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Original poster

to call DW on a girl's night out and ask....

44 replies

lurkingdad · 30/07/2008 19:17

If she has any idea what DD did with the remote control for the freeview today?

for the record I haven't done it, just wondering - hoping not to get flamed too badly

OP posts:
missorinoco · 30/07/2008 19:18

text her?

tab1 · 30/07/2008 19:18

yabu, do something else.

FluffyMummy123 · 30/07/2008 19:19

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2point4kids · 30/07/2008 19:19

Tidy up. You'll find the remote and dw will be chuffed when she gets home.

misdee · 30/07/2008 19:19

YABU

dh does this stuff to me and it winds me up.

look for it!

MsDemeanor · 30/07/2008 19:19

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest - as long is if I said 'no idea' this didn't lead to huffiness
Hope you find it. Have you looked down the back of the sofa, under all the cushions, behind the TV and in the toybox?

lardybump · 30/07/2008 19:19

Have you tried the toy box or under the sofa both favourite places of my dd..

shatteredmumsrus · 30/07/2008 19:19

Dont ring her. That is something dp would do and it is really embarrassng and definatey not that important to call her.Text her please I beg of you

Collision · 30/07/2008 19:19

YANBU - call her now! She will larf and larf and tell you where it is!

TheHedgeWitch · 30/07/2008 19:19

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Sparkletastic · 30/07/2008 19:20

My DH did this recently - I had nooooooo clue but didn't mind him calling. In the end he woke DD up and didn't get any sense out of her. I did mind that . In the end he found it on a bookshelf.

bristols · 30/07/2008 19:20

Text her. I wouldn't mind if it was my DH. I'm on the remote control hunt here, too. Has your DD been talking to my DS??

MamaG · 30/07/2008 19:20

whats the big deal, really? Iwouldn't care if my DH rang me to ask me

FluffyMummy123 · 30/07/2008 19:21

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DiscoDizzy · 30/07/2008 19:22

It wouldn't bother me if DH rang me so long as it was brief and he didn't witter on about rubbish. Text her if you're worried about her reaction.

edam · 30/07/2008 19:23

agree, if you must, make it a text. Phoning and saying "I can't find x, have you any idea" is just such a stereotypically useless bloke thing to do. And I'm sure you aren't, are you?

Original poster
lurkingdad · 30/07/2008 19:26

Not going to call, was just wondering on the response I would get from MN, she would just laugh at me. She is only driving there at the moment so wouldn't text and not sure if she's connected to the car kit. But disaster averted! I remembered that I programmed it all into the universal remote as well so have a back up plan. That was close - nearly had to cut the lawn to escape neighbours

can't believe I got 16 responses in 5 minutes

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chipmonkey · 30/07/2008 20:19

at this thread! When you can't find the remote, ask on MN!!

Hecate · 30/07/2008 23:01

Ah, if you are anything like MY husband - you probably have man eyes. Even if it grew arms and legs and was on the arm of the sofa, leaping up and down and waving at you - you still wouldn't be able to find it!

thumbwitch · 30/07/2008 23:02

what misdee said.

cheesesarnie · 30/07/2008 23:04

lol.id be cross if dh phoned about lost remote control.its probably behind or under something!

sophiebbb · 30/07/2008 23:05

Hecate - Love the 'man eyes' thing. So true!!!

Kewcumber · 30/07/2008 23:06

its under the cshions. Its ALWAYS under the cushions fgs.

How old is DD - if she is 22 yrs then you could always ask her?

thumbwitch · 30/07/2008 23:07

pmsl at Kewcumber!
maneyes - so true, best place to hide things from my DH is in plain sight, he'd never see them.

FAQ · 30/07/2008 23:08

one (or both) of the remote controls in this house frequently go missing for days at a time,

Rather glad it's just me and if I go out my babsitters are quite happy to have internet access for the evening (or put up with changing the channel using the box )