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To ask for strange things your neighbours have requested to borrow...

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Mrscropley · 07/08/2017 12:31

Years ago my neighbour asked if she could borrow some pj's as hers were dirty and she could find spares. . Yeah no problem, nice black satin pair never really wore as always felt like a wet fish wearing them.
Week later asked again - specifying the same ones as he bf liked her wearing them during sex. . Told her to keep them!! Shock

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RedBlu · 07/08/2017 15:02

When we lived in a flat in a somewhat dodgy area, two brothers lived in the flat next to ours. Both druggies but friendly enough. They were constantly at the door asking to borrow a few pounds, DVD's, CD's, food, washing powder, asking for lifts to various places. We usually said no or didn't answer the door.

We drew the line when we had a DVD go missing that we had rented from LoveFilm (the ones that they use to send you in the post) and it turned out that it had been accidently posted to the neighbours and they had opened it, watched it and gave it to us three weeks later (after much arguments with LoveFilm who wanted to charge us to replace it)

They did a midnight runner one night, leaving their flat full of their stuff. Weird!

AwaywiththePixies27 · 07/08/2017 15:06

Can't say as outing. But I never did get said item(s) back. Asked for it back. Was told their Mum had borrowed it. Saw them using it only a few weeks ago. Hmm

Tossers.

MimsyFluff · 07/08/2017 15:06

APaperMe that's so sweet. We borrowed some ladders of our neighbour (several doors down) when we moved in to repair the guttering that was leaking. I've had people who I don't know asking to "borrow" my Ddogs because they've been think about stealing them getting one.

I've lent food and drink to neighbours. I've never asked borrowed food since been an adult never food in my house growing up not from lack of money one of DD's friends dad doesn't have much food in so I always feed him and he knows he can raid my cupboards for food.

kimhp · 07/08/2017 15:27

I've borrowed several neighbours small children in various properties to shove through windows. I'm notorious for locking myself out. Did it this morning actually.
NDN asked to borrow plunger. Returned and told us her OH had blocked their toilet. Bin.

Oldbutstillgotit · 07/08/2017 15:28

Years ago when I was married to my first husband who ( I grudgingly admit) was good looking, my then NDN , who I was friendly with, asked if she could borrow my husband for a function ! Her ex was going with his new GF and NDN didn't want to go alone !

rightknockered · 07/08/2017 16:56

Asked to borrow my compost bin. I said it was half full so it can't be done. 3 days later I noticed it was missing.

BabychamSocialist · 07/08/2017 17:01

I once lent our neighbour a bottle of wine because he was trying to get in the good books of a new boss and his wife had accidentally dropped the bottle they'd bought. I ended up with a good deal because he replaced it with a bottle that was twice the cost! Grin

RhinestoneCowgirl · 07/08/2017 17:02

Me and one of our neighbours borrow food from each other often - its very handy. Stuff like an onion, a bit of cooking oil when you've suddenly run out. Much quicker than going to the corner shop!

BabychamSocialist · 07/08/2017 17:07

Oh I once borrowed a quid off our neighbour for the tooth fairy. I only had a fiver note, she didn't have enough change to change it, and I didn't want to set a precedent of the tooth fairy giving out fivers! Grin

fabulousathome · 07/08/2017 17:28

My cousins moved to Perth, Australia in the 1970s. A neighbours' child knocked on the door and asked to borrow some Durex. It turns out that was the name of an Australian sellotape brand. My cousins were initially very shocked.

sadeyedladyofthelowlands63 · 07/08/2017 17:47

My NDNs are completely lovely but he's not exactly the "sexy window cleaner accidentally catching me in my raunchy underwear and then coming in for vigorous sex" type of bloke. He's short, balding, pale, tubby with a penchant for model railways.

That just makes it even funnier!

