Thursday, November 28, 2013

Everyday Problems Solved by Everyday Objects

Everyday Problems Solved by Everyday Objects

More often than not we all encounter problems that boggle the mind and charge through our thoughts with stampedes of worry. But worry no more! Here are some Gumtree-based solutions to these tedious troubles, displayed by a super simple Q & A.
Pic 1 Sesome-gumtree-breaking-bad

You arrive at work to what sounds like serious chitter chatter. You didn’t have any idea your colleagues had such colourful lives. Jean the receptionist never usually talks about anything other than her hanging baskets, and now she is discussing some major deal going down… And that’s when it hits you. They are discussing last night’s episode of Breaking Bad, and you can’t help but feel excluded. It becomes startlingly apparent that the only solution is to go and buy the box set, go home pull the curtains together and take a week off work, so you can catch up and reintegrate back into society.
Pic 2 Sesome-gumtree-ladder
You’ve tried visualising yourself at the top of Everest, booking a session with  to the hypnotist, and even watched Vertigo on DVD, but all of it leaves you with sweaty palms and shaky knees. The simplest solution is to invest in a ladder, and climb one more step each week until you reach the summit. SuccessPic 3 Sesome-gumtree-Monopoly
Mum is playing the piano, Auntie Mavis is singing songs from the war and Dad’s cutting the gloriously golden brown turkey, fresh out of the oven. Everyone cheers and rejoices after another brilliant year. Then someone suggests a game of Monopoly – after all, what harm could it do…? BOOM!
Pic 4 Sesome-gumtree-twister
Everyone between the age of 1 and 110 seems to be talking about Miley Cyrus right now – her outfits, her dancing, her behaviour, oh and yes her music. So how do you, like Miley, get noticed when out and about? By replicating some of her moves of course! To save money on Yoga and dance lessons, limber up with a good old-fashioned game of twister, so next time you hit the tiles out you can twerk like its 1999.
Pic 5 Sesome-gumtree-tent
It’s been another tough month on the bank balance… Perhaps you shouldn’t have bought that second Swiss watch, or the batman costumes, but it’s no time to dwell.  You have two options: rent out your room and move home with your parents – who will ask you what time you will be home every time you open the front door – or buy a tent pitch it in the yard and embrace nature. It’s a no brainer.
Pic 6 Sesome-gumtree-noticeme
You spot a girl working at the local cafĂ©. You visit regularly, hoping for some kind of acknowledgment, but even when you order fancy coffees and mention how much weather we have been getting of late, she doesn’t seem to notice you anymore than the guy wearing chinos on table two, whose power colour is probably beige. It’s time to up your game by purchasing an outfit that she simply cannot miss. It’s foolproof.
Pic 7 Sesome-gumtree-tent

As you rattle along the underground on the way to work, the misery of it all seems to have taken your fellow passengers into a pit of despair. They seem to have forgotten how to celebrate man’s achievement of creating this masterful underground network. Surely there must be some way to lighten the mood a little, something everyone would appreciate? Ding!
Pic 8 Sesome-gumtree-sunglasses
You wake up your head is banging, you have overslept and you look somewhat short of a million dollars. Why did you agree to meeting your ex today of all days! With no time to freshen up to make yourself look human, there’s only one quick solution. Whack on a pair of sunnies and face the music. Perhaps your ex will think the dark glasses make you seem elusive and edgy and beg to have you back. Success!

Monday, November 25, 2013

Friday, November 22, 2013

Who is your favourite baddie? #DRWHO 50th Anniversary

Who is your favourite baddie?

Who is your favourite baddie?

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In homage to the Doctors  50th anniversary, here at Gumtree we would like to celebrate, by lining-up our favourite baddies.
The Daleks and Davros are synonymous with The Doctor, and have been voted the ‘best’ baddie of all time by fans. However, we think the Weeping Angels are the most sinister and scary.  Who gets your hiding behind your sofa?
There has been a surge of Dr Who memorabilia and toys for sale onsite.  What do you need to complete your collection?
Who are the very un-usual suspects?

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Royal Mail postman or postwoman who wrote the ‘sorry we couldn’t deliver your chicken’ note, We salute you


Sorry you were out (Picture: Imgur)
A Royal Mail worker has been hailed as a hero for going above and beyond the call of duty in the name of customer service.
The postman or postwoman left a ‘something for you’ note detailing how they had witnessed a chicken stage an escape attempt.
What really makes this note work, and why this worker deserves a commendation for attention to detail if nothing else, is how ‘one chicken’ is listed under number of items and ‘it’s too large’ is given as a reason for a delivery not being possible

Teen ends up in Paris after drunken night out in Manchester.. Funny Story for years to come!

Teen wakes up in Paris after drunken night out
What happened? Luke Harding, 19, looks confused as he takes a selfie in front of the Eiffel Tower (Picture: Cavendish)
Normally when you get a cab home after a night out, your priority is stumbling through the front door without waking anyone up, and collapsing into bed.
But after clubbing in Manchester, Luke Harding had different ideas – and decided to book a last-minute flight to Paris alone.
Once he dropped off his friend, the teenager told a taxi driver to take him to the airport.
Later, as his friends were nursing hangovers at home, the 19-year-old was asleep in a toilet at Charles de Gaulle airport. Bless.
Lukes picture from before he boarded the flight to France. Luke Harding from Oldham, Greater Manchester suprised himself and friends when he tweeted them from Paris, France following a night out at the Tokyo nightclub in Oldham City centre. In a drunken stupor Luke decided that he wanted to see the Eiffel Tower and in the taxi ride home, and without being able to remeber the facts, he booked himself onto a flight and flew to Paris in the early hours of the morning only to wake up in a cubicle in Charles De Gaulle airport.
Plane stupid: Luke boards his 6am flight (Picture: Cavendish)
When the teenager began posting pictures from the Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower, he became a Twitter sensation.
Mr Harding, from Oldham, said: ‘It all started off going for a pint after work with one of my mates. Then one thing led to another and we decided to go to a nightclub.
‘We started to get a bit bored and wanted to head off home. The only thing was, by this time we were well and truly plastered. I found my passport which I’d been using for ID, and an app on my phone was saying something about cheap flights to Paris. It was a spur of the moment thing and seemed like a good idea at the time.’
The one-day excursion, which cost him £300, saw him convince the taxi driver he was a junior doctor going to a convention.
Luke's picture of the Arc de Triomphe. Luke Harding from Oldham, Greater Manchester suprised himself and friends when he tweeted them from Paris, France following a night out at the Tokyo nightclub in Oldham City centre. In a drunken stupor Luke decided that he wanted to see the Eiffel Tower and in the taxi ride home, and without being able to remeber the facts, he booked himself onto a flight and flew to Paris in the early hours of the morning only to wake up in a cubicle in Charles De Gaulle airport.
Luke messages bewildered mates from Paris (Picture: Cavendish)
Mr Harding tried to act sober during check-in by speaking as little as possible.
He added: ‘When I first woke up I didn’t know where I was. Then I remembered booking the flight – and thinking “oh s***”.
‘I rang my mum and said “don’t panic but can you pick me up at Manchester airport at 8pm?” Then I told her what I had done and she went mental at me.
‘It was great but it was bloody freezing. I don’t regret it. It’s a funny story to tell my mates for years to