Bagpuss Report post Posted December 26, 2007 aaarrrrgghhhhhhhh.......... if I see one more blooming advert for a sofa I'm gonna SCREAM! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krystaltps Report post Posted December 26, 2007 Lol. C's hooked on them - he's waiting to see sale adverts for PSP games! The Xmas money he got is winging it's way to a high street store tomorrow morning (after my lie-in, that is ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarenT Report post Posted December 26, 2007 I've already been online and done some M&S sale shopping. Well, we were up at 5.30 yesterday and by 8am J was quite content, surrounded by Lego, and I was a bit bored. It seemed daft not to. Going to have a look at some others later today. Karen x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted December 26, 2007 Surely everybody in Britain must have a sofa by now? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 26, 2007 I didn't have any until three years ago, then I bought two in the sale. We had a motley collection of beanbags, floor cushions and an indian bench settee sort of thing that broke and ended up without legs. Now we have two civilized sofas and can invite people in without shame. Although B occasionally forgets that his place isn't holy and he can't snarl if a visitor sits there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted December 26, 2007 We had a home made bed when we first got married - planks nailed together on castors, with a mattress on top, about 3" from the floor! And I wonder why I have a bad back ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kellyanne Report post Posted December 26, 2007 I moved out when I was 20 and although I've always had sofa's they were 2nd, 3rd or even 4th hand (nothing wrong in it), but it's only now nearly 10 yrs later that I have a brand new sofa where the only bum to sit on it first was mine!!! KA x x x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canopus Report post Posted December 26, 2007 You should have seen the state of my old sofas. Tatty, stained, ripped, springs coming out, and smelling of rat pee. It was too embarrassing to let the furniture men take them when they delivered the new sofas. They had to be cut up and dumped down the tip. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 26, 2007 (edited) OH and I were students and impoverished academics for so long, we sort of lost touch with how the rest of the world operates. I don't think we've ever been able to pass stuff on, once we'd replaced things. Worn to a ravelling! Oh, Pearl, we still have our Futon bed base, but due to our advancing years, it now has a conventional mattress on it. The children found it easier to climb on and safer to fall off. Edited December 26, 2007 by Bard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krystaltps Report post Posted December 26, 2007 Actually, I could really do with a new sofa as our current one has been Beagled (by the handsome little creature in my avatar. He's already demolished the one before this one), but I'm so reluctant to get one as I know he'll Beagle it too. Now, what I need is a Beagle-proof sofa, and I ain't seen any ads for them. If anyone sees such an ad let me know.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 26, 2007 I used to know a beagle, a long time ago, called Hoover. Because that's what he did, every stray item of possible nourishment was consumed. I'm not keen on dogs as a rule, but Hoover was a friendly and well-mannered beast who preferred begging to assault and battery if you had a biscuit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted December 26, 2007 Oh, Pearl, we still have our Futon bed base, but due to our advancing years, it now has a conventional mattress on it. Futon? Theres posh! Our planky bed was pre-futon - literally, unsanded pine planks, splinters in the bum if we werent careful! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 26, 2007 Oh, Pearl, we still have our Futon bed base, but due to our advancing years, it now has a conventional mattress on it. Futon? Theres posh! Our planky bed was pre-futon - literally, unsanded pine planks, splinters in the bum if we werent careful! Wasn't going to mention it, but our futon came from Sheffield. Very advanced in Yorkshire they were back in the 80's. My Grandfather was a founder member of the Independence for Yorkshire Movement. The first thing he said when my brother was born there was 'By 'ek 'e can b t'nex Boycott' Have we hijacked another thread, oh my fellow mischief maker? Sorry Bagpuss, in my case can I plead early onset of brain failure? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted December 26, 2007 Yes I think we have *hangs head in shame & sneaks away* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TuX Report post Posted December 27, 2007 Actually, I could really do with a new sofa as our current one has been Beagled (by the handsome little creature in my avatar. He's already demolished the one before this one), but I'm so reluctant to get one as I know he'll Beagle it too. Now, what I need is a Beagle-proof sofa, and I ain't seen any ads for them. If anyone sees such an ad let me know.... He is like Jeremy Beadle in a way-makes am remember the theme tune,with Button,it'd be more like..."Watch out...Beagles about.." sofas. There isn't much of a difference with sofa adverts anyway,they always seem to be on,DFS seems to have a sale on every day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 27, 2007 You are a kind and forgiving person. I think my New Year resolution will be to try not to hijack threads, although it appears to be a talent of mine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
