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I've got Manflu. Earlier I announced to the wife....I'm going for a "kip"

Her, let me show you what to do, I've changed the bed.
Me, I usually just close my eyes.
Her, 1 remove the throw (carefully).
2 remove the decorative cushions.
3 remove pillow number 1.
4 turn over pillows 2 & 3.
5 place pillow 2 behind pillow 3.
6 when you get up make the bed (properly).
7 replace everything as you found it with the stripes on the cushions virtical and the open ends of the pillows facing in.
8 make sure the edges of the throw are towards the top of the bed so you dont see them from the doorway.
9 don't scratch any spots or the next time you go to sleep I'll "smother you"
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You have made me so happy!
 
beyond the blue said:
I've got Manflu. Earlier I announced to the wife....I'm going for a "kip"

Her, let me show you what to do, I've changed the bed.
Me, I usually just close my eyes.
Her, 1 remove the throw (carefully).
2 remove the decorative cushions.
3 remove pillow number 1.
4 turn over pillows 2 & 3.
5 place pillow 2 behind pillow 3.
6 when you get up make the bed (properly).
7 replace everything as you found it with the stripes on the cushions virtical and the open ends of the pillows facing in.
8 make sure the edges of the throw are towards the top of the bed so you dont see them from the doorway.
9 don't scratch any spots or the next time you go to sleep I'll "smother you"
:(
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If you can remember this much detail, it's not real manflu! :exit:
 
Ahh. Married life. How sweet.
 
I must admit, I have a habit of flipping my pillows and shaking the duvet to make sure there's no bits bunched up. I also can't have anything over my feet, no matter how cold it is, oh, and my pillow must me cold too and I hate getting into a warm bed. I think that's it.
 
beyond the blue said:
I've got Manflu. Earlier I announced to the wife....I'm going for a "kip"

Her, let me show you what to do, I've changed the bed.
Me, I usually just close my eyes.
Her, 1 remove the throw (carefully).
2 remove the decorative cushions.
3 remove pillow number 1.
4 turn over pillows 2 & 3.
5 place pillow 2 behind pillow 3.
6 when you get up make the bed (properly).
7 replace everything as you found it with the stripes on the cushions virtical and the open ends of the pillows facing in.
8 make sure the edges of the throw are towards the top of the bed so you dont see them from the doorway.
9 don't scratch any spots or the next time you go to sleep I'll "smother you"
:(
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Blimey - that's outrageous.
Everyone knows the open ends of the pillows face away from the door (or so I'm told)..... ;)
 
Yv said:
Pah, this is why my home is never likely to feature in Beautiful Homes magazine, the only thing you have to shift off our bed to get in it is cats, and they make their own way back on.
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4 kids and 3 dogs - I gave in and bought a 7' x 7' bed :meh: :indifferent:
 
beyond the blue said:
Since I posted the above lve had a b*******g for wetting the new bath mat and using a new bath towel that was very expensive and only for decoration. I give up.
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That's bad . . . but ultimately forgivable.

My husband once decided to use the new, very expensive, decorative bath towels to rub down the dog after she'd been rolling in the mud.
Let's just say that he never did it again :bat:
 
SarahLee said:
That's bad . . . but ultimately forgivable.

My husband once decided to use the new, very expensive, decorative bath towels to rub down the dog after she'd been rolling in the mud.
Let's just say that he never did it again :bat:
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But, isn't that what towels are for ;)
 
Yv said:
Pah, this is why my home is never likely to feature in Beautiful Homes magazine, the only thing you have to shift off our bed to get in it is cats, and they make their own way back on.
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Yes, but they do allow you to share it...:D
 
beyond the blue said:
Since I posted the above lve had a b*******g for wetting the new bath mat and using a new bath towel that was very expensive and only for decoration. I give up.
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I hate to think what the punishment would be, for leaving the loo seat up in your place :D

SarahLee said:
That's bad . . . but ultimately forgivable.

My husband once decided to use the new, very expensive, decorative bath towels to rub down the dog after she'd been rolling in the mud.
Let's just say that he never did it again :bat:
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Pah! its only mud,
Towels, like women, may be decorative, but also must be useful, or they need replacing :D
 
I counted the cushions we had in the living room once. It was in the teens anyway.

