidMeanToBeSoRudeActually

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NoImSpartacus · 06/05/2015 16:33

Grin @ YesIDidMeanToBeSoRudeActually

PenguinPoser · 06/05/2015 16:32

Grin thank you for brightening my day!

YesIDidMeanToBeSoRudeActually · 06/05/2015 16:28
Grin

It could be worse. My cat is long haired and very furry, one of her many nicknames is "furry face".

I had a supermarket shop delivered the other week and as the driver was unloading the bags, my cat ran into the house and started sniffing the bags. I said (in a talking to the cat kind of voice) "what have we got in here for a furry face?" And looked up..the driver had a huge bushy beard and was looking at me like WTF.

It was awful. I'm turning inside out just recalling it.

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Allinson2014 · 06/05/2015 16:22

Nope I can't even blame that. I didn't know what he was here for. I was rushing about with the baby under one arm and trying to stop the puppy running outside with the other.

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ollieplimsoles · 06/05/2015 16:19

Did you think he came to deliver some Chicken?! My only idea! :D