29 Slightly Gross Things You'll Find In Every Student House

    Why do all students cover their walls in pictures of people they're not friends with any more?

    1. This exact Ikea lampshade, hanging low enough for you to hit whenever you put your coat on.

    2. An entirely useless three-pronged fork.

    3. A stolen pint glass.

    4. A mug full of squash that was taken from a careers fair.

    5. A slightly broken laundry drying rack.

    6. Clothes drying everywhere.

    7. A never-ending pile of washing up.

    8. A bin that needs to be emptied.

    9. A mouldy corner.

    10. A colourful rug that your mum bought to distract from the laminate pine flooring.

    11. A cleaning rota that you fully intend to stick to.

    12. Followed by a passive-aggressive note from your tidy housemate.

    13. A noticeboard full of pictures of schoolfriends you've kinda fallen out of touch with.

    14. A pint glass filled with pennies.

    15. A sheet of Domino's vouchers.

    16. A pile of takeout menus.

    17. A pack of playing cards stuck to a Lack Ikea table.

    18. A stolen road sign.

    19. This exact bottle of shampoo.

    20. A novelty shower curtain that smells musty and sticks to your body every time you wash.

    21. An overactive fire alarm.

    22. A radiator that you can't control.

    23. A student cookbook containing recipes so simple they actually make you worry for the human race.

    24. A burnt pan.

    25. Fairy lights that turned out to be a lot shorter than you'd expected when you ordered them.

    26. Curtains that were presumably stolen from a Travelodge in the '70s.

    27. A pile of junk mail addressed to your house's previous tenants.

    28. This exact Fyllen laundry bin from Ikea.

    29. And a Henry Hoover that you wouldn't know how to empty even if you wanted to.