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You're a burglar, BUT...

139 replies

AintNobodyHereButUsChickens · 02/12/2019 18:02

Instead of stealing things, you do things to mildly inconvenience your victims.
What do you do?

I'd rearrange all the kitchen cupboards.

OP posts:
Spied · 02/12/2019 18:14

Turn pictures/photos upside down.
Wet coffee granules smeared in the beds and on the walls.
Remove all the light bulbs

VanyaHargreeves · 02/12/2019 18:15

Change the Netflix password

iklboodolphrednosedreindeer · 02/12/2019 18:15

Cling film over all the doors and toilet bowls
Mess up the cutlery drawer
Rearrange the spice rack

Morporkia · 02/12/2019 18:15

remove the labels on all their tinned food, make small tears in their bin bags, move pictures on walls so they’re all just slightly off centre, pour orange and pineapple squash into orange squash bottles, open lids on all consumables in fridge. I’m enjoying this waaaay too much 😈

MardiBras · 02/12/2019 18:17

Put their washing outside on the clothesline in the dark!

HigherFurtherFasterBaby · 02/12/2019 18:18

I may or may not have done some of those things whilst I was with ExDP who also may or may not have done some of those things Xmas Grin

MyUsernameHistory · 02/12/2019 18:18

Unping one corner of every fitted sheet.

SoupDragon · 02/12/2019 18:18

Put bath foam in the toilet cistern.

MardiBras · 02/12/2019 18:19

Take the fuse out of the plug for the Christmas tree lights

Stravapalava · 02/12/2019 18:21

I'd be a car thief and move the driver's seat of the car just a little and adjust the mirrors slightly. Oh and preset all the the radio stations to those random independent ones you sometimes pick up and can never find ever again.

PintOfBovril · 02/12/2019 18:22

Swap all the dvds in their cases
Swap the bags of cereal in their boxes

MrsFoxPlus4Again · 02/12/2019 18:23

Steal all the fuse, cut the bristles off the toothbrushes, if the bed has slates steal them and put all the door handles back on the other way round lol

MrsFoxPlus4Again · 02/12/2019 18:24

@MardiBras & let the washing get darked on? Evil Grin

Corneliusmurphy · 02/12/2019 18:25

Reading these... For the first time ever in using mumsnet I suddenly have suspicions my kids are on here Hmm

Aragog · 02/12/2019 18:26

The first time someone broke into our house they were disturbed so didn't actually take the TV - as they'd planned I assume sa it was pulled out and half way across the room. They did, very annoyingly, however still take the remote for it. It was one of those TVs a while back which had no buttons so a nightmare to then try and change channels, etc They also took a Christmas cracker from the tree - they'd pulled it in the garden and left the paper bits but took the inside!

AlunWynsKnee · 02/12/2019 18:26

Turn the batteries round in everything so it looks fine and if they do replace them it'll probably be the same way around.

ISawyouinTescoyesterday · 02/12/2019 18:26

Eat any chocolate lying around Grin

Defender90 · 02/12/2019 18:28

Turn one leg of every pair of trousers inside out, only one leg though.

Finfintytint · 02/12/2019 18:29

unping one corner of every fitted sheet
Utterly evil. Shame on you.

UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername · 02/12/2019 18:30

Log them out of eveything that needs logging into.
Overwater their plants and sprinkle copious quantities of dust on the leaves.
Leave the TV volume turned to the max.
Turn the fridge temperature down so their mushrooms freeze solid.
Make tiny holes in their hot water bottles.
Put their books in random order on the shelves.
Swap the knives, forks and spoons into the wrong positions in the drawer.
Tie their christmas lights in knots before they take them down for christmas.
Put 25% of all their clothes in the wrong person's wardrobe.
Mess up their bedside lamp cables so they can't reach the switches without rummaging under the bed.
Hide all their matches and candle lighter thingies.
Hide the brush that goes with the dustpan.
Replace all their bulbs with slightly dimmer ones.
Set their heating to come on at unlikely times.
Put all their lined curtains in a hot wash so the curtains shrink and the lining doesn't.

tiredsleepysleep · 02/12/2019 18:32

@Hirsutefirs that made me literally laugh out loud! Grin

AliceLittle · 02/12/2019 18:34

Wrap every single item in tin foil may have actually done this to uni room mate when they were on hols

Picklypickles · 02/12/2019 18:34

Skip merrily through the whole house tossing handfuls of glitter and sequins in every direction.

LoonyLunaLoo · 02/12/2019 18:38

Rearrange the popular apps on their phones.

DontCallMeShitley · 02/12/2019 18:39

Take the turntable from their microwave
Turn their heating and hot water off at the boiler
Unpair their socks and pair them up with non matching ones
Superglue their cupboard doors shut except the ones where they keep the pet food
Steal their steering wheel/bike pedals
Turn all their clothes inside out and replace them

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