General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

What daft things have you, or someone you know, done during your lifetimes.

I've done and seen many, but I'll just start off with this one:

In 1973, my husband and I got ready to go to a Mess Dinner in, what was then, 6th Armoured Brigade. The dress code for the ladies was long, and for the men it was Mess uniform. I got togged up in a lovely long pale green dress, hair done, make up perfect with silver accessories.

However, when we got to the barracks, about a mile away from where we lived, it had been snowing heavily and my husband parked the car and he got out and came to my side to open my door for me, but I couldn’t get out. Problem was, I said to him: “Can we go back home please?” He said: “Why, what’s up?” So I told him to look at my feet. Instead of wearing my lovely silver high heeled sandals, I’d come out wearing my big fluffy orange slippers, hardly compatible with the dress code, or the snow! He howled laughing, ran us back home for me to change into more suitable footwear!