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Posted 3/21/2013 3:58 AM (GMT 0)
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Okay we haven't had a laugh at ourselves thread in awhile.

Sometimes thanks to our fog we have some doozy moments. It helps to laugh at ourselves so we know we're not going crazy and help others who are new to this to see it's all normal.

I'll start it off...

This morning I was making myself some instant oatmeal. I reach up into the cabinet and get a bowl. I walk over to the sink and promptly run it full of water.

After the bowl was full I look over to the table there sat my oatmeal. tongue

I had to pour out the water, put the oatmeal in the bowl, then measure the water for it. shakehead smilewinkgrin

The other day I when into Bojo's and order myself a chicken dinner. The lady looked oddly at me and said we don't serve chicken until 10:30am. I looked at my watch and realized I had a long wait as it was still Breakfast time. turn

Okay, share your funny moments....

Posted 3/21/2013 1:27 PM (GMT 0)
Got home late from rehearsal Tuesday. I hadn't had dinner. decided to nuke something quick. Put the meal in the microwave, sat down, and started flipping through TV. Forgot I had 'made' dinner, even though I was hungry. After about half an hour, I am thinking, gee, I'm hungry, maybe I need to get something to eat... So I walk into the kitchen and sniff warmed food. But,I need to reheat it, because it was pretty much not hot by then.
Posted 3/21/2013 3:52 PM (GMT 0)
Grabbed my land line phone instead of my cell phone and put it in my purse to go shopping...I've already taken my TV remote control with me.

Hugs, Robin turn

Posted 3/21/2013 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
Robin, that is too funny!!! I have tried to change channels with the phone before!!! lol...

Everybody have a great day, and I hope to read more sharing on this cool thread that was started. lol... Not that I want to laugh at anybody, I want to laugh with everybody!!!

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 3/21/2013 11:08 PM (GMT 0)
I like to hear others are the same as me. Sometimes I feel I'm going loony, but knowing others have the same problems as me helps me get through this crazy life.

Today I was going to two different towns for errands. I wanted to town 1 before going to town 2. As I got to the road where I can turn to either one (go straight-to town 1, turn left go to town 2) it suddenly dawned on me halfway down the road I was going to town 2!
I had turned left instead of going straight like I had wanted to.

I had done what I had to do but it sure mixed up my day.
Posted 3/22/2013 1:20 AM (GMT 0)
-sigh- had an unfortunate incident with bleach and my fave jeans today. Grrrr. I never check to make sure caps are tight. Guess what? Now I will!
Posted 3/22/2013 5:22 AM (GMT 0)
Oh I had a doozy of a day. I needed water to take meds so I took my glass in the kitchen,realized that I needed to make coffee so I did that, then went back to my office without the glass of water of course. By now the coffee is done so I go in the kitchen for a cup and see my glass of water so I grabbed the water and went back to my office and yes of course without the coffee.

I had to get up one more time and went to the kitchen for coffee. Then later I needed to make dinner so I took the chicken and put it in the pan and my brain told me I had put it in the oven. A half hour later hubby comes home and asks me if I plan on cooking the chicken that I left in the pan on the table. I was very embarrassed but that's not the worst. I put the chicken in the oven, set the timer and went to do some cross stitch. about an hour or so later, hubby asks how long until dinner so I tell him I'm going to check on it. Oh I'm sure you can guess what happened *sigh* I forgot to turn the oven on.

Of course by this time my husband is laughing hysterically and opens the freezer to take out his beer that he had cooling and finds the cordless phone in the freezer. No telling when that happened. I'm so glad he found it all very funny because otherwise I would have been a total wreck.
Posted 3/22/2013 8:16 AM (GMT 0)
Our snow is melting and out here in the boonies we have a LOT of mud. My daughter drove my SUV a few weeks ago because she couldn't get through the mud to the main road without 4WD....You see where this is going, don't ya?

I got in it to drive to town last week (40 mile drive) and it was acting so strange! It groaned when it turned corners. I thought the wheel wells were full of mud, so every time I stopped, I kicked mud out of the wheel wells. I have balance issues anyway; you should have seen me trying to do that and stay balanced. I was halfway home later that night before I realized my daughter had left the car in 4WD and I had been driving it that way all day. I hope my transmission didn't sustain any damage. (not that I know that much about transmissions).

