Have a laugh at my expense ....
.
Sometimes, I'm an idiot. Okay, a lot of the time, I'm an idiot. I have finally, after 15 years in the same house, got round to buying house numbers so people can find us a bit easier.

Rather than make nasty holes in the door surround, eedjit here decides to glue them in place. With Super Glue. (You can see what's coming, can't you?) I very nearly managed to stick my fingers to the door surround. Thankfully I realised what was happening just in time to pull my fingers away, but wasn't finished quite yet. I was determined to stick the numbers on, and I was trying to hold them still without getting my fingers stuck to the bloody things. All I succeeded in doing was glueing my thumb to my pinkie.

When I let go of the numbers, they began a slow side towards ground level. Clearly the UPVC door surround isn't receptive to Super Glue.

I soaked my stuck-together fingers in soapy water, got them separated and dug out the drill. Drilled some little holes and screwed the damn numbers on, like I should've done in the first place. I currently have a little bit of solid Super Glue under the nail on my pinkie, and a patch of dried glue on the pad of my thumb. Which I am picking off, millimetre by millimetre.

Really, I shouldn't be left in the house without a responsible adult. It's a good job the kids will be home soon, to keep me out of trouble.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:25, 13 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Awwww don't worry, could have been worse
Imagine the kids coming home to find you with numbers superglued to your forehead?
(GONEism, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:27, Reply)

Don't you have a husband for these sorts of difficult and technical jobs.
*laughs*
( girlinthehole, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:44, Reply)

Well...
...it could have been worse.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:46, Reply)

In fairness
Men don't really have much purpose any more. We just generally sit around in our pants thinking about sex and computer games. It'd be nice if you ladies throw us a morsel of responsibility our way every now and again.

Damned machines, taking all our jobs.
(GONEism, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:47, Reply)

"don't I have a husband for these sort of jobs?"
I've been waiting 15 years for the big guy to go and buy numbers and put them on the door! No-one can say I didn't give him a chance to 'get round to it'.

As it is, I may not even tell him about the glue .... the bugger would laugh his head off.

Al, my girls would have been laughing too hard to dance had I stuck myself to the door ...

Loon, thanks for that!

Badongism, men do so have a purpose. Mine has fulfilled the first part of his (we have two kids!) and is now on to the second part - being a money machine! Not to mention killing spiders, taking out the wheely bins and recycling boxes, reaching things from high shelves and satisfying my every sexual whim.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:47, Reply)

You're married to "The Big Guy"!?!?
You are Mrs. God!?!? And God is too lazy to buy door numbers!?
(GONEism, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:51, Reply)

badongism
yes, I am married to god. Or so he thinks ....
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:54, Reply)

superglue solvent
make life a little easier on yourself, and use nail varnish remover. It strips superglue from fingers like detergent on grease.

Now make sure you dont drink it or get it into your eyes tho. :-)
(smells-like-victory-v's, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 16:11, Reply)

@TWW
God thinks that you're married to him?

Those crazy deities, when will they ever learn?
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 16:14, Reply)

sooooo
after all that hassle and stress



how long will it take you to realise you have put the numbers on the wrong way around?
(Halfy By light alone, Tue 4 Nov 2008, 17:56, Reply)

^^I was thinking this.
I once knew a couple of girls in college who decorated their room by gluing pennies to the wall to spell out their names. Cathy's came out looking nice, but somehow they misspelled Denise's name by leaving out the letter i.

I actually thought it was more fitting that way.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 4 Nov 2008, 18:26, Reply)

Oh ye of little faith .....
it's a double digit, not even I could muck that up. Well I suppose I could have put them upside down, but I only took one stupid pill this morning, not two!

*goes to front door and checks the numbers really are the right way up*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 4 Nov 2008, 18:41, Reply)

this is a painful truth...

but

only women believe in superglue

my wife thinks you could stick a battleship to the moon with it

truth is it sticks 2 things and 2 things only

1. skin - thats what it was intended for. it was designed as a field alternative to stitches during the vietnam war

2. rubber hoover belts (so that PE instructor in the ads could bounce up and down)

otherwise its shit
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Wed 5 Nov 2008, 18:40, Reply)