Justdontknow4321 · 07/08/2017 18:37

Years ago when I was married to my first husband who ( I grudgingly admit) was good looking, my then NDN , who I was friendly with, asked if she could borrow my husband for a function ! Her ex was going with his new GF and NDN didn't want to go alone !

Did you let her borrow him?

The only thing I have ever been asked for is ... my child's car seat, a neighbors husband took there's to work in his car by accident and she wanted to go out.

I asked to borrow an electric whisk once, cleaned it, took it straight back and bought my own the following week! I was making cakes with the kids and whisking by hand was taking to long!

Willow2017 · 07/08/2017 19:24

A relative of mine was frequently asked for lemons by ndn. They knew they smoked dope. I had to tell them that's not all they were doing! They stopped giving them lemons after that😀

ragdoll700 · 07/08/2017 21:20

My NDN also asked for the WIFI password to which I said no, they also ask for food, the lawnmower, petrol for the lawnmower they got when we wouldn't lend ours to them loads of stuff they have stopped asking as I usually just say no mostly because they are cheeky and have asked all the neighbours in the street for stuff.

Scoleah · 07/08/2017 21:28

My Neighbour knocked and asked could she keep her Food in my freezer because her husband had gone fishing, caught some, and she had no room. I told her I'd just done a food shop myself so didn't have any room, and she left it at that. She knocked the door around 4 months after requesting her food from my freezer, I told her I didn't have it; I reminded her id said there was no room as I'd done a food shop, and she quietly left.
She'd then started going around the neighbours telling them I'd eaten all her frozen food! Cheeky Cow! Confused

Ghodavies · 07/08/2017 21:41

I think the baby has too be the oddest request!

SlightlyJaded · 07/08/2017 21:42

Can someone link to Eternal's Mexico story?

Antoniacaenis · 07/08/2017 21:49

Not me but an old boss of mine had an arrangement to borrow garden tools from her neighbour. While they were out one day she went to return a power tool but when she opened the door of their 'garden shed' (an old bomb shelter) she found that they had made themselves a torture dungeon, much to the amusement of her dog who stole the largest dildo he could find and ran off with it!

viques · 07/08/2017 21:52

Someone I know's neighbours asked what time they were going to be having their Christmas dinner, because the neighbours didn't have a dining table and chairs and wanted to nip round and borrow them when they had 'finished'.

RoystonVaseySmegHead · 07/08/2017 21:55

What have lemons got to do with drugs I don't get it? I haven't had anything weird borrowed from me, but I once had to ask NDNs for cling film halfway through dying my hair because I'd run out and I didn't have any bags without print on them. They gave me a very funny look... Grin

tiredbutFINE · 07/08/2017 21:59

Lemons are for citric acid for cooking up and injecting

TheLesserOfTwoWeevils · 07/08/2017 22:11

We never had a request to borrow anything daft, but where we used to live our neighbour once knocked on our door at 11pm (scaring the life out of us because we lived in a basement flat and our access was down a dark back alley) and asked my DH to help turn off their water. For some reason they decided to move a radiator late on a Friday night and hadn't turned off the water first. DH went into their flat to find our neighbour's partner on the floor, soaking wet, holding this radiator against the wall with water flooding all over the place. He got their water off and offered to help with clearing up or sorting the radiator out. The response was a gruff "nah we're alright mate" as he was briskly ushered out the door!

They were a bit weird

YouMakeMeFeelLikeDancing · 07/08/2017 22:13

A bikini.

A "lawn mooer" not sure why she wants something mooing on her grass.

OnlyInBerkshire · 07/08/2017 22:13

My actual husband. For a shag, as a 40th present to herself. Apparently her husband was fine with it, and happy to shag me as a quod-pro-quo, if required. I referred her to my husband, as master of his own penis, who gave the correct answer. Strangely enough, we didn't go to their leaving party when they moved to Hong Kong shortly afterwards!

user1467976192 · 07/08/2017 22:22

Some brandy to set fire to the Christmas pudding, the pudding was tiny

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