Author Topic: Bedside Table (Read 8645 times)

xxxLinda · « **on:** July 24, 2007, 09:38:13 AM »

"It is reported that 50% of people in London are worried about security and sleep with some form of self-defence to hand, for use against intruders.

The 'Safe Bedside Table' has a removable leg that acts as a club and a top that doubles as a shield for self-defence. This is for people who are willing to take on an intruder, providing an extra sense of security whilst in bed."

It's £1,200

SamoanIrishman · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2007, 09:52:52 AM »

I have a bed side drawer with a .40 in it...does that count?

powerpack · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:01:17 AM »

Actually that thing looks pretty cool

xxxLinda · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:03:10 AM »

Quote from: SamoanIrishman on July 24, 2007, 09:52:52 AM

I have a bed side drawer with a .40 in it...does that count?

Thanks for understanding. They don't have guns in england.

I keep a maglite flashlight on my bedside table and a book or 3. In the cupboard underneath I have a bag full of condoms which are probably out of date by now.

I thought this above ad was funny.

I do have a baseball bat I've had since childhood which I travelled from Canada to home to England with many years ago. You couldn't do that nowadays

So I keep it next to my front door, but it's just for show, it's a souvenir. I'd never pick it up...

If I did, the intruder would surely use it against me.

Instead I have very safe locks.

Can we start a thread about what you lot keep on your bedside tables?

Food? Lube? A big bottle of water? An alarm clock?
Please tell...
xL

SamoanIrishman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:03:21 AM »

Pwr - yeah...you'll look really cool when police arrive and find you holding in while laying on the floor bleeding to death cause the intruder shot your ass

Linda...really? I knew some bloaks from that reason that loved to go shooting. SHotguns, handguns ect... it's not that you don't have them...it's that most there don't choose to buy them.

Plus, since I moved to the US...I've noticed the "feel" here is different. You don't feel safe unless you own one. Yanks are VERY keen on owning one...more than you think. Not just owning one but training on them. I read that the average concealed carry license holder has taken more gun skill classes than the average LE officer.

I've taken several..they are cheap and VERY informative. Advanced handgun, night shooting, advanced obstical course ect...

I have some lube, and tic tacs as well..

xxxLinda · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:05:33 AM »

Quote from: powerpack on July 24, 2007, 10:01:17 AM

Actually that thing looks pretty cool

only because it's a designer £1,200 item. you could make one yourself for less than 20 bucks.

xxxLinda · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:07:12 AM »

Quote from: SamoanIrishman on July 24, 2007, 10:03:21 AM

yeah...you'll look really cool when police arrive

and the paparazzi

xxxLinda · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:10:16 AM »

Quote from: SamoanIrishman on July 24, 2007, 10:03:21 AM

Pwr - yeah...you'll look really cool when police arrive and find you holding in while laying on the floor bleeding to death cause the intruder shot your ass

Linda...really? I knew some bloaks from that reason that loved to go shooting. SHotguns, handguns ect... it's not that you don't have them...it's that most there don't choose to buy them.

Plus, since I moved to the US...I've noticed the "feel" here is different. You don't feel safe unless you own one. Yanks are VERY keen on owning one...more than you think. Not just owning one but training on them. I read that the average concealed carry license holder has taken more gun skill classes than the average LE officer.

I've taken several..they are cheap and VERY informative. Advanced handgun, night shooting, advanced obstical course ect...

I have some lube, and tic tacs as well..

tic tacs? waaa, I carry them in my bag. And a squeezy jiffy lemon.

If I still lived in America, I'd almost certainly get a gun too. But I don't

guns are illegal here.

In America you have the "right to bear arms"

(which I appreciate by the way, I used to live there)

That's how come I thought you might find this £1,200 bedside table they have just invented in England somewhat hilarious...

xL

I had a bumper sticker saying "Protected by Smith & Wesson" on my front window once. They just didn't understand.

xxxLinda · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:17:08 AM »

Can we start a thread about (what you keep on) your bedside table?

powerpack · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:21:57 AM »

Quote from: xxxLinda on July 24, 2007, 10:17:08 AM

Can we start a thread about (what you keep on) your bedside table?

