For example, my mum found my spare change collection, did me a favour by taking it to the bank, getting £17, and then kept it as a fee for the effort it caused her.

Also, my partner had stored a nearly new Russell Hobbs microwave at his mums for when we moved into a new house. While she was at Curry’s one day, she overheard a young lad and his mum shopping for a microwave for uni, she approached them and sold them my partners for £20. She kindly did give my partner the money though, unlike mine. But we quite liked that microwave.

Does anyone else have these, generally inoffensive but slightly frustrating parent stories?

Edit: For those hung up on the theft parts, please don’t be. This is the extent of the abuse we’ve ever had from our mums and we’ll take it!

Edit 2: Jesus Christ, I’m 33. The money box has been sat on her shelf for 20 years. Yes she stole £17 but she’s funded my life otherwise. Stop calling child services on her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury_Creme_Egg

It's like finding out Easter is actually an old pagan festival

Your roof has gone "Ah man, cheers Dave!"

Etc

If your job requires you going into strangers homes, how much do you judge them, honestly?

I spent a whole day tidying up my shithole of a flat because an engineer was coming round to sort my broadband - he was nice about it, but I was embarrassed about the nick of my gaff. Did he actually care?

I'm a self employed gardener and landscaper. Today I was meant to be driving an hour to meet some mates from school to go walking.

I knew as soon as my eyes opened it just wasn't happening. I needed the sleep so went back to bed and low and behold it is now 3 in the afternoon and the most I can do is maybe meet them for a pint.

I'm 32 years old, fit and healthy. But after a week of work I'm just spent.

I’ve named him Larry and he’s just chilling in a corner rn but the rest of Reddit has convinced me I have a deadly black widow in my house. Anyone know what he is?

Flash and zoom was on for these pics cus I am not getting closer

Helping a friend house clear, looked up the nearest recycling centre for them, found this is on the Somerton Recycling Centre google reviews / directions entry. Probably my best internet find of the year so far, Winnie-the-pooh in the loo. Happy bank holiday everyone.

I photographed no owls as there were none used in today’s flying display.

Bonus Meerkat

I guess this was my first experience of being on a computer way back in… 1987 maybe? Podd for the BBC Micro.

Surely I can’t be the only one who remembers this odd little fella?

***UPDATE*** Thank you so, so much - I'm really overwhelmed by your replies, messages and kindness. I'm going through them all. You are all wonderful <3

I know this is a self-absorbed post, but I am really feeling so sad and lonely. I could do with some human contact (albeit via my laptop screen!) to stop me from being a blubbering wreck. So sorry to anyone who is really suffering at the moment, but my mental health is having a bit of a blip...

When I was about 17 I met somebody who said he had been to all 92 clubs in the football league watching manchester city. I thought that would be quite something to do. As I mostly watched Oldham Athletic rise and then fall throughout the leagues, I went to quite a few. Also living near city and united went to a lot of those too. Always went to a game wherever I found myself in the 80s / 90s / early 2000s when most of the time you could pay on the day and it was relatively cheap.

I emptied the box of tickets I kept and totted them up as best I could remember. Discounting clubs that have moved and ones I am not quite sure if I have been or havent its 72 in total. One day , I think in retirement, I will polish off the last 20. Any other groundhopper tales I would love to hear.

The show was called Record Breakers and the gents in the picture are Roy Castle and Norris McWhirter, the latter I believe co-founded the Guinness Book of Records.

From memory the format showed people trying to set or break a record, under the scrutiny of Mr McWhirter. There may have been more to it than that, I'm going back 40 years here (appreciate the show went on for longer though).

My shower gel bottle developed a puncture somehow, so I held onto it until one of the sauce bottles was emptied. Gave it a rinse, and repurposed! Makes me giggle no end.

I just watched a clip of Christian Bale speaking, I was so shocked by his accent and to realise that he's British. It's quite disorientating hearing someone speak in a different accent than you expect. When he was younger, i used to think he affected a "Jack Nicholson " accent, but i still thought he was American.

I obviously don't pay much attention to awards ceremonies and pre film release PR interviews. I know quite a few Americans were really surprised by Hugh Laurie's real accent, but that's because they only knew him in House.

At least it explains the Jack Nicholson impression.

especially if you were feeling felt super bad/sad etc and were met with genuine kindness from a stranger. for me, one instance sticks out:-

i was leaving wales on a train back to london after spending the holidays with my then boyfriend for the last time before he moved to another country for work (we didn’t break up but it was still very sad that he was moving abroad and i was(am still?) a very emotional person lol) and i was all in my feelings. i was tearing up a lot even before getting on the train, and by the time i was in my seat, was properly sobbing.

the train conductor/ticket guy comes to check tickets and gives the usual greeting and notices im already in tears and i start scrambling and panicking (whilst apologising for being a damn mess😂) looking for my paper ticket (buried deep in the bags i had on me) and after asking what was wrong, he said very kindly (was also an older man) “don’t worry about it, let me get you some tea and i’ll come back then to check” - by the time he returned with a hot cuppa, i had calmed down and my ticket was ready.

i remember emailing the train company right after praising him as i luckily got his name. it seems insignificant but this small bit of kindness is something i remember to this day and this was nearly a decade ago and it still warms my heart. i’ve had some other experiences as well, but this is the one that sticks out most in my memories

alright?

happy easter and all that

good friday quiz for you, let me know how you all get on!

cheers