Re: My secret geek shame

On 2005-08-11, Anthony de Boer - USEnet <abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Mark V posted thus:
>>On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:50:52 +0000, mroberds wrote:
>>>>TimC <tconnors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> And remember: you can never have too much junk.
>>>>
>>> Ignore complaints. One day in winter, wake up
>>
>>to discover a skip has been ordered and what I thought
>>was going to be a pleasant fortnight of recovery has
>>been turned into hard labour.
>
> I remember my brother-in-law-to-be having to rent a skip to comply
> with his father's understanding that getting married meant moving
> *all* your stuff out of the parental abode.
>
> The father-of-the-groom speech is still remembered for the immortal
> words: ``I don't think of it so much as losing a son, as gaining a
> garage. And a driveway. And a basement.''

My parents were moving house, and at the same time, my sister and
brother-in-law were away on holiday and had left a key to *their*
house with my Dad. My parents loft (attic) still contained a whole
bunch of stuff my sister'd left there when she'd moved out.
My Dad duly transported it round to Sis's place, installed it in their
loft, and didn't tell them.
Twas two years before they noticed.

Cheers,

K.
.

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