Reply With QuoteIn order - odd label off centre and a bit 'baked bean' heavy.
Just made myself a Pot Noodle (well, poured water into a plastic container) and thought to myself how jolly well my cupboard looks.
So, is being neat, tidy and organised actually OCD? Is it wrong, or are others just scruffy?
I thought it would make an interesting topic to discuss in our local pub, The G&D.
Please no personal insults or suggestions to change my diet, or indeed my cupboard layout...
Last edited by burnsey66; 31st October 2015 at 21:37. Reason: Don’t Know
In order - odd label off centre and a bit 'baked bean' heavy.
Last edited by Chris_in_the_UK; 31st October 2015 at 21:00.
Tescos, Heinz and Baxters would be proud!
The iron looks out of place
Kind of confirms what I've always thought- you like to eat big saucy bangers
Yes, a neat cupboard means you have the crippling burden of the pervasive & life ruining mental illness called Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
What's the point of this thread exactly?
"Sleeping with the enemy" springs to mind !!!
LOL, That's how I'd like our cupboards to look. No chance with my missus
maseman
I'd say come the inevitable nuclear holocaust you be OK for a bit but if you ditch the blue thing with the plug & the green thing with the plug you could fit some of these for special occasions:
I would love to see Burnsey on 'Come Dine With Me'
RIAC
At least I could probably eat most of the courses.Originally Posted by 100thmonkey
It's just a matter of time...
What he said
OCD is not about tidy cupboards
A similar thread was stopped by Eddie the other day
Say you are tidy
Don't use the term above
Lack of brains
What on earth are you talking about?
Lack of brains - explain - we’ll cover your dual identity thing in another thread.
Steve, I am disappoint. Where is water, torchlight, matches, first aid kit, machete and spare SF10 canister
Are you single?
There is no way I could manage that kind of sophisticated cupboard action other than doing it indipendanly...
I would say just tidy, no serious OCD. I mean ... it's not even in alphabetical or colour order. I do applaud your tidiness.
OCD would be if you tidied them then rechecked every 10 minutes that they were still tidy.
The pot noodle stacks would bother me. I think I’d have to go for 3 stacks of two, avoiding that clash you have going on in the top row.
Can you let us know when it’s ok to switch to talking about what you eat?
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Disappointing, I thought this thread would be about preferences in partners' lady gardening habits.
That's the first thing I thought after seeing the pic :)
Followed by "Are you a student at a Northern University circa 1994?"
Crikey Steve, that is much better than my uni digs cupboard! I didn't realise how many things are tinned.. cheers mate!
I'm intrigued about the apparatus on the far right of the top shelf.
I'm sure I've seen one of those in a magazine. Should there be a suction bulb type thing attached to it?
I live on my own.
Just for information, this is one of over 20 cupboards, so it’s not the complete household diet.
One takes creases out of clothes, the other makes juice/smoothies etc.
The iron is there whilst some decoration is being done. It usually sits on its own little shelf and will be reunited soon...
Tidy but I reckon my wife could give you a run for your money. We have separate drawers in our kitchen for plastic, wooden and metal utensils. Every drawer has each item arranged in perfect parallels. Our food cupboards and our fridge freezer have their own highly ordered systems with product type and use by dates driving strict stock rotation. My wife used to work as a stock controller and grew up in a scarce resource communist system, meaning nothing is wasted and our domestic system must support this outcome. I live with it as I'm not far off as an organised and waste hating accountant. Our friends generally find our orderliness a source of mystification and amusement.
That's exactly what I thought...
It might be OCD, but that's exactly how I'd want my cupboards to be, but better half doesn't rank that as high up as I do abd therefore I stand no chance.
My 8 year old son's dream food cupboard!
If you saw the cupboards in our house you would cry. I'm not tidy in the least bit but even I find it a bit chaotic!
It's good for making breadcrumbs too. ]
Can I have your wife when you've finished with her please?
Is reacting with obsessive and disproportionate outrage at the misuse of the term OCD a symptom of OCD?
I'm not familiar with most of the foodstuffs there. I must say that "BIG SAUCY BANGERS" sounds a bit disconcerting.
I gather you don't have any pets then
I'd be concerned about your bowels due to the lack of fibre. I don't think the beans are adequate. I'd be interested if there's a family history of bowel cancer.
Apart from that, as long as you stock rotate, nowt wrong with the display. I hope your wardrobe is suitably organised too?
I think the pic reflects your posts and threads. You seem to like and want everything and everyone in their (perceived) place.
Last edited by Tony-GB; 1st November 2015 at 13:01.
Have I already said- not sure?
This is one of 20 ish cupboards. It houses the processed tinned stuff. Please don’t worry about my diet, or health.
My wardrobe is laden with same hangers, in item order - jackets, jumpers, shirts, polo shorts, tee shirts, each in colour order - light to dark. Is there another way?
I'm going to spend the afternoon sorting my socks into alphabetical order now.
LOL Now that would make a much more interesting thread....
Finding a pair is a bonus.
My wife's the tidy one in our house, I tend to cram things in drawers and cupboards in a state of organised disorder.
However, it's the total opposite with cars. I can't stand an untidy car, whereas hers is always cluttered up with stuff. I'ts odd.
Paul
I would quite like to some big saucy bangers!
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It's a nice layout, I like it. Not sure I would put the Ambrosia rice and Dole fruit there next to the meat products.
I'm very impressed with your cupboard, my 'friend' does something similar!
I don't see tidy or OCD in there at all - only Sausage, Baked Bean & Corned Beef Smoothies.
Where's the fruitcake?
Arranging those Pot Noodles horizontally by colour would probably look better.
I could murder a Pot Noodle now...
behind the camera presumably *
* this is a joke and as such intended for comedic effect only
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Yes, it's tidy but there seems very little sense in it. It really should be ordered in some way, for instance alphabetically (manufacturer or contents) or by packaging colour or meal time suitability, etc. There are a lot of people who would never find anything in there.
Little sense?
Beans, beans with X, spaghetti, tomatoes, carrots, peas.
Blending perfection.
Taking the photograph.
I don't think that we can come to any conclusions until Steve reveals more of his cupboards. Only when we have seen the cupboard under the sink, the fridge and his sock drawer can we fully understand the reasoning and methodology behind his storage solutions.
Unless, of course, this is a stealthy pre-Sales Corner post and we're about to be hit with a collection of "one owner, full paperwork" Pot Noodle and baked bean sales.
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