I'm just not used to other people driving my car, I guess.


Oh, I have another one. One day a few weeks ago we were going to the city, about 1-1/2 hours from us. I decided to put on makeup, even though I rarely wear it because I have chronic blepharitis. I took a towel to cover my blouse because I am very clumsy. So here we are, on the highway, and I drop my eye shadow sponge on the floor. Finally got it and then dropped my peanut-butter crackers; retrieved them, and then dropped my brush! Hubby is sitting in his seat with a small grin showing. I said, "Go ahead, laugh!" and we both had a good laugh on me. It drives me crazy when I do that.
Posted 3/22/2013 12:53 PM (GMT 0)
Had a lovely phone conversation on Tuesday.

Caller says: 'Hello....this is Denise.'

I say hello...then 'Good grief...I haven't heard from you in over a year.'

Long silence, then 'How are you doing today?'

I tell her.  It was a five minute diatribe of my life for the past year.

THEN she says, "I'm calling to see if you and your husband have thought about your final resting place and sparing your loved ones from the pain and expense that comes at this difficult time."

It was NOT Denise from Indianapolis.  It was Denise from the Hoffman Funeral Home.  Holy Moly...she wanted to sell me a pre paid funeral.  And I had just told her about my husbands colonoscopy and my ear fungus.   And at no time does she stop me!   Bhahahaha!

So, she sounded like Denise from Indianapolis.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Donna

 

Posted 3/22/2013 3:54 PM (GMT 0)
Robin, I don't know why they always make every little gadget black. I was always losing my cel phone, even in my purse. I got a new phone and decided to get a case for it that I would never have trouble finding! It is bright blue and clear polka-dot diamond thingys. I think you can see it from space. So far, so good.
Posted 3/22/2013 4:37 PM (GMT 0)
Some years ago my husband bought me one of those fobs for the key chain so when you whistle it would beep so you could find your keys. I guess he got tired of finding them in the freezer (always the freezer). So, we thought it was going to be great, except whenever we whistled it didn't make noise. However, when a car drove by in the middle of the night, the kids ran through the house, the TV was on, the toilet flushed rooms away, or any other random noise happened it would go off loudly. We ended up getting rid of that "helper" and opting for letting the kids just keep helping me find the keys. :)
Posted 3/22/2013 4:49 PM (GMT 0)
Donna, You still crack me up, my friend. yeah I've talked to strangers on the phone too...thought one guy was my brother inlaw and we had a lengthy discussion....I don't know who he thought I was. turn

Last year hubby and I were selecting our cremation niches that are part of a stained glass window. A young salesman at the mausoleum was showing us differant options. I asked hubby if he would rather be beside me or on top of me...the salesman started laughing and hubby just rolled his eyes.

Diane, the blinged out phone case sounds like a great idea. I wonder if there are cases to bling out keys...I'm forever losing those smilewinkgrin .

Myself, I've had some unfortunate accidents with bleach in the past. Spaced out and poured bleach on a dark load, had just thrown a white load into the dryer...focus, focus, focus. smhair

Hugs, Robin

Posted 3/22/2013 5:20 PM (GMT 0)
apint the tips of your keys with glow in the dark paint...or take a glo stick, break it opena dn pour it into a nail polish of your fav color, then shake it and paint the head of your keys with that.. they will glo... that helps :)

Trust me, been there and done that with crazy things.. although I would have to say the best was putting laundry in the dishwasher :)
Posted 3/23/2013 3:31 AM (GMT 0)
Speaking of cordination issues....
I was eating with my folks at a restaurant the other day and decided to pop a fry in my mouth quickly.
As I closed my mouth the fry fell to the plate. A little shocked I picked it up again...it fell again...and again. @@
One the fourth try I got it in. :))

My mother couldn't stop laughing and my father just shook his head grinning. LOL
Posted 3/23/2013 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
I sometimes use bright red nail polish to mark things like measuring cups, on the outside.  We bought a kitchen clock with a colorful background, and the hands of the clock sort of blended in.  I used a little bright acrylic paint and now they show up a little better.

My eyes aren't what they used to be!! rolleyes

Posted 3/23/2013 4:09 PM (GMT 0)
Donna,

I'm still laughing about your conversation with Denise from the funeral home.

