Classic from the Mrs!
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sadako said:
lost in espace said:
I told my exwife the Blair Witch Project was a documentary and took her to see it. Priceless.
While being lame you get the odd person who was freaked out by it. Someone in my dorm at uni was - one of the guys had a mouldy stake in the fridge so we promptly went out, got some twigs from the park, made a cage out of them and left it outside her door with the raw steak inside covered in ketchup 
When "walking with dinosaurs" first came out we managed to convince my sister (who would have been nearly 20 at the time) that the BBC had invented a time machine and gone back in time to get actual footage of real dinosaurs.
She honestly believed it for a couple of episodes before we let her out of her misery!
She honestly believed it for a couple of episodes before we let her out of her misery!
I once fairly casually asked my PA what plans she had for the weekend.
She replied, 'we are going to Ireland for a couple of days'
How nice I said, only a short flight.
'Oh no we've decieded to drive there' she said.
'Ahh, and catch the ferry then, nice to arrive by boat.' I said as I was heading toward the door.
She then pipes up, "Boat what boat, you don't need a boat to drive to Ireland...."
(She had an A level in Geography too.)
To say I was worried for her is an understatement.
Driving down the motorway for the first time in our new car so decided to put on the cruise control. I take my feet of the peddles and the other half pipes up, "What are you doing" "Cruise control dear, the car controls the throttle by its self" "Wow" she says, "Will it steer itself as well then?"
I nearly chocked with laughter and it has been a running joke every since....
And this was from a women who at the time was the director of a £50million turnover company. But 20 years on I still love her
I nearly chocked with laughter and it has been a running joke every since....
And this was from a women who at the time was the director of a £50million turnover company. But 20 years on I still love her
Examples of The Mental, which I've no doubt posted up before when these 'Mental' threads come up.
Leaving a rainy Manchester flying away on holiday - we rise above the clouds.
Ex: Oh good, the sun's come out !
Giving directions to a work colleague, involving a couple of junctions south on the M1.
Me: then take the M1 south to junction 26.
The Mental: Which exit is the M1 on the roundabout.
Me: It's the third exit, right. It's signposted "The South & London".
The Mental: So do I have to go through London ?
Another Mental: If you shine a torch at the moon why can't you see the spot of light ?
Leaving a rainy Manchester flying away on holiday - we rise above the clouds.
Ex: Oh good, the sun's come out !
Giving directions to a work colleague, involving a couple of junctions south on the M1.
Me: then take the M1 south to junction 26.
The Mental: Which exit is the M1 on the roundabout.
Me: It's the third exit, right. It's signposted "The South & London".
The Mental: So do I have to go through London ?
Another Mental: If you shine a torch at the moon why can't you see the spot of light ?
threesixty said:
silverthorn2151 said:
Kinda sweet that they think like that though ain't it.
Mine refuses to believe that if she gets on the M25 and just keeps driving she'll be back where she started. And she's a teacher!
It's not THE MENTAL......her brain is just not wired up right. My fav game at the moment is to emerge from a shop/building/street and say "right then, which way do you think we go". She tries SO HARD to get it right she looks like a potty training toddler....and then points with confidence the wrong way.
I used to think it was put on for effect.....nope....sense of direction of a cardboard box!
Last year SWMBO and I were flying into Athens airport en-route to a friend's wedding in Crete. On looking out of the window during final approach, SWMBO said "Ooh look...! That's the Parthenon...!" I leant over and looked out the window to have a look. "No love, that's a load of gas holders".
WTF
We were flying over some sort of industrial estate.
WTF
We were flying over some sort of industrial estate.While watching some VH1 show, the village people came on and a discussion about their status as a gay ban ensued. I commented that despite them being a gay icon, I was pretty sure only one member was actually gay and I think it was the indian.........
Her response: Which ones the indian?
Her response: Which ones the indian?
An ex of mine thought that the lady who read the traffic warnings in my companys old Citroen C5 pool car "had a really boring job."
And, not (swmbo-related) I was ordering pies from a baker one day to be delivered to the office on my birthday. We had a secretary who was a veggie so I asked the girl on the phone if they had any vegetarian pies. Response: "We've got Chicken and Mushroom."
And, not (swmbo-related) I was ordering pies from a baker one day to be delivered to the office on my birthday. We had a secretary who was a veggie so I asked the girl on the phone if they had any vegetarian pies. Response: "We've got Chicken and Mushroom."
speedychrissie said:
When "walking with dinosaurs" first came out we managed to convince my sister (who would have been nearly 20 at the time) that the BBC had invented a time machine and gone back in time to get actual footage of real dinosaurs.
She honestly believed it for a couple of episodes before we let her out of her misery!
Walking With Dinosaurs has caught a few women out...She honestly believed it for a couple of episodes before we let her out of her misery!
IIRC in a previous similar thread on PH, somebody's girlfriend was said to have burst into tears watching a baby dinosaur with a broken leg weaken and eventually die. It's carcass was then eaten by a bigger dinosaur. "You'd have thought", she bewailed as the poor little dino took it's last breaths, "the cameraman would have helped it out".
Andy Zarse said:
speedychrissie said:
When "walking with dinosaurs" first came out we managed to convince my sister (who would have been nearly 20 at the time) that the BBC had invented a time machine and gone back in time to get actual footage of real dinosaurs.
She honestly believed it for a couple of episodes before we let her out of her misery!
Walking With Dinosaurs has caught a few women out...She honestly believed it for a couple of episodes before we let her out of her misery!
IIRC in a previous similar thread on PH, somebody's girlfriend was said to have burst into tears watching a baby dinosaur with a broken leg weaken and eventually die. It's carcass was then eaten by a bigger dinosaur. "You'd have thought", she bewailed as the poor little dino took it's last breaths, "the cameraman would have helped it out".
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