maddykate Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Over the course of our marriage and moves around the world, I have had neighbors ask to borrow things that just gross me out! And, I usually end up giving them the item because the thought of taking it back and using it after they have used it is too much. My list includes (but is not limited to) the following: a plunger - yuck!!!!!!! my mop - after their toliet overflowed my vacuum - didn't let them borrow my good one; loaned them the $10 yardsale one that we used for the cars my hairbrush That is all I can think of right now, but I am sure there are more. What is on your list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 My pet peave is when they ask to "borrow" things that can not be returned. It's the wrong use of the word borrow. What they are looking for is a pantry and storage closet that is more fully stocked than their's is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 There are only two times that I was irked by people borrowing things. Once, a neighbor asked to borrow butter about 5 weeks in a row to make cookies. Considering it was almost a dollar a stick at the time, I finally said I was out. Another neighbor who only speaks Spanish, sent her daughter to borrow an onion. I gave them a basic yellow onion. Then the daughter brought it back to ask if I had a "white onion". Okay, sorry but that is seriously picky for someone who was asking for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 When I was living in an apartment, my next door neighbor was odd. One day, I had my window open. He came and asked through the screen if he could borrow some toilet paper. I told him I was out :lol:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Shoes, hats, and my beverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 When Dh and I started our business, the guy next door did car electrical stuff (like stereos and fancy dvd setups) He would always "borrow" our electrical connectors (we had the "kit" from the hardware store with a small sample of every type). Really? This was his business and he was taking all our stuff. Sort of like a bakery asking the coffee shop next door for sugar. Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I've got a gross one. My college biology professor was a certifiable nut case. When he got to the reproductive system during his brief unit on A & P, he decided that he wanted to discuss birth control and have some visual aids. So he went around asking the females in the room if any of them used diaphrams and if so, could someone please lend him one so that the guys in the class would know what they were! Seriously, in front of 80 people, he began asking women one by one, "Do you use a diaphram and if so, may I borrow one?" That's how it was worded. We all knew he had a noodle in place of his brain, but honestly, this one...well, let's just say that it contributed to a very, very poor student review of him at the end of the year. I don't think most people would have believed us, thinking that it was too bizarre and had to be made up, but one of the students was recording the lecture for his sick roomate so we had it on tape! I wonder if they made a copy for the dean??? Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 When Dh and I started our business, the guy next door did car electrical stuff (like stereos and fancy dvd setups) He would always "borrow" our electrical connectors (we had the "kit" from the hardware store with a small sample of every type). Really? This was his business and he was taking all our stuff. Sort of like a bakery asking the coffee shop next door for sugar. Lara Along the same lines, there is a hot dog place nearby that does not stock ketchup. When customers ask for ketchup, they are directed to go raid the McDonald's right next door. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 A tampon. It's one of those, "wrong use for the word 'borrow'" situations. No --please -- you can keep it. I don't want it back :D A friend of mine in high school had a boyfriend who liked to borrow her underwear. He confessed to her that he liked to wear it :confused::confused::confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacie Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 A new neighbor from many years back had a 14-ish yo son. He came over with a friend one day and asked to borrow my car to go get some cigarettes. And he needed to do it before his parents got home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I have (on rare occasions) borrowed or lent a toothbrush between myself and DH. I now have dollar store spares for all members of the family in both cars!! Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbobeara Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 our neighbor asked to borrow our carpet steamer/cleaner. i just couldn't do it. i've seen how she lets her kids wander through her house with food and i did not want THAT all up in my bristles. she's already gone through 2 carpet steamers, does she really think i'm going to let her near mine?!!?:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 A neighbor wanted to borrow not one, but FOUR cups of flour to make his kids some cookies. Er, no - why don't you go to the store and buy your own flour rather than take most of mine??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I may have you all beat. I had a neighbor who came over one night and asked to "borrow" some c*nd*ms. Considering this girl had already had three abortions that year, I gladly forked them over, informing her I did not require her to retun them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 ... roll on deoderant ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Wendilouwho wins! But, I gotta tell ya, roll on deodorant is another scary one! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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