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Silly house rules

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tabbyH · 20/03/2011 20:37

My husband has just emptied our kitchen bin. Apparently this means that I'm not allowed to put anything in it! Not sure what the time frame is until the bin is allowed to be used again... Does anyone else have any peculiar rules?

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LittleWhiteWolf · 20/03/2011 22:05

But if they must be opened before bed, then when do they close? When it gets dark until bedtime? Thats mind boggling!

I have no rules. Will have to invent some quickly. May steal a few of these and use them on a rotation system so as to thoroughly confuse DH by which rules he must follow at any given time. Grin

TheSkiingGardener · 20/03/2011 22:07

Nobody in the house should be an arse to anyone else in the house.

End of rules.

Heifer · 20/03/2011 22:14

My mum used to moan when we had a poo in the upstairs toilet.. We were supposed to use the downstairs one for that as it had a fan extracter!!!

I kid you not... whether we were supposed to stop mid wee if we realised we needed a poo and skip down the stairs with our trews down at our ankles I just don't know.

jenga079 · 20/03/2011 22:15

The wok must not be washed in water.

I thought I had worked out how to wash it (wait till DP is out, then wash in water) but have been found out, so now I just don't use it.

theyoungvisiter · 20/03/2011 22:16

Chipping - it ran to about 12 pages! I just tried to find it but it must have been in chat cos it seems to have gone.

From what I remember the OP posted saying "My PILs do this, isn't it weird" and loads of people sniffily chimed in saying "not at all, perfectly normal" and then loads more chimed in saying "YOU FREAKS".

TheSleepFairy · 20/03/2011 22:36

My DH has the wok obsession jenga he rubs it with oil & baking paper & it has it's own special shelf in a cupboard.

I flush left over cereal & milk down the loo.

BaroqueAroundTheClock · 20/03/2011 22:43

god jenga - he'd hate me - I throw mine in the dishwasher with everything else Grin

Newgolddream · 20/03/2011 22:47

My DH decided to get rid of the bathroom bin because I quote "it just gets filled with rubbish"! ffs its a bin lol.

Mind you he quickly changed his mind when he (hes very house proud) soon had to pick up all the empty tampon applicators etc that I started piling on the floor lol Grin

Needanewname · 20/03/2011 22:48

did anyone else read that wrong and think that thesleepfairy's husband rubs the game jenga with oil and baking paper?!

Bogeyface · 20/03/2011 22:50

DH will do an eye roll as the newly emptied bin gets stuff in it and say "I only just emptied that"

I have asked where he would rather we put the rubbish, but he cant answer!

JockTamsonsBairns · 20/03/2011 22:55

My Mum used to buy crap biscuits when we were growing up as, otherwise, "they'll just get eaten". Interestingly, now she lives alone, she still buys rubbish biscuits (rich tea et al) as she's worried she would just eat them if she liked them Confused

QueeferSutherland · 20/03/2011 22:58

Yes, newname!

HisWife · 20/03/2011 23:05

DH's rule is when tidying/cleaning a house, always start with hoovering.

Needanewname · 20/03/2011 23:06

Thanks Queefer!

arfur · 20/03/2011 23:08

Oh the pooing thing reminds me - next-door's dh is also not allowed to poo in their en-suite he has to use the main bathroom or downstairs loo. Am not sure if she is allowed to poo in there or not - they are loons!

Bogeyface · 20/03/2011 23:09

Jock, my mum used to do that! "Oh you'll only eat them...." Errmmm....isnt that the point?!

I fecking HATE digestives now :o

Bogeyface · 20/03/2011 23:09

Hiswife..NOOOO!!

You hoover last, to get up all the dust and crap that has floated down in the cleaning! does the man know nothing?! :o

clam · 20/03/2011 23:17

My DH starts getting all sergeant-majorish once he's tidied the under-the-stairs cupboard or the garage. I'm not allowed to even open the door afterwards without getting barked at with "you're not putting any crap in there are you? I've just tidied it."
So he'd rather I left crap all over the hall floor instead?

Ditto mother and not buying nice biscuits coz we "just eat them."

TheSleepFairy · 20/03/2011 23:21

Blush Grin

weedle · 20/03/2011 23:27

Ooh I hate DH doing a pooh in the en-suite if it's near bed time. I don't want his stink wafting towards my pillow....

RevoltingPeasant · 20/03/2011 23:29

In my house we have to hang the towels up neatly after use, and not screw them up into a ball and place them on top of the towel looking at you DP

DP is a champion washer-upper but doesn't empty the dirty water out afterwards, which is wrong Hmm

Oh and we always have to have fresh flowers in the living room. Now we have bright yellow lilies :)

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 20/03/2011 23:31

I have three rules:

Rule 1 - I am always right.

Rule 2 - There are no other rules.

Rule 3 - If I am wrong, see rule 1!

MedusaIsHavingABadHairDay · 20/03/2011 23:34

DH stacks the dishwasher in a particular order.. and will restack anything the rest of us put in. It means I now deliberately put the dishes in the WRONG place just to irritate him Grin

However I am guilty of not letting the kids in the kitchen when I have cleaned the floor.... or in the shower.... and woe betide the teen who is caught with a load of damp towels on their bedroom floor...:D

BooyHoo · 20/03/2011 23:35

Hmm, i empty the bin every evening after dinner and replace the bag. i like coming down in the morning knowing everything id fresh in the kitchen so the logical thing to do is for me to hang another bag on the door handle and any rubbish created after the bin has been emptied goes in there and is taken out to the black bin at bedtime.

i know, i am odd, i just dont like rubbish in the house overnight.

cat64 · 20/03/2011 23:38

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