to ask if you have plans for eccentricity in your "twilight years"?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

After a conversation with EduStudent, I'm currently working on a plan to have a skill that will delight my DGC but horrify my DC for my GreyBristlyYears.

It may involve toads and only eating food beginning with C.

What will be your peculiarity?

Sell house, buy camper van, be a wanderer, spend the kids' inheritance.

Nah, not eccentric enough.

Foods must begin with C, but not contain any Rs. So no carrots. Or crab sticks...

I had a very old relative who used to fart gently with every step. That was a winner

I intend to by Lop-Eared Lucy and shall speak only in haiku. At 3pm every daay, I shall ritually sacrifice a pepperami to ye Gods.

My best mate went to pick her aged Dad up for a hospital appointment early one morning and found her Mum quaffing a glass of wine at seven a.m in her dressing gown. That has always impressed me

Chaos - I miss read 'eccentricity' as 'electricity' - so I suppose miss reading things will be is my 'thing'.

I misread your name.

Oh and mate and I are going to have cats. Lots of them. We don't like cats and are allergic to them but in the event of widowhood we are going to start drinking vodka in a big way and hiding the bottles in the litter trays from interfering well-meaning relatives.

This idea was from a Jilly Cooper novel.

I don't know, but reckon am on my way to achieving it, since I have already reached the stage of not noticing people staring at me, therefore bypassing the 'not caring what people think' stage

Excellent Ninx.

That's what I'm talking about.

I mean I wore crocs outside

O good ideas so far but am watching with interest

I plan to embarrass my kids as teens they way they embarrass me now

Well probably not by tantrum ing in the supermarket but you get my drift

I might start by wearing all the items of clothing that people post about on the style and beauty threads

Eg don't you agree that women over 50 should never wear ...Mini skirts, long hair, skinny jeans, linen trousers

I am planning luxuriant facial hair. And random shouting.

oooooh ho ho it's like that now is it

chaostrulyreigns

Wear purple, of course.

Will the facial hair be lustrously white Pag?

Oh, you've offended my sensibilities you lower case wretch.

Excellent link, Cage.

Hmm, maybe.

But I think grizzled would suit me.

I saw my bearded lady at the ysl make up counter the other day. You could see the poor gals behind it muttering " please , no, no make over, not me , don't ask, don't ask don't ask........"
I love her. I could do that

Do you have a bearded lady?

Or am I misunderstanding?

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Loving these ideas!

My little one's are too young to be embarassed yet but as soon as they are teens i'm going to turn into a batty old witch to get my revenge.

So far i'm thinking:

Get lots of cats, walk said cats on a lead and call them names such as 'princess fluffybums'

Send greeting cards to said teens signed from 'princess fluffybums' and get very offended when kids leave the cats names of return cards.

Paint the exterior of the house in Mr Blobby colours and remove the front door making all guests either climb through the window or cat flap.

Have a 'annoyng child of the week' notice board IN THE FRONT GARDEN and each week paste a 6 foot photo of that's week most annoying child on it so everyone can see. Obviously these would have to be embarrasing photo's where they have chicken pox, dodgy hair etc.

Cage, I like your plan

Due to my illness I think I'll be the one falling asleep anywhere and everywhere. I already had a sweet wee old lady help me cross the road because I fell asleep standing up at the traffic lights

Maybe go to dc's house when they are grown up already dressed in clashing clothes because i dressed myself, make a mess, fall asleep, then wake uo demanding food. Then I'll tell ds that we had years of him like that so he'd better get used to it

THIS BETTER THEN CHAOS?!

Oh rockmaiden, yes calling animals by embarrassing names. We had rabbits when we were teenagers which my mum named 'snugglebuggins' and 'snugglywoo' then she made my aunt go to the vets and have to tell the receptionist out loud their names, priceless

It sounds like I have a pet one... We have a semi famous local lady who sports a full beard, fur coat and make up. I see her often.

The multi cat plan is good too. Cats work in many eccentric scenarios. And evil genius scenarios