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I think I've bought a haunted skeleton....

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MaryPoppinsPenguins · 05/07/2017 21:59

DH is out.

The dog keeps growling at it and I keep hearing noises..

Ten minutes ago it fell over for no reason.

I want to put it in the garage but it has a window that leads into next doors garden and I wouldn't like to terrify their children....

Also, if I go over there I feel like it might get me.

Disclaimer: I've had a drink.

I think I've bought a haunted skeleton....
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caoraich · 05/07/2017 22:42

When I was at medical school my flatmate had a real human skeleton.

She was terribly posh and a great great grandfather (or similar) had been a doctor in the sort of "hobbyist" way that the terribly posh of yesteryear had careers (elder brother inherited the country estate etc.). His dying wish was to be donated for medical studies. He was de-boned (!) and cremated then the bones put back together and hung on a stand. She had a copy of an ancient will that stated he must be kept in the family and handed on to each new generation of doctors!

There was some anxiety as after generations of surgeons her mum and uncle had both gone into Law, so much relief when she picked medicine and he could be ceremonially handed over to her from her grandfather.

According to family lore he'd been a drinker with a cracking sense of humour so when not studying him we propped him in the living room with a copy of private eye and whenever we had a drink his wine glass was filled too.

If he was haunted, I'm pretty sure it was a friendly haunting Grin

So I recommend you giving your skeleton a drink and something entertaining to read. If he IS haunted, it might at least cheer him up

elephantoverthehill · 05/07/2017 22:57

caoraich You were students and could afford to give the skeleton a drink?

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MaryPoppinsPenguins · 05/07/2017 22:58

I just thought 'I'm not wasting my wine on YouTube...!'

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 05/07/2017 23:06

He's a handsome fellow. He certainly looks like he's settled right in. Grin

Justhadmyhaircut · 05/07/2017 23:10

Sit him on the loo before you go to bed-imagine getting up for a wee in the night and forgetting you put him there!!??

elephantoverthehill · 05/07/2017 23:15

Nicecuppa Oscar O'Perosis Grin

user1473878824 · 05/07/2017 23:15

OP I think I love you. His outfit!!!!

Bybbyeblackbird · 05/07/2017 23:17

Best thread title ever Grin

UpsyDaisyluvsIgglePiggle · 05/07/2017 23:23

I'm waiting for him to do the slow head turn towards you Grin

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MaryPoppinsPenguins · 05/07/2017 23:25

So am I!

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Ohyesiam · 05/07/2017 23:32

I'm quite envious of you tube, he gets to sit in those gorgeous chairs.

caz323 · 05/07/2017 23:41

Oh, please stick a fag in his gob and call him Ashley Certainly can't hurt him now!

PumbletonWakeshaft · 05/07/2017 23:43

He should be called Dr McCoy of course.

Bones to his friends Wink

QuackPorridgeBacon · 05/07/2017 23:46

I'm just in amazement at the grandfather who left his skeleton to his family!

I find that so fascinating and I just want to know so much more, would that be legal to do now? I want a family members skeleton now. It's so unfair Sad

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MaryPoppinsPenguins · 05/07/2017 23:46

I just went up to check on the girls and as I was coming back down thought 'what if he's Gone.' That would be the scariest thing 😂

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Tapandgo · 05/07/2017 23:56

Keep him at the front door for when cold callers come

TheCatOfAthenry · 06/07/2017 00:05

@caoraich that sort of made my day!

OP, I say watch a chick flick and sleep next to him. He may now be your best friend.

caoraich · 06/07/2017 00:38

elephantoverthehill to be fair - he did normally need a bit of help finishing it. I don't think he had much of a taste for Lambrini Grin

I think that it's legal to posses human remains if they're over a certain age, but I really don't know if you could leave the same provision in your will now Confused

RhodaBorrocks · 06/07/2017 00:57

No one's thought of calling him Jack and sticking a santa hat on him yet? What's this?!

ZebraOwl · 06/07/2017 01:22

I may possibly have once dressed up the skeleton that was kicking about the studio & had a wee dance with it after class had finished. As one does. (Doing ballet somewhere full-on degree courses run so dancers would be studying anatomy. Hence the skeleton.)

He looks a bit like Cardinal Richelieu dressed up like that. You'll be fine as long as you can raise the ghosts of the musketeers. Yes.

nobullshitallowed · 06/07/2017 13:55

Just showed my ds3. He screamed and said we are never going to visit that ladies house Grin

I really want one, don't want to give ds a heart attack though.

lemureyes · 06/07/2017 14:06

If I had a skeleton (never going to happen) I would have to dress it up as the posh skeleton out of Corpse Bride you know the one with the moustache 😂

Felyne · 06/07/2017 14:58

Someone I know bought a car at auction and there was a locked box in the boot. They broke it open and inside was a skeleton. (Not a grisly murder victim either - cranium was hinged and bones wired together).
OP are you sure it's a male skeleton? You can tell from the pelvis. Males are narrower, females wider to allow baby head to come out. (Skulls differ too I think)

ASatisfyingThump · 06/07/2017 15:53

DH says he looks like Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition. Maybe that makes him a bit less spooky!

mummyrabbitpeppapig · 06/07/2017 16:03

The thing is - how many more skeletons do you have in your cupboard