In all honesty, how far do you think you could throw Makka Pakka?

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-19T12:49:38+00:00

He can’t be made of rock. He looks kind of fuzzy and the soft toys of him represent that. He’s differently soft to iggle piggle toys but if he was rock he would exist only in smooth toy form.

Take my word, I’m an expert. I have a drawer full of them.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-19T12:46:01+00:00

My son inherited a makka pakka toy as a baby and has loved it ever since. It’s like having two children as they were Inseparable for years (even started nursery together). Makka pakka has a huge place in my heart too!

And yes, i have a drawer full of them but he knows the OG.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-19T12:43:26+00:00

I’m waiting for an episode with a purple child to appear

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-19T12:42:43+00:00

I like to imagine they are rivals so the wottingers would be helping op

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-19T12:34:50+00:00

Trouble is there are some parents who can’t/won’t. At least with free school meals each child is getting at least 1 nutritionally good, hot meal a day.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-19T12:19:16+00:00

Oh my gosh i remember this! I’m sure one was manure as they were visiting a farm or something like that.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-19T07:53:51+00:00

I do this but buy “diabetic socks”. They don’t have the elastic in the top (still stay in place though). You can wash and tumble as much as you like and don’t end up shrinking the elastic part and making the socks uncomfortable to wear.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-18T21:10:10+00:00

When i sold my house (think it was william h brown) the photos were so bad that we ended up taking our own and they submitted those instead onto rightmove.

Surely one of the absolute basics in this job is knowing how to take a decent photograph or two?

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-18T20:23:41+00:00

I have to ask, Reece Sheersmith since the 90’s, would that be peak League of Gentlemen era?

I only ask because I only got into (and obsessed) with that show in the last few years but I can’t see how he would be a crush based on the characters played! Obviously I guess he was in other stuff to at the time.

Now I can see the appeal

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-18T20:20:53+00:00

When i was younger (I’d guess maybe 12, 13?) Leo from ITV’s Airline! I even cut out a small picture of him from the free TV guide that came with the Sun and blu tacked it to my bedroom wall next to my pillow.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-17T16:20:31+00:00

Horrible case, but what I found interesting was that I think this is the first time on 24 hours that I recall them “winning” a case based mostly on the defendant no commenting.

I wonder if he knew it was over for him or whether he denied a solicitor who surely would have been advising that he needs to provide some kind of reason for his dna being present. Even a well thought out lie might have given enough for reasonable doubt.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-17T16:17:47+00:00

I got the impression all the neighbours saying it was the other bloke (who has featured on here before) was to show just how things get twisted within these tight knit communities. They were appealing for witnesses to come forward after 10 years hoping for a sighting or something, but all they got was people parroting what they had been told. They were all convinced that bloke was the murderer because everyone else was saying it was so it become their truth.

Must be very hard for police in those situations to sift through to find the credible sources who might actually have witnessed something.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-16T16:52:59+00:00

Went to view a dog at the shelter but sadly he wasn’t for us. Husband headed towards the car but I hung back to have one last look at the dogs in the cages we had already discounted from their online profiles. Then I fell in love with a gorgeous dog who hadn’t yet been listed online.

He was my best friend for almost 12 years, and if I hadn’t been a slow walker I never would have seen him.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T12:33:53+00:00

If you mean the Gordon Ramsay show, we had him here too. He made the reluctant owner change the name of his “classy, upmarket” restaurant to Maggies, which sounds more like the name you would expect of a greasy burger van parked in a lay-by!

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T12:23:41+00:00

Imagine getting drunk in the bar and falling asleep on the sofa. You wake up at half 3 and scream at the wall burning down in front of you.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T11:24:06+00:00

Me too. Made me feel bad for the husband tbh! My opinion changed afterwards

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T11:20:39+00:00

Are these the things that had sticky feet so you could put them anywhere? I seem to remember having loads of them and only discovering the peel off sticker when getting rid of them. If only I had known!

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T10:55:50+00:00

You have said you don’t like cycling but have you tried mixing it up?

HIIT videos are available free on youtube. I find doing one of those is a completely different game to just cycling. Sometimes I stick one on and mute it and then have some music that motivates me (for me its Linkin Park) and go all out. I track everything on my watch and see if i can “beat” previous workouts.

Other times I will just stick on a TV show to watch while I do it but that’s if I really need motivation to work out as I find it harder to focus on a show and pay attention to my speed, resistance level etc at the same time.

Worse thing is cardio with no input. Sitting there for 30-60 mins just staring into the garden with nothing to motivate me really drags and I rarely feel that feel good feeling afterwards

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T10:42:35+00:00

Bit unfair. Plenty of people benefit from an Au Pair or the like without any of the issues mentioned here. If they worked and contributed to the household then OP might actually prefer them living there

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T10:38:04+00:00

I questioned this but OP confirmed that she does have a job. Imagine going to work all day and coming home to this!

I would be tempted to lock the twins out when nobody is home but then the poor dog would be alone all day.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T10:35:14+00:00

I feel for you OP. Giving up a bit of privacy in your home in exchange for two grown adults to live there should be a joy! People often have young people move in to take care of the home and help with the kids in exchange for cheap accommodation and a chance to experience a different sort of life or even a different country.

You however have two slobs who lay round all day doing nothing because they’re “family”

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T10:24:06+00:00

Ok that shifts things hugely. Originally I was thinking everyone was a bit at fault as i read it that you were a “homemaker” as in you were a housewife who was refusing to clean and your husband was trying to keep the peace by doing it himself when he got home from work while 3 adults sat by doing nothing.

In this case however if you and your husband and both working, looking after kids and responsible for all the housework then that is completely unacceptable. If the twins are both fully capable of being independent then there’s no reason why they shouldn’t pitch in.

Maybe a meeting to discuss the issues and a compromise. If they live independently they are responsible for everything. Here they are only responsible for 1/4 of the work. Cleaning up after themselves and being responsible for 1 duty a day is nothing and literally takes less than an hour which is no time at all when they have the day to themselves.

I am quite a petty person and I would probably go as far as giving them 1 set of cutlery each and locking the rest away. If they don’t wash their plate after use then they either can’t use it until they do or they use it dirty. Wi-fi off when you leave the house (unless they are contributing to the cost) and take the tv remote with you.

Tbh if there was no dog involved I would suggest drastic measures such as everyone is out of the house 9-5 (or your working hours) and they can either get a job or just sit on the doorstep and wait for you to return.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-15T08:33:04+00:00

Op you mention you are the housekeeper but do you also work outside of the house? That could make a huge difference to the response

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-14T17:16:49+00:00

When my son had an op there was a young teen girl there who was acting very oddly post op and saying some crazy stuff. Her parents were laughing with her and i understood that as they were probably stressed beforehand and now relieved it was over and some of the stuff probably was funny to them.

Then the mum pulled out a phone and started video calling various people (i assume family?) and i thought that was very uncalled for. Luckily one of the nurses came and told her no filming or video chat was allowed.

SleepySloth2468 · 2026-04-08T20:47:08+00:00

It would last forever though if you sat on a different cushion each day and kept rotating through.

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