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Pointless soul destroying ongoing fights with inanimate objects

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HoneyDragon · 24/11/2015 19:36

The compost bin provided by the council. The bastard. I spent a painful 5 minutes trying to wrestle that fucker shut today before I realised the handle had slipped under the hinge. I won in the end but the fuckers still looking smug in the utility room.

And EVERYTHING in my understairs cupboard works on a rota to pick a fight with me. Sometimes the vacuum and ironing board work together to get me.

What intimate object regularly picks fights with you?

Have you ever finally emerged victorious?

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Orangeanddemons · 26/11/2015 09:01

I think coat hangers are the ISIL of the Western world. They launch random attacks in the name of coat hanger unity. They are like some hideous deviant puzzle to which only they know the answer. And they have warring factions. Wire(the most malevolent type) v wood v plastic ( and the plastic ones have sub factions)

Their latest ambush was to get stuck in my sliding door wardrobes. Now I can't open them, so they have achieved total world domination.

ohtheholidays · 26/11/2015 08:44

The fridge when we've just got back from shopping.In all fairness I do warn DH and the 5DC that if anything falls out of there and attacks them it's not my fault,I blame the bloody evil fridge gremlins,I swear the fridge looks normal when I've finished with it but as soon as my backs turned the flaming thing explodes food when ever any one opens the door on it.

It's that or I need new bloody eyes Grin

Tigerstripes · 26/11/2015 08:33

I particularly liked 'I'm glad it's got limescale'. 😃
For me it's the bottom rack of the dishwasher. It is a new dishwasher so there's no excuse. It just will not stay on its runners. I pull it out to put in a plate and every time it slips off like the whole thing is just too much effort and it can't be arsed to skip brightly down the runner like the other racks. Then I need to wrestle it back into place, only for it to slip off again as I push it back in.
The dishwasher's only saving grace is that it has a cutlery tray (not a basket) at the top which I love dearly (all the forks are together, all the spoons, all the knives... ). It just gets more and more upsetting as you go further down.
Just thought, maybe the bottom rack knows I love the top rack best?

BitOutOfPractice · 26/11/2015 08:23

Last night I got the little hand held vacuum out to suck up some crumbs on my kitchen floor. "I know!" I thought "I'll empty out the little filter bag!" Cue an explosion of crumbs and fluff and general shit all over the kitchen floor. So I had to get the big vacuum out. Bastard thing Angry

AndrastesKnickerweasels · 26/11/2015 08:00

Every time I open the fridge, the fucker twats me in the forehead.

I have a dent in my head now.

murphys · 26/11/2015 07:48

Whirlybird how could I forget about the Douwe Egberts jars....

I have had the same thing happen to me. Except there wasn't coffee granuals inside which could be cleaned up relatively easily, but with plenty of the 'oh ffs' going on...

Oh no, Murphys thought that jar would be perfect for keeping the reused oil in one day, you know the oil that maybe one day you will use again for chips or scotch eggs........

Fucking bastard oil went everywhere......... my kitchen floor was like a fucking ice rink for weeks............

donajimena · 26/11/2015 07:23

Ive got to stand up for Henry. I have four (well 3 plus hetty) now Dyson on the other hand... great for vacuuming the floor but you try using the hose on the upright version to do stairs and edges. The bastard will throw itself on the floor in the manner of a two year old being asked to do something it doesn't want to. I hate it

Everytimeref · 26/11/2015 07:21

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Everytimeref · 26/11/2015 07:20

Steam irons are my nemesis. It sits there waiting for me to iron something delicate before leaving a line of limescale. If I try to clean it will limescale remover, its give up completely.

mrsfox · 26/11/2015 07:14

Mine is the loo roll holder. One of the suction pad ones that supposedly sticks to the tiles. Well ours does, but only for a roll that's been half used or more. It's like it has a weight limit written into its contract. Put a full roll on and it's all 'you can't possibly expect me to hold THAT! I'm going to fall off the wall in protest.'

You have one job, loo roll holder...

whirlybird42 · 26/11/2015 06:54

My huge jar of douwe egberts coffee deserves a mention (in truth I don't really like it but it had a pretty orla kiely pattern on it so I'm using it up to store something in it)

Sealed with the strongest suction known to man. When I finally manage to break the seal by somehow wrestling it and catching it by surprise, or getting in there with a knife, the fucker suddenly gives way and showers me and every surface within 6 ft with coffee granules. Which then weld instantly wherever they land.

What's wrong with a screw top anyway?

saffronwblue · 26/11/2015 06:51

My printer. 'Oh I couldn't possibly scan a document (NO actual printing required) or even print it in black and white because I'm just feeling a little bit low in my Magenta.'
Prima Donna.

