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To think that if you have a clock on the mantlepiece it needs to go in the middle?

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RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 18:44

Or am I being anal? My children say so. I don't think I am, but I need support from the MN jury. How could the clock go on one end? That would be wrong.

Right now it goes plant, photo frame, photo frame, CLOCK, photo frame, body sort of sculpture thing, flowers.

But clock in the middle. Yes?!

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cheekyseamonkey · 06/02/2012 19:19

Justhecate books alphabetically, sorted into Ficton then factual surely?

RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:19

No angles
No triangles

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BreeVanDerTramp · 06/02/2012 19:20

sparkling I shall report thread to MN HQ and ask if they will pay therapy for us. My eyes are scarred from the photos!

RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:20

No genres

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RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:20

No height order

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RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:20
Wine
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Sparklingbrook · 06/02/2012 19:22

Good idea Bree. MNHQ need to know what awfulness is being suggested.....

OvO · 06/02/2012 19:24

Mine is on the farthest left. Photo frame on middle.

RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:24

SuePurblybilt - yes to a loud tick!

Norks - sorry, you are wrong, out is about middleness NOT height, with or without graph paper

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JustHecate · 06/02/2012 19:24

ok sparkling. I have added mine to my profile.

judge me, people Grin

RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:25

trixymalixy -

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RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:26

spiderplants don't count as shrubbery, they are daft things

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JustHecate · 06/02/2012 19:26

Thank you, Rather. I clearly need a lot of Wine Grin

ilovesprouts · 06/02/2012 19:27

mines in the middle

RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:27

Hecate - no shrubbery for you then?

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JustHecate · 06/02/2012 19:27

OvO - your pictures aren't public

Sparklingbrook · 06/02/2012 19:28

Hecate, that is an absolutely lovely mantelpiece. Smile

JustHecate · 06/02/2012 19:29

shrubbery? No. Should I have? [panics]

I have twiggy shit proudly displayed in front of painted black square on the wall faking it as a fireplace though Grin

Sparklingbrook · 06/02/2012 19:29

Can't find my camera. Sad

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 06/02/2012 19:29

Mine's at a jaunty angle on the right hand side.

It looks lovely Grin

RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:31

IwishIwasmoreorganised - rename yourself IwishIwasmoresymmetrical

really

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JustHecate · 06/02/2012 19:33

thank you, sparkling.

Sparklingbrook · 06/02/2012 19:34

Have you ever had your mantelpiece admired before Hecate? Grin

RatherBeOnThePiste · 06/02/2012 19:34

Hecate - shrubbery is what you need, your twiggy shit is lovely but you need shrubbery. Def.

And Sparkling - just sketch us a quick pic?

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BuckBuckMcFate · 06/02/2012 19:35

Mine goes
Tall chunky black vase
Small cream clock, sitting slightly in front of vase at an angle and slightly in front of
2 tall black wooden carved candlestick holders
Little candle in the middle
Tall cream vase full of knitting needles
Taller round wooden box with a map pattern engraved on it that I keep wool in

So I'm following the V and the clock to the side rules.