Not a very relaxing evening yesterday...

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Not a very relaxing evening yesterday...

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Not long after I got home and had just finished reading the local paper, my wife came into the lounge and placed her drink on our coffee table and went back to cooking the evening meal (being a Wednesday this was a curry). I got up and went into the dining room (rarely used as such though!), turned around to find the cat on the table and saw it examine the contents of the glass.

The glass promptly fell over on the table and sent a fair amount of its contents (Robinsons Special R Orange) over half of the sofa's cushions and on to the floor. Thankfully the glass didn't break and the sofa is stain resistant. Sitting on the dry half of the sofa, We started dabbing up the liquid with Bounty (the paper towels that is - coconut and chocolate would have made things worse).

While we were doing this, we heard a strange noise and to our horror the whole table (apart from the shelf and the metal legs) instantly turned into thousands of small fragments of glass (and millions of tinier pieces).

Appetite diminished, our dinner was binned and we spent the best part of 75 minutes tidying up the debris. My evening meal consisted of a bag of crisps and a cup of tea :P

Will be claiming on the insurance today for the table as it had cost us about £300.

This morning didn't go entirely smoothly either. Heard a noise as I was exiting the bathroom after my morning shower and shave. Came downstairs to find that our cat had knocked over one of Tiff's candle holders and had smashed one of its little glass cups.

Anyone want a cat?
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Post by Lorthania »

No thanks, we already have one cat which was sent back from hell :D .

Good luck with the insurance - and go out for dinner tonight to make up for all the bad stuff :wink:
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Post by Javai »

The moral of the story is to avoid glass furniture and ornaments if you have a cat - this I learned many moons ago :)
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Lorthania wrote:No thanks, we already have one cat which was sent back from hell :D .
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Post by Byronis »

Phoned insurance company. Told that my policy has £75 excess on it and i should look for quotes for a new coffee table to give to them. Also a 3rd party will be coming around to look at the table which now consists of 4 metal legs and a bin bag of glass :)
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Post by Chilly »

oh delayed fracture :D Quite impressive how it managed to not break instantly after the glass struck it?
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Post by Byronis »

No idea, but it came as a bloody shock :)

The chap showed up yesterday (works for Chem-Dry) to see it and told tiff that the insurance company sent him around to see if it could be repaired! LOL
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Post by Bracken »

Javai wrote:The moral of the story is to avoid glass furniture and ornaments if you have a cat - this I learned many moons ago :)
I'd prefer just to avoid having a cat :evil:
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Re: Not a very relaxing evening yesterday...

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Terris wrote:Heard a noise as I was exiting the bathroom after my morning shower and shave...
As I was reading this I thought to myself "He forgot the shit!" and had thus concluded that the noise would be your pants filling. Is that normal? :oops:
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Re: Not a very relaxing evening yesterday...

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Bracken wrote:
Terris wrote:Heard a noise as I was exiting the bathroom after my morning shower and shave...
As I was reading this I thought to myself "He forgot the shit!" and had thus concluded that the noise would be your pants filling. Is that normal? :oops:
LOL

I save doing that so i can have a few minutes break during work hours, then i get paid for it and save loo paper costs :D
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Post by Aadia »

Bracken wrote:
Javai wrote:The moral of the story is to avoid glass furniture and ornaments if you have a cat - this I learned many moons ago :)
I'd prefer just to avoid having a cat :evil:
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