Notasinglefuckwasgiven · 26/11/2015 06:38

I can add to the evidence that my house hates me. Living room light has simply stopped taking power from the mains. Because it's winter. And it's dark. If I fall over something getting to the lamp again I'm torching this placeAngry

VoyageOfDad · 26/11/2015 06:30

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Friendlystories · 26/11/2015 06:26

Taps, all the fuckeyed taps in every house I've ever lived in actually but my current house is the worst yet. I don't do anything unusual with/to them, I don't think I'm overly aggressive in my handling of them (yet Angry) so why do none of the goady little fuckers work properly? The cold one in the kitchen pretends it's turned off and then when I go back in the washing up bowl is half full and the sneaky bastard's sitting there merrily dripping away, the hot one however requires industrial grips to turn on. The upstairs bathroom hot tap refuses to turn on unless I apply exactly the right amount of pressure to its top whilst turning at the same time resulting in a permanent RSI to my wrist and the cold one requires three full turns before it deigns to dispense even a dribble. The ones in the downstairs loo are my nemesis though, I know their game by now and meticulously tighten them after use but still every time I go in there, often because I can hear the smug little cunts from the living room, they're both pissing water like I've walked off mid handwash and just haven't bothered to even try to turn them off which is exactly what they want DH to believe and the gullible fucker actually does. And we're on a water meter to add insult to fucking injury. I hate them, I hate them all.

SladeGreen · 26/11/2015 06:15

Just this morning, the zip on my coat got stuck, and I told it to "fuck right off, you disgusting little shit."

I'm normally a very nice person, honest Blush

HackerFucker22 · 26/11/2015 06:04

Good yes my Henry is a fucker who is out to kill me. We have a lot of stairs and thank god I'm a robust woman otherwise I'd have been squished to death by him falling on me. He also gets caught on doors and ends up being dragged around unceremoniously until I can be arsed to pick him up. My 10 month old adores his though.

Door handles are another problem. We invested in some expensive knobs recently and as beautiful as they are they are fucking dangerous. I have nearly been garroted several time when my handbag has been caught on them. Similarly coats and flappy clothing also get caught and I am often seen bouncing around like a drunk due to being caught on my fucking door handles.

chilledwarmth · 26/11/2015 05:00

hehe the amount of times I've yelled at my computer for the various issues it's caused over the years is embarrassing. The arrogant shit just sits there not replying like it's too good for me.

callmekitten · 26/11/2015 00:26

My food has it in for my head. I open the fridge and the butter falls on my head. I open the cupboard and the rice falls on my head. I open the freezer and I am assaulted by sausages. I look forward to the day that I have to explain to the Doctor that my head injury was cause by a Pop Tart.

blankblink · 25/11/2015 23:51

The vertical DVD player in my computer tower is second cousin twice removed to the till in Ronnie Barker's Open All Hours. One hint of bare fingers near it and it snaps shut. If you're lucky enough to have got the disc in it, when you've watched it, it refuses to eject.

ladydepp · 25/11/2015 23:03

Seatbelt in my car. When DH moves the seat back to his driving position the seatbelt is perfectly positioned. When I move the seat forward to MY driving position the arsing seatbelt nestles into the door jamb and I have to practically dislocate my shoulder to get the effing seat belt on. Misogynist git! It's MY CAR.

Yarpyarp · 25/11/2015 22:35

My cardie pocket hooks itself onto door knobs as I walk around the house, literally stopping me dead in my tracks.

Don't know which I want to funk off more, the cardie or the door knobs.

werewolfinladderedtights · 25/11/2015 22:26

My oven turns itself off at random times of its own choosing. Usually when I'm cooking something involving lots of different timings.it fucking hates me.

Undertone · 25/11/2015 22:25

I have a reusable co-op shopping bag that can be scrunched up small and kept in my handbag until I need it. I don't know who they designed it for unless the Co-op thinks everyone's arms are 10cm long or their legs are 6 foot long, but the bag is just too deep and when it's full of wine heavy stuff it keeps bashing the bottom on kerbs or slight pavemental unevenness. Drives me fucking mental. End up having to slightly bend arm all the way home to keep it off the ground. Then my arm hurts and I am tempted to abandon shopping in the street and go home and order a takeaway instead. The fucking straps aren't long enough to put over your shoulder either. Every goddamn time and I paid a quid for the cunt too, so now it and I are effectively in carrier-bag matrimony and I'm not allowed to replace it with anything else for the rest of my life.

Co-op reusable bags: for giants only, please.

Ememem84 · 25/11/2015 22:23

I had a great time throwing Henry Hoover into the "hole" at the dump a while ago. He was launched with such force both the dump man and dh were amazed when he landed on the concrete floor. Fully intact. And still grinning like an arsing cock face.

I bet he'd still work now. Smug git.