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Sockets and Newton...
Got home from uni one day to the usual 'do anything interesting?' conversation. One of my flatmates started telling me that a pin from her phone charger had fallen off (outside of the socket). She put the pin back in the socket, followed by the rest of the charger, then decided she wanted the pin out. Not only did she attempt to dislodge the pin with forks, but, after me going a little mad at her, she came out with "it's okay, next time i'll use Faye's forks, they've got plastic handles." (She is still alive, somehow.)

Same person, the subject of conversation got to Newton. She had no idea who he was, so after me and another flatmate trying to explain, she asked "but surely things fell down the way before that too??"

Also my mum, on being asked her birthweight... "I don't know... well, obviously I wasn't there at the time..."
(Wed 12th Jan 2005, 1:09, More)