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How Very Disappointing
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Postie delivered an unexpected box earlier addressed to me. Wrapped in tape that said "Unbox Your Dreams". I got mildly excited at the prospect that someone had sent me a little gift! What a lovely start to the weekend! And I was smiling.
Having eagerly pulled off the tape, I discovered that it was a box of coffee machine descaler that Mr BM had bought on my amazon account.
I think it might be wine o clock.
Any similar mildly amusing tales of disappointment?
Having eagerly pulled off the tape, I discovered that it was a box of coffee machine descaler that Mr BM had bought on my amazon account.
I think it might be wine o clock.
Any similar mildly amusing tales of disappointment?
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Once did a competition trying to guess the number of bubbles in a glass of tonic water (picture) - prize a year's supply of tonic water!
Just before Xmas, a lorry turned up and deposited numerous boxes in the corridor ... thought promoter might have sent vouchers! However, friends and work colleagues were happy to have a free addition to their gin/vodka and I boosted by iodine levels!
Just before Xmas, a lorry turned up and deposited numerous boxes in the corridor ... thought promoter might have sent vouchers! However, friends and work colleagues were happy to have a free addition to their gin/vodka and I boosted by iodine levels!
For some time I corresponded with a Royal Navy officer. Before the days of the Internet, I never saw a picture of him but he described himself as 6ft 2in, blond hair, sporty, and sounded quite a hunk. We arranged to meet when he eventually arrived back to the UK from a long stint abroad and the great day finally arrived. I was so excited. He sent me flowers and when he came to collect me, came armed with a number of gifts from his travels. Just one snag. He was 6ft 2in tall and he did have blond hair - but he was the ugliest man I’d ever seen. Needless to say the relationship was short lived. I went out with him just that once - and only because my mum said it would be rude not to and practically shoved me out of the door. Oh the folly - and disappointment - of youth!
My husband used to travel abroad a lot (1970's) and he bought me a bottle of Joy perfume by Jean Patou, at the time supposed to be the most expensive perfume in the world. He gave it to me for Christmas and I was really excited to try it. Oh the disappointment it smelled awful on me - a bit like old soap!
My wife was extremely disappointed with a gift I gave her not long after we started courting. Looking back, I'm surprised she didn't give me the elbow but she didn't tell me how disappointed she was until years later.
I gave her a beautifully wrapped, long slim box and she thought it was a bracelet.
It was a Parker pen.
I gave her a beautifully wrapped, long slim box and she thought it was a bracelet.
It was a Parker pen.
Haha! I know that feeling, lottie. Against my better judgement I was once talked into making up a foursome. A friend and her boyfriend and his single friend. I’m not as tall as you but this bloke turned out to be about 4ft tall and plump with it. (I’m exaggerating his lack of height - but I always said he only came up to my waist). I don’t think we said more than a couple of words all evening so I imagine he was just as pleased as I was when we could all go home.
