Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

[The Moose]

V40Vinnie said:

Emma this evening, bends over to pick up her research papers and manages to poke herself in the eye with a macbook. shouldnt laugh. Did.

I laughed too. I'm pretty sure mine either has or would do the same.

[sebhaque]

xRIEx said:

I've been catching up on old episodes of the X Files recently and got a little bit annoyed when they claimed a ship had set off from "Leeds, England".

I was watching WWF wrestling on a lazy Sunday morning a few months ago and chuckled when the announcer said they were in an arena just outside London, England. They were in Manchester. I'm not sure how far they'd get if they told the Mancs that they were just outside London.

[Wedg1e]

v8250 said:

That looks like one of those butcher's diagrams to show where the cuts of meat come from... I think it's of a Jabberwock

[Skyrat]

v8250 said:

For your afternoon humour, here's a traced copy of her original sketch

Edited by v8250 on Tuesday 2nd August 14:30

Geography of mainland Europe not withstanding, she thinks Shetland is off the coast of Newcastle?

[Mothersruin]

Skyrat said:

v8250 said:

For your afternoon humour, here's a traced copy of her original sketch

Edited by v8250 on Tuesday 2nd August 14:30

Geography of mainland Europe not withstanding, she thinks Shetland is off the coast of Newcastle?

You're assuming she'd put Newcastle in the right place.

[slipstream 1985]

rowley birkin said:

Mrs B has delivered a couple of classics this week.

On returning from a shopping trip: “I found a 12 pack of crisps for the price of 14”.

Ordering her meal at a local restaurant (she was having trouble deciding between the Cod or the Haddock): “I will have the Coddock please”.

i lol'd out loud at that. Think im gonna use it in the local chipper for a laugh.

[CanAm]

Skyrat said:

Geography of mainland Europe not withstanding, she thinks Shetland is off the coast of Newcastle?

And the Isle of Man just off Hampshire?

[Adam B]

CanAm said:

nd the Isle of Man just off Hampshire?

I was more shocked to see the Med has disappeared

[tribbles]

Mothersruin said:

You're assuming she'd put Newcastle in the right place.

The other day, I was using Google Maps on my phone to tell my wife how long it'll take to drive to Newcastle, so I entered "Newcastle" - it prompted "...upon Tyne", so I clicked on it.

I was a bit surprised to see that the sea was below and to the left of Newcastle - which would be Devon/Cornwall or possibly Wales.

I thought for a few seconds that maybe there's another Newcastle upon Tyne, and Google had selected that one.

So I zoomed out, and found out that she'd rotated the map a few minutes earlier while looking for a local restaurant, so north was no longer up...

[Evangelion]

My brother once told me that back in the pre-satnav days of getting your passenger to navigate for you his wife would turn the map round to face the way they were going, thus be unable to read the names.

Or when asked how far it was to the next turning, reply, "About three-quarters of an inch."

[GroundEffect]

tribbles said:

Mothersruin said:

You're assuming she'd put Newcastle in the right place.

The other day, I was using Google Maps on my phone to tell my wife how long it'll take to drive to Newcastle, so I entered "Newcastle" - it prompted "...upon Tyne", so I clicked on it.

I was a bit surprised to see that the sea was below and to the left of Newcastle - which would be Devon/Cornwall or possibly Wales.

I thought for a few seconds that maybe there's another Newcastle upon Tyne, and Google had selected that one.

So I zoomed out, and found out that she'd rotated the map a few minutes earlier while looking for a local restaurant, so north was no longer up...

Well, North being 'up' is completely arbitrary so she hasn't really done anything wrong.

[PanzerCommander]

Evangelion said:

My brother once told me that back in the pre-satnav days of getting your passenger to navigate for you his wife would turn the map round to face the way they were going, thus be unable to read the names.

Or when asked how far it was to the next turning, reply, "About three-quarters of an inch."

Meh you can still read them. When flying I always have the map pointing in the direction of travel, that way land marks (hills, television masts for example) and airspace marks are on the correct side of the aircraft when flying.

3/4" though

[driverrob]

Evangelion said:

My brother once told me that back in the pre-satnav days of getting your passenger to navigate for you his wife would turn the map round to face the way they were going, thus be unable to read the names.

.."

Haven't you noticed how a SatNav map always rotates so your path is forward - up the screen? Of course text labels stay level but left and right turns are easier to see when it rotates like that.

[Cotty]

PanzerCommander said:

3/4" though

I suppose if you knew the scale of the map you could work it out, might be a bit rough though.

[CanAm]

Evangelion said:

My brother once told me that back in the pre-satnav days of getting your passenger to navigate for you his wife would turn the map round to face the way they were going, thus be unable to read the names.

Or when asked how far it was to the next turning, reply, "About three-quarters of an inch."

I did hear of a map that had place names printed upside down as well to obviate such problems.

[LaserTam]

CanAm said:

Evangelion said:

My brother once told me that back in the pre-satnav days of getting your passenger to navigate for you his wife would turn the map round to face the way they were going, thus be unable to read the names.

Or when asked how far it was to the next turning, reply, "About three-quarters of an inch."

I did hear of a map that had place names printed upside down as well to obviate such problems.

I remember seeing a road atlas that had a page or two of motorway routes which were upside down.

[kowalski655]

I will often try to soak the wife by turning on the wipers,to fast speed,as she gets in,as they spray the water over to her side.
Today,trying to avoid the water,she opens the door right into her face!

Apparently that was MY fault

[Johnny]

We're sat watching the Olympics, Shooting currently.

I'm thinking of activities to do next month when we're away...

Me 'Have you done shooting before? Clay pigeon shooting'
Her 'No'
Me 'You fancy it when we're away? It's good fun'
Her 'No'
Me 'Oh, why not!?'
Her 'I don't want to shoot a living thing'
Me 'It's a clay pigeon'
Her 'I don't care, I don't want to shoot any kind of pigeon'

I'm crying by this point.

Her 'What? What are you laughing at'
Me ' It's just a clay target. It not alive'
Her 'Well I don't know. Stop laughing at me. How am I supposed to know!? I'm not English, I just thought... Oh fk off!'

I've been told in no uncertain terms not to put this on Facebook. So I'm not

[Jimmy Recard]

Evangelion said:

My brother once told me that back in the pre-satnav days of getting your passenger to navigate for you his wife would turn the map round to face the way they were going, thus be unable to read the names.

Or when asked how far it was to the next turning, reply, "About three-quarters of an inch."

!hcni na fo sretrauq eerht ekil I


Annoyingly, I have to take a double take to tell if that's backwards or not. Upside down is easy!

[stuttgartmetal]

Evangelion said:

My brother once told me that back in the pre-satnav days of getting your passenger to navigate for you his wife would turn the map round to face the way they were going, thus be unable to read the names.

Or when asked how far it was to the next turning, reply, "About three-quarters of an inch."

I looked over and my ex was just rotating the map round and round and round
Imagine permanently turning right passing the wheel through your hands like the way plod drive
Like that.
I just looked at her with my mouth hanging open.