At the moment.................. . cell phone, handkerchief and cough mixture

Laura Lee · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2007, 11:32:26 AM »

I have a night stick.

xxxLinda · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2007, 11:36:52 AM »

Quote from: Laura Lee on July 24, 2007, 11:32:26 AM

I have a night stick.

wtf's a night stick? please translate?

Anyways, you've got a big muscely husband to protect you haven't you?

Please describe your his'n'hers bedside tables?
Perhaps your "Night Stick" is medicinal? It's moisturiser for around the eyes, right?

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(I thought my maglite was a night stick. It's far too big to use as anything else. And the batteries are expensive...

Playboy · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2007, 11:48:32 AM »

Thats what my 200lb Rottweiller is for

freespirit · « **Reply #13 on:** July 24, 2007, 12:06:25 PM »

I have a heavy MagLite next to my bed, and I know how to use it.

Laura Lee · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2007, 12:11:14 PM »

Quote from: xxxLinda on July 24, 2007, 11:36:52 AM

wtf's a night stick? please translate?

Anyways, you've got a big muscely husband to protect you haven't you?

Please describe your his'n'hers bedside tables?
Perhaps your "Night Stick" is medicinal? It's moisturiser for around the eyes, right?
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L
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(I thought my maglite was a night stick. It's far too big to use as anything else. And the batteries are expensive...

A night stick is sometimes refered to as a billy-club or there in England a bobby's-club. It is the stick policemen carry. And yes, I have Michael on one side of me and the night stick on the other.

xxxLinda · « **Reply #15 on:** July 24, 2007, 12:16:48 PM »

oh s**t
Laura?

I didn't realise it was you who is sleeping with him, I've not kept up with all the names and people although I obviously ought to have realised that your name is on the top of this board.

I'm sorry.

Stay safe
xL

I keep a horseshoe under my pillow, I live alone.

~flower~ · « **Reply #16 on:** July 24, 2007, 12:53:53 PM »

I have the dogs. Not that they would probably attack someone, but they would make a lot of noise if they heard someone.

I think this is the funniest thread you have ever started Linda!!

(that I could actually understand

)

Butterbean · « **Reply #17 on:** July 24, 2007, 01:52:31 PM »

In the bedroom I most frequently sleep in:
Bedside table on: Books, lamp, alarm clock radio

Bedside table in: Books, socks

Last night I had a terrible dream and woke up out of breath. I dreamed that I was in a shower and the person I lived with (it wasn't my house) was being attacked and killed by another person w/a huge ice pick. The shower had a window and screen which I opened and fell through and onto the ground. It was one of those dreams where you try to scream but hardly any (or no) sound comes out. A neighbor man with glasses and a beard came to help me and took me by the arm and led me away from the murder house as he kept looking back to see if the ice pick murderer was coming after us. By this time I had turned into a skinny young man and was saying over and over "Said Rachael....said Rachael......."

I woke up scared...and tried to wake myself up enough to not fall back into that dream. Then I laid there awhile and thought of types of inventions to hold my guns where if an intruder came into the room I could easily reach down under the headboard, grab a gun and start blasting

xxxLinda · « **Reply #18 on:** July 24, 2007, 04:19:40 PM »

Oh STella, I've never had a nightmare so cannot begin to commiserate or even comprehend.

But the dream where you try to scream but cannot (I've had those, often, recently), means that you are being somehow repressed and dare not remonstrate.

I went to bed at midnight and couldn't sleep till at least 4 or 5 am last night. I stopped looking at the clock after 2am. Don't know which is better, the mad dreams or the insomnia.

