To wish that someone would discover my secrit?

[GetTheGoodLookingGuy]

We have magnetic letters on our fridge, which my brother bought me just before we last went on holiday, in memory of the previous holiday which had magnetic letters on the fridge, where we indulged in a childish game of editing the other person's words by as few letters as possible. The best bit was when he wrote "homophobic nutter" and I changed it to "homophonic butter". Anyway...

The letters went on holiday, and came home and now they live on the fridge. For a while, we were changing the writing several times a day, now it can be weeks before inspiration strikes.

A few months ago I was doing some colouring with a child, and came home with a picture of an octopus, which I proceeded to put on the fridge, stuck there with the letters "octapus" (it's a cheap set - only one of each letter). Later, I decided to write the word "secrit" behind the picture - it's now stuck on at the corners with other magnets, with a small but I think noticable bulge where "secrit" is written.

That was about a month ago, and no one's seen it! I keep checking, because I'm sure if someone found it, they would change it to notify me they'd seen it, but no one has!

So, AIBU to wish that someone would discover my "secrit"?

And whilst I'm waiting, what are the similarly silly things your family does?

DH will put pegs on my clothes when I'm not looking, particularly on the hood of my hoody or back of my top.

We hide and jump out at eachother.

Used to always pretend to be asleep no matter what we were doing, just flop where we were when flatmate came in room. Still do it to eachother now.

I love the 'Vera' one. I'm nicking that.

Absolutely love this thread!

We voice our dog, of course.
When DS was a baby we gave him the voice of Stewie from Family Guy. He would say "oh mummy" in a really posh accent.

We play a game when we're in the car called "Man, or is it a woman" (to the tune of the Shania Twain song) to guess who's driving the car in front.

We always had "pea'd on the floor'

My DH voices one of my big cuddly toys in our bedroom when it's bedtime. So cute.

Once when we were out shopping (clothes) we overheard another coup having a conversation in which the wife mentioned that the suit would look lovely with a "crisp, white shirt" and said "now THAT'S a good buy" regarding a suit. We've stolen both of those sayings.

There's so many!

Another couple

Love this thread. Especially love the po-faced brigade berating the OP for spelling the words wrong.

DH and I do the 'stop' 'Hammertime' thing too. And when DH changes the duvet cover he has to pull it over his head and pretend to be a ghost.

i always voice the dogs buddy the chorky speaks in a very broad german accent and penny the yorky has an accent that would do the queen proud.

my dd and me always have to see who can shout NOOODOWS (noodles with a chinese accent) and CULLEEEEE (curry) the loudest every time we have a chinese takeaway and then talk with a chinese accent while the meal lasts.

we also guffaw with laughter every time carol on the bbc weather says "gusty winds". which of course we always have to say now 😂

When we were kids my dad used to say Black Eyed Dog when it was bedtime , not a clue where it came from .

When we were kids we always had to say hello to the trolls that lived under every bridge we crossed. Fun on country roads, but a bit pointless on motorways.

On the Isle of Man, many of the buses that travel past Fairy Bridge (main road between Douglas & the airport) have a recorded message telling you to say hello to the fairies. Woe betide any visitor who doesn't comply.
The modern road doesn't go over the original fairy bridge...

In my family we too talk about 'pea-ing' on the floor, and 'there's been a mur-dher' - I agree it's the law! We also count a particular kind of lorry and text each other the scores when not together. And quotes from "I am not an animal" (an old Steve Coogan thing - very surreal) to each other when all together (very rare now sadly).

Went on a family holiday in 1987 to visit family friends in Czechoslovakia with my mum, dad and brother. Because we drove there, we set off with an in-car rubbish bin; a Peter Dominic plastic bag (as in the long gaawn off licence). Peter Dominic became a surrogate family member and after emptying, was washed and reinstated as a rubbish bin (many times). Upon returning to the UK a month later, Peter Dominic had a final wash and was then retired to my folks' understair cupboard. He was rediscovered a few years ago; a tad worn but intact.

I was once found a green plastic rabbit under ds's bunk bed, sent a photo to DSis asking "Is this come from your gaff?! It isn't ours..."

It turns out to have been a treat from a Kinder egg, but ever since it has been planted in our respective houses, it could be ANYWHERE and you will. never. know. when you will find suddenly find it... oh the joy in getting a texted

That expression it has says it has experienced drugs I'm sure

Remembered another one. dd2 always used to say par-Cark instead of car park so no car park is ever called by its rightful name it's always parcark

Noodles you just made me wake the baby with my guffaw

Thirty odd years ago my father warned me not to knock my cup of tea over by shouting "watch the gherkin!" of course every time we make a cup of tea from that day on we have repeated the same warning.

My DP and I play "famous welsh people. We text each other when we

Arse, posted too soon.

