re cat litter - I had a hypochondriac aunt who took tens? of tablets daily - anyway to cut a long story short the cat had er used the cat tray and then jumped on the table taking three pieces of white cat litter on to the table. Aunt suddenly appeared took one look at said cat litter and popped all three bits in her mouth - grabbed a glass of water and down the hatch they went! She lived to tell the tale and left all her money to a donkey sanctuary - it may be a bit uncharitable but I was furious………
That’s a win in anyone’s book, Brother.
(How does one make coffee smugly?)
Definitely a win, Mick! Spider Man’s got nothing on you! Great recovery & glad you weren’t hurt. Phew! Think I need some Klingon lessons, or perhaps some sort of bungee rope!
Shall we start calling a fall a ‘Flopsy’? It seems to work on so many levels.
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I will try to find a video…
i just felt very pleased with myself for luckily not hitting the floor, borderline smugness
M
Oh, I should be honoured indeed!
I was similarly honoured when I was working, when something got broken beyond repair it had been thoroughly “Micked”
The Fosbury Flop - can’t recall his first name (was id Dick) – he won an Olympic High Jump title with his newly invented ‘Fosbury Flop.’ where you go over the bar on your back on your back. Perhaps we should have an m.s. Olympics - Gracious fall competition - Flopsy and Mogace. any other suggestions?
how about bread buttering or lace tying?
Lace tying is a good one. Also putting on socks. I can do one, but the other one is flipping difficult. Or doing up a button?
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Oh, I seem to remember the Fosbury Flop, I think! It definitely rings a bell
Well, I don’t know what happened there, but I just touched the screen, and it posted my message before I’d finished it! Like the idea of a sockathon - who can find a matching pair first perhaps? Now, lace tying sounds terribly intricate to me and may require a completely de-fogged brain. On the other hand, gracious falling (sometimes known at falling from grace) could well be an option, along with sky falling, hang gliding and bungee jumping. Anyone for Olympic cribbage?
Cribbage? Definitely. It should be an Olympic sport.
As for socks, it’s not just the finding of them, but wrestling them onto naughty feet who won’t behave.
they used to have Deer - Shooting (honest) - underwater swimming - standing high jump - plunging - as Olympic Sports so why not cribbage. er what is cribbage?
Sssue, though you are, without doubt, the forums foremost, and indeed, leading authority, on socks ( missing or the lack of) I wonder if you are aware of a small company in Hexton, England ( absolutely unrelated to Durer Enterprises, inc) that specialises in the sale of odd, mismatching and generally colourful socks. Unsurprisingly, they are called United Oddsocks. They have a web page that might be worth a visit. Here’s a link:
Speaking as the owner of several pairs of oddsocks, I can only express to you my sheer and unadulterated joy at never ever having to find a matching pair of socks ever again, because they all go together.
Flopsy, I do believe that falling over with grace, not to mention considerable, elan, should most definitely be an Olympic sport, for we, in this forum, are all experts not only in falling over with style, but falling in such a way as to avoid broken noses/black eyes/fat lips, etc. We could have our physios mark us out of ten, by holding up big cards on the touchline. There would be rules, of course: 1 the fall must be alcohol-free. 2: spontaneous flinging of oneself to the ground in a fit of pique because the fall, unbroken by alcohol, is likely to be painful, is not permitted. 3: Spurious claims made regarding the manner of the fall e.g ‘the floor rose up to meet me’ or ’ I decided to knock myself off my feet using a garden leafblower’ will not be taken into consideration by the judges when scoring the outcome.
Crac,
I have no idea what cribbage is either. Is it a dubious method of bending the rules related to the sport of spontaneous falling over?!
Just some ( weird) late-night thoughts,
AV/Nia.
PS Happy ( belated) Birthday, Carole!
I remember playing Cribbage (a card game) with my mum and dad when the 3 black and white tv channels were all broadcasting crap
I’ve only done a Flopsy!! At 11.30pm. Hurt my right hip, my leg is twisted at an angle & now I can’t move it without agonising pain in my hip. Still sitting on the hall floor waiting for paramedics. Dam all those people with heart attacks & strokes. Now my leg is spasming & it really bloody hurts. Lovely Mr S keeping me company - poor man wants to help but can’t. Flipping MS. I wonder if it happened because we gave falls a new title!!!
My hip is broken. I’m now in hospital waiting to see orthopaedic doctor. Maybe operated on later today or tomorrow. It flipping hurts though. That’s it for me - I’m giving up training for the Olympic gracious fall team! Boohoo, Sue.
Holy crap Sssue,
that sounds bloody awful for both of you. so sorry to hear that you have had such a nasty fall with such consequences. I am scared of falling and doing significant damage. I really hope that you can be a lot more comfortable very soon. I can hardly imagine the distress that Mr Sssue has also gone through. I feel for you both and send huge Foggy hugs (totally pain free hugging only)
All the best Mick
PS I do not think the Olympic selectors will be too impressed, despite your obvious dedication.
So sorry to read your post. It’s enough to have m.******* s. without having another load of crap! Hope you get well looked after and best wishes to you and Mr S. p.s. hope this isn’t a ruse to get out of the ‘Olympics’