the sixth sense

November 21, 2017 1:06am CST
I have spring butterflies fluttering about my body, delicate summer flowers nestling in my ears and an autumn leaf around my neck. My hair is a mess {it wasn't when I left home} and on this hot bus, in my winter coat, I feel a tad moist. I think this leaf is attempting to strangle me. Death by necklace. Probably not a nice way to depart this life. A lot of paperwork for the bus driver too, no doubt. My superhero batty spidey wonder senses are tingling this morning. My bus card thingy, topped up weekly - thus, topped up yesterday - snuggles up with my Costa Coffee card and my Unlimited Films card in a pocket in my phone. Not only is it easily accessible, but I know I shall never leave home without it. I never check that Phone and Plastic Bus Ticket have parted ways, but having thrown my phone into my bag this morning, I suddenly had the urge to do just that. Lo and Behold! Plastic Bus Ticket had scampered away. So, at the time I should have been leaving the house I was instead hunting my side of the bedroom, trying not to wake Husband - who hasnt been sleeping well - for a credit card sized card which may have fallen out when Phone mysteriously escaped from my hands and landed on the floor in the middle of the night. Alas, he was not to be found. A quick rummage in my bag didn't find him either, but did find some pennies so I could at least pay my fare today and hope he's enjoying some Me Time at home, somewhere. Thank you, superhero batty spidey wonder senses! You saved me from becoming one of those annoying women who flaps around because she can't find her bus ticket.
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@xFiacre (12598)
• Ireland
21 Nov 17
@poppylicious I do find it distressing to stand behind a person who rummages with futility for a bus ticket or bank card in a voluminous handbag.By the way, has your Costa stopped providing paper napkins to its customers? Mind seems to have. I feel a letter to my MP coming on.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
21 Nov 17
@Poppylicious I got two paper napkins on Saturday in the Costa i visit occasionally... No Christmas ones yet, thankfully.
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21 Nov 17
Now that you mention it, there weren't any when I was last in on Friday. No doubt they'll stop providing take-away cups soon.
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
21 Nov 17
The paperwork for the driver comment, comedy gold. Maybe your PBT knew it was going to be a hot bus and is in hiding because he doesn't want to melt!!
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21 Nov 17
Oh, this is possible. Maybe he has sixth sense too.
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@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
21 Nov 17
I hate when I cannot find something and I am sure it is there where I am looking.
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@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
22 Nov 17
@Poppylicious Sometimes things seem to disappear as soon as they touch ground. I have found a business card that had fallen on the floor stuck under a furniture foot. I cannot understand how this could have happened.
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22 Nov 17
@LadyDuck It's those dastardly pixies. They're cheeky little blighters.
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21 Nov 17
It can't be anywhere but in the house or in my bag. I emptied my bag completely whenbi got to work and it wasn't hiding in it. It must be on the floor somewhere. I WILL find it when I get home. :)
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
21 Nov 17
No PBT probably means paperwork for the bus driver too, n'est-ce-pas? . A shame your PBT decided to leaf you for the day though.
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21 Nov 17
Lolz. You funny. *grin*
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@Fleura (29128)
• United Kingdom
21 Nov 17
You mean you sleep with your phone in your hand? Glad you had that flash of insight to look for PBT before leaving the house!
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@Fleura (29128)
• United Kingdom
21 Nov 17
@Poppylicious That's like the alarm clock making me go to sleep!
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21 Nov 17
I thought everybody slept with their phone in their hand??!! I used to suffer from being unable to fall asleep, but then discovered that games are a great sleeping tonic. So, I play games when I go to bed. They make me sleepy, sometimes so quickly that I don't have time to close the app and put it on the bedside table. It's a bit bizarre, but true.
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@YrNemo (20261)
21 Nov 17
Don't you just hate it when everything which is supposed to be there, turns out to be NOT there!
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21 Nov 17
Just a smidgeon. And it's even worse when it transpires later that it was there the whole time. The brain is a dastardly creature, full of tricks.
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21 Nov 17
Just a smidgeon. And it's even worse when it transpires later that it was there the whole time. The brain is a dastardly creature, full of tricks.
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@YrNemo (20261)
22 Nov 17
@Poppylicious You should see how I went Christmas shopping with my kids in the past. Asked them if they had - pb4ugo? they said, yes mom, - drink water? (yes, mom) - check your tickets? (yes mom!) At the bus stop, one said, 'mom, I can't find my ticket!', the other said, 'mom, I think I need to go to the toilet...' AND the bus came every 40 minutes! (no wonder many people got bald by the time they reach 50, all those hair strands which got pulling out from frustrations!)
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• Preston, England
21 Nov 17
not jut women - I often misplace travel tickets and panic until I find them
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• Preston, England
25 Nov 17
@Poppylicious I know my things will turn up eventually, but it is very frustrating while they are still hiding from me
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22 Nov 17
I put things in a safe place and forget where I've put them, even though I only have two safe places!
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
22 Nov 17
Good you had the urge to look for it before leaving. I've seen that kind of flapping around a few times and yes I dread to be that person too.
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22 Nov 17
I always feel both annoyed at and sad for the flappy people!
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