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to have a 'no dead things on the table' rule? MN Jury needed

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JackBauerKillsPigs · 10/05/2009 17:19

DH will be reading this.

He went for a ride this morning and managed to drive through every gnat cloud in South Wales.
His bike helmet, leathers and boots have dead insects all over them.
He put his helmet on the table and his leathers in the corner downstairs after 'brushing them off'

I think this is beyond grim and it is making me boak and threatened him with the full force of the MN jury to prove I am not being pathetic.

Dh replied 'Go on then'

So I have.
Be as honest as you like

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MarlaSinger · 10/05/2009 17:20

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FabulousBakerGirl · 10/05/2009 17:21

Did you know about the no dead things on the table rule?

If n ot, yabu. If he did, then he may have forgotten and as long as he cleans it all up I wouldn't fuss about it.

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 10/05/2009 17:22

Hmm, "no dead things on the table" could be a problem if you're carnivores.

And yes, of course he should clean it up. I speak as one of a biking family of four.

mwff · 10/05/2009 17:23

was gonna say i thought this was a veggie thread...

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JackBauerKillsPigs · 10/05/2009 17:24

He has 'brushed it down' but that still means imprints of dead insects on his stuff.

Hmm, we do eat meat so how about a 'No things with dead insects on the table' rule?

He didn't know, I have just made it up as I think it is fairly sensible policy what with 2 inquisitive DD's....

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MmeLindt · 10/05/2009 17:25

Is this a known family rule? If it is then he has to abide by it.

If not then it should be.

And he should abide by it.

justaboutspringtime · 10/05/2009 17:26

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bigchris · 10/05/2009 17:26

sounds like the sort of stuff that should be kept in the garage

mananny · 10/05/2009 17:27

Yuck. Dead insects are gross. My mum used to call Garibaldi biscuits "dead fly" biscuits.

ScummyMummy · 10/05/2009 17:27

I thought the OP would be a pissed off vegetarian from the title too. I wouldn't unduly object to dead gnats on the table as long as the person who put them there cleaned them up in a fairly timely fashion.

InternationalFlight · 10/05/2009 17:30

yy degoutant

I speak as a motorcyclist

and someone whose ex (see what I did there) used to bring back DUCKS and pigeons he had SHOT and get me to take glorious pictures of them on the table

Enough said

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JackBauerKillsPigs · 10/05/2009 18:51

Thanks, although not enough disgust here for my liking

I mean, flies and bugs, in my house, their poor little squashed corpses looking at me!

( I do ride but only as a pillion, so I normally avoid being covered in dead insects, although a wasp bounced off my helmet once, that hurt!)

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 10/05/2009 18:54

Something large and squishy splattered all over my cheekbone at 60mph once. Is that disgusting enough?

(I was on a trike, so legally permitted to be lidless.)

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JackBauerKillsPigs · 10/05/2009 18:56

You see, we were given an open face helmet when DH got his first bike, and that is precisely why I didn't like wearing it!

I bet you washed your face though

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 10/05/2009 19:01

There may have been a little bit of squealing like a gurl swift roadside maintenance...

MrsMcCluskey · 10/05/2009 19:14

I dont understand why you are so bothered

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JackBauerKillsPigs · 10/05/2009 20:03

MrsM, I am bothered as it is a thick carpet of half squashed insects on his stuff, that falls off quite easily, and he puts his helmet on teh dining table and his leathers on the chair in teh corner while the DD's poke and prod them so I end up with dead insects on my floor, which is gross.

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MmeLindt · 10/05/2009 20:40

I will see your dead insect covered helmet and raise you a pair of DD's (worn) knickers that she left on the dining table tonight.

[boak]

Basically, anything that has been worn/on floor/in contact with animals, dead or alive has no business being on my table.

SirSupportman · 10/05/2009 20:49

Reminds me I still need to clean off the insects from last summer as I will be dusting my bike off soon

KingCanuteIAm · 10/05/2009 20:54

If they are insects on the helmet what are you worried about exactly? I mean insects don't exactly have much juice do they? so they won't be gushing all over your table. Presumably you wipe your table?

Sorry, I think you are being a teeny bit U

jennybensmummy · 10/05/2009 21:29

i dont think youre being unreasonable at all, its disgusting and has no reason to be on the table, i am totally agreeing with you here id go mad and chuck them outside!

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JackBauerKillsPigs · 10/05/2009 22:12

King Canute, this is Dh's fault. I just hate flies and gnats, they are icky and disease carrying yucky things (that's a technical term) so I think it is more that I don't want to have to look at them IYSWIM.

SirSupportman, What has stopped you cleaning your bike? Shame on you!

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KingCanuteIAm · 10/05/2009 22:20

Ahh I see, I have grown up with icky disease carying yucky things plastered onto leathers/crash helmets so I am probably a bit desensitised to them!

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JackBauerKillsPigs · 10/05/2009 22:31

Oh, freudian slip there, meant to say DH's point
Dh only got his bike a few years ago and I have never been around them so it's all new to me.
I hate any sort of flying thing that isnt a bird, so much so that I won't remove active cobwebs from the house!

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