Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Kate Morgan wrote:
you go out into the garden to do one job and end up doing summat
else.
Take this morning for example, I go out to plant up some shrubs and
end
up unravelling a dead lilac tree and some 3 years growth of Russian
Vine, I did win but only just :-)

Applied insanity, especially in spring. Still, it beats computing
(which also has the characteristic you describe).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Shopping usually has the same effect on me. Go for just bread, return
with 5 or 6 items... having forgotten the bread!
And it's not just supermarkets. Garden Centres too!
And I know I'm not alone, because I can remember working in a garden
centre many years back. Back then, we (the staff), when not immediately
distracted by a huge delivery, would approach anyone who might wander
in and enquire if we could be of any assistants. Off course, when I say
"we" I really mean mostly just me, because my colleagues didn't
really like dealing with customers. Anyhow, having given them the
guided tour and flowery upbeat image of all those plants they didn't
know about, they tended to buy considerably more than they had
planned.. and made a point of saying so.