losing things
I find this the single most frustrating aspect of day-to-day life. Comments such as - 'well where did you last leave your key's have no doubt resulted in many bloody axe murders.

I'm cooking / doing some DIY whatever. One moment I have a knife/screwdriver, whatever in my hand, then suddenly it slips trough a wormhole. The more I look for it the more my rage mounts.

Then of course like every bloke there is 'bloke looking’, which is part of the problem.

"Mrs Spimf! - where's the tabasco/lightbulbs/drugs? "

"They’re in the top left cupboard"

"Where?"

"Look for them - they're there"

"THEY ARE NOT"

Mrs Spimf stomps in looks in same cupboard

"There!' hands item to me

"Oh, thanks"

(Men do have a wee biological excuse for this - men as the traditional hunters take in visual information from the distance better - we can also judge speed and track motion better - i.e. if we spot a deer we are more likely to be able to throw our spear/rock at the point it will be at 4 feet later as it runs from when we throw - women as gathers have a better eye for up close detail - i.e. the best berries. they also have better peripheral vision to spot attacks from predators)

Then there is the classic...

I put my laptop, phone, etc EXACTLY THERE last night. YOU MUST HAVE MOVED IT. I know what I’m doing I’m not a bloody idiot.

Ten mins of heated argument later I find the item in the place THAT I left it - and look like a bloody idiot.
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Fri 2 May 2008, 12:52, 2 replies)

One of my pet peeves
Is people putting an extra 'O' in "losing".
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 2 May 2008, 14:26, closed)

eh?

( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sat 3 May 2008, 3:08, closed)