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What do you get in trouble for ?

Old Jul 15th 2017, 3:05 pm
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Originally Posted by mikelincs
You must have been asking a politician then.
A sample from two days ago:

Mrs P: Get the carrots from the fridge.

Me: Did you buy some carrots? (I had taken the last of the carrots a couple of days earlier)

Mrs P: I just need the carrots

Me: There are none, unless you bought some

Mrs P: Yes there are, they're in the fridge, and I need them.

Me: I used them a couple of days ago unless you bought some

Mrs P: Well I didn't know that.

Me: That's why I asked if you had bought some. [Things start to go off the rails. Pulaski exits .... stage left. ]
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Old Jul 16th 2017, 7:31 am
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Usually it's sitting in my underpants drinking beer watching a movie, the air stewardess didn't appreciate it either.......................
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Old Jul 16th 2017, 11:14 am
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Asking the wife how much petrol is left in the car after she has used it for a few days. She never ever looks.
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Old Jul 16th 2017, 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by cresta57
Usually it's sitting in my underpants drinking beer watching a movie, the air stewardess didn't appreciate it either.......................
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Old Jul 16th 2017, 12:16 pm
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Default Re: What do you get in trouble for ?

Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Asking the wife how much petrol is left in the car after she has used it for a few days. She never ever looks.
I get asked when I last checked the oil. My reply is why have a mechanic in the family and do the oil myself?
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Old Jul 16th 2017, 3:59 pm
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Default Re: What do you get in trouble for ?

Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Asking the wife how much petrol is left in the car after she has used it for a few days. She never ever looks.
I once got in our car to go out after the wife, at that time, had been using it, I got halfway up the drive before it ran out!!!
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Default Re: What do you get in trouble for ?

I get in the shit for buying records and record players, I've got 7 stereos with turntables at the moment, and as she points out, 2 ears. She makes sense I suppose
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Old Jul 16th 2017, 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by stevenglish1
..... She makes sense I suppose. ....
Trust me, admitting that anything your wife said "makes sense" puts you at the top of a long and slippery slope!
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Old Jul 16th 2017, 9:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Trust me, admitting that anything your wife said "makes sense" puts you at the top of a long and slippery slope!
Oh I'd never let her know of course, every room in the house does need 2 record players. One with a solid state amp, and one with a valve amp. To think otherwise is madness
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I get moaned at for trying it on. Then I get moaned at for not trying it on. I can't figure it out.
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Old Jul 16th 2017, 11:17 pm
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I'm apparently passive-aggressive and extremely sarcastic.

I'm refraining from making ANY comment.
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Originally Posted by Beoz
I get moaned at for trying it on. Then I get moaned at for not trying it on. I can't figure it out.
Sisters eh??
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Old Jul 17th 2017, 12:44 am
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Originally Posted by stevenglish1
Sisters eh??


You can pick your friends but not your family.
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Old Jul 17th 2017, 12:56 am
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Default Re: What do you get in trouble for ?

Originally Posted by Dreamy
I'm apparently passive-aggressive and extremely sarcastic.

I'm refraining from making ANY comment.
Who told you that? I'll get them for you. Oh wait, was it me?
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Old Jul 17th 2017, 1:29 am
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Default Re: What do you get in trouble for ?

Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
My wife goes loopy over my Home Theatre computer and it's array of harddrives, amps, remote controls and speakers. Gets even worse when Kodi plays up.

Sometimes women just don't have any appreciation of ones technological prowess and the time and effort that goes into creating these magnificent manifestations of world wide current media hardware slap bang in ones lounge room....

I've half an idea that it's something to do with the remote controls.
It's even worse when you get rid of the controls and either have one universal remote, or voice control. "Why can't it just be a simple switch or remote?"

Best bet is to be away for a week or two, and arrange for her to screw it up in some way so she can't watch X. Then you can get qudos for fixing it - unless you are blamed once again for "it being too complex".
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