O/S disasters.... let us share...

tikka1951

When OH and I were first married, nearly 40 years ago, we used to take washing to the launderette, as no one had washing machines then, but I always used to boil the dirty hankies (no tissues) in a very old saucepan.

Getting back home one day, OH had tried to be 'helpful' by doing the hankies and said:

"Couldn't find the old saucepan for the hankies, so I did them in a casserole in the oven".

Gross!!

ifonlyitwaseasier

i've decided that this thread is my happy place

i can't read it without crying with laughter especially the builder & foam and the cat & catnip posts

GetRealBabe

Hi

First time I used my top oven and cooked oven chips at the temperature on the packet. Most were burned-didn't read the cooker manual that said stuff should be cooked at 20 degrees lower. Must read manuals before using any electrical items.:rotfl::)

jennikitten

OH was making a cake, there wasn't a clean bowl so he had to wash one up. He made the cake, thought nothing of it until it came to trying it - he hadn't rinsed the bowl & the whole cake tasted of washing up liquid!

blue_monkey_2

About 14 years ago I was living at a friends house. She went out for the afternoon and I decided to fry some fishcakes - only I got distracted and when I looked through the glass door could see something yellow.... The pan was on fire. I put the fire out and then had to spend the rest of the afternoon cleaning smoke from the ceiling and the walls. If she had come home 5 minutes later she would never have known.... but she came in and found me over the cooker cleaning black stuff off the ceiling so I had to tell the truth.

funkymonkey849

I set OH the task of cleaning the bathroom on his day off. He wasn't too pleased but agreed it was only fair for him to take his turn.

Came back from work to find the bathroom GLEAMING! I've never seen a bathroom so spotless!

OH took me on a tour of the bathroom showing how he'd scrubbed the taps, polished the tiles and even cleaned behind the toilet and the sink.

Was so impressed...until he revealed that he'd cleaned everything using my new facecloth :mad:

prudencekitten

I was making another batch of Twink's hobnobs while chatting on the phone. Sugar jar was empty so refilled it from the packet. Hobnobs came out of the oven looking strange. Tasted bland and boring - no sugar. Had filled the jar but not measured out the sugar. Mashed them together and added lots of golden syrup. Wish I could say they turned out okay, but they didn't. :-(

Beccatje

Well here's a disaster of mine...

This morning I was busy making pastry. To have pasties for dinner tonight..
I was so busy talking to my sister on the phone asking her how to make this pastry, and thinking about this dinner.. My gas cooker is on the blink you see so I'm trying to manage without it for a few days.. and well, the oven is working so I wanted to make pasties in the oven. And that's all I was thinking about/working on since early this morning...

Until my mobile phone went...

It was my little girls' teacher...

Would I please come pick up my child..... the school's out...

OOPPSSS!!!

I had completely forgotten that today is one of those friday's where she's off at noon instead of 2:30!!!!

OH NO!!! I am SOO ashamed!! How can I forget my own child??

Serves me right for trying to be a domestic goddess...

mrs-stressed

My disaster happened years ago. Whilst rearing a small family and being terribly mumsy and domestic I thought I would make some homemade pizzas. Well, I hadnt proven the bread properly but they rose and they rose and I didnt think anything of it. Chuffed at my creation I watched as my husband ate. Delicicious he said and had some more!!! Well, that night all I could hear was this gloopy,burpy, larva lamp sound. My husband was fermenting the yeast as I hadnt done it properly in his tummy and was really really ill!! He never ate pizzzas again - or more to the point I never made them again!! Although we are divorced he still brings this up in conversation every so often I am told - !!!! Has anyone died from undigested fermenting yeast I wonder??

mrs-stressed

Beccatje wrote: »

How can I forget my own child??

My stepmother arrived home to her mothers one day complaing how her feet hurt after shopping all day. Her mother asked where was the baby? Oh god Ive left him outside Woolworths! She tore back to town and found him fast asleep where she had forgotten him!! That wouldnt happen these days would it!!!!!