My posts: I am guilty of 19, 32 and 34.29 happened to a neighbour and another friend of mine.35 is what I found when stripping the wallpaper to paint.56 is what another firend found when trying to strip bad taste wallpaper.Vix_Tribe, what happened when you figured out the phone was still trapped in the wall!Is it still there!Pico42, do you have any lawn left!
barnes-55,
Jan 6, 12:51am
Do not let the wife dump a bucket of really hot water down the dunny to flush the cleaner through. Them's dunnies do not respond nicely to sudden changes of temperatures . they crack . then leak and cost way more than you thought a shit hole should. Yes it happened.
billybob57,
Jan 6, 1:13am
When undoing the nuts on car battery cables , Don't use a spanner thats long enough that if you drop it, it lands touching both positive and negative electrodes = blown computer/alternator/starter motor plus fried wiring, luckily not fire in this case. Also don't try to remove said spanner with bare hand as it's red hot DOH! DOH ! DOH !
jynkies,
Jan 6, 1:20am
when reading this thread. and sending the funny ones to a friend. check the usernames before you start laughing about that really funny one where 'Darling Hubby' stapleguns his hand to a pantry. you never know- it could've been your mum who posted it and your father who has staplegunned his hand when you were a kid and you had forgotten about it -_-; the mockage you get in return for sharing the story with your friend unknowingly is great and ongoing
kuaka,
Jan 6, 1:52am
And for those yachties out there don't spend two hours in the blistering sun cleaning and polishing the lovely white paint on the hull of your yacht, and THEN decide to scrub the teak decks down.We sat and watched in amazement once as someone on the next boat to us did just that.The result was that all the dirt off the teak decks dribbled down over the lovely sparkling white paint on the hull.Silly twerp didn't realise until he got into his dinghy to row back ashore, and then his face was a picture!
kuaka,
Jan 6, 2:03am
When visiting the local egg farm do not park your car alongside the fence as the horse can and often does lean over the fence and chomps on the car, taking off any strips of rubber from around the window which happen to be hanging loose, and/or denting the panels.That took a bit of explaining to hubby except that the teeth marks were clearly just that - teeth marks!
redden39,
Jan 6, 3:06am
Do not lay vinyl tiles if thee is any hint that your walls are not straight.You will start with a straight line and when you get to the other side, you wlll find yourself cutting an ever increasing strip to fit the other side.Lino tiles are not a winner in any room that gets full afternoon su and where you have not scraped every last scrap of the old vinyl from the floor underneath.
si-boy,
Jan 6, 3:16am
When repairing lawn mower that won't go check fuel tank before dismantling into one thousand pieces.
gyrogearloose,
Jan 6, 3:41am
When your brother in law comes around for a sunday BBQ and observes that the hot water overflow pipe is leaking, do not let him use a hacksaw to remove the 2 feet of pipe that is superflously sticking up in the air.
kuaka,
Jan 6, 3:43am
gyrogearloose - do tell more.What happened! Let me guess.Hmm, no best you tell it.
zoopa,
Jan 6, 3:45am
Do not think that just because that one strip of wallpaper comes off easy, that the rest of the room will too. Do not think that because you figure a few hours/half day will finish the job, that it will be any less than three days. Do not believe in pet logic. Any small dog or cat will NOT take the large gap behind you, they would rather squeeze in between the ladder and the freshly painted wall, EVERY FRIGGEN TIME! However.
kuaka,
Jan 6, 3:46am
And when you are away on your yacht or boat and you catch a fish large enough to smoke, and you have one of those portable smokers on board, don't get clever and decide to smoke the fish in the cockpit.Hubby decided to do that one day rather than row ashore to smoke it, and he carefully placed a piece of plywood on the cockpit sole so as not to damage the paintwork.A waft of breeze blew the flames from the meths onto the ply and next thing we had flames everywhere.Luckily we had a bucket handy (and no shortage of sea water) and we still have the piece of charred ply with two circles of "unburned" ply in the middle where the little meths dishes sat just to remind us not to repeat the exercise.
