Foot food

This morning, as I was walking down the stairs, I felt a squish, then a loud clunk, and then in slow-motion I saw liquid gushing all over the laminate floor of the living room.

My mum had made me a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. And she’d left it on the stairs for me.

Obviously I didn’t expect that, because leaving consumable substances directly in my path is a stupid thing to do. So I walked happily downstairs, proceeding to step in my sandwich and send the cup flying. (This is made worse once you understand the size of the cup I use to drink tea out of – it holds 1.5 pints of liquid.)

My mum and I locked eyes for a moment, both of us angry. I broke the silence with an outraged, “WELL WHY DID YOU PUT IT ON THE STAIRS?”

In subsequent retellings of the story to friends and family, my mum takes a light-hearted approach, choosing to share it from the ‘Alex doesn’t look where he’s going’ angle, accompanied by a laugh and a ‘what is he like’ expression. Thinking this quite unfair, I tend to go with the more obvious ‘my mum left my food ON THE STAIRS’ point of view.

When people imagine what nerimon gets up to, it’s presumably more glamorous than this.

x

  • magicmarkers

    It hurts when you knock over a normal-sized glass, I imagine tripping over that mug is rather painful >.<
    But I agree. Leaving food on stairs = not logical…

  • Phyllis

    reality check, alex. we don't think what you get up to is glamorous at all.
    your mom is very nice for making you food and tea and bringing it up to you, it's a shame that you didn't notice it. but makes for a funny story.

  • spoongirl

    I love tea, but how do you drink that much o.O

    I dont see why she put it on the stairs, I don't tend to look at the floor, so I would have probably ended up standing if my mum did that too ^-^ thought that counts, right?

  • Wolfiex

    LOL. is your foot ok?
    just like ceramic shards, bacon sandwiches are deadly.

  • http://tangerineboxes.tumblr.com/ HyperactiveZombie

    Actually, no, I already expected the first minutes of your day to be filled with bizarre awkward things. Quite a fun way to begin the day.

    If someday you understand WHY your mum left the food on the stairs, please, do tell us.

    And hell, I need a mug this big :D

  • http://twitter.com/nattalieee_ Natalie Marsh

    i can just hear you shouting at her. let's hope you didn't love that mug too much, eh? ;)

    i'm sure your telling of the story is a lot more logical than hers.

  • Jackee

    Sorry Alex, I'd have to side with your mum. :/

  • isabelb

    It's just like what Dudley did for Harry…. haha im such a dork. But that's the first thing I thought of.

    :P

  • http://hagiologynet.wordpress.com/ Chloe

    I don't even think glamorous people lead glamorous existences ALL the time. Everyone has their own “special” moments! :D
    Sweet gesture, but yeah, food/drink in places where feet are likely to come in contact is not the brightest of ideas. I'm way too uncoordinated for anyone to ever think it was a good idea to do that for me! Going with the “English” stereotype, it seems like this incident (were it not an accident) could be punishable by death – wasted tea AND bacon sandwiches??! WTH!!!

  • Taylor

    Don't worry. One time I went with my grandma to visit a family member in a rest home. And before she got out she asked if I wanted to come in. I said no, but after she went in I felt really guilty so I decided to get out and go with her. But I got out and forgot she locked the car with the keys in it..So we spent 2 hours at a rest home waiting for a lock smith to show up while she nagged me about my clumsiness..lol. And when she passed the story on to others she takes the ' Taylor is clumsy and not bright' angle.

  • http://coolhandjohnny.blogspot.com/ Chelsea

    L. O. L.
    aw, i definitely agree with you! and i definitely have similar stories concerning my mother. XD

    oh, what are they thinking sometimes, eh? she's usually such a logical person so it always bewilders me when she suddenly does these things. (i am talking about my mother. just in case you were becoming disturbed and frightened and feeling the sudden urge to get a restraining order.)

  • Natalie F

    My mum likes doing things like that too, I think the best is when she leaves tea on my bedside table and I end up putting my hand in it and spraying it across the room when I reach over to get my glasses :)

  • AllyPoo

    Poor Bacon. It will be missed. ;(

  • http://alexdaymusic.com Alex

    TWO PEOPLE LIKED THIS?

  • becca_k

    My mum tells me it's my fault there's no food in the house because I didn't leave her a grocery list. I left the grocery list on the grocery list pad on the fridge. She said it's still my fault because I didn't tell her that that's where the list was.

  • Hollyy

    I think you should get formspring!!
    If you did i would want to ask where 'nerimon' came from, i havnt come across the answer to this and im starting to get a tad too interesteddd!
    so yeah, please answer, oh and ilove your blogs and vids :)

  • Tova

    Poor thing, having to put up with your mum making tea and sandwhiches for you… ^^

  • Tova

    Poor thing, having to put up with your mum making tea and sandwhiches for you… ^^

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