I feel your pain.
 
onomatopoeia said:
I'm glad someone asked!
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I can sort of understand it, IF the bathroom is the ONLY room in the house with a toilet, ergo anyone visiting has to use it for visiting the loo, but even then, why not just normal clean towels? Having decorative towels make me wonder if the towels that are actually used are really grubby and old :LOL: Trouble is, I also suspect anyone that does this also has immaculate towels that actually get used too ;)

Any sundry throws and cushions in our house are usually to protect the furniture from cats and dogs, not for the purposes of looking pretty and my only bow to such things is the 4 cushions on chairs/sofa in the living room, which were relatively expensive [that is relative, they were 20 quid each instead of a fiver off the market] and do only get dragged out when visitors are expected because otherwise the terrible terriers would chew them up every so often, hence we have cheap ones normally, it's less distressing when the Russells go tonto. I should also point out that any 'visitor' that has popped by more than thrice is automatically upgraded to 'fixtures and fittings' and no longer gets such niceties bestowed upon them :LOL:
 
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"Decorative" towels not for actual use? WTF?!!! The only thing in this house with no use other than decoration is ME!!!

Not sure I've seen Yv's cushions other than in the shop (if those are the ones she's talking about!)

As for the original question, turn back duvet, climb in. After getting up, the fairies seem to invade and do weird things like fluffing the pillows and duvet, putting my eyedrops on the pillow (well, the bottle that contains them...) beside the TV remote. The same fairies (or ones very similar) seem to empty the laundry basket, fill the clothes drawers, top up the bog roll in the cabinet (even I can manage to change the empty roll for a full one) and keep dry towels on the rail.
 
Nod said:
"Decorative" towels not for actual use? WTF?!!! The only thing in this house with no use other than decoration is ME!!!

Not sure I've seen Yv's cushions other than in the shop (if those are the ones she's talking about!)
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The very same, 3 we got then and the 4th matching one we found on a visit to Beaulieu last year. Except he doesn't like that one as much, bike not car you see ;)
 
He hasn't got the balls to be a biker!
 
These posts have really made me laugh, what a tonic
 
posiview said:
FFS, please don't do that while I'm drinking JD over my Mac :)

I don't use this acronym but LMFAO.
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:)
It reminded me of a decorator friend who told me he uses dribble paper to clean customer's toilets after he has used them. Strange conversations you have on a work site! His wife is, shall we say, a bit of a dragon and house proud to an exceptional degree.
Most workmen I know just spray and pray...
 
I really don't know whether I should confess to this, but since I'm 2 glasses of wine down and it's a Sunday night :

We have 3 classes of towels - in either aqua/white, blue/white, green/white combinations depending on which bathroom they belong in.

> The old towels stay out of sight and are designated for dog washing / hair colouring and anything else that's going to stain or ruin them further.
> Then we have nice, plain towels for every day use in each bathroom (white towels can go anywhere, but there had better not be a blue towel left in the green bathroom :bat:)
> Then I have decorative, accent towels which are not for daily use folded neatly and arranged artfully over/beside the plain daily use towels just to make it look pretty :)

Obviously, when the 2nd class towels get a little bit old, they then get demoted to dog / hair dye towels . . . well it's obvious to me anyway.
I'll just get my coat and leave this thread now :coat:
 
:eek::eek::eek::eek: Im feeling rather slovenly now. Must sort through the airing cupboard and rearrange my towels into good- not so good and scabby. :clap:
 
SarahLee said:
Obviously, when the 2nd class towels get a little bit old, they then get demoted to dog / hair dye towels . . . well it's obvious to me anyway.
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That bit IS obvious and is probably what happens in most households...noraml towels, and scabby ones with hole and stain for drying wet, muddly paws or same after mutts after bathtime, hair dye or any other less pleasant jobs.

SarahLee said:
> Then I have decorative, accent towels which are not for daily use folded neatly and arranged artfully over/beside the plain daily use towels just to make it look pretty :)
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No, now you see, THAT'S the bit I don't get...WHY? :thinking: If you have nice white and blue and aqua and green [was that all of them?] to suit each bathroom/loo, why would you have even more?

Don't get me wrong, we have 'older' white towels some 'newer' green ones, and when for example Nod comes to stay in June, he will get the newer green ones all beautifully laundered and left in his room for his exclusive use [unless I have treated us to an even newer set by then, but you get the gist]. However, I have no problems with him seeing or using the older white ones either if that is what is there when he stretches his hand out to the towel rail :LOL: In other words, all servicable towels are exactly that, servicable, otherwise they are dog towels. I think the only time I can say I have used 'decorative' towels was during property shoots so the home owners didn't have to worry about making the sure the towels were laundered and looking good :LOL:
 
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See, now I am thinking [whilst not actually at home] whether we have anything that should be practical but is simply ornamental, other than the aforementioned cushions. So far I have come up with a pair of decanters in a wooden stand, which used to be used and only aren't now simply because we cba decanting any spirits into them, easier to go straight from bottle to glass :D

Can't think of anything else...

Oh well, looks like I am with you @Maggie52, a bit of a sloven, I must try harder ;)
 
We have towels that are good and in normal use, towels reserved for situations where they might get messed up (like the beach) plus a few that are fit for spillage-handling only. Makes sense to me.
 
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