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What is your "cold dead hands" thing?

51 replies

glamourousindierockandroll · 03/09/2022 10:55

It's a phrase often trotted out about the luxury that you'd avoid giving up at all costs.

For me it's my sleephones. DH got me them a few years ago and I use them almost every night, as I've got one of those brains that goes into overdrive in the dark. My sleep would be so much worse if I couldn't rely on history or culture podcasts to stop me analysing every problem in my life!

OP posts:
Crocky · 03/09/2022 11:04

I was thinking surely just a hat and gloves. Took me a while to realise what you meant.
Think mine is my iPad. Waste far too much time on it.

ZeroFuchsGiven · 03/09/2022 11:07

Sleephones? 👀

knackeredagain · 03/09/2022 11:08

What are you on about?

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raindon · 03/09/2022 11:09

I have never heard this phrase

raindon · 03/09/2022 11:10

Oh sorry!!!! Did you mean cold dead hands?!

ellyoctober · 03/09/2022 11:10

Is it meant to say you couldn't prise out of my "cold dead hands"?

ofwarren · 03/09/2022 11:11

raindon · 03/09/2022 11:09

I have never heard this phrase

idioms.thefreedictionary.com/from+my+cold%2C+dead+hands#:~:text=A%20phrase%20used%20to%20indicate,of%20the%20National%20Rifle%20Association.

It's a commonly used phrase

IllDoItButOnlyForTheAttention · 03/09/2022 11:11

It's a typo for "cold dead hands".

For me, my TV and various streaming services.

ofwarren · 03/09/2022 11:12

Mine would be my phone. I'm looking at buying a solar charger so I don't use so much electric charging it all the time.

raindon · 03/09/2022 11:12

Yes that is! But I genuinely thought it was cold head hands. Thought it was somehow related to everyone having a cold head and hands due to not being able to afford heating.

Justanotherwinter · 03/09/2022 11:12

Smoking

SheWoreYellow · 03/09/2022 11:12

‘Cold head hands’ isn’t though 😂

raindon · 03/09/2022 11:13

Mine would probably be my earplugs

RudsyFarmer · 03/09/2022 11:13

What are sleephones?

ofwarren · 03/09/2022 11:29

raindon · 03/09/2022 11:12

Yes that is! But I genuinely thought it was cold head hands. Thought it was somehow related to everyone having a cold head and hands due to not being able to afford heating.

I actually didn't even see the typo 🤣

LadyCatStark · 03/09/2022 11:31

My dog 🥰

Chowbellow · 03/09/2022 11:31

Justanotherwinter · 03/09/2022 11:12

Smoking

Can I be your friend? 😂
I'm the same. Anything else you can have. Do NOT take my nicotine.

WhiskersPete · 03/09/2022 11:32

What are sleephones?

Chowbellow · 03/09/2022 11:32

raindon · 03/09/2022 11:12

Yes that is! But I genuinely thought it was cold head hands. Thought it was somehow related to everyone having a cold head and hands due to not being able to afford heating.

I read it the same way. Given the amount of posts about energy costs, I figured it was something to do with that.

Holidaywoes2022 · 03/09/2022 11:42

Cold dead hands?
But thanks for this post op I'd never heard of sleephones just looked them up, I'm going to purchase some.

DoodlePug · 03/09/2022 11:51

ofwarren · 03/09/2022 11:12

Mine would be my phone. I'm looking at buying a solar charger so I don't use so much electric charging it all the time.

They cost pennies to charge, maybe £5 a year. Go mad 😊

ZeroFuchsGiven · 03/09/2022 11:57

Sleephones and solar chargers. Im loving this thread!

MrsMitford3 · 03/09/2022 11:59

I have never heard of cold dead hands or sleep phones.
I need to get off of MN and get out more 😂

catfunk · 03/09/2022 12:15

Dyson Airwrap . Takes me from the girl from the ring, to Beyoncé in 20 minutes.

TheDogsMother · 03/09/2022 12:39

HRT

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