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Pointless soul destroying ongoing fights with inanimate objects

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HoneyDragon · 24/11/2015 19:36

The compost bin provided by the council. The bastard. I spent a painful 5 minutes trying to wrestle that fucker shut today before I realised the handle had slipped under the hinge. I won in the end but the fuckers still looking smug in the utility room.

And EVERYTHING in my understairs cupboard works on a rota to pick a fight with me. Sometimes the vacuum and ironing board work together to get me.

What intimate object regularly picks fights with you?

Have you ever finally emerged victorious?

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IonaMumsnet · 25/11/2015 10:05

We are loving this thread at MNHQ this morning. More annoying domestic item confessions, please! On a personal note... My friffing understairs cupboard has only one hinge, and therefore nuts you every time you open it. Is only a matter of time before the DCs start saying 'ohshittinghell' every time they open any door. Come to think of it, THAT'S the bloody Henry's fault too, or I wouldn't even be in the cupboard in the first place! Can we start a MN campaign to have all Henrys humanely rubbed out?

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AmyGMumsnet · 25/11/2015 11:05

Another vote for coat hangers.

In particular when they conspire to get themselves into a Wiry Tangle in the wardrobe.

I think 90% of my home based swears are towards coat hangers

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AmyGMumsnet · 25/11/2015 11:55

Arf at the "deadly gangs" of coat hangers Grin

I've realised I have an even more mortal enemy on the household front and its CLINGFILM.

Image attached of a standard row (not featured: me sticking my fingers up at it calling it a wanker)

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IonaMumsnet · 25/11/2015 12:01

AmyGMumsnet You've even used the secret Mumsnet-informed tabs on the ends of the box. And the bastard STILL got you!

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IonaMumsnet · 25/11/2015 12:48

HoneyDragon True dat. And don't even start me on twatting FOIL when it decides to, completely without warning, cut itself down the middle of the roll, rather than the length, leaving you with a piece of foil that would only cover a runner bean and four of your fingers sliced to the bone by the 'helpful' serrated edge. It's a bloody conspiracy.

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BeccaMumsnet · 01/12/2015 11:09

Hi everyone - we've had quite a few nominations to move this one over to Classics so we're going to pop it over there now.

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AmyGMumsnet · 16/01/2016 12:22

I love that this thread has been resurrected mere moments after I had a disagreement with the water tank of the Tassimo regarding whether it wanted to go back in the sodding machine or not Grin

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