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

melancholly

Queenie wrote:

~ Knew I had to 'boil wash' terry nappies when I had my eldest child ... my mother was horrified to find me stirring boiling nappies on the stove in her preserving pan (It was the only one big enough! )

~ Bathing 1st child for the 1st time at home in the baby bath, carefully washed his front, very carefully turned him over to wash his back, made certain my forearm was supporting his neck ... MIL raced in, grabbed him quick ... his face was in the water!

~ Decided to trim eldest child's hair at home on his first day at school, just a little around his ears to tidy it up ... silly beggar turned his head just at the wrong moment ... *snip* .. through the top iddy bit of his ear

Ahh, those were the days when you could make honest mistakes, all in the name of OS, and not be reported to the SS :rotfl:

i'm actually relieved to hear that you made mistakes too!! you seem like such of font of useful knowledge, nice to know you're human too

i'm trying to think of my worse mishap - one of the funniest was the first time i tried to roast a chicken. i couldn't find any giblets and was worried - ended up on the phone to my mum with my hand up a chicken, her and my dad crying with laughter at me, when OH walked in.......... i tried to pretend i had the whole situation under control, but i get reminded of it now and again!

jobbingmusician

I'm reading this whilst waiting for supper (which should have been done for 7pm) to cook. I put the joint in the oven, set the timer and went away for an hour, only to find that SOMEONE had turned the oven right down, so had to start all over again

soba

I made Nigella's Christmas morning muffins this week and didn't add any sugar at all! They were awful, I know they were cos they were still in the cake tin two days later, and believe me, that never happens in our house!!

BWZN93

I once tried to make lemon and lime 'marmalade' in the breadmaker, and duly went off for a shower while it was on its cycle. I came back to lemon and lime toffee. I still cant get the stains out of the plastic even now.

My OH once tried to make rice in the microwave, but wasnt aware of the need for water. Ruined the bowl and smoked out the house!

I wish I had more to contribute - the icing instead of cornflour had me here literally crying with laughter!

Jo x

SnowyOwl_2

I'm not so good with a needle and thread - but have a go at various alterations anyway. I once turned up a skirt, and was getting on well with it, just to discover I'd sewn it to the clothes I was wearing. Serves me right for doing it on my lap.

npsmama

Stop!! Stop!!

I am crying with laughter here!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

This is such a comforting thread

One mishap was when I got some manure for free. Being ignorant but keen veggies gardeners I really went for it and got as many sacks as I thought decent wihtout being greedy,
Spread it everywhere.

Felt very pleased with myself.

Then a few weeks later I couldn't figure out why there was wheat growing in the garden.

Turns out it was fresh manure and the wheat grains were still whole and so germinated!!!

Spent many hours removing the fresh manure while DH watched falling about with laughter.

One of very many and regular mishaps, like the time I decided to move a sofa myself and got it well and truly jammed in the doorway. Took us hours to get it out!

Problem is I never seem to learn...:rolleyes:

topgranny

What a great thread - I can hardly type for laughing!

SnowyOwl wrote:

Another blunder was an over ambitious dinner party I gave - got the timings all wrong and nothing was ready. The guests ended up doing a lot of the cooking:o.

Funny thing is, Snowy, your guests probably thought it was the best dinner party for a long time!

Queenie

melancholly wrote:

i'm actually relieved to hear that you made mistakes too!! you seem like such of font of useful knowledge, nice to know you're human too

:rotfl: :T And where do you think I gained my "knowledge"? Most of it, hard won through experience :laugh:
But, thank you, it's rather reassuring for me to know others think I'm 'human' too :rotfl: And if it helps any further ... I've made oodles and oodles of mistakes in my lifetime ... big ones, little ones, some inconsequential, some of importance, but all were learning curves - ho hum no one is perfect

Sassers

Morning everyone! Brilliant posts very funny....:rotfl:
I tried to make liver pate in true OS style. :T Well, as I didn't have a mincer or a food processor, I chopped the meat up with a handblender. After 20 minutes of me swearing it protested and blew up lol.. More swearing and shoved pate in oven to cook....
After an hour, I smugly got it out the oven thinking "Delia eat yer heart out" and it was like something from Doctor Who! And a reject at that!:eek:
OH's spaniel and my Jack Russell loved it though...........!
But oh, the smell the next day !!! lol:eek: :eek:

System

SnowyOwl wrote:

I'm not so good with a needle and thread - but have a go at various alterations anyway. I once turned up a skirt, and was getting on well with it, just to discover I'd sewn it to the clothes I was wearing. Serves me right for doing it on my lap.

Hey i did that once with MrJudi's overalls for work. He had been complaining for months about a rip in the leg in his overalls. It was rather a large rip so i decided to get the machine out. It was a faff setting it up and i had problems threading the needle so by the time i got to 'sew' the rip i had just about had enough. So i started sewing the rip but i sensed a bit of resistance through the tension of the needle, everything looked ok regardless so i ploughed on. I noticed that my stitching wasnt exactly straight, but sod it i thought, they are only for work. I rushed through cause i had had enough by this point. When finished i put them away and put the machine away and made a cuppa cause i hate sewing.

I didnt tell MrJudi i had fixed them and when he went to put them on in the morning to go to work at 6 am i was woken by the irrate sound of MrJudi sounding off.

"What the hell has happened to me overalls" he said, "Jude, you tried to repair me overalls?" he asked. I grunted half asleep. ""Well, youve sown the front to the back, ive only got 2" to squeeze me leg through and the one leg is 3" shorter than the other one".

He now buys new overalls rather than asking me to repair them.:o