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Would IBU to issue everyone their own teaspoon?

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Flumpsnlumpsnstuff · 07/11/2016 22:23

Ok so for the second time this year we have no teaspoons, none not a single bloody teaspoon. DH swears it's the DDs they swear it isn't I'm even glaring at the bloody bunny how is this possible ?
So do I buy more and go through this again in 12 weeks or do I issue everyone with their own colour coded spoon and make them do the vow
" this is my teaspoon there are many like it but this one is mine, I will defend and love my teaspoon, I will clean my teaspoon in soapy water and I will never bin my teaspoon after eating a fucking yoghurt."

Any other ideas
Apart from joining them on a rope like mittens

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BlackeyedSusan · 08/11/2016 07:38

colour coding with nail varnish.

BlackeyedSusan · 08/11/2016 07:39

given them some for christmas as well.

adagio · 08/11/2016 07:47

[extreme solution] buy new ones, drill holes in all the handles and join them all together with chain links and soldering iron. Or put one on the back door key key ring. Or attach to the kettle on a length of robust chain with Araldite

Fluffyears · 08/11/2016 07:48

This fucker has stolen all the cutlery...

Would IBU to issue everyone their own teaspoon?
Scentofwater · 08/11/2016 08:20

Oh if eating frubes from the tube is unhygienic then you won't like my solution. I never used to remember to take a spoon for my little pots of yogurt. If you fold the foil lid in half then half again you can use it like a little shovel, no spoon required.

Wookiecookies · 08/11/2016 08:39

Definetly buy cheap plastic ones to send in kids pack ups, or tesco do a cheap big pack of metal ones. I feel your pain, I bought a lovely viners cutlery set when I was 18 (long time ago) and although I still use it, not a single teaspoon has survived my kids 😡

DiscoMike · 08/11/2016 12:58

Ours tend to go in the food compost with the teabag. That's a fun afternoon with a metal detector, there Grin

slightlypeevedwombat · 08/11/2016 13:05

Who the bloody hell doesn't eat frubes from the bloody tube???

TiggyD · 08/11/2016 13:20

Not eating a Frube from the tube would make it a Fr. You need the ube.

amusedbush · 08/11/2016 13:24

I see your spoons and raise you dinner plates. We (DH and I) are down to a dinner plate each. There used to be four. He insists that he hasn't broken them, we gutted the flat two weeks ago so they haven't ended up under any furniture and the dog doesn't have thumbs, so I'm pretty confident it's not his doing.

NapQueen · 08/11/2016 13:25

I work in a hotel and the places we have to stash the teaspoons! Three departments all trying to snaffle them from one another and secretly scouting each others restaurants like pigs hunting for truffles.

Plastic disposable for packed lunches.

ProseccoBitch · 08/11/2016 13:33

We don't have a problem at home but at work we only have one teaspoon (on purpose) so that it has to be washed and never gets lost because it's the only one and therefore precious. I advise anyone with a problem to try it Grin

Flumpsnlumpsnstuff · 08/11/2016 22:18

Just to update you all, everyone now has a colour-coded teaspoon nail varnish and has no spare apart from me I have the rest of the Tesco pack thank you all for your help and confirming frubes are from the fracking tube Grin

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AmeliaJack · 10/11/2016 17:35

Flumps I think that it's a brilliant idea. Please report back.

HeyOverHere · 10/11/2016 17:59

Color code and enforce, or just start buying plastic disposables.

Flumpsnlumpsnstuff · 10/11/2016 19:53

Day 2 all teaspoons still accounted for Smile

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