BS: Things you've found under the sofa

Subject: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: theleveller
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 08:35 AM

Well, I've certainly found some strange things lurking under the sofa but this beats all:

now where did my mate go....?

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Rapparee
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 09:47 AM

Mostly I've only found dirt and dust.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 09:58 AM

I've occasionaly found money, often found breakfast, but I can't beat that one...

:D (eG)

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: theleveller
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 10:14 AM

Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'body odour'.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Janie
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 10:28 AM

And I thought finding my son's dirty socks under there was gross....

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: frogprince
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:02 AM

He left me here to ramble on
My rambling pal is dead and gone
If when we die we go somewhere
I bet you a dollar he's a...crumbling...? there

My buddy lies under the sofa, I hope that nobody can see.

I'm inclined to suspect that this was a missuse of the term "learning disabilties". To me, "learning disabilities" has meant "wiring problems" that make specific skills such as math or reading a challange. This instance surely indicates a significant degree of generalized developmental disability.
Terms, terms, anyhow; is a change of terminology going to stop people with no sensitivity from branding anyone they perceive as being at all limited as a "retard".

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: gnu
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 11:26 AM

I don't plan on moving so I'll never know.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Rapparee
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 01:24 PM

Well, we did find Fluffy under there once, but the cat was all dried up and dessicated.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 01:48 PM

The floor??

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 02:26 PM

The article was far from clear:

Was he "under the sofa"?

or

"Sitting erect on the sofa?"

If he was sitting up, why didn't the council inspector find him?

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 02:27 PM

I found Andrew's lost plectrum

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 02:40 PM

The TV remote control, if I'm lucky.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Ed T
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 03:30 PM

A few years back, when my son was a teen... two unopened condoms. One a glow in the dark variety (not sure what use it would serve), the other a Mocha flavoured variety (possibly,to keep either the receiver, or "thrower" awake). On questioning my son...he said they fell out of the pocket of a visiting girl, a friend of his...or, so he said?

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: gnu
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 03:46 PM

VT... HAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

Ed T.... so, he got her pants off?

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Charley Noble
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 08:53 PM

Often a deceased and desiccated mouse but seldom a larger mammal.

I'm almost tempted to compose a ditty based on this story but maybe it would be more appropriate to "decompose" a ditty.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 09:39 PM

One of my friends found a pair of very brief lacy knickers after her son's girlfriend visited one evening when she & her husband were out, so washed them & left them in his bedroom with his washing.

Unfortunately I forgot to ask her the next day what had been his reaction.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: kendall
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 06:44 AM

I lost my Grammy award medallion for almost a week when jacqui spied it under my bed. How it got there I have no clue.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Charley Noble
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 10:08 AM

Kendall-

I swear that some of that stuff has legs, and some must have wings as well when they end up hanging from the chandelier.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Ed T
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 10:17 AM

As I stated in an earlier thread...extracted teeth found under a dentists office sofa, when I was a child.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: GUEST,Shimrod
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 02:21 PM

A few months ago I lost my mobile phone - a cheap one which I used rarely. Nevertheless, they occasionally come in useful so eventually I bought a new one. Then I found the old one - in the pocket of a jacket that I hadn't worn for a while.

Then I lost the new phone and rang its number using the old phone.

The new phone rang from under the sofa ...

Now I've got two mobile phones ... which I rarely use ...

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Becca72
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 03:47 PM

When I was a child I found a months-old tuna sandwich under the sofa at my aunt and uncle's house...twas not uncommon; Aunt Linda was a terrible housekeeper.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Mrrzy
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 04:00 PM

Does *inside* count? My poor nephew, after literally months, finally got a replacement key for his truck (wait for it)...

And within, I kid you not, less than an hour, the twins randomly decided to swap the downstairs loveseat for their big armchair, leaving us with more room in our living room, and the loveseat gave this kind of *rattle* when upended to fit into the staircase...

No wonder I believe in Coyote or Finagle or whatever!

