Anybody else with a wife with a daft sense of humour?

[Glynne]

It all started a few months ago when I asked could I swipe some of her nail varnish remover.
Now before you all start to go down the same road, it was because I wanted to remove some of the residue from lapping film which was stuck to my float glass. Nail varnish remover = acetone which is the ideal solvent (ask Peter Sefton).
So I survived / tolerated the "what do you think the best colour for you is / what suits you best" comments for a while.
Today I decided that rather than prat about with jigs etc for sharpening, which I have done for years, I would go for hollow grinds and then free hand sharpen which I have effectively been doing but more out of laziness rather than intention. So it was all about regrinding chisels and plane blades, renewing lapping film and then sorting out my strop. In retrospect I know I should have just gone and had a runmmage, but my mind was elsewhere and I asked did we have any baby oil? Now you and I know that you use baby oil along with honing compound on a leather strop - but herself doesn't.
It has been never ending.....From raised eyebrows, what are you doing in that workshop, don't think you're coming near me (that's not too unfamiliar), do you have a use for hairspray (I don't have a lot of hair), would lipstick be a good marker on dark wood, would foundation be good for French Polishing? I am currently nicknamed "Johnson" which is ironic because the oil came from Wilco but she finds it hilarious, not just amusing but laugh out loud hilarious!
It is going to be a long night but not in the way in might dream of.

 

[Droogs]

Think yourself lucky, my missus is a comedian. I get accused of having no sense of humour. I do - but it's just not funny the 300th time around

 

[Peter Sefton]

I do warn students, don't tell the wife your going into the workshop with baby oil and leather.

You can use the hair spray to hold on LN chisel handles but she will never believe that

Have a good Sunday night, cheers Peter

 

[n0legs]

Funny story about baby oil and leather,,,





















Furrk it! It'll only get removed :lol:

 

[Jonzjob]

Add a few drops of tea tree oil to a little baby oil and run it through your hair each day to ward away those dreaded nits and head lice.

Apply baby oil around the ring and twist it gently until it comes off. FYI: this little trick works on most body parts that are stuck. :shock:

Apply some baby oil to your lips for instant relief and a nice shiny finish.

Who needs a baby :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: The tea tree jobbie is especially handy :?

 

[novocaine]

a friend went digging in my tool box for a t handled screwdriver (which is funny in isn't because it was hanging on the wall next to him), not my wood working tools, my get your hands dirty tools for cars and bikes and such. came back with a funny look and no screwdrivers then proceeded to ask why there was a bottle of nail varnish, a travel size hair spray, a nail brush, a leather belt with some odd fitting on the end, a small bottle of talc and some baby oil in the bottom draw of the chest (it's the only deep draw).

so thats, thread lock, grip lock (as in bike grips), chain cleaner, strop (mainly used for knifes), leak detector and tyre shine. I was a bike mechanic in a previous life, those things saved more racers than they have any rights too (maybe not the baby oil, that was for bike shows to make everything look shiney and new)

not found a use for blusher yet.

 

[Jonzjob]

That reminds me of the quickest way of 'repiaring' a noisy diff by shoving a nylon stocking in there. Works every time 8)

Or wiping the car you're selling with a parafin rag to give it a nice shine 8) But that would probably take the so called paint off modern cars?

 

[NazNomad]

Coconut oil - made from coconuts.
Olive oil - made from olives.
Baby oil ... no, surely not? :-(

I'm always cadging the nail-varnish remover from the OH, she's used to it now.

 

[Jonzjob]

No, not made from babies, but it is a petrochemical byproduct :shock: :shock: :shock: Still, they can't let it go to waste can they, that's $$$$$$$$$

http://theholisticmama.com/why-you-shou ... -baby-oil/

 

[disco_monkey79]

Nail varnish remover is magic stuff. A new whiteboard was put up at work, and I decided I'd "christen" it with a big drawing of a cow. Dunno why, just felt the urge.

Except... the pens provided were normal marker pens, not whiteboard pens, and so would NOT wipe off, however hard I tried. 3 cheers for little sis who decanted a little of her nail varnish remover, which shifted the stuff no probs.

 

[Jonzjob]

The last time I used acitone was this morning.. To clear out dried paint from the squirter on a paint aerosol. 8)

Dead good stuff! But I have nearly finished the gallon I bought about 10 years ago :shock: