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Of all the stupid things to do...

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musica · 07/09/2002 21:00

I just thought I'd share this with you - last night, I got up in the middle of the night to toddle through to the bathroom, and fell asleep in the bathroom. I have a tendency to sleepwalk, so this would not normally cause too much of a problem - I would just wander back to bed. But dh was up, and he said he watched in amazement as I calmly walked smack into the wall, whacking my head off it! I woke up at that point with a real pain in my head! And I have a good bruise this morning. Anyone else done anything stupid?

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joben · 12/09/2002 09:57

badcat, thanks for your supportive and helpful advice. when can I come over to watch you in action ? I expect you have a huge house with all the time-saving devices aimed at making a housewife's life easier. See, if only I had a dishwasher............

Philippat · 12/09/2002 11:00

I'm firmly blaming 'mummy brain' for everything these days (and 'mummy tummy' for my less than perfect figure).

I figure, we have to go through the birthing process, the rest of the world should cut us some slack. (should possibly consider getting electric oven after previous comments, mind you...)

Jbr · 12/09/2002 17:55

I do daft things when I get PMS. It has been known for me to walk half a mile to the nearest shops and then come back with nothing...

FrancesJ · 17/09/2002 07:52

I've just absentmindedly sprayed furniture polish under my arms in place of deodorant. Is it going to be 'one of those days' I wonder?

jodee · 17/09/2002 08:14

FrancesJ, which then makes me wonder - do you always keep the furniture polish with the deodorant?? [Trying to do mad smiley face, but computer won't oblige!]

ScummyMummy · 17/09/2002 08:15

er.. sounds like it might be, Francesj! Still, You've made my day start with a laugh, if that's any comfort

Meid · 17/09/2002 09:54

When dd was about 6 months old I was woken up from a deep sleep by her crying. Alarmed I woke dh and said "I can hear a baby crying you'd better go and see where it is". It wasn't until a few minutes later when he brought her into our room that I recognised her and remembered I had a baby.
Of course, I then had a few hormonal tears because I felt guilty that I'd completely forgotten she existed!

bells2 · 17/09/2002 10:49

I am a complete space cadet on some days. On Friday I took both kids to Longleat for the day. After paying the entrance fee, I drove through some gates and thought that I would give the baby a quick feed before going around the safari park. So jumped out and was busily unstrapping her when I suddenly noticed a large elephant balefully staring at me from around 20 yards away and that I was completely surrouded by signs saying "DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR".

FrancesJ · 17/09/2002 12:53

Lol @ Bells2 and Meid. I love, love the idea of feeding a child in front of an interested elephant

Ah, and jodee, my storage isn't as weird as it sounds. Usually furniture polish et al is kept in locked cupboard under sink, but being tired of lugging bump upstairs and downstairs when noticing that dust levels had increased even beyond my rather lax standards I splashed out the princely sum of 34p for some value furniture polish to keep upstairs in the bathroom. Now, this being in a plain white aerosol can, likewise the deodorant.......

As a mixup it's surely beaten by the time when dd found the tins in the cupboard and proceeded to happily take the labels off each and every one of them, leaving me with about 20 identical cans. So mealtimes became quite strange for a while. I'd shake the cans, frantically, looking for beans, or whatever, but then sometimes would find inside olives, or tomatoes, butter beans or whathaveyou and once we were on the verge of being treated to mandarin segments on toast

tigermoth · 17/09/2002 13:25

bells, hope the car seat straps were easy and quick to adjust. Definfitely a Jurassic Park moment. Hope you had a great day after that scary start.

Rhubarb · 17/09/2002 14:55

FrancesJ - furniture polish!!!!! I'm sorry but I nearly wet myself when I read that! Can I tell it to all my friends please? Just the sort of cheering up I needed - thanks

Scuba · 17/09/2002 17:20

I'm so tired at the moment that about 2 weeks ago I got into the shower washed and conditioned my hair before realising I hadn't removed my bra. Unfortunately that's not the worse thing I did in the same week ....... no I really can't tell.

jodee · 17/09/2002 17:44

Spill the beans, Scuba!

Scuba · 17/09/2002 17:48

Okay (I know I'll regret this!)got up about 3.00 am in the morning and did a pee with out removing my knickers, weel you did ask Jodee

jodee · 17/09/2002 19:18

Scuba ! All I can say is - at least you got to the bathroom (I hope!)

anais · 17/09/2002 20:57

Lol, Scuba and FrancesJ Love the idea of mandarin segments on toast!

WideWebWitch · 17/09/2002 21:00

at bells2, scuba and meid... my aunt once peed in the ottoman (thing used to store towels in the bathroom) and only realised when she suddenly thought, that's a quiet wee...

Bozza · 17/09/2002 21:31

When I was pregnant I added orange juice instead of milk to DH's cup of tea. The following week I added lemon/lime squash. I then added the milk and tried to pass it off as a normal cup of tea. Needless to say I failed.

FrancesJ · 17/09/2002 22:03

LOl@everything. Oh, I do like this thread.

Rhubarb - please feel free to tell anyone you like about the furniture polish. I had to share it on here this morning, just couldn't believe what I'd done, and my 2.5 year old just didn't get the joke (well, I suppose that spraying anything on your armpits looks pretty peculiar to a toddler anyway, regardless of what it is). I wouldn't recommend anyone tries it at home, though. There's something awfully horrid about having waxy runny stuff trickle down your side.

But I'm happy - I've (not yet, anyway) weed anywhere innapropriate. I suppose there's still time, though

FrancesJ · 17/09/2002 22:04

Bozza - lol @ lime flavoured tea. What did your Dh say about the new beverage?

robinw · 18/09/2002 05:34

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Bozza · 18/09/2002 10:02

I think he was too astounded that I'd tried to get away with it that he didn't say much. But I just couldn't bear the idea of going to the trouble of making another cup. Made his own in the end.

anais · 18/09/2002 11:27

Lol Robinw

leese · 18/09/2002 18:35

Had to add this one - supposedly happened to my sisters friends mother, but I take that with a pinch of salt - sounds like an urban myth to me - you lot may well already have heard about it.
Anyway, said mother had to go to GP for her five yearly smear test. She'd put on her new white underwear, and had popped in to see her daughter prior to the appointment. As she was about to leave, she decided to pop up to the bedroom to 'freshen up'
Anyway, gets to the doctors, and he asks her to remove underwear and lie on the couch, which she does. As he comes round the curtain, a certain look of surprise crossed his face, and he noted 'Gosh, you've made an effort' - the lady concerned was a bit puzzled, but assumed he must mean her new underwear.
When she got home, her daughter rang to see how it went - "Oh it was fine - only wierd thing was he said I'd made an effort"
"How do you mean, made an effort?"
"Well, I'm not sure. All I did was wear my new pants, and spray a bit of your doedorant on"
"What deodorant?"
"The one by your bed"
"Mum, thats not deodorant - its spray hair glitter......"