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I just spent the night nursing a cushion tassel thinking it was a baby hedgehog

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PhoenixIsFlying · 27/02/2021 14:56

Ok so my back is currently in spasm so am blaming my high strength painkillers for being such an idiot. Last night after letting the dogs out for a wee they became incredibly excited and it was because there was a hedgehog outside. I quickly got the dogs in and the hedgehog went on it's merry way. I was in the living room watching lots of episodes of Doc Martin (my new fav programme). I looked down and saw a small white soft spiky thing. I picked it up and panicked it was the shape of a baby hedgehog but white. I googled baby hedgehogs it looked the same. I was awake until 3 am cradling and keeping warm a cushion tassel. Googling and learning all about how to care for a baby hedgehog. FFS what a moron 🤣 I only realised this morning in the daylight what it was.

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alanpartridgefromtheoasthouse · 28/02/2021 09:06

I remember during foot and mouth back in c2000 I was on a train with a colleague. We were going past a field and I said "oh my god, look at that field full of dead sheep"

It turned out they were Christmas trees that had been chopped down and wrapped in white plastic for collection

MyGhastIsFlabbered · 28/02/2021 09:28

@Shufflebudge do you feel superior now that you've posted? Had a bad day or are you always this unpleasant?

Whether it's made up or not I've actually cried with laughter at this thread and heaven knows we all need a laugh, especially now. Go and be a grump elsewhere!

FlosCampi · 28/02/2021 09:51

I once sent my husband out to rescue a poor mouse that cat was playing with, it was trying to scurry away only to be brought back, tossed from paw to paw. It turned out to be a small new potato rolling around.

AlfonsoTheTerrible · 28/02/2021 09:56

@GingerAndTheBiscuits

I would rather have 100 made up threads like this one than any of the made up threads about traumatic events designed to garner sympathy and god knows what else from MN users. Real or not, crack on OP!

I agree. It's a lovely thread that made me laugh.

haggisandmarsbar · 28/02/2021 10:12

If you object to this because it's potentially made up then do you also object to anything on TV that is untrue?

I like watching the soaps and comedies and it adds value to my life because it's something a bit different from the humdrum everyday life that can be lockdown, this thread is no different. It's funny and that's good enough for me.

MyGhastIsFlabbered · 28/02/2021 10:15

Can anyone tell me how to nominate this as a classic? I think this needs to be saved for posterity! DP keeps looking at me like I've gone crazy because I'm laughing so much.

BlackeyedSusan · 28/02/2021 10:24

They must be really good painkillers...

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 28/02/2021 11:09

Reminds me of the old thread about the poorly cat that turned out to be a fur hat abandoned on a wall.

AlfonsoTheTerrible · 28/02/2021 11:12

@MyGhastIsFlabbered

Can anyone tell me how to nominate this as a classic? I think this needs to be saved for posterity! DP keeps looking at me like I've gone crazy because I'm laughing so much.

I think you need to ask MNHQ in site stuff. But I could be wrong.

zzizzer · 28/02/2021 17:13

Anyone who thinks it's made up clearly hasn't been off their head with painkillers before now. This is totally plausible to me.

MyGhastIsFlabbered · 28/02/2021 18:08

I have arachnophobia and have shrieked with terror (on more than one occasion) at the green top of a tomato!

bitheby · 01/03/2021 23:11

@MyGhastIsFlabbered

Can anyone tell me how to nominate this as a classic? I think this needs to be saved for posterity! DP keeps looking at me like I've gone crazy because I'm laughing so much.

Report the OP and put in the comments that you want to nominate for classics.

noblegreenk · 01/03/2021 23:23

I can't stop laughing about this! Thanks so much OP, I haven't belly laughed like this in ages!

Hm2020 · 02/03/2021 01:35

Can I just ask what pain killers these where asking for a friend ?

MycatiscalledTuppence · 07/03/2021 01:53

It would have been really difficult to bottle feed!

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HebeMumsnet · 12/03/2021 09:25

We're going to move this over to Classics now.

Chaotica · 12/03/2021 09:48

I'm with @zzizzer here. You doubters haven't tried enough strong backpain medicine. The OP could be telling the truth.

itsnotmeitsu · 12/03/2021 21:18

@catpoooffender

Someone once posted on here that they were out walking somewhere and on a country lane saw a large toad in the middle of the road, about to be run over by a van. So she ran into the road and gestured for the van to stop so she could move the toad. Only as she approached it, she realised it was a cow pat 😅

I did the opposite of thinking a toad was a rock. I picked up what I thought was a stone by my back door and then realised it was a frog. I yelped and threw it over the trellis fencing.

Member589500 · 04/04/2021 12:29

Thanks for saving to classics.
I was dropping off a teenager one night when I saw a large black furry thing in the middle reservation bit of a busy road. It appeared to be writhing in agony. I pulled in to a petrol station a few hundred yards away and told the lad to run back and indicate to me if it was still alive.
He ran back then started pointing at his head with both hands repeatedly. We were confused. My DD in the car said OMG it’s Mo Farah
He came back to advise it was a large wig and didn’t need our help.

MyPatchworkQuilt · 04/04/2021 21:57

@Member589500

Thanks for saving to classics.

I was dropping off a teenager one night when I saw a large black furry thing in the middle reservation bit of a busy road. It appeared to be writhing in agony. I pulled in to a petrol station a few hundred yards away and told the lad to run back and indicate to me if it was still alive. He ran back then started pointing at his head with both hands repeatedly. We were confused. My DD in the car said OMG it’s Mo Farah

He came back to advise it was a large wig and didn’t need our help.

I'm laughing like Mutley.

itsnotmeitsu · 04/04/2021 23:48

PS No frogs were harmed in the making of ... the trellis is about four foot high and there's shrubs on the other side. I don't want to hold a frog in my hand but I'd be loathe to harm one.

itsnotmeitsu · 04/04/2021 23:50

Oh no , that grammatical error will now be in 'classics'.

itsnotmeitsu · 05/04/2021 00:02

@MyGhastIsFlabbered > 'I have arachnophobia and have shrieked with terror (on more than one occasion) at the green top of a tomato!'

I have been known to hide those in a cupboard for my husband to come across. I found out he's not bothered by spiders (so it doesn't work as a practical joke, unfortunately}, but he does hate tomatoes.

iammeiamme · 05/04/2021 00:16

This just might be my favourite ever post🤣🤣 I have been laughing for ages😂😂😂

You do sound lovely

itsnotmeitsu · 05/04/2021 21:40

Also, in response to @PhoenixIsFlying >
I had a tassel that must have fallen of my cushion yesterday. It was laying on the couch. I picked it up and placed it on my greyhound's head. I told him, 'It suits you - you should go with a fringe'.

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