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No one in my house never can find anything, from knickers to spanners. I get where's my this or where's my that, when i tell them where the item they seek is ,i then get well i can't see it, yet i can go and put my hands on it right away, then they say ,oh well i couldn't see it. Of course when it comes to the man of the house its a case of, well its not where i left it you must have moved it, which of course i haven't, and it is where he left it.but being a drill i had unplugged it i admit. And as for the laundry bin goes, i really think they need a map,as all thier dirty washing goes on the floor beside it?

Allow me to explain. It's because you have a womb. I worked out, many years ago, that the womb, besides its obvious use it also a detection device. My mother was the only one who could find anything in her house, likewise with me. A survey of friends revealed this to be the case in their homes also. So whenever either of my men start with the 'Where have you put..? Who's moved.....' I turn on my womb. It beeps slowly until the item is in view then it goes, 'Beep,beep,beep....' rapidly and loudly. I didn't get asked quite so often once I started doing that. Although when something is really lost one of them will say, 'Use your b***** womb, for goodness sake'. Gwynne

Shirley Ann - I have to confess - I don't know where anything is in your house either, sorry. xx lol.

Bendy - haha. I think women usually know where things are because MEN NEVER PUT ANYTHING AWAY, or if they do, they don't put it in the right place. My husband was always accusing me of throwing things away, so I stopped tidying up after him. This is why we have a hammer and an electric drill, plus a length of cable on the floor in the office, as well as his toolbox. I've asked him to fix the electric light in the playroom, so at some point he will probably want the toolbox...I wonder if I should let him look in the garage first? What does make me cross about him and my sons is that they say they can't find anything, when they mean they can't be bothered to look. nell

The male of the species are incapable of moving items, eg .. 'We've run out of coffee, I've looked in the cupboard and I can't find any'. 'Looking in the cupboard' consists of opening the door. The sentence is a lie, there has been no looking involved whatsoever. If the male had 'looked' he would have seen new jar of coffee just behind the tins of tomatoes. The other thing that gets me about males is that if they should actually do a useful job in the house, they MUST tell you about it, and they are doing you a HUGE favour, eg .. 'I've just changed the toilet roll FOR YOU' - for me??? Mandy :) (living with two of the male species and desperate for female companionship)

Wow Mandy, I'm impressed. You have one that changes toilet rolls. Let me in on your secret. Gwynne

'It's on the side!' That's female code for a paticular place that males just don't understand.

My daughter has just asked me where the bar of chocolate is that she left in the fridge, this is one time i had no answer for her, i simply just smiled.

My hubbys shed , where he keeps his fishing tackle is immaculate he can tell you exactly which compartment in which tackle box a particular float is but ask him to throw you up a toilet roll and he is flumexed. discarded clothes simply dissappear from the bedroom floor and reappear a few days later all cleaned and ironed on the bed. What happens between these 2 events is lost on him!

Shirley Ann - lol ;-)

Tell me about it! We'd been living here for a while when my other half said to me 'Where do you keep the clean towels?' Well they had only been stored in that linen cupboard for five and a half years after all!

its so true in our house they cant find a thing, even if its where they left it now hubby has a tool box, its in the same place, conservatry, under the seat, do you think he can find anything, son has inheritted , 'i cant find' last weekend I, ME had washed his white footy shirt, he pulled airing cupboard out, wardrobe out, under the stairs out, between them they agree after prompting 'when did you last see it', at the last away match , swapped shirts dad had it, hubby looked mistified , then denied knowledge, it turned up in the managers kit bag, dirty.

Gwynne It's because I'm a bossy mare pmsl! When I got married, I really drilled it into my hubby that it wasn't my responsibility to either a) change the toilet roll, or b) put the lid down after him. It's taken 21 years, but he's just about got the hang of it (well most times). I also instilled the same rule into our son, but although he can change the toilet roll, he is unable to pee down the toilet (even at 16 years old), despite having a LavNav. Ah well, can't win 'em all I suppose! Mandy :)

shirley ann make the most of it because when they leave home it changes to Have you got so and so Howard xx

Howard, already got that with the three thats left, half of my house ends up in thiers.

Mandy Big hugs and lots of empathy and sympathy. I have to share a house with 3 of the male species :-( I changed the loo roll holder (myself, by the way!) for an open ended one so there would be no trying to work it out excuses. I buy loo rolls in 12s and leave them by the loo. Can they work it out? I have to go volcanic about leaving empty loo rolls for the next person to change and you'd think I was talking Chinese. Son no 2 does put the lid down but he always drops it down even at 3 in the morning!!! And they have the male eyes that look but don't see. One son says it needs mummy eyes, the other says it's not jumping up and down and saying boo! Husband just says have you seen my ........? He even started answering the hall phone in the dark cos he couldn't work out that the bulb had gone (and I was on strike!!). When it was pointed out he claimed he didn't know where the spare bulbs were kept! Same place for the last 26 years - maybe he needs a bit more time AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Rant over for now!! Janice

my husband found the cooker today and has made a lovley lamb meal, can we count him? LOL lynnxx

Only got as far as reading Mandy in Somerset..... Are you me Mandy....or am I you......gosh. Obviously when God invented man she was having a practice run until she got it right!!!!! Jacquie xxxx

Well.... I'm NEVER going to get married or procreate!

Princess Bex, don't blame you , as what we have all said is only the half of it .lol.