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I am a twat, I am a twat

167 replies

differentID · 21/09/2009 20:25

yes, please all come and point at this twat in the corner!

My dh has just come in from work and noticed the iron was on.

I didn't unplug it after using it this morning before 8am, and didn't even realise though I have been home for 2 hours!

Can anyone beat that or just come and point and laugh at me please?

OP posts:
OnlyWantsOneDoesntLikeDM · 21/09/2009 20:26

hair straighteners left on, laying flat on my carpet - for two days - we went away at the weekend. I felt like a horror bag. Don't tell DP!

Original poster
differentID · 21/09/2009 20:27

oh, that is bad. I wouldn't feel as bad except it was dh who found the fecker on! I've even been in the futility room twice this evening already!

OP posts:
ElieRM · 21/09/2009 20:29

I put our microwave sterilizer on the hob whilst I cleaned the kitchen surfaces the other day. An hour later, put pan of water on to heat. Sterilzer up in flames.
I too, am a twat.

sazzerbear · 21/09/2009 20:29

futility room - I love it, just about sums mine up!!

FabBakerGirlIsBack · 21/09/2009 20:30

I must surely win.

I put my full palm on the hob ring to see if it was hot. It was.

I did a similar thing with the iron.

justanothertenminutes · 21/09/2009 20:31

I managed to catch the falling hot iron before it hit the floor. I should have let it fall.

sazzerbear · 21/09/2009 20:32

I put my hand in the oven to get a pan out once and burnt it (although I was pissed, does this count?!)

JJ · 21/09/2009 20:33

This weekend I forgot to turn a gas burner off on the hob. I noticed when the oven glove I dropped on it went up in flames.

MarthaFarquhar · 21/09/2009 20:34

I realised I had left the iron on at home about 15 seconds before the curtain went up at a Ricky Gervais gig.

People tell me it was good, but all the worry really took the shine off it for me.

JJ · 21/09/2009 20:34

And my husband set the oven on fire yesterday by putting hot chicken fat under the broiler. I'm still unclear what exactly he was doing.

CruelAndUnusualParenting · 21/09/2009 20:35

JA10M you are not alone. My wife has caught a falling iron too.

Squidmission · 21/09/2009 20:38

I put the gas hob on one morning to boil some water as the kettle wasn't working. I came home from work and the gas hob was still on
Luckily I'd left the pan in the sink.

stripeywoollenpegleg · 21/09/2009 20:38

have come home from work to (gas) hob still burning

also, a few years ago i came home from work, thought 'something's different, what is it?', couldn't work it out so had some tea, hung out for a while - then realised that the dvd player was gone, along with, on closer inspection, all the small electronics, cheque books, jewellery etc. yep, i sat in my raided living room thinking 'did dp move something from over there...?'

i am the twat

DoingTheBestICan · 21/09/2009 20:46

I have left my steamer on the gas hob till all the water boiled away & my lovely new steamer turned charcoal black inside & thus went straight in the bin.

TimothyTigerTuppennyTail · 21/09/2009 20:50

I went out for the day and left the front door open. Wide open, not just unlocked. Oh no. When I fck up, I fck up BIG time!

MmeLindt · 21/09/2009 20:50

I decided that I did not need a steriliser for PFB's dummies, would just boil them in a pot of water on the stove.

Went for a lovely walk with DH and PFB.

Came home to find the kitchen filled with arid black smoke.

Result: 2 dummies and 4 teat melted on the bottom of pan. And a kitchen the stank for weeks.

Bought a steriliser then next day.

kif · 21/09/2009 20:55

Martha - I had to re-read you post - when you said "15 seconds before the curtain went up" I thought you meant "went up in flames"

Was impressed by your sixth sense!

Monkeygirl69 · 21/09/2009 21:05

Left iron on, burnt cookery book, burnt tea towel, burnt chopping board, fell over infront of a long queue of people and cried. I too am a grade A twat.

Hassled · 21/09/2009 21:07

Someone I used to know went on holiday for a week and left his iron on. He said it was very very hot in his flat when he got home .

Deeeja · 21/09/2009 21:14

I left the car boot open all night once, with car parked in the street.

mumhadenough · 21/09/2009 21:17

I have put the kettle (Electric!) onto the gas hob and turned it on! .

I have NEVER owned a kettle that goes on the gas hob. blush]

deleting · 21/09/2009 21:22

Came home late from a night out and didn't bother to close the door. woke up the next day and it was wide open. Was living in Hackney.

crankytwanky · 21/09/2009 21:22

I was 2 hours into an A&E trip with DS when I suddenly thought "The iron's on"! Cue me franticly calling neighbour, who was at work but asked her disabled husband to haul himself up my stairs into my knicker-strewn bedroom where he found...
The straighteners were off.

Bloody GHDs have the worst design! They just roll over.

SixtyFootDoll · 21/09/2009 21:26

I am the queeen of twat
have gone out all day and left the oven on
have thrown a diamond pendant in the bin
have gone out leaving front door and garage door wide open

  • hope my insuresr arent reading this
oldraver · 21/09/2009 21:28

I frequently used to leave the iron on. I now have one that turns itself off

Half way to Bristol on Saturday had to pull over and txt DS1 to see if I had left straighteners on. I used to call him up about the iron as well