Warning, this story contains a model
To be precise a 1:24 Airfix Mosquito. I was happily painting the pilots chair when I was called down for dinner. In my eagerness for noms I mustn't have noticed I'd knocked over the paint tin. I did notice it when I went back into the room though. I used up all the paint thinner and paper towels I had but I couldn't get the worst of it out.
The property we were in at the time was rented and she’d had new carpets fitted just before we’d moved in so I was imagining the deposit disappearing. However, I wasn’t going to let £900 go without an attempt to fix it. Having plenty of paints I tried to cover it with a colour as close to the carpet colour. Surprise surprise, I made it 10x worse.
In a panic I tried bleach. This really fucked the carpet up. I was left with a crusty bleached patch in the carpet that looked like I’d had one off the wrist in there every day since we’d moved in.
Our landlady suddenly served us notice so I had 2 months to fix it or lose the deposit.
Using duct tape to pull the pile away from the offending area I measured and cut out the mess of carpet with a scalpel. I then moved the wardrobe and cut out a piece exactly the same size and very carefully glued it into place. If you got on your hands and knees you could see where I’d glued it but other than that it looked perfect. With the wardrobe covering the hole in the carpet no one would know till the furniture is moved.
We moved out last month and we’ve gotten the full deposit back.
I’m waiting for a very angry phone call at some point.
( TitanLX, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 16:51, 7 replies)

Subject line would be better
if it was "this story contains a super model"
(Guy Debord cette mauvaise réputation..., Thu 23 Jun 2011, 17:01, closed)

For some reason
the line 'painting the pilots chair' made me do a lol.

Have a click for McGuyver scalpel skills though.
(SimianKid internet faffer, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 17:06, closed)

Made me lol too :D
Could be a euphamism for one of those horrible runny shits that pebble-dashes the bowl and rim
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 17:11, closed)

this could have gone very wrong
www.dailymotion.com/video/x42dvj_some-mothers-do-ave-em-s1-4-1-part_fun
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Thu 23 Jun 2011, 18:51, closed)

"So, what have I got..:"
My favourite episode, that
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 13:11, closed)

I take it the wardrobe wasn't yours then?
Or did you sacrifice your £899 Ikea wardrobe for your bond back?
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 23 Jun 2011, 22:01, closed)

Brill!
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(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 6:39, closed)