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To converse with the door of an empty bathroom for several minutes.....

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DontGoCurly · 01/04/2011 21:04

........chatted away to the door of the bathroom for a few minutes and waited for DP to emerge patiently.

Until it eventually dawned on me that DP was in the living room watching a Steven Segal movie with headphones on!!! I knew that! Of course! Hmm

Have you ever conducted a conversation with an inanimate object before?

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GreenEyesandHam · 01/04/2011 21:07

That really made me laugh :o

But no, you're on your own with your inanimate object chats, sorry :o

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DontGoCurly · 01/04/2011 21:21

Really? Aw, I've apologised to lamp posts/cash-points/traffic cones and parking meters!

But I've also threatened all the above with really nasty threats too!!

I've also asked inanimate objects 'why WHY? ....why would you want to DO THAT???' in a very hurt and aggreieved tone.........!!!

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LemmysMissus · 01/04/2011 21:32

Once in a car park, through their fuck-up my ticket expired in-between paying and coming out through barriers.

My Mother was dying at the time and I was trying to get to her. I boxed the machine with my fist and heard someone shouting aggressively.

Shock it was me....

No-one noticed except some nurses changing shifts and they looked at me as if i was vandalising scum!! Was mortified Shock

Bringonthegoat · 01/04/2011 21:41

This thread has made me laugh out loud - hilarious.

I constantly argue with 'things' - today I told the buggy it was an 'awkward fucker 'and said 'you won't beat me' - by getting angry it already had Grin

heliumballoons · 01/04/2011 21:46

Oh yes all the time - something which I think DS is grateful for as it gives him a break. Grin

theresapotatoundermysink · 01/04/2011 21:48

I know I'm drunk when I start talking to myself in the bathroom mirror every time I go to the toilet.

LemmysMissus · 01/04/2011 21:53

When things attack me randomlygowrong and accidentally 'hurt' me I shout at them and blame them. Blush

clairefromsteps · 01/04/2011 22:38

I frequently say 'thank you' to the cash point machine absent-mindedly. Not usually a problem unless DH is with me as he finds it hilarious.

Also, I recently asked the cat if he wanted some dinner then got irate with him when he didn't answer Blush

Vallhala · 01/04/2011 22:45

claure, DD1 said to me "You do that!" when I related how you thank cashpoint machines. It's all pretty normal for her. :o

But when i told her that you asked the cat if he wanted dinner and got irate when he didn't say "Oooh, yes please!", she replied, "Now that is worrying!".

crystalglasses · 01/04/2011 23:03

I am regularly in conversation flow with dh. He gets up and goes out of the room, I wait for his return so that I can finish what I was saying, I wait, I wait, I wait...............I eventually give up and go to bed to find him already there, fast asleep. Soooo annoying.

squeakytoy · 01/04/2011 23:32

I talked to the camera bag a few times the other night... I thought it was the dog..

Not that I would expect an answer from the dog either .. Confused

(My excuse is, it was quite dark in the room, the dog is black, the bag is black.. and dog shaped in the dark..)

Mahraih · 01/04/2011 23:53

Oh yep. Since having DS, I have found myself saying, "Good boy, well done!" to the toaster/kettle/washing machine ...

TragicallyHip · 01/04/2011 23:58

Um it's quite possible when I have been drunk!!

TallyB · 02/04/2011 00:05

No, not all. Once, while in the bath, I heard someone moving around, so chatted away to my DH for several minutes. He then came up the stairs and informed me that the cat had knocked some stuff over in the bedroom - that was what I had heard.

howlonguntiltheweekend · 02/04/2011 00:06

I often speak to inanimate objects. I thin I'm lonely!

TallyB · 02/04/2011 00:07

I may also, possibly, when very stressed by a big project, have asked my computer if it is 'having a laugh'. But only once or twice - ish

bentneckwine1 · 02/04/2011 11:46

I one 'rocked' the trolley in Tesco as if it was a pram with an infant sleeping in it!! Said infant was at home with Granny...I am hoping I didn't 'coo' over the trolley loud enough for people to hear!

QueenStromba · 02/04/2011 14:27

I talk to inanimate objects all of the time, normally when they're not doing what I want them to do e.g. if I'm trying to put the washing machine on the timer and it starts washing the clothes I'll tell it to stop. I've almost thanked the ATM many times but manage to stop myself - I don't think I've ever actually thanked one.

DramaInPyjamas · 02/04/2011 14:36

I am often found arguing with the 'unexpected item in bagging area' lady.

0891 · 02/04/2011 15:04

DramainPyjamas - me too. I hate that bitch.

lesley33 · 02/04/2011 15:08

"I am often found arguing with the 'unexpected item in bagging area' lady."

Me too!

MardyBra · 02/04/2011 15:11

When I was a kid I remember my parents pissing themselves laughing (OK not literally) when I'd rang the speaking clock and politely asked the lady "Excuse me, could you repeat that please."

libelulle · 02/04/2011 15:16

When DD was a baby and I was used to talking constantly and mindlessly to someone who didn't answer back, I once found myself chatting out loud to the chicken I'd just bought from the butchers - 'now let me just pop you into the bike basket my lovely'. I still reckon that butcher gives me funny looks...

bettydraperswardrobeelf · 02/04/2011 15:23

In also hate the unexpected item in bagging area lady. I have been known, (when very pregnant and in a huge rush) to loudly tell her to "fucking fuck off" Blush

bettydraperswardrobeelf · 02/04/2011 15:23

I also hate