Originally posted by OwlHoot
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Flip the election, just realised I've lost my wedding ring !
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Until he finds out that he lost it at the weekend, his Mrs has found it and is waiting for him to own up... -
It would be deceitful. One lie always leads to another, so that by the time you are found out, you have sweated buckets over it and all you've got is a bigger pack of lies to stand trial for. Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive.Comment
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Same thing happened to me a few days ago.
It was below the automatic towel dispenser where I was drying my hands, must has pushed it off when hands were wet and soapy...
back track"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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You're right of course. It would be like that cat Jinx in Meet the Parents.Originally posted by expat View Post
It would be deceitful. One lie always leads to another, so that by the time you are found out, you have sweated buckets over it and all you've got is a bigger pack of lies to stand trial for. Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Or to stop working nights at the scrub'n'tugOriginally posted by gingerjedi View PostIf I lose as little as 6lbs my wedding ring feels loose, to the point where it easily falls off if I have soapy hands.
Good excuse to keep eating.
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Brazen it out...
If she asks, just say - I lost it - what of it?
Then tell her to stop whining and put the kettle on.
They flit about from one thought to another, in ten minutes it'll be something else they want to worry about.Comment
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"Let's go jewellery shopping this weekend. I feel it's time I got you a REALLY EXPENSIVE [at least 3 months pay] eternity ring. While we're there, we can get me another wedding ring..."Comment
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Shes got all that. I'm fooked. She now knows and reckons its a sign (she believes in spiritualists etc).Originally posted by k2p2 View Post"Let's go jewellery shopping this weekend. I feel it's time I got you a REALLY EXPENSIVE [at least 3 months pay] eternity ring. While we're there, we can get me another wedding ring..."
Anyway I can't speak to her now until Tuesday!But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Maybe one of her spiritualists can track it down?Originally posted by Gibbon View PostShes got all that. I'm fooked. She now knows and reckons its a sign (she believes in spiritualists etc).
Anyway I can't speak to her now until Tuesday!Comment
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Yes - it's a sign that you're a dozy pillock.Originally posted by Gibbon View PostShes got all that. I'm fooked. She now knows and reckons its a sign (she believes in spiritualists etc).
Anyway I can't speak to her now until Tuesday!
Tell her that and she might go for it...
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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