zoopa,
Jan 6, 3:50am
. if you have a cat that likes to jump on the bench, and sellotape'accidently' falls on the bench in strips, sticky side up, do not underestimate the hilarity, when you hear said cat landing on the floor and sticky pulling sounds for the next ten minutes. MWAHAHAHAHAH! Cat never got on the bench again. This is funniest at three in the morning when they try to do a sneaky.
shula2,
Jan 6, 4:43am
Re 51 When the above incident happened we had removed the old shower and had not installed the new one. When husband yelled, and kept yelling I knew it was bad. A small hand towel will not stop mains pressure water, it was hitting the wall clear across our large bathroom. At least I knew where to turn the water off, even if the neighbours and I couldn't stop laughing.
juliewn,
Jan 6, 5:07am
And when the plumbing is almost finished being installed in a new home, don'ttake off the shower control (to see how Gib aqualine and formica will fit behind it) - and especially don't leave it part-way screwed back on,as the plumber will not be impressed when he carries out the pressure tests for the piping - and water suddenly bursts everywhere from the shower fitting. Oops!
juliewn,
Jan 6, 5:13am
And don't let a painter carry on working to put a final coat of paint on a corrugated roof when it's just on dark, mid winter, and the overnight dew will wash most of the paint off - result. blue paint running through spouting and downpipes- and a very streaky looking roof that had to be prepped again and repainted. This was a professional painter - painting a camp ground shop/office/home roof.
bradfam,
Jan 6, 2:21pm
don't tidy the neighbours garden on a shared driveway when you don't know that the water mains to her property are right under the garden fork you plunge in to remove the deep weed
nfh1,
Jan 6, 2:38pm
aboslutely fantastic thanks you for sharing all these!
pukeho,
Jan 6, 10:45pm
we have learnt that when there is a toilet in the bathroom as well, in a very old house, when the floor is fairly rotten it pays to replace it fairly soon, not after you have a rip roaring party and the sis in law goes to the toilet which in turn goes through the floor with a big crash , I was laughing so much trying to help hubbie pull the toilet back up and water was going everywere from the cistern , didnt help I was fairly pickled too, and sis in law never heard the end of that one
2be,
Jan 6, 10:46pm
When removing large dead tree from lawn and you are sick of trying to fell traditionally so decide to tie rope around trunk and "go for it " with the tow bar on your s/wagon ensure all play equipment. Did you know that even large trampolines can fold like sanwiches when dead silver birches fall on them! We do!
2be,
Jan 6, 10:48pm
Ooops typo should have read 'ensure all play equipment is repositioned.
pukeho,
Jan 6, 10:51pm
another one from hubbie is if you have an urgent outdoor furniture order to get out and are working late at night and the power goes out give up dont try and carry on in the dark,especilly when you are using strong glue and dowling, and knock the gluebottle over, then proceed to lie in it, as you are working under the table , sticking head/hairand hat on the floor , at least make sure you have sissors there in reachwas chunks of hair on the floor the next day when we got to work, the boys sure gave hubbie some stick(no pun intended)lol
oh_hunnihunni,
Jan 6, 11:04pm
From my long dead daddy. When transporting the family persian minus cat cage across town to the vet in peak hour traffic, do not assume that a small airspace at the top of the window is necessary, and worse do not assume the cat cannot get out said space while you are stuck in traffic at the lights on Grafton Bridge. That day we discovered cats don't like heights either, lol.
2be,
Jan 6, 11:07pm
Take a look at the video Our dear observing friend recorded it on Youtube - search "Tree Felling - REvenge of the tree part 2" We all had a good laugh out if it anyway!
jules.,
Jan 7, 12:51am
2be, thats brillent! my kids thought it was hillarious, they are now on their tramp, maybe in fear of its life too, as thats exactly what hubby would do too!
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