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 04:14 PM

I used to clean houses...

don't ask... don't ever ask.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Tangledwood
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 05:28 PM

Since this thread started I've been checking under the sofa regularly - still no money there. :( sob.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Joybell
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 05:49 PM

During baby Magpie (Australian kind) season, when I'm caring for orphans, the sofa is a popular place for "posting" all sorts of things. After my babies have grown up and been set free I move the sofa and retrieve the collections of:
Spoons, leaves, sticks, coloured wool and twine, interesting pieces of paper, petals, little toy animals, a lot of silver paper, big moths, feathers, mouse tails, onion skins, shells, pencils, pegs of all colours, book marks, business cards, ....
Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Rowan
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 07:00 PM

And that's not the only place magpies put such things. I once had to dismantle a nest that a magpie was building over a childcare centre; exactly the same list as Joybell's was 20' up a gum tree.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 22 Apr 10 - 11:13 PM

In America we have a kind of cookie called an Oreo which consists of two dark, chocolately disks with supersweet white filling in between. Many a parent has found a midden consisting of those disks with little scrapy toothmarks on them, hidden under the couch or an armchair.

The kids figure, why eat the part that's not so sweet?

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Manitas_at_home
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 06:26 AM

LTS on the sofa really...

We have cats so the finding of a rodent or small bird body part is not uncommon - although why they should always just leave the right leg is beyond me.... otherwise it's usually the remote control, a single shoe or sock, cheese, sewing needles that get sucked out of my hands by the sofa cushions and a multitude of bits of Limpit's homework.


I once found a monk asleep under the dining table, but that was a different party!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: theleveller
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 07:01 AM

All this reinforces why I never look under the sofa.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 02:11 PM

Yummm. Oreos. They are here in the UK and damned expensive. You only get them in snack packs 4 cookies to a pack 4 packs to a box for about £1.60. Translation = 16 cookies for $2.50. It is criminal.

I have always loved every bit of the oreo. Funny my mom and her twin used to scrape the white cream out with a dinner knife and give to us kids while they ate the chocolate cookies. Maybe that is why I like it all. Because I was taught by example that the cookie was as good as the cream.

sorry for the thread drift i had an oreo over ride.

Under the sofa of a house I used to clean. Once it was an open jar of Peter Pan peanut butter with a dinner knife stuck in it. Jar was lying on its side. Once same house a mayonnaise jar that had been washed out and had spouts germinating inside. That was intentional because it was dark and warm under the sofa. Still it creeped me out. Worse what I found on the shower walls. For F sake. What the hell are tissues for?

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Ed T
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 05:44 PM

Rapaire, recovering from a hangover, on St. Pats Day...1973.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: kendall
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 07:46 PM

Becca, my sister, Geraldine was the worst house keeper I ever saw. She would make Linda look like Martha Stewart. Her garbage can had ulcers.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Joybell
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 07:54 PM

Ah, *sigh* Rowan -- to be young enough to climb a 20' gum tree again.
Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 23 Apr 10 - 08:06 PM

I only go behind the sofa. What's underneath remains a mystery.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 02:34 AM

Oreos can be purchased relatively cheaply in bulk in the UK if you have a Costco card (a cash and carry/bulk discout store) - I have one, and if you're ever in east London, I'm sure some arrangement can be made... :D

Tried the chocolate cream ones? They're rather yummy but even more sickly sweet than the plain ones.... and as yet, not available in bulk.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: GUEST,Bruce Michael Baillie
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 03:13 AM

...The carpet, ours is a clean house!

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Little Hawk
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 10:34 AM

I once thought I had found Bush's brain under the sofa here, but it turned out to just be a very old dead garden slug that had gotten in the house somehow...

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Amos
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 10:46 AM

Ya shoulda sent it back to him!!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 11:24 AM

Liz if I weren't desperately trying to lose weight I might just take you upon that offer. As it is now Oreos are so dear, I treat them like gold and don't gorge on them.

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Apr 10 - 11:53 PM

Oreos are awful. You're much better off without them. ;-D

Dust kittens. Big dust kittens. Not so many or so big since the cats both died, though. There once was enough to knit a new cat from what we would find under there.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Things you've found under the sofa
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 25 Apr 10 - 02:15 AM

I keep finding ginger fur - which is odd as none of our cats is ginger....

I suspect a lodger somewhere.

LTS