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Saucepan lid horror

96 replies

YesPleaseMary · 30/12/2020 20:27

I have just done the washing up and noticed that one of the saucepan lid knobs seemed a bit loose. So I tried to tighten it but went the wrong way and the whole knob came off in a dismantlable way, knob then big washer thing and screw and metal disc and underneath it was... well the lid is glass and there was a circle in the middle that was looked like a weasel had spunked on it and then rubbed peas in it [boak]

There are three saucepans in the set, the other two were the same, I am horrified and disgusted with my slovenly saucepan lid habits.

OP posts:
frustrationcentral · 30/12/2020 21:37

@farawayplanet

That's nothing. We stripped the bed yesterday and something has been living inside the woollen duvet. There was chewed bits everywhere and the duvet cover is also all chewed 😱😱😱
WTAF Shock
Original poster
YesPleaseMary · 30/12/2020 21:37

Oh see now I’m having flashbacks to the time I showed MIL that the silicon spatula handle just slotted into the head

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Notreallyawaitress · 30/12/2020 21:41

I regularly scrape out muck in the ridge underneath my Kenwood metal mixing bowl with a knife and a scourer.
I once scraped out a live slug 🤮

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I decided in a fit of what turned out to be very brief seasonal good cheer to hoover and clean the interior of the car. Yikes.

AdoraBell · 30/12/2020 21:43

Tooth picks, for the 🤢 loo seat fixings. We have new loo seats. Less plastic. Better for the environment apparently. Fucking things are rough, only thing that gets rid of stains is neat bleach.

ohsuzannah · 30/12/2020 21:44

I recently cleaned the spout on the water dispenser in my fridge . Black gunk, I was nearly sick ( you can't see it unless you take it all apart) Shock

mathanxiety · 30/12/2020 21:45

@whereisthejoy - brillo pads.

LightDrizzle · 30/12/2020 21:50

Fuckers have chewed through my Harris tweed cape

  • Are you Miss Trunchball? I need to know more about this cape.
DrCindyPops · 30/12/2020 21:50

We changed the hob over to a new hob when we moved in to a new house. The thing had like an inch of grease around the full square shape of the unit underneath it. I can't actually even describe how horrid it was but the electrician switching them over said it's really common Envy

We didn't fix this one down to the unit so I can lift it and clean it I was sooo horrified (and secretly glad it wasn't my dirt so he wasn't judging me but the previous owners BlushGrin)

helloxhristmas · 30/12/2020 21:51

@farawayplanet

That's nothing. We stripped the bed yesterday and something has been living inside the woollen duvet. There was chewed bits everywhere and the duvet cover is also all chewed 😱😱😱
I have no words for that!!!!
Callipygion · 30/12/2020 22:01

When we moved in here the hinges/fixings on the toilet seat were disgusting. I took it all apart and those really long screws that hold the seat on were yellow all the way down. Dirty males pissing on them no doubt. Yuk.

By the way, I’ve always wondered why the heck those screws are so long, anyone know? It is so annoying screwing that wing nut thing all the way down and up again.

Chalfontstgiles · 30/12/2020 22:05

Pull apart a shower head and see what you’ve been washing your hair and face in recently 😬

Flibbitygibbit · 30/12/2020 22:13

Invited new man for tea and said I'd put plates into warm into top oven which I NEVER EVER use ( have to read instruction book to get it to work ) opened said oven whilst he was chatting me up thinking what a domesticated goddess I was , and to my horror my DS had left a plate of food in there, possibly from 6 months previously. Said plate was green with mould. 🤢 Man still loves me and knows am not domesticated at all....

NowellSingWe · 30/12/2020 22:14

Fuckers have chewed through my Harris tweed cape

@umpteennamechanges Whilst I am sorry for your infestation, and sympathise... I am Envy Envy Envy at a lifestyle that allows for a tweed cape!!

NoProblem123 · 30/12/2020 22:16

Don’t peek inside bath toys. Ever.

Honeyroar · 30/12/2020 22:18

How do you not notice a mouse (surely) living inside your duvet??

EdwardCullensBiteOnTheSide · 30/12/2020 22:19

Does anyone wonder about how grim it must be inside taps?

Sunbird24 · 30/12/2020 22:22

🤢 at sub-knob detritus!

mumwon · 30/12/2020 22:26

I know cotton buds are not Kosher environmentally but they are quite good at cleaning things like the drain hole in fridges the sink drainer thingee & the toilet seat screws & the gap between the lid & seat of the toilet (obviously not the same one) alternatively tooth picks?

whereisthejoy · 30/12/2020 22:27

@mathanxiety Brillo pads on order. Keep telling myself it's mould and nothing worse!

Thanks Smile

hitsvilleuk · 30/12/2020 22:30

Fuckers have chewed through my Harris tweed cape

or Sherlock Holmes?

BluTangClan · 30/12/2020 22:57

I've always thought the finger holes in bowling balls must be gradually filling up with gunk, dead skin and sweat.

Regretsy · 30/12/2020 22:59

@mumwon I get the card tubes ones from my local cheap body care shop- were about 80p- don’t be taken in by the ‘eco’ ones which are exactly the same but about twenty times more expensive! I also love them for cleaning weird bits.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 30/12/2020 23:01

Are you Miss Trunchball? I need to know more about this cape.

I am also intrigued by the cape.

DishingOutDone · 30/12/2020 23:12

This is why I don't keep weasels.