Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2
Discussion
Recently went to Paris on the Eurostar which for me was a first.
We left London St Pancras bang on time and continued to trundle across the Kent countryside (be careful how you say that!) towards the tunnel.
Once we entered the tunnel it all went dark outside, and I guessed it would be that way for a good 20 minutes or so.
Eventually we emerge in tho the bright sunshine of the French countryside and I say "Ooh, we're in France!
To which she replies......"how do you know?"
At this point I decide to resist the temptation to argue about how we've just passed under the English Channel in one of the best engineering projects ever undertaken my mankind in recent years and simply replied...... "just a guess love"
We left London St Pancras bang on time and continued to trundle across the Kent countryside (be careful how you say that!) towards the tunnel.
Once we entered the tunnel it all went dark outside, and I guessed it would be that way for a good 20 minutes or so.
Eventually we emerge in tho the bright sunshine of the French countryside and I say "Ooh, we're in France!
To which she replies......"how do you know?"
At this point I decide to resist the temptation to argue about how we've just passed under the English Channel in one of the best engineering projects ever undertaken my mankind in recent years and simply replied...... "just a guess love"
kowalski655 said:
Not something she said but something she did.
It was(for once) damn hot this afternoon so she winds down the window in the car
Nothing stupid about that you may think, but she forgot where we were.....
The LION enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park!!!
Hopefully just a brain fart and not early onset dementia
I wound it back up bloody quickly!
It was(for once) damn hot this afternoon so she winds down the window in the car
Nothing stupid about that you may think, but she forgot where we were.....
The LION enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park!!!
Hopefully just a brain fart and not early onset dementia
I wound it back up bloody quickly!
Reminds me when I was a very young kid, my dad took me and my brother to Blair Drummond. Me around 5, my brother around 2.
My brother decided at the Lion enclosure to open the rear door. Peugeot childlocks apparently aren't easy to operate
Still got the video cam footage somewhere - Dad filming at the time, and all of a sudden "Oh s
t!". kowalski655 said:
Not something she said but something she did.
It was(for once) damn hot this afternoon so she winds down the window in the car
Nothing stupid about that you may think, but she forgot where we were.....
The LION enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park!!!
Hopefully just a brain fart and not early onset dementia
I wound it back up bloody quickly!
We were there earlier this year. I stopped on the road, a good 100 yards from any lion, who were all lying down and relaxed. Without thinking it through, I put the window down a bit to get a decent photo. Quick as a flash this guy in a pick-up sped towards me putting his vehicle between me and the lions. To be honest, all he did was scared the sIt was(for once) damn hot this afternoon so she winds down the window in the car
Nothing stupid about that you may think, but she forgot where we were.....
The LION enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park!!!
Hopefully just a brain fart and not early onset dementia
I wound it back up bloody quickly!
t out of the lions who were chilling in the shade. I moved on feeling a little sheepish though 
RammyMP said:
I had a go on her scales this morning, as I was weighing myself I was bending over to read the display. To my surprise I was informed that you should stand up straight as you weigh more if you bend down. Must be something to do with your centre of gravity?
Sorry, but if you need to bend over to read the scales then you don't need to read the scales. I can tell you that you're too fat.
sidekickdmr said:
This just reminded me of the time we purchased our first Hoover as a couple (new house).
I went out and got a lovely new Henry, brand new and still in the box, happily she is hoovering away in no time.
About 2-3 months later I go to pick it up and move it and it weighs more than a small car, I remark that its way overdue a bag empty and I’m surprised its still working, she says "Bag? I thought it was bagless", I remark that she knows full well that’s it’s not as she would have put a bag in it before she used it for the first time and I get a blank/shocked look.
I open it up and there, buried underneath months of dust and grime is the instruction manual, the wheels in a little plastic bag, and 3 hoover bags, still in their wrapper. She had got it out the box, clipped the hose on and started using it immediately.
