Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

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SistersofPercy

3,355 posts

166 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Me, again....
The aircon in my Fiat 500 has started to make a scraping noise. I did a little research and discovered a faulty bearing on them is quite common so booked it in under warranty (garage warranty not manufacturers). Decided changing the cabin filter wouldn't be a bad call as it's one less thing for them to blame (and charge me for). I pulled up a clip on YouTube showing where the filter was etc

I realised after HWMBO had been frustratedly crawling around the passenger footwell for 15 minutes cursing that he couldn't find it I'd watched an American how to video....

jogger1976

1,251 posts

126 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Me, my sister and my aunt sat on the balcony of her time share in Malaga on a lovely Moonlit evening.

Sister: Wow, the Moon's really bright tonight
Me: Yep, it looks beautiful
Aunt: Do you think that's the same Moon we get in England? roflroflroflrofl

Bullett

10,880 posts

184 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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silverfoxcc said:
Watching Pointless tonight, one of the questions was

how many were in the original line up of the band Police

I said three

Mrs Fox no there are usually at least 6

Me ???? No there was Sting and the drummer and Bass player

Mrs F Oh i thought he said how many in a police line up
Sting was the bass player.
there was also a guitarist and a drummer

john2443

6,336 posts

211 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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Nigel_O said:
After telling a girl I once worked with that I was driving to Scotland on business the next day, she remarked that it wasn't possible to drive to Scotland.

She was working on the premise that Scotland "is another country, so it must be abroad, which means you can't drive there...."

I had to get Google Maps to prove it - bless!....
She'd probably used Google maps to get directions and it sent her on the ferry to Calais, drive to Norway and get the ferry back to Newcastle...

ShiningWit

10,203 posts

128 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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I once told an ex that she was hard and uncaring, she claimed she was a very caring person as she'd done a course on it at work.laugh

MitchT

15,853 posts

209 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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OH booking a restaurant via its website …

”I’ve selected 7pm but it’s now giving me a choice of 15, 30 or 45 minutes. Surely we’ll need a couple of hours. Who books a table for 15 minutes?”

Genius!

DannyScene

6,619 posts

155 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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I've just bought an MX5, early model, Manual roof

Took it round to show the girlfriend who jumped in and went 'oh is the roof automatic or manual'

'err manual, what do you mean automatic?'

'Well doesn't it go down automatically when the suns out?'

'No, only if you want it to go down and I think you mean electric where it does it by pressing a button'

'well yes but wouldn't it be cool if it was automatic when the sun was out??'

'sigh, yes dear'

Not sure why that would be a good idea in her eyes, no doubt she will think of good points today and I'll have to argue them tonight

Ari

19,346 posts

215 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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ShiningWit said:
I once told an ex that she was hard and uncaring, she claimed she was a very caring person as she'd done a course on it at work.laugh
I think this may be my new favourite CFTM! biggrin

northwest monkey

6,370 posts

189 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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Bit of background - I sell womens clothes & shoes online.

Not my missus, but probably someones...

"Hi there, is the price you've advertised these shoes at for one shoe or for two?"

Not sure how to answer without sounding patronising.

Even Heather Mills buys shoes as a pair surely?


simoid

19,772 posts

158 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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northwest monkey said:
Bit of background - I sell womens clothes & shoes online.

Not my missus, but probably someones...

"Hi there, is the price you've advertised these shoes at for one shoe or for two?"

Not sure how to answer without sounding patronising.

Even Heather Mills buys shoes as a pair surely?
Please, please, please:

"It's for one shoe, but we're doing a 'buy one get one free' offer just now."

SilverSixer

8,202 posts

151 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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simoid said:
northwest monkey said:
Bit of background - I sell womens clothes & shoes online.

Not my missus, but probably someones...

"Hi there, is the price you've advertised these shoes at for one shoe or for two?"

Not sure how to answer without sounding patronising.

