EccentricsWe all know someone who's a little bit strange - Mum's UFO abduction secret, or the mad Uncle who isn't allowed within 400 yards of Noel Edmonds.
Tell us about your family eccentrics, or just those you've met but don't think you're related to.
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chthonic, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 19:08)
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Mad or eccentric?When my grandad died my step-mum Jenny popped over to the house a month or so later to see how his wife was getting on. The old bat (as we usually refer to her) seemed ok, but Jenny was quite concerned about her eating habits as she seemed a bit gaunt. Not wanting to be too invasive she resolved to check the food situation when the old bat went to the toilet. The moment arrived and upon opening the fridge all that was seen was 4 large cheese cakes. The fridge was spotlessly clean, but these were the only things in it. Not a sauce, a drink, milk or any vegetable of any description. Just the 4 cheesecakes.
Jenny also noticed that the plug had been cut off the tv. This it turned out was because there were too many "rainbows" on tv. Rainbows being the operative word the old bat used for blacks. Rather than unplug it she had decided to just cut it. My dad later remarked that it would have been quite fortuitous if she had electrocuted herself while doing this as we could have got our inheritance sooner, "Grandad would have liked her to go out with a bang".
(, Fri 31 Oct 2008, 10:53, 2 replies)
A pedant writes...Sorry to be picky but fortuitous means by accident and in no way implies good luck.
(, Sun 2 Nov 2008, 14:30, closed)
Picky is OK, but picky and wrong?dictionary.reference.com/browse/fortuitous
(, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 14:09, closed)
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