To wonder where everyone has gone?

[Hullygully]

I pop on, stroll down active, and don't know any of the names

It won't do.

Where are all the people I know?

Have they been culled?

Moldies XII?

Cheers Talc. I am now an unexploited weasel.

You are as pure as the driven slush.

Hahaha - guess what has just happened to my DH? So funny. He is in Istanbul on business and he went out to buy a new pair of shoes, and walked back to the hotel in them. On the way back he was walking behind a shoe shine man, and he saw him drop his shoe brush in the street. He picked it up and chased him up the road to give it back, and the man was so grateful that he insisted on shining DH's shoes. DH protested on the basis that he's only owned them for 20 minutes and they really didn't need polishing but the man insisted, so DH thought he'd let him do them just to keep the peace and accept the goodwill gesture, etc.

At the end DH offered him 2 euros as a tip, and the bloke got all shirty and said 'No, the price is 8 euros.' Cheeky fecker. DH argued back and said he never wanted the bloody things done in the first place so don't take the piss, and there was nearly a diplomatic incident. Eight Euros to be forced to have your brand new shoes polished.

Maryz

The only solution is for you to drink more.

It may cause even more concern to discover Talc and I are Tee Total. Imagine Mumsnet if we had imbibed the alchohol

Hotcross--at least wait until my housework is finished before looking through my windows plz.

I am strangely jealous of tee totallers, yet could never swell their ranks.

am already cross as have to pick up ds at 9,30 do cant have wine until then

Zombie is here!

Oh, no one missed her.

Come baaaaaack!

I have to say. I don't like snuggle TeeTotallers. They get right on my tits and make me want to fetch a shot gun.

Smuggy. Bloody autocorrect

I missed you zombie

I've always wanted to be a tee totaller just so I could swan about saying "ooh noo I never drink alcohol all smugly.

It has never worked though....I like a drink a bit too much

Many years ago my friend and I used to frequent a very good jazz bar. He and I had the sole ambition of going in looking cool and drinking poncy coffee.

Every damn time we failed and ordered pints, like the students we were.

Aaaaah

Eight Euros to be forced to have your brand new shoes polished. hmm

When I was in Istanbul (back in the late 70's) I had to fend of fthe shoe shine boys who wanted to polish my flip-flops!

True, fell

How dare you laugh at the poor man trying to earn an honest living?
And you with your DH with a job, and new shoes

New shoes FFS.

Don't you know you aren't supposed to buy anything unless it is unavoidable? Did your DH get his shoes from freecycle? Or a charity shop? And if not, why the fuck not?
Some people don't have shoes you know.

I bet you are one of those people who only gets meal from a chicken, not 6 different dinners. And I bet you throw away the bones and buy chicken stock don't you? Don't you? DON'T YOU?

Only gets one meal from a chicken.

The missing word is one

This is true. You are now taking the piss out of poor people, people with no jobs, people who can't afford to travel and people with no feet.

And, how do you know the poor person trying to make a few pennies shining shoes didnt have some sort of invisible disability? You didn't think of that did you?

It's all wrong LaQueen

It's very upsetting. I may start an appeal for the poor, footless, shoeless, shoe shiner.

If everyone kicks in 50p we could do an online tesco shop for him and send it out there?