mandymoochops

I had to share this because even I can`t believe I was soooooooooo dumb at lunch

I needed to do 2 things today, post a letter to the UK and collect a parcel (my new wireless modem woohoo!)

So (thinks I) i`ll go to the drug mart (they have an offshoot of the post office in there) and I can post my letter there. About a 5 minute walk away.

Then I think i`ll go to the post office (the big one) and collect my modem, a 10 minute walk in the other direction.

Only did it dawn on me whilst I was in the drug mart quite happily paying for the postage that I could have done this at the main post office where I am now off too

How thick is that, y'know something I can't even begin to believe I did something quite that stupid, I scare myself sometimes.

daft batty

As my cousin often used to tell me "If you had a brain you would be dangerous"......

Novocastrian

Err, you've said that to me before batty. So it's your cousin's fault now I'm supposed to believe? Riiight.

Steve_P

I been told on numerous occasions that if I had a brain cell it would be lonely.

Lorna_D

Could it be your age

MrsLauder99

If it makes you feel any better I went to the cash machine en route rushing to go get my son from nursery and asked for £20 (it was really slow on feeding out the money - this is me trying to look better here) and you'll not believe it but I got my card and got to my son's nursery, only to realise that I'd forgotten the bl**dy money!!

I felt such a tw*t going to the bank (which made it so much worse), however I was VERY lucky and as no-one had been to machine behind me it took the money back and I got my £20 recredited. (I felt a right donut)

mandymoochops

it could be a culmination of things age being one of the many pieces of the pie, aaaaaw Mrs Lauder at least you got your money back (careful about letting the scottish side down there)

MrsLauder99

At least you'll know your not the only one!! - it's being a gal and having to multitask and think about doing a million and one things!! well it's as good an excuse as any

daft batty

aww, fancy you remembering, which is more than I did.

Yep, blame my cousin. He's from up north too

He also says "sharp as a tennis ball" and his answer to how long is a piece of string is "a carrot this colour". Strange man, lovable, but weird.

Novocastrian

Is he a mackem too?

TiggyP

I can see the logic your brain took. Maybe the big post office would be too busy - you may have to join a new, very long queue to buy a stamp as the person giving you the registered mail couldn't sell you one. Wrong counter. You know how these places are.

Maybe you needed something from the drug mart, but didn't consciously know. The fact you didn't buy anything else means the thing you didn't know you needed was out of stock.

Y'see, you're not going mad after all.

daft batty

Same place as me, so maybe to you, yes. I think this mackem thing is recent ???? We didnt have mackems when I was a lass.

Novocastrian

To be perfectly honest, you're right. It appears to have appeared in the 80's. When I wor a lad, they wor jus' them reed and white stripey buggers.

If you google mackem you'll find the putative origin, but it sounds a bit fishy to me.

manghams

I put my new cell phone through the wash! Doesnt work anymore

Coffeepot

more likely the valentines choc intake it happens to us all ( say that to make you feel better ) did make me laugh though are you blonde thats my excuse