Even Heather Mills buys shoes as a pair surely?
Please, please, please:

"It's for one shoe, but we're doing a 'buy one get one free' offer just now."
Inevitable classic response: "Will I get a left and a right, or do I only get two rights if I buy a right?"

simoid

19,772 posts

158 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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I'm thinking a website that says "shoes are sold as a pair: left and right" is along similar lines to the bags of nuts which say "caution: contains nuts".

northwest monkey

6,370 posts

189 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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simoid said:
northwest monkey said:
Bit of background - I sell womens clothes & shoes online.

Not my missus, but probably someones...

"Hi there, is the price you've advertised these shoes at for one shoe or for two?"

Not sure how to answer without sounding patronising.

Even Heather Mills buys shoes as a pair surely?
Please, please, please:

"It's for one shoe, but we're doing a 'buy one get one free' offer just now."
It's very, very temptinglaugh

marshalla

15,902 posts

201 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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northwest monkey said:
Bit of background - I sell womens clothes & shoes online.

Not my missus, but probably someones...

"Hi there, is the price you've advertised these shoes at for one shoe or for two?"

Not sure how to answer without sounding patronising.

Even Heather Mills buys shoes as a pair surely?
Actually, it's a price for a mystery box. There's a prize in every one.

Corpulent Tosser

5,459 posts

245 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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Gargamel said:
How odd, I once worked with a young lady who insisted it was possible to drive all the way to Ireland (she was going to Dublin at the weekend) I asked her if she was flying or getting the ferry. No I am driving she said....

What followed in that conversation made me weep for the education of the young folk nowadays.
Not just the young ones, my mother, who was getting on a bit at the time was invited to a wedding in Canada, knowing she was advised not to fly due to medical conditions I asked if she was had looked at boats for the journey. She said after a bad experience on the Rosyth/Zeebruge ferry she would never go on a boat again.

She was convinced she could get to Canada without flying or taking a boat, I suggested she go in winter and hope the Bering Sea was frozen over.
She never did get to Canada frown

RizzoTheRat

25,140 posts

192 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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northwest monkey said:
Bit of background - I sell womens clothes & shoes online.

Not my missus, but probably someones...

"Hi there, is the price you've advertised these shoes at for one shoe or for two?"

Not sure how to answer without sounding patronising.

Even Heather Mills buys shoes as a pair surely?
I can't remember the film/book/show where one of the caracters parents met because their fathers, who'd both lost a leg in the war, once met in a shoe shop, realised they were the same size, and met up every so often to buy a pair of shoes between them biggrin

kowalski655

14,632 posts

143 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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Just be careful of these guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idHlk8mTd9Y

sparkyhx

4,146 posts

204 months

Sunday 17th May 2015
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john2443 said:
Nigel_O said:
After telling a girl I once worked with that I was driving to Scotland on business the next day, she remarked that it wasn't possible to drive to Scotland.

She was working on the premise that Scotland "is another country, so it must be abroad, which means you can't drive there...."

I had to get Google Maps to prove it - bless!....
She'd probably used Google maps to get directions and it sent her on the ferry to Calais, drive to Norway and get the ferry back to Newcastle...
I had an in-car satnav that was common to several Nissan mpodels that said it wasn't possible to drive to north of Scotland.

simoid

19,772 posts

158 months

Sunday 17th May 2015
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sparkyhx said:
I had an in-car satnav that was common to several Nissan mpodels that said it wasn't possible to drive to north of Scotland.
Well, North of Scotland is quite watery...

uncle tez

530 posts

151 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Wife - "We watched Escape from Alcatraz at weekend"
MIL - "whats that then ?"
Wife - "The Clint Eastwood film where he escapes from the prison"
MIL - "Oh right, Which prison was it ?"

Also watched a Mark Walberg war film based on a true story. The wife was very suprised and dissapointed at the end when he was the only guy left. The film was called Lone Survivor.