Currently caring for my mother..
..after a minor operation which has left her pretty much unable to fend for herself. It wouldn't be too much of a hassle if every last sodding thing wasn't a thingy or a doodah or a what-do-you-call-it. Seriously, I'm asked to pass the doodah quite regularly. If I ask what she means then it's invariably the one next to the dooberry behind the you-know-what. Things can also be "oojars" if all other explanations have failed. I have no idea what she's on about most of the time.
(Haywood Manley, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 16:35, 5 replies)

Smack her in the whatsitcalled then kick her in the oojamaflip. That'll learn 'er.
(FUXTIX Not my words, Carol, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 17:16, closed)

That's quite unusual
They generally only start doing that when they become wossnames, erm grandmothers.
( Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 17:42, closed)

But other women can understand it
If my missus tells me to get the "thingy off the wotsit", I don't have a clue what she means but our 16 year old daughter does.
If she then says the same thing 30 mins later, the 'thingy' and the wotsit' are different as well.
(Mensa Reject has gone out, I'll be back on, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 17:47, closed)

my mum
had oojamarkapivvies which apparantly were always next to the thingybob but sometimes by the whatchamacallit.
(Captain Spacker I lick windows, Sat 13 Feb 2010, 19:14, closed)

It's scary when you do get it
I know this is my step-dad I'm talking about here. He can be described as a 'character' and it can be safely said one of the best men I've met. He once said to me
'oh by the way I've put the oojars in the wotsit'. Without thinking my response was
'What? Put the car seats in the car?' (we had a people carrier)
he looked bemused, then almost scared and said
'yes, exactly'

It can be done, keep the faith!
(Gherkinlasagna is probably doing something stupid on, Tue 16 Feb 2010, 11:06, closed)