We play a game called "famous welsh people." We've been playing this for years now. We text each other when we find a new, vaugely notable welsh person. I get very excited when I find someone we haven't used before.

My exH and i cannot say stunt kite without giggling, after I misprounced it one day as cunt site.

Totally gonna out me but this thread is gold!

Our family used to spontaneously burst into primate noises. All at once.

I was a red howler monkey, then DB, DSis and DM were a chimp, gorilla and I think lemur or something.

One or two of us would just start screeching and it was obligatory that we all join in, no matter what was going on! Good times.

As a child in the early 1980s, I was on a beach (possibly Anglesey) and a little Geordie lad had made a fantastic, elaborate sand fort but the tide was coming in fast. I was paddling with my younger brother.
All of a sudden, much loud wailing.. 'Mam! Mam! Me walls! Me walls are knackered! Me walls are knackered! Mam! Me walls!''
To this day, both in our mid 40s, DB and I use 'Me walls are knackered' (in Geordie accent) when we drop /break something etc

About ten years ago my friend went out with a bloke who was, how do I put it.. not the brightest spark. They went and sat by a lake and he was freaked out. He'd never seen a heron in his life until that moment (was in his early 40s). ''it's a fucking pterodactyl, that's what it is! A dinosaur! It's not right, *Noelene! It's not right! It's not riiiiiight...."

• not her real name. For ten years, in a strong Brummie accent, we've used his 'it's not right Noelene! It's not right....' for many an occurence

This has been up on my fridge for over a week and DH still hasn't noticed yet (or he would have changed it).

we secretly add items to shopping lists, using handwriting to closely match the list-writer so it doesn't get noticed until you are actually shopping
favourites include...
a bag of dignity
bottle of shazam
dog poo

This thread is amazing!

I have so many that you will think me and my family need some help 😂

My brother voices his dog Mia. He does a really odd squeaky, shouting voice that says "DADAAAAY, WANT TO PLAY WITH MY POKEMON CARDS!"
He also voices my Dad's dog in a Northern accent with quite colourful language "insert name here HOW THE F#CK ARE YA?!"

Whenever my parents ask me to close the door they say it's because there's a giraffe instead of a draft.

The remote control is the 'doofer' (has been for years).

Me and my brother always tease my dad for collecting stamps when he was younger, this father's day we bought him some racehorse collectable stamps (he trained racehorses).

We are from a small area in the sticks which according to local legend is full of inbreds. When our neighbours asked who lived on our farm the local character they asked replied in a whisper "You don't wanna go down there, they have a paper shop!" (my parents had a newsagents) to this day we still refer to this!

There is a family tradition of saying that my nans (amazing) sherry trifle is horrible, we eventually and 'reluctantly' have a bowl, this spans 3 generations!

Me and my husband don't voice the cat (Tigi) but we do randomly say "F#ck sake, Tig!" she also gives us the 'middle toe' which originated after she was awkwardly climbing on a little ledge and said toe was sticking out like one would present their middle finger.
She is constantly told to shut the door behind her.
Also manys songs have been altered to reference the cat and cat related things.

Me and my husband refer to public hair as 'Pooh Bear' (yes we ruined Winnie the Pooh) I still don't know why!

The whole of my dad's side of the family has adopted the word 'cwtch' which is the Welsh word for cuddle even though we are not Welsh.

My dad painted a corner of the house before he put some guttering up so he wouldn't have to struggle to paint behind it after, he hasn't painted the rest of the house yet. Me and my husband live next-door and can see said corner from the living room window, every time he sees that corner he mutters "F#cking yellow corner!"

I have many more but nobody needs to know exactly how weird we all are! 😂

Lemur, I also had a cat called Tigi - spelled that way! Miss the gorgeous old girl so much

If I'm with my dh and of us pushes or pulls a door the wrong way, the other MUST sigh loudly and say: 'Ah, Midvale School for the gifted, I see' - in a Clouseau-esque french accent. (Not sure why we do that!)

Our English Bull Terrier's voice deviates from an East End gangster accent to upper/middle class.

Whenever someone says "Oh I can see it now", DM, DF and I always mutter "Silly old cow" ... started about 25 years ago during an episode of Supermarket Sweep and has just stuck.

Every single time OH makes DD sandwiches/pizza he says "Now I've cut it into 6 pieces as I didn't think you'd eat 8" ... she nods whole heartedly in agreement.

At my brother's house when DD was a baby I'd hide her dirty nappy (in a nappy bag but still gross) somewhere in DB's house, ie his work boots, he'd usually notice before I left and manage to hide it in my handbag or sling it through my car window... we were crap at it because our smirks would give away the fact we thought we'd win.

We have lots of silly songs and name calling all involving the word 'poo' but the thing that always makes me laugh is that every time my husband needs to use the drill he first spends at least 5 minutes being a robot with the drill providing the sound effects