Things that make sense in a house belonging to a...

[Brains]

Caver...
Damp gear hanging up, a smell of caves, piles of rocks and minerals, drifts of silt in the corners, bits of rope waiting a wash, old worn out kit hung on the wall, photos of muddy holes, books surveys and maps....

Crafter...
Bits of paper, half done projects, craft table covered in bits, loads of storage boxes, all full and unsorted. Glitter, everywhere and on everything (you only need to KNOW a crafter that uses glitter and you will have some!)

Artist...
Paintings on every wall and stacked up, paint marks on everything, brushes and colours everywhere, storage boxes overflowing with unsorted materials, coffee mugs with paint brushes in

Furry Pet Owner...
Fur everywhere, cats showing you their buts, dogs drooling on you , toys everywhere, litter trays getting stinky, every visitor in second place to the furry overlords...

Feel free to add your own and expand on anything already listed!

 

[wormster]

Biker,

Half built engine on the kitchen table, oil bottles in the sink, spares on the sideboard, wet waterproofs drying, maps and route planners eberywhere

 

[Babyhagrid]

Student
Stolen pint glasses
Dirty washing up
Stacks of pasta and instant noodles
A few road signs and traffic cone
Lots of half full spirits bottles
Occasionally a passed out caver

(This sounds wierdly like the Belfry)

 

[Cantclimbtom]

I saw a caver's van on Sunday (no names, but you're reading this and you know I mean you )
If you hadn't known already... it'd have become immediately obviously it was a caver or mine explorer's vehicle as there was a pouch-style small tackle bag and hand jammer lurking in the back

 

[snebbit]

More caver stuff:
- the 'spare gear box' - you can't bear to throw away this tatty nonsense, and keep delusionally believing one day it'll be useful when one of your vanilla friends finally accepts your caving invitation
- the separate washing machine for ropes
- selection of worn out wetsocks that you swear you're going to recycle into elbow pads one day

 

[wellyjen]

Caver...
Damp gear hanging up, a smell of caves, piles of rocks and minerals, drifts of silt in the corners, bits of rope waiting a wash, old worn out kit hung on the wall, photos of muddy holes, books surveys and maps....

All horribly familiar. To which I'd add: At least one lamp, or battery charger plugged in to a socket. At least one worn out piece of caving equipment reused in a non-caving application; retired krabs are a favourite. A Premier stinky on the mantlepiece. An ammo box, rocket tube, Darren drum, or BDH container, or for the posh a Peli case lying around somewhere. A very expensive camera with inexplicable mud deposits on it.

 

[cavemanmike]

CLIMBERS
Various 50/60 metre rope’s hanging on living room walls.
Various climbing shoes hanging on the living room walls.
Climbing racks hanging on living room walls.
Various size rucksacks hanging on living room walls.
If in 70s definitely spandex multi coloured leggings (the tighter the better)
Shelves(pallets really) full of climbing routes trad definitely no chalk bags
Sport climbing definitely chalk bags
Maybe the odd belay bunny hidden under the stairs 😉

 

[Pony]

Blue barrels and 25 litre plastic containers around the back of the shed. SRT practice wall installed during lockdown. The smell of damp neoprene.

 

[mikem]

Pretty much anything at a cave digger's!

 

[Brains]

Vegans...
Doesn't matter, they will keep telling you all the time...

 

[Loki]

Caver
Thru bolts on available flat surfaces in the bathroom, lounge, kitchen. Spits holding up the washing line. Angle grinder in the pan drawer. Bolt hangers in the cieling above the stairwell. Rope everywhere.
8mm sds bits in the underwear drawer.
Gaffer tape as a clothing repair solution.

 

[Steve Clark]

Builder...
Installing a 4m long, 200kg beam in the living room, via a window, on Christmas Day afternoon. (When else are you going to have so much captive, free and naive labour available?)
Leaving said beam exposed for 8 years until the house actually needs to be sold.
Desk full of important information written on plasterboard offcuts with a blunt pencil.
Washing machine door seal full of screwdriver bits
An ever increasing pile of 3x2 offcuts that are just slightly too long to fit in the woodburner
Very limited supply of t-shirts without silicone or paint stains.

Border Collie..
Black hairs
White hairs
Everywhere

 

[Pegasus]

Horse partner (sounds wrong saying 'owner')

Never putting and apple core in the compost.
Saving the carrot ends.
In Spring - hair everywhere.
In Winter - thankful there are a lot of headtorches in the house.
😁

 

[cavemanmike]

Horse partner (sounds wrong saying 'owner')

Never putting and apple core in the compost.
Saving the carrot ends.
In Spring - hair everywhere.
In Winter - thankful there are a lot of headtorches in the house.
😁

You forgot.
Bridles everywhere
Numbners on every flat surface
Riding hats and whips lying around indiscriminately
Rosettes 🏵️ in every room in the house
Dressage scores sheets on kitchen table
Bla bla bla
I could go on forever actually

 

[tamarmole]

The late, great Barry Andrew used the top rung and hangers from a dead ladder as a bog roll holder.

 

[Brains]

You forgot.
Bridles everywhere
Numbners on every flat surface
Riding hats and whips lying around indiscriminately
Rosettes 🏵️ in every room in the house
Dressage scores sheets on kitchen table
Bla bla bla
I could go on forever actually

Err, what is a numbner? Sounds bizarre... 😁😳

 

[cavemanmike]

Err, what is a numbner? Sounds bizarre... 😁😳These horsey people are bizarre.

Err, what is a numbner? Sounds bizarre... 😁😳

A padded blanket the same shape as a saddle which goes under the saddle to protect the horses back .