Take care tonight?
...and hopefully sleep in your own comfortable bed, with your favourite pyjamas on (or blissfully naked, whichever you prefer), your nicest sheets, all your favourite belongings around you perhaps...

I've recently started taking my crystal ball to bed with me (to see the future?

Sleep tight, sweet dreams tonight?
xL

Switch off (throw away?) that !alarm! clock and anything else near your bed with bad vibes.

24KT · « **Reply #19 on:** July 25, 2007, 04:43:27 AM »

Linda,
I'm glad to see you weren't flooded out... (I think)

Stay dry, ...and don't forget to wear your rubbers.

Laura Lee · « **Reply #20 on:** July 25, 2007, 06:30:29 AM »

Quote from: jaguarenterprises on July 25, 2007, 04:43:27 AM

Linda,
I'm glad to see you weren't flooded out... (I think)

Stay dry, ...and don't forget to wear your rubbers.

Rubbers are erasers in England Judi.

24KT · « **Reply #21 on:** July 25, 2007, 06:47:55 AM »

Quote from: Laura Lee on July 25, 2007, 06:30:29 AM

Rubbers are erasers in England Judi.

Ooops my mistake. I knew that, but I also thought they meant galoshes as well.
I know in America when referring to 'rubber' something else entirely is meant.

Get your little minds out of the gutter. I'm talking about truckers when they refer to truck tires.

Laura Lee · « **Reply #22 on:** July 25, 2007, 06:54:02 AM »

Quote from: jaguarenterprises on July 25, 2007, 06:47:55 AM

Ooops my mistake. I knew that, but I also thought they meant galoshes as well.
I know in America when referring to 'rubber' something else entirely is meant.
Get your little minds out of the gutter. I'm talking about truckers when they refer to truck tires.

Uh huh. lol

xxxLinda · « **Reply #23 on:** July 25, 2007, 07:39:58 AM »

no, rubbers are also condoms here. but I told you, mine stashed in the cupboard beneath my bedside are very probably by now out of date. i haven't looked.

I had more silly mad dreams again last night. At least I slept a bit. I went to bed at 12:30 & woke up at 5something am and stressed out about the plumbers not showing up again today and they didn't.

Sorry to be forthright or rude STella (but I must say I'm extremely pleased that you have a mad sense of humour and are able to take your incredible dreams in your stride and post them here), but where's your hubby during all of this night-time drama? I wouldn't know of course, but I thought that was why we chose to have men sleep with us? I read someplace that the reason men snore is to keep away the intruders...

xxx

I've torn out pics from mags of how I think my new bathroom will look and stuck them on the wall next to my bed so I can dream about them and what it will end up looking like perhaps.

I've telephoned the builders and they're not answering.

Laura Lee · « **Reply #24 on:** July 25, 2007, 07:51:19 AM »

Quote from: xxxLinda on July 25, 2007, 07:39:58 AM

no, rubbers are also condoms here. but I told you, mine stashed in the cupboard beneath my bedside are very probably by now out of date. i haven't looked.

I had more silly mad dreams again last night. At least I slept a bit. I went to bed at 12:30 & woke up at 5something am and stressed out about the plumbers not showing up again today and they didn't.

Sorry to be forthright or rude STella (but I must say I'm extremely pleased that you have a mad sense of humour and are able to take your incredible dreams in your stride and post them here), but where's your hubby during all of this night-time drama? I wouldn't know of course, but I thought that was why we chose to have men sleep with us? I read someplace that the reason men snore is to keep away the intruders...

xxx

I've torn out pics from mags of how I think my new bathroom will look and stuck them on the wall next to my bed so I can dream about them and what it will end up looking like perhaps.

I've telephoned the builders and they're not answering.

Victoria Beckham stated her son had a collection of erasers and that he had to get used to the term "erasers" because they are called rubbers in England and he would be saying he had a huge collection of condoms if he said he had a huge collection of rubbers here in the US. lol Can you imagine a little boy saying "I have a huge collection of rubbers"?