And a hoover completely and utterly knackered that had to go in the bin
We have a Henry at work that is used day in, day out purely to suck up incredibly fine wood dust. We've never put a bag in and it's at least twenty years old now, working perfectly.I went out and got a lovely new Henry, brand new and still in the box, happily she is hoovering away in no time.
About 2-3 months later I go to pick it up and move it and it weighs more than a small car, I remark that its way overdue a bag empty and I’m surprised its still working, she says "Bag? I thought it was bagless", I remark that she knows full well that’s it’s not as she would have put a bag in it before she used it for the first time and I get a blank/shocked look.
I open it up and there, buried underneath months of dust and grime is the instruction manual, the wheels in a little plastic bag, and 3 hoover bags, still in their wrapper. She had got it out the box, clipped the hose on and started using it immediately.
And a hoover completely and utterly knackered that had to go in the bin
It does have the filter though.
Nanook said:
Jimmy Recard said:
sidekickdmr said:
This just reminded me of the time we purchased our first Hoover as a couple (new house).
I went out and got a lovely new Henry, brand new and still in the box, happily she is hoovering away in no time.
About 2-3 months later I go to pick it up and move it and it weighs more than a small car, I remark that its way overdue a bag empty and I’m surprised its still working, she says "Bag? I thought it was bagless", I remark that she knows full well that’s it’s not as she would have put a bag in it before she used it for the first time and I get a blank/shocked look.
I open it up and there, buried underneath months of dust and grime is the instruction manual, the wheels in a little plastic bag, and 3 hoover bags, still in their wrapper. She had got it out the box, clipped the hose on and started using it immediately.
And a hoover completely and utterly knackered that had to go in the bin
We have a Henry at work that is used day in, day out purely to suck up incredibly fine wood dust. We've never put a bag in and it's at least twenty years old now, working perfectly.I went out and got a lovely new Henry, brand new and still in the box, happily she is hoovering away in no time.
About 2-3 months later I go to pick it up and move it and it weighs more than a small car, I remark that its way overdue a bag empty and I’m surprised its still working, she says "Bag? I thought it was bagless", I remark that she knows full well that’s it’s not as she would have put a bag in it before she used it for the first time and I get a blank/shocked look.
I open it up and there, buried underneath months of dust and grime is the instruction manual, the wheels in a little plastic bag, and 3 hoover bags, still in their wrapper. She had got it out the box, clipped the hose on and started using it immediately.
And a hoover completely and utterly knackered that had to go in the bin
It does have the filter though.
She still has it, my brother is nearly 25.
Anyway, another from my mother in law.
Last weekend when we were all visiting my wife's sister, the MiL asked me "would beer that has gone a couple of months past the best before date be OK to drink" to which I replied if its only a couple of months, it'll be fine really, maybe a bit flat.
My wife pips in with "Well if anything else, Alex can put it in the ice bucket and we'll have it at our party" which sounded reasonable enough, I don't think my mates would be too worried as I know I wouldn't.
This weekend, MiL comes to visit us and goes "Oh, Alex, I brought that beer that you said would be good at your party" at which point, I'm heading towards the boot of her car expecting half a crate of something or other, but no, she reaches into her handbag and happily presents me with a single 330ml bottle of Tiger.
Bless.
Last weekend when we were all visiting my wife's sister, the MiL asked me "would beer that has gone a couple of months past the best before date be OK to drink" to which I replied if its only a couple of months, it'll be fine really, maybe a bit flat.
My wife pips in with "Well if anything else, Alex can put it in the ice bucket and we'll have it at our party" which sounded reasonable enough, I don't think my mates would be too worried as I know I wouldn't.
This weekend, MiL comes to visit us and goes "Oh, Alex, I brought that beer that you said would be good at your party" at which point, I'm heading towards the boot of her car expecting half a crate of something or other, but no, she reaches into her handbag and happily presents me with a single 330ml bottle of Tiger.
Bless.
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