Senior Moment of the day.

[Dirk]

Picked my car up the other week after a service. Drove home and the radio wasn't working. Went back to the garage and complained that they had obviously done something to it while it was in. The mechanic looked at me, pressed the button and said 'Have you tried turning it on?'
Doh!

 

[pawl]

I have put the tea bag in the kettle before now.

Is there any other way.

My elderly brother was due for discharge from hospital as he was quite frail the OTdecided on a home assessment prior to discharge,as part of the assessment was asked to make a cup of tea.Took a cup from the cupboard pooped in a tea bag.Filled cup with cold water and put in the microwave.OT asked what he thought he was doing. My elderly frail brother explained why boil a kettle of water just to make a cuppa when it’s quicker and cheaper to use the microwave
A non seinior moment from a95 year old

 

[Gary E]

Ladies & gentlemen, we have a winner!

Better make that 2 winners

 

[Threevok]

I got half way down the road - with my slippers still on.

Only realised, because the pins on my flat pedals seemed a little harsh

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

My recent 'senior moment' wass hitting the switch on the coffee machine only to watch the coffee pouring into the ullage tray, me having forgotten to put a cup under the spout

Oh I did something similar to that in a bar. Cleaned the pipes, closed all the beertaps, connected up the kegs, went to do something else.

A couple of hours later, called to the upstairs bar by a horrified barmaid to find I hadn't closed all the beertaps. 88 pints of Guinness in a 2" lake on the floor

 

[postman]

Late 90's i suffered a great deal with acid reflux.So i was sent for a camera down my throat at the LGI.i was the last patient of the day.Did i want to be put out or could i just have my throat frozen.Freeze my throat i said.So he took a TORCH to look down it.He said right,ok.
I replied oh that was easy.
Numpty.

It was the first of a few visits down my throat,it is not a nice feeling.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Not me, but the best one I've seen was my boss in my 1st job, who, whilst I was sat in the office with him, proceeded to enter the phone number he was about to ring.....into the calculator and then put it to his ear

I was trying to phone my unwell father a few weeks ago, he's 93, entered his number, engaged, waited 5 minutes, pressed redial, engaged, waited 5 minutes, pressed redial, engaged, this goes on for over an hour by which time I'm getting worried then I noticed the number I was dialling, I was trying to call myself not him!!!

 

[swee'pea99]

Nowhere near up to par for this thread, but I did come back to my bike the other day to discover that I'd chained the front wheel to the railing, but nothing else. Eek!

 

[classic33]

Is there any other way.

My elderly brother was due for discharge from hospital as he was quite frail the OTdecided on a home assessment prior to discharge,as part of the assessment was asked to make a cup of tea.Took a cup from the cupboard pooped in a tea bag. Filled cup with cold water and put in the microwave.OT asked what he thought he was doing. My elderly frail brother explained why boil a kettle of water just to make a cuppa when it’s quicker and cheaper to use the microwave
A non seinior moment from a95 year old

Can't have been the best cuppa made though!

 

[Crackle]

Made some cheese and bread yesterday and put the cheese and bread away after. Was still a bit peckish and went back. The cheese was in the breadbin and the bread in the fridge.

 

[pawl]

Sorry about the typo
Who knows might catch on.The ultimate in recycling.

 

[rikki]

...Filled cup with cold water and put in the microwave.OT asked what he thought he was doing. My elderly frail brother explained why boil a kettle of water just to make a cuppa when it’s quicker and cheaper to use the microwave
...

But boiling water in a cup in the microwave can be dangerous.
See superheating and microwave ovens

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

A tale from The Grocer

A large hardware store in the Lake District serving a scattered, rural population. An elderly lady is in on one of her infrequent shopping trips and mentions in passing that her grandson had bought her a new-fangled fax machine.

" Oh that's useful" said the shopkeeper. "Instead of coming in and ordering stuff that you collect on your next visit, just send us a fax a few days before and we'll have your order waiting for you"

A couple of months go by before the customer is seen again, but this time she's quite irate.

"I faxed you my order a week ago and you promised it would be ready. Why isn't it here?"

The shopkeeper is very apologetic and checks the fax records but on the day she says she sent the fax, all the messages are accounted for.

Except one. A strange fax that just had the shop address on it.

"Madam" asks the shopkeeper, "tell me exactly what you did when you faxed it"

"Well, I wrote my order out, put it in an envelope, addressed it then put it in the fax machine

 

[Threevok]

But boiling water in a cup in the microwave can be dangerous.
See superheating and microwave ovens

Good to know

I regularly heat water, while testing the microwaves here (and the house) with a tester

 

[MossCommuter]

I halved and stoned a nectarine the other day and then threw the nectarine flesh in the bin and kept the stone in my hand