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What items do "grown ups" usually have?

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  • #62
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Every time I see a phase tester I lob it in the bin, dangerous things.


    Dafuq??? And messing with the wrong tools on electricity isn't???



    Betty Bloggs wrote: »
    I'll have to learn to drive first! I know some people think it's ridiculous that an adult never learnt to drive, but so far I've just never had to and I also couldn't afford to run a car. I will learn them some day though I'd say. Would be handy for when doing a big shopping.




    I cant understand why anyone past the age of 17 hasn't a driving license. You shouldn't have the right to vote until you know the difference between there, their, and they're, same for where / were, and until you have a driving license!


  • #63
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    What items do "grown ups" usually have?


    Annoying brats that they advertise as if for sale on their Facebook pages.
    Negative Equity that they brought upon themselves.
    A fantasy about having an affair.
    A wife that is turning into her mother.
    A face that is turning into your father.
    Murderous thoughts about the boss.
    The latent fantasy that its not too late to be a movie/rock star.


  • #64
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Every time I see a phase tester I lob it in the bin, dangerous things. What's the lighter for? Only thing I can think of is for stripping back the cable to get at the copper, surely a knife would be better?
    Yep. As I always say, 'if you haven't burnt the tips of your fingers, you haven't done a good enough job'.:P

    Knives are dangerous things, shouldn't be in any house.


  • #65
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Ah here I thought it was "grown up" not "Hyacinth Bucket" with ye're matching delph and fine china and whatnot.

    I have one of those little ball things you put the washing powder and a cupboard especially assigned for broken lightbulbs and puncture repairs kits (no bicycle though). Also a key for reading the electricity meter in case the ESB forgets who's boss.


  • #66
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    DDC1990 wrote: »
    A wooden spoon that's not used for cooking, just for threatening.

    Usually in a special drawer.

    Aldi had a sale on hurls the other week so I upgraded my wooden spoon. I've never played, or intend to play hurling ever in my life.


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  • #67
    Betty Bloggs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Betty Bloggs


    Drawer full of plastic bags for the shopping.

    Lenin Skynard - your post reminded me of fabric softner. Something I never used to consider buying years ago but love the smell of it now and using it for soft fluffy things like my dressing gown. :)


  • #68
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    Aldi had a sale on hurls the other week so I upgraded my wooden spoon. I've never played, or intend to play hurling ever in my life.

    A now , now you are leaving Irish mammy land and entering physcotic mother from hell with nine inch nails


  • #69
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Betty Bloggs wrote: »
    fabric softner.

    That's pretty extravagant but a wooly jumper just isn't the same if it doesn't smell like a meadow in the springtime.


  • #70
    smellmepower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 829 ✭✭✭smellmepower


    newmug wrote: »
    Dafuq??? And messing with the wrong tools on electricity isn't???









    I cant understand why anyone past the age of 17 hasn't a driving license. You shouldn't have the right to vote until you know the difference between there, their, and they're, same for where / were, and until you have a driving license!

    I had no one to teach me as a teenager, and couldn't afford lessons cos of college fees,rent and living expenses.Recently got a learner permit and am now struggling to afford the 12 mandatory lessons!


  • #71
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Lenin Skynard wrote: »
    Aldi had a sale on hurls the other week so I upgraded my wooden spoon. I've never played, or intend to play hurling ever in my life.

    Me neither but they make great wackers :)


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  • #72
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    newmug wrote: »
    Dafuq??? And messing with the wrong tools on electricity isn't???

    I don't use the wrong tools. I'm an electrician by trade


  • #73
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Betty Bloggs wrote: »
    Drawer full of plastic bags for the shopping.

    Lenin Skynard - your post reminded me of fabric softner. Something I never used to consider buying years ago but love the smell of it now and using it for soft fluffy things like my dressing gown. :)

    You can buy scented water to put in your iron.

