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To have had the last laugh?

51 replies

theUrbanDryegg · 17/03/2008 09:12

Dropped ds off at nursery this morning, usually i drop him off then come back home to get ready for work as it's impossible to have a shower without him trying to climb in and getting soaked and cold!! so i usually throw on whatever clothes i can find to do the nursery run in.

This morning i was wearing a tatty pair of jeans, one of dh's very baggy jumpers, a pair of crocs and had bed-hair. I also had ds' nursery bag (Sean the Sheep) on my bag while i was putting him into his car seat. A middle-aged couple over the road started to point and laugh at me and i heard her say, "How can she leave the house like that in the morning?" Obviously I died inside.

But as I drove off i saw them further down the road and they just happened to be by a massive puddle. I purposefully accidentally drove into it and splashed them both.

Was i being unreasonable when i cackled like a loon all the way to nursery and will i be unreasonable when i chuckle all day at the memory of her face in the rear view??

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theUrbanDryegg · 17/03/2008 09:31

cornsilk - am weeping real tears at you making someone say hello to you!! awesome!

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nametaken · 17/03/2008 09:33

You did good.

If they do report you, completely deny it. It's their word against yours.

theUrbanDryegg · 17/03/2008 09:35

yes nametaken, although if they stagger into the police station dripping and cross then their word might carry a leeeetle bit more weight!

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theUrbanDryegg · 17/03/2008 09:36

just hope they weren't anything to do with us getting out tyres slashed last week....

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SoupDragon · 17/03/2008 09:37

Was your car parked on your driveway when they sniggered at you? If so, they know where you live...

KatieMorag · 17/03/2008 09:40

YANBU

theUrbanDryegg · 17/03/2008 09:42

no Soupy, it was parked miles away in the next street because i couldn't get a parking space near my house on Friday...

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DaisySteiner · 17/03/2008 09:47

Spaced rocks. Have been freaking my dh by saying "Hello Brian" in a Marsha voice every time he gets home

theUrbanDryegg · 17/03/2008 09:50

does he mumble "Hello" back every time? every time i see your name i want to go "Daisy Steiner wins! Ha Ha Ha Ha."

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cornsilk · 17/03/2008 09:53

God - how sad am I? Just re-read my post!

purpleduck · 17/03/2008 09:54

cornsilk, that cracked me up! -There was a woman who was like that at dc's pre-school. Our kids were together for FOUR YEARS!!! We were govenors together near the end, and she still would blank me!
Eventually I just went out of my way to say hello just for entertainment purposes.

cornsilk · 17/03/2008 09:55

(Please ignore me - computer froze and I refreshed it. )

thestands · 17/03/2008 09:59

Many years ago a post man (in a van) splashed dh, postie then laughed, dh was coming from an interview and in a suit. Dh beat postie up. It has followed dh around fro years.

theUrbanDryegg · 17/03/2008 10:01

slightly different there though, surely, as your dh was the injured party...

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mehdismummy · 17/03/2008 10:06

urban tut tut. I think you look gorgeous in morning no matter what you wear!

DaisySteiner · 17/03/2008 10:08

He just looks worried! Do you watch Lark Rise to Candleford? I am in total shock and disbelief at Brian being the postman Thomas Brown

Right, off to do some bogling to Aswad....

ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 17/03/2008 10:17

Excellent I might have done it anyway, just for the hell of it - even if they hadn't insulted me

theUrbanDryegg · 17/03/2008 10:17

that was research!!

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MadameCh0let · 17/03/2008 10:18

You should have told them they were fat and had big noses. You were in fact, far too nice.

cupsoftea · 17/03/2008 10:19

Good going!!!

SoupDreggon · 17/03/2008 12:23

Fabulous, UrbanDryegg, they'll go and post dog poo through someone else's letterbox then

scottishmummy · 17/03/2008 12:36

oh i like this one!well they shouldnt have been so damn rude.anyway gives them something else to mump about

3NAB · 17/03/2008 12:39

Does anyone remember the motorist who was fined for splashing a puddle on to a passing policeman?

Don't balme you OP. Childish but fabulous.

OrmIrian · 17/03/2008 12:41

I wonder if someone saw them all wet and dishevelled and said "how could they leave the house looking like that?"

totalmisfit · 17/03/2008 12:45

good for you