Barlow nightmare

[Adamski]

Day 4 and i still haven't found the barlow that my 3 yr old daughter hid on tuesday,I've turned the house upside down . I don.t know what to do as a new one is £30.

Adamski:icon_scratch:

[Zakalwe]

Sell the daughter into child slavery. You will then:

1) No longer have a small person in the house that likes to hide things,

2) Taught her a valuable life lesson,

3) Have enough money from the proceedings of the sale to invest in another Barlow.

HTH. You have not been charged for this advice.

[brantuk]

Try turning the 3yr old upside down - something might fall out lol

[great_bear]

The trick (for next time) is to not appear too interested in items such as eyepieces/barlows. Anything that seems precious gets requisitioned by toddlers...

[Spikey]

It will turn up on the same day your newly purchased one arrives.

Probably at exactly the same time the postman is knocking on the front door.

[Moonshane]

hope you have not emptied your swing bin. if not may be worth a check.

hope it turns up.

[pbyrne]

Ah children, think of all the joy they bring to your life, all the great moments, all the grey hair, all the times to bang your head against the wall.

I suspect that your significant other put your daughter up to it to get you to give the house a good spring clean while you search. Interrogate her, use the hot lamps, hide her favourite shoes until she confesses, confiscate her mobile phone until she cracks.

[Viv]

You've got to love them - most of the time.

Has she got a sand pit ?

[Ewok]

My 4 year old nephew managed to hide varoius items of mine in my surround sound sub speaker . He did this over the course of a few visits during last year. I actually caught him in the act of trying to stash my wifes hairbrush. Upon investigation I found my ipod, two fridge magnets, the dogs collar, a couple items of mail and a small ornament of the Eiffel Tower.

Strange behaviour I thought, but quite funny.

If you have a sub check it out !!

[russ.will]

That's a good reason to go for sealed, or at least down firing ported subs. On the audio forum I participate in, it's amazing how many "faulty" subwoofers have turned out to be nothing of the sort with even a dead hamster turning up on one I can recall

Russell

[carastro]

When my son was a youngster I was doing some gardening and took my wedding ring off so I wouldn't get it mucky, I never found it again for about 12 years, he admitted taking it but couldn't remember where he had put it. Turned up in a tool draw in the conservatory. Had to purchase another cheap wedding ring for the interim period and by 12 years later the original didn't fit me any more!!!!!

He also posted crisp wrappers in the gas fire grill and my daughter poster tiddly winks in the storage heater in a previous house.

I'm a grandmother now and have to keep watch all over again!!!

Carole

[smudgeball]

I recently purchased an item from FLO and was surprised that it had not arrived in a day or so?

I'd had a card through the door for a parcel taken in by a neighbour, but that was for something else.

After four days I contacted FLO to check that it had been sent (which they confirmed)

Turns out that the delivery card had TWO items on it.....

In my four year old daughters bedroom lying between the teddies on her bed was a jiffy bag.

She had been with my wife at my neighbours and helped to carry things back.

The teddies were "looking after it for daddy"

So another place to check ?

Good Luck

Neil

[smudgeball]

Has she got a sand pit ?

[Viv]

I have a 14 year old son - it's amazing what would make a good castle tower !!

[twotter]

When my daughter was younger it was amazing how many things were hidden away in her doll's house

[BinocularSky]

Ah. Time to dredge up the memory of this song from Fred Wedlock :

JUST KIDDING

There's Lego in the toaster and there's Lego down the loo

And look before you swallow cos there's Lego in the stew.

Don't tell the little builders what you'd really like to do.

Just remember they're only kids.

And isn't it exciting when the words begin to come?

You teach them "dada" and you teach them "mum"

And then you try to shut 'em up when they discover "bum".

Just remember they're only kids.

At night they look so cosy, those infant Mafiosi,

But bolt the bedroom door, I'm telling you,

Cos when you get romantic there's a sound that drives you frantic

And it's "Hello, Mum and Daddy. Can I play horsey too?"

And it's "Mummy, we've been helping. Mummy, why have you gone pale?

Look what's in your handbag. We've been catching snails,

And we've nearly fixed the telly but we've just run out of nails.

Mum, remember we're only kids!"

Granddad's in the bathroom and the air is turning blue.

The kids have filled the keyhole with a tube of Superglue

And he didn't spot the Clingfilm they stretched across the loo.

Just remember they're only kids.

And then your little lad all innocent says "Dad,

Can ten-year-olds get in the family way?"

You smile and say "not yet", then your legs turn sort of wet

When you hear him tell the girl next door "I said we'd be OK."

The magazines they read are on the purple side of blue.

They know where babies come from and they know what stops them too,

And with Action Man and Cindy they'll show you a trick or two.

Just remember they're only kids.

Now the years have passed and all your little birds have flown.

You're off the tranquilizers and it's home sweet home,

And then they come and visit you with children of their own.

Just remember they're only kids.