    I love fabric softener, towels just aren't the same unless they have an artificial whiff of meadows and sunshine rinsed in.:) Dryer sheets do the same job if you don't dry things outdoors.

    A supply of stamps, notepaper and envelopes is a good grown-up thing to have too. And a caddy of (working) ball point pens and a notepad beside the phone.


  • #74
    Lenin Skynard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    Candie wrote: »
    And a caddy of (working) ball point pens and a notepad beside the phone.

    This has a tendency to result in doodles everywhere though, especially after long phone calls. The man on the cover of the phone book ends up with glasses, buck teeth, sideburns and a hitler moustache.


  • #75
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    I don't use the wrong tools. I'm an electrician by trade


    I always enjoy it when this happens. :)


  • #76
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    I don't use the wrong tools. I'm an electrician by trade

    This should be POTD :p


  • #77
    SMJSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 600 ✭✭✭SMJSF


    "grown ups" have:
    maturity.
    they have every cleaning product available.
    they keep things "just in case".
    they have bags in bags.

    they might even have an address book :P


  • #78
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Set of wine glasses
    Proper whisky glasses
    The right beer glasses for different beer types
    A pouch with BBQ utensils


  • #79
    daithi1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭daithi1970


    1. A pension
    2. A mortgage
    3. A spouse
    4. Sprogs
    5. 3.5 tins of magnolia, of varying hues
    6. White spirit
    7. Matching pillows and duvet sets

    8. The inner belief/delusion that you are still young...


  • #80
    Hootanany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,479 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    Turtyturd wrote: »
    Skirting ladder.

    Their is such a thing.


  • #81
    Betty Bloggs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭Betty Bloggs


    Candie wrote: »
    You can buy scented water to put in your iron.

    I love fabric softener, towels just aren't the same unless they have an artificial whiff of meadows and sunshine rinsed in.:) Dryer sheets do the same job if you don't dry things outdoors.

    A supply of stamps, notepaper and envelopes is a good grown-up thing to have too. And a caddy of (working) ball point pens and a notepad beside the phone.

    I can't remember the last time I ironed something but it sounds like a good idea.:o
    I have lots of stationary but no house phone.

    So many things on this thread I should stock up on. There are a lot of things I would like to get but keep just thinking I'll get around to it "eventually." Could definitely do with making my house look more grown up /homely.

    Some others I thought of are:

    A coffee table - Sounds basic but I still need one.

    Framed art of some sort.

    Nice cushions and a throw for the couch.


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  • #82
    Staplor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Staplor


    A bucket for outside jobs like cleaning the gutters.
    You'll also have something that cost "big money"
    You'll refer to something as the "good" xyz


  • #83
    Lucyfur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,513 ✭✭✭✭Lucyfur


    Good towels for guests.

    A winter coat.

    Shopping lists.

    A pension.


  • #84
    cactuspaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭cactuspaw


    Ruu wrote: »
    Waterford/Cavan Crystal.....everywhere. :)

    Lol! Ansly! (Possibly Denby if your posh) and kings pattern cutlery


  • #85
    mikehunts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 371 ✭✭mikehunts


    Preparation H in the fridge.


  • #86
    CantonasCollar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭CantonasCollar


    A burning desire to be an adult so you can do all the fun things in life that you can only do because you are an adult, but with the same responsibilities as a baby or dog


  • #87
    wiseoldelf34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭wiseoldelf34


    a lifetime of experience hard earned


  • #88
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Lucyfur wrote: »
    Good towels for guests.

    A winter coat.

    Shopping lists.

    A pension.

    We only have winter coats. If the sun comes out we say "What will I wear?"


  • #89
    TheBeardedLady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭TheBeardedLady


    A good bed with good sheets and not a cheap piece of crap from Ikea with sheets from the same.



    So that writes me off as a proper adult then.


  • #90
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    Bleach
    Household cleaning wipes
    Cleaning spray


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  • #91
    Ghost Buster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,172 ✭✭✭Ghost Buster


    Vasectomies


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