Katy Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 So, today on the way home from nursery (and under considerable duress) I broke an age old rule of mine - no food or drink in the car. With the strong belief that my toddler wants to drop her sweets even less than I want her to drop them, I passed my two year old daughter some Smarties. Said child munches shiny confectionery happily until just under a mile away from home when she sees a horse, gesticulates wildly and launches a solitary pink chocolatey disc into the air which then disappears down the side of the passenger seat. I think nothing of it, I'll retrieve it when we're home... Ha! On arrival at the house, it appears that pink chocolatey disc has jammed itself into the passenger seatbelt casing, wedged itself sideways and is not for moving. Cue big sense of humour failure from Mummy who begins to envision having to rip out passenger seat to obtain evil pink sweetie. It's not like it had the decency to disappear completely, out of sight out of mind and all that, oh no - it's right there, shining out like a pink beacon and serving as a constant reminder of why you should always stick to your guns. Well to cut a long story short, Damien is in bed and I have spent the last 1hr 15 mins teasing, poking and pliering a Smartie out of my passenger seat in the dark. Got the bugger though. Katy: 1 Smartie: 0 My partner thinks I'm mentally ill and can't understand why I wouldn't just leave it there to mould away in the recesses of my car, so my question to you is this: Am I obsessive compulsive? Could you have left it there?? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) yep i could quiet happily leave it there....in your car glad you got it out Edited August 5, 2013 by rtbiscuit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I would have forced the child, head first, into the aperture to retrieve said sweetie, job done! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Hahaha after our chat on saturday on how ocd we all get with our zeds i can perfectly understand. Glad you got it out of there, confectionary will be banned now i assume lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 had a good chuckle with your post.....but yes, agree with you.....would have done my head in too. even if you couldnt see it...you'd still no it was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Vix Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 children are banned from my car but sweets aren't lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Will - I thought of you as soon as I saw where it had landed! Gappy dashboard dials suddenly paled into insignificance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Oh this brings back memories of an exploding strawberry smoothie in my poor zed. had to remove the headlining, seats & carpet to clean & get rid of the smell Sounds like you got off lightly & glad to hear that you managed to remove the smartie remains. Now stick to your guns & leave the sweeties in the boot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddcboyle Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Buy a mouse, then stick it in the car. Then buy a cat to eat the mouse after it, a dog to eat the cat and then invite a korean over to eat the dog? Smartie problem solved 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Buy bigger sweets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Buy bigger sweets Have bigger children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) Buy a mouse, then stick it in the car. Then buy a cat to eat the mouse after it, a dog to eat the cat and then invite a korean over to eat the dog? Smartie problem solved Then how do you get rid of the Korean? Edited August 5, 2013 by KyleR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Buy a mouse, then stick it in the car. Then buy a cat to eat the mouse after it, a dog to eat the cat and then invite a korean over to eat the dog? Smartie problem solved Then how do you get rid of the Korean? Only offer 1 dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I'm similarly OCD about the Z. I trashed our resident parking permit the other day by trying to remove a fly that had got inside the permit holder and died, leaving it visible through the windshield. The fly squished all over the permit. Result = ten quid for a replacement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Noooo, you did the right thing for sure Glad you won the now infamous "Battle of Smartie Valley " 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Will - I thought of you as soon as I saw where it had landed! Gappy dashboard dials suddenly paled into insignificance. I would have had to hunt it down and get it out too otherwise would have driven my mind mad knowing it was there melting into the carpet or the seat. Then i read this and thought losing the smartie on the passenger seat wasnt so bad...... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385379/Baby-born-car-Swedish-husband-crashes-seeing-wife-birth-passenger-seat.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Then i read this and thought losing the smartie on the passenger seat wasnt so bad...... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385379/Baby-born-car-Swedish-husband-crashes-seeing-wife-birth-passenger-seat.html That is marginally worse than my Smartie disaster, I'll give you that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I would have had to hunt it down and get it out too otherwise would have driven my mind mad knowing it was there melting into the carpet or the seat. Thought about you today Will, I got the vacuum out and got rid of the sand from the car. (only took me 4 months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Haha chris, 4 months, you are mad. I think i had mine all hoovered up after we got back to yours lol. Maybe i need to seek help, but somehow i don't think im the only one on this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus01 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 If your obsessive compulsive god only knows what I am On arrival back home from Saturdays meet I noticed some water splash marks around the wheel arch after driving a bit of slightly damp road and had to remove and polish before putting the car away. My z is definitely a sticky fingered child free zone. A small diameter clear rubber tube is excellant for removing such items. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Haha, maybe im not so bad then. Hope you managed to find your phone in the end again. Edited August 6, 2013 by Will370z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Oh this brings back memories of an exploding strawberry smoothie in my poor zed. had to remove the headlining, seats & carpet to clean & get rid of the smell Sounds like you got off lightly & glad to hear that you managed to remove the smartie remains. Now stick to your guns & leave the sweeties in the boot Haha I remember you telling me abour the strawberry smoothie incident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 You need a Buster Great for cleaning Zed's you would need a lot more than 1 smartie to keep him fed though Like you dedication - don't let the smarties win!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Definitely did the right thing, a mouldy melted Smartie is not acceptable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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