It's cold, snowy and cloudy outside, but you've brought sunshine into my life.

Thanks to all who shared their stories.

Sharon
Posted 3/24/2013 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
Ok, here's an old one. Robin, your excellent question to your hubby at the mausoleum :) triggered this memory....

about 10 years ago we were up in Wisconsin, staying at a cottage on a lake. We went into town to get some groceries. It was just a little Mom and Pop place, very quiet....I think we were the only people in there. I was getting fed-up, trying to find one of those magnetic clip things to keep bags closed (for my bag of peanuts.) My hubby asked if I was ready to go, and I said in a not-so-quiet voice, "No, I'm still trying to find a clip for my nuts!" Oops.

Now I have to walk up to the checkout lane and pay with our three teenagers, not to mention hubby (who's worse than any of them), all sniggering into their hands.

I am always putting my foot into it like this. I don't think, I just talk! :) :)

Debbie
Posted 3/25/2013 4:23 AM (GMT 0)
Debbie,... a clip for your nuts, that was funny yeah turn yeah .

A place we eat at often used to have peanuts in the shell at each booth.

Now they have a sign in the lobby that says...grab your own nuts, next to a barrel of peanuts snd containers. I crack up everytime I walk in there.

Hugs, Robin smilewinkgrin

Posted 3/25/2013 10:10 AM (GMT 0)
I'm allergic to nuts but I buy them for The Hubs.  One time I bought some bulk almonds.  I told the cashier to 'put my husbands nuts in a separate bag'.  (so they wouldn't contaminate my food).  She laughed and it took me a moment to figure out what I had said.

We had a little diner/gas station in town.  The sign read 'Eat here and get gas'.  It's gone now.  I wonder why?

Donna

Posted 3/25/2013 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
You guys are soo funny! I needed the laugh this morning, and now I got it :) THanks!!! And I am happy to say, I didn't do 1 goofy things all weekend... of course, I didn't get off the couch either.. but that's beside the point!
Now I am at work, and here I did screw up... but it was only with my daughter...I told her my butt was going to hurt today after work, and that I would not feel so great..she asked me why, and I said because I didn'thave her sister to sit on all day... what I meant was the pillow her sister loaned me for work.. :/ oh well.. I am sure my oldest will appreciate me NOT sitting on her all day!
Posted 3/25/2013 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
Funny, funny!

Life's just a chair of bowlies turn yeah turn yeah at least, on a good day.

Hugs, Debbie
Posted 3/25/2013 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
I had an oops last night. I gave the kitties their nightly wet food and noticed that we were out of dry food. I called my husband who was out running errands and asked him to pick up more kitty food. When he got home he was putting everything away and opened the fridge to put away some Gatorade and found the already opened kitty food. Apparently, after I fed them the dry food that morning I put the bag in the fridge. Oops.
Posted 3/25/2013 7:00 PM (GMT 0)
Last night I got out a plate for my food. I put the food on it and got a fork and put that on the plate and then moved the plate to a different shelf. I then walked over to the cupboard to get a plate for my food...completely forgetting that I had just plated the food! I mumbled to myself when putting the second plate back in the cupboard and then I grabbed a fork for my dinner. shakehead I went to put it on the plate and saw the first fork there.

Now you all know how I get my gentle exercise daily. tongue

Sherrine
Posted 3/25/2013 7:10 PM (GMT 0)
I love hidden picture games and am always on the lookout for a new one at the local store. The other day I spied a new one and was so excited about it. I get home and put the disk in the computer. It came up asking if I wanted to delete, modify, or repair it. What?! It's a new disk I don't have yet.
I figure it's messed up and put the disk back in the package ready to carry it back for a defected.
I look at the computer screen...there is the program already installed. @@
Apparently I had already played about half of the games on the disk. *@@* ROFL
Posted 3/26/2013 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
So I did my hair this morning and carried out the can of hairspray to the kitchen.  Look down and there's grease on the butcher block.  Just hold up than can and spray the wood with that sticky gunk.  Why?  I guess just because it was in my hand and kinda looked like Lysol.  Oh, the humanity,

Don't ever do this...it stains wood.

Huggies

Donna

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