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

pigpen

HappyIdiotTalk wrote:

Cripes what tempreature did you wash them trainers on?

I bought two pairs of trainers of a certain top brand for £15 each.

Was well pleased with them... Until the sole started peeling off... :mad:

hot glue gun.. £1-99 in aldi!!

Trainers (and my bestest boots) sorted!

I am a culinary Master of Disaster.

I had a pressure cooker FULL of stew explode in my face.
A pyrex dish on direct heat full of mince explode all over me (I turned the wrong burner on)
I dried my daughter down filled coat in the drier but forgot to turn the heat down so the fabric melted in patches.. one wrecked coat!

My mother once washed my sisters plimsolls and dried then in the mircowave resulting in melted soles set to a plate sized round.. very stylish but unwearable.

anniebooklover

my first cooked "romantic meal" for soon-to-be hubby was a curry. My sister asked if I could cook enough for 4 as she couldn't cook and her hubby would be well impressed if she produced an edible meal. :rotfl:

We decided we would just have "a glass or two" while we were cooking. The boys were at snooker so why shouldn't we relax? Except we forgot the rice. When we remembered we had a big sludgy mess that fell in the sink when we tried to rinse it. Thankfully, we were so far gone that we served it anyway. The guys felt so bad about being late for this culinary masterpiece that they ate every bite without a word. Sis and I fell about laughing but that was blamed on the wine that we had finished before they even got home! :rotfl:

squeaky

HappyIdiotTalk wrote:

Cripes what tempreature did you wash them trainers on?

A 40° wash. Honest.

HappyIdiotTalk

pigpen wrote:

hot glue gun.. £1-99 in aldi!!

Trainers (and my bestest boots) sorted!

Excellent, thankyou! I thought I was going to have to spend a small fortune on some kind of rubber glue or something.

pigpen wrote:

I am a culinary Master of Disaster.

I had a pressure cooker FULL of stew explode in my face.
A pyrex dish on direct heat full of mince explode all over me (I turned the wrong burner on)

* HIT puts his serious face on and wags finger *

Easy Pigpen you ought to be more careful. If that kind of thing ever happens with hot oil or fat its not going to be pleasant! I appreciate your antics make a good story for the forum, but we wouldn't want you badly hurt in the name of humourous postings!

:rotfl:

HappyIdiotTalk

squeaky wrote:

A 40° wash. Honest.

Hummmmm :think:

Ticklemouse

rosy wrote:

When I was first married I was sewing myself a green velvet dress for a posh night out and the only place big enough in the flat to lay out the material was the bed. So I carefully cut out the velvet and when I lifted it off I'd cut right through the bedcovers as well.

That's just reminded me - not one of my disasters, but one of my old sergeants (And true, cos his wife told me too)

He decided to get a shed/hen-house/wendy house (can't remember what but that isn't important here:D) to put in the back garden. It was already made and when he and his mate got it home, they couldn't get it into the back garden - it had to go through the house. They decided to saw it in two and join it together again once in situ. All was going well and his wife heard them sawing it...... then it all went quiet. She went to investigate and found two men looking at the shed in two pieces ..... along with her dining room table :eek: And no - that one wasn't an urban myth.

While his wife was telling the tale and also how accident prone he was, he went to the loo ...... and came back to say he'd dropped HER mobile down the pan :rotfl:

squeaky

HappyIdiotTalk wrote:

Hummmmm :think:

I must admit - I'm beginning to think that the machine gets hotter than that. Something wrong with the stat probably.

moggins

LOL, I have to admit to doing half of these and quite a few more

My aversion to sewing machines originated at school when I managed to sew the leg of my jeans to the zip.

Culinary disasters too numerous to mention when I was first learning but the only ones in recent years have been to do with experiments with potatoes Namely steaming new potatoes over a gammon joint and ending up with mash you could tar the M5 with and rosti that just ended up as potato shreds in the frying pan.

Money~Bunny_3

Friend in his first week at uni went into hall laundrette and saw washer below (£1.20/load) and another machine above (20p). Concluded that the top machine was a cheap version of the washer and plonked in dry clothes plus soap powder :rotfl:

The smell of burning soap powder in a tumble dryer is really nasty I hear...

I can't recall any specific personal disasters but my Mum once made the base for a bakewell tart with peppermint oil instead of adding almond oil - not unpleasant but not at all what we expected!

Mr_Proctalgia

I had been married but a few months when SWMBO managed to set fire to the chip pan :eek: :eek: :eek:.

I came running into the kitchen just as she was about to throw the washing up water over it :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:


I removed the washing up bowl from her hands, wet a tea towel and put the fire out. She dissapeared!

I found her sobbing in the bedroom - I asked her if she was alright?

She said "I have never been called one of those before"

As I was in the Army at the time it would have been something colourful and encouraging, but in the heat of the moment I did not know what I actually called her - Did the trick though