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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Nick on November 11, 2009, 12:46:44 PM
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I have long felt that my mother in law (who is intensely religious) has the capacity to be quite venomous. Some months ago a family scandal broke and it was decreed that she must know nothing about it: too delicate!
She is not, however, so delicate that she can call me at all hours and give me what for and also, and this is really wrong and bad, call my sister and "drip poison". My sister gave her a good verbal going over eveilgrin:
That was a bridge too far, so I called her and suggested that if she wanted to involve herself in family affairs she might start closer to home eveilgrin: - like with her nephew in Glasgow. "He is a good Catholic and family man" she yelled.
Really?
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/1669185/Perv-victims-should-have-seen-loo-cam.html
(http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/1669185/Perv-victims-should-have-seen-loo-cam.html)
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eeek:
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Did I do wrong? angel1
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Oh no... did you tell her about it or send it
anon anoni without including your name?
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Neither. \I suggested she asked Mrs Nick
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Holy roly shit Nick!! That is truly dreadful....no what YOU did, but what that dirty bastard did. sick2:
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Did I do wrong? angel1
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My grandmother was charming on the surface but had the ability to quite vile and spiteful when it suited her. Thus she made my mother's life hell at times (her daughter-in-law). When confronted with the actions of one of her other sons (my uncle, if you managing to follow this ;) ) she went into complete denial and claimed my mother was delusional. She wasn't; my uncle's actions and behaviour were a matter of record.
Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire; it's self preservation.
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Mrs Nick had a good go at me about this last night. I pointed out that his wife had stood by him whistle:
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Good point, well made but I doubt that Mrs Nick gave you any credit for it.
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Mrs Nick had a good go at me about this last night. I pointed out that his wife had stood by him whistle:
Tell her it's inconvenient for you to talk right now...... whistle:
If she wants a sounding board tell her to go and talk to her own family as they have all the answers whistle:
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Well you read what he did. He is now unemployed and unemployable. All I did was go nuts and try to jump in front of a train. Quite reasonable in the circs IMHO.
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Apart from the fact that you are our pal and Mrs Nick is not, I think the consensus is that you did the right thing.
(Putting MIL straight, not the train I mean redface:)
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Well you read what he did. He is now unemployed and unemployable. All I did was go nuts and try to jump in front of a train. Quite reasonable in the circs IMHO.
That bloody bakery again eh ;)
Seriously though - you may find the concept of reasonableness a bit difficult to discuss with them right now noooo:
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For what it's worth I have no problem with what you did. The MIL rather than the whole train thing. There sometimes comes a time when retaliation is the only sensible option, for many reasons, your own sanity being one of them. eveilgrin:
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For what it's worth I have no problem with what you did. The MIL rather than the whole train thing. There sometimes comes a time when retaliation is the only sensible option, for many reasons, your own sanity being one of them. eveilgrin:
So what should he do next as the sanity appears to be untouched?
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As a matter of interest; were you clutching a cake when you jumped in front of the train...? rubschin:
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No.
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A baguette?
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I may have left that in the helicopter redface:
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lol: lol:
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I should add that the person who called the police was asked to describe me. He said I looked like Captain Birdseye. This apparently proved sufficent for them to identify me. redface:
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For what it's worth I have no problem with what you did. The MIL rather than the whole train thing. There sometimes comes a time when retaliation is the only sensible option, for many reasons, your own sanity being one of them. eveilgrin:
So what should he do next as the sanity appears to be untouched?
I refer the honourable gentleman here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ww2outbreak/7907.shtml?all=2&id=7907
Just because you have a piece of paper does not make a thing fact.
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I should add that the person who called the police was asked to describe me. He said I looked like Captain Birdseye. This apparently proved sufficent for them to identify me. redface:
point:
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I should add that the person who called the police was asked to describe me. He said I looked like Captain Birdseye. This apparently proved sufficent for them to identify me. redface:
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Must have been the parrot that gave it away whistle:
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I have had nothing to do with parrots since that incident 10 years ago
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In your own time ...
Popcorn:
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Fooking thing nearly fooking circumcised me evil:
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Popcorn:
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Popcorn:
Popcorn: Popcorn:
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The incident occurred (I'm sure Nick won't mind me relating it to save him the trouble) when Mr & Mrs Nick were in their younger years and had decided to go for a drink at a local hostelry. The landlord happened to be in possession of a grey parrot and by all accounts it was habitually free from its cage. Nick described it as a particularly fooking vicious parrot, specially in the beak department.
Apparently the parrot decided to perch on Nick who was sporting a fine suit at the time and, either being an animal lover or scared to retaliate, he let it roam upon his person. The parrot started his adventure by nipping off the buttons of his suit jacket one by one and, having none left started to explore the trouser area...
One can only imagine what happened next as the parrot found a feast of smaller buttons to get its beak around eeek:
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Money grabbing birds in pubs eh whistle:
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In this instance I reckon "A bird in the hand is probably worth strangling!"
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Money grabbing birds in pubs eh whistle:
Or even money grabbing bird in pubes! eeek:
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If someone hadn't offered it some chips I'd be Jewish by now
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If someone hadn't offered it some chips I'd be Jewish by now
lol: lol: lol:
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It's not funny evil:
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It's not funny evil:
No... I can see how serious it all is.... redface:
happy001
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You try safely removing a parrot from your underpants
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Should have offered it a cracker!
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With hindsight, letting it into your underpants wasn't the wisest thing you've ever done... noooo:
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I didn't "let it in", it broke in
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I didn't "let it in", it broke in
Of course... the parrot circumvented all your security measures... point:
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Anyway, my MiL is, it seems, fretting about her ex-favourite nephew and is planning to give him a piece of her mind
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Clearly the parrot experience has left you traumatised ~ too late to sue anyone I suppose?
Although to judge from this piece of profiteering anything is possible
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8357870.stm
Do listen to the mother on the Video ~ says it all really.
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Anyway, my MiL is, it seems, fretting about her ex-favourite nephew and is planning to give him a piece of her mind
Can she spare it?
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Anyway, my MiL is, it seems, fretting about her ex-favourite nephew and is planning to give him a piece of her mind
Can she spare it...? rubschin:
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Anyway, my MiL is, it seems, fretting about her ex-favourite nephew and is planning to give him a piece of her mind
Can she spare it...? rubschin:
Do try and keep up Jonesy
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Clearly the parrot experience has left you traumatised ~ too late to sue anyone I suppose?
Although to judge from this piece of profiteering anything is possible
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8357870.stm
Do listen to the mother on the Video ~ says it all really.
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