Classic from the Mrs!

[simoid]

callmedave said:

Me and SWMBO playing the classic card game 'go fish'

Me: got any fives?
Her: no, go fish.
Her: got any fives?
Me:.....do you know how to play this game?

More goldfish than go fish.

[talksthetorque]

She's probably so bored with card games her mind had drifted to eloping with the bloke down the road who does triathlons

[ukbabz]

Watching the F1 at the weekend and explaining that NR is ahead of LH in points due to reliability issues with Lewis' car..

"Maybe if he had it serviced more often he wouldn't have the issues.."

[onyx39]

Went into Tesco's in Sandhurst at the weekend, and the "Atrium" type area at the front between Tesco and M&S has scaffolding up.
I suspect they have built a platform for builders / painters to stand on whilst they paint the ceiling, work on lighting etc.
So the platform is made of scaffolding, which supports wooden planks across the whole area.
On the way in, the mrs asked if I had seen what they are doing, I said I had, she asked what I thought was being done, and I told her that I suspected that the ceiling would be painted. She asked how they would manage to paint the wood without getting paint on the scaffolding poles? I told her that painting would be done ABOVE the wood, as that was where the painters would be working.
"So, when are they going to paint the wooden ceiling then"

[phil_cardiff]

ukbabz said:

Watching the F1 at the weekend and explaining that NR is ahead of LH in points due to reliability issues with Lewis' car..

"Maybe if he had it serviced more often he wouldn't have the issues.."

You've made some progress with this one though.

[andrewrob]

Heading to Lake Como at the end of the week and my mrs has been on trip advisor looking up restaurants. She told me she'd found a great one in Scorchio (or Sorico as its also known)
Worst thing is, she used to watch the fast show too!

[RizzoTheRat]

A collegue was suposed to be going on holiday to Como the other week. He had to cancel at the last minute as when packing for the holiday discovered his wife had lost her passport

callmedave said:

Me and SWMBO playing the classic card game 'go fish'
Me: got any fives?
Her: no, go fish.
Her: got any fives?
Me:.....do you know how to play this game?

Not knowing how to play a specific card game is a classic?

[Vaud]

RizzoTheRat said:

Not knowing how to play a specific card game is a classic?

I had to google it to be honest. Never played that one.

[skilly1]

Whilst looking at an indoor wake-boarding machine, which has a huge amount of water rushing uphill into a grate at the top like this:



Mrs - do you think they reuse that water?

[Hooli]

mister_ee said:

OlberJ said:

Seemingly if they are up there good and solid then it's a perfectly good base to use I am told.

Which is why I had to chisel off 3 layers of the bds when I did my kitchen, the bathroom isn't looking right good either (tiles shouldn't be flush with door architrave should they?)

We've had that sort of fun in our place too. One classic was nasty woodchip paper painted yellow which came off to reveal 1/4" of plaster over nasty woodchip paper painted yellow...

[HereBeMonsters]

Hooli said:

mister_ee said:

OlberJ said:

Seemingly if they are up there good and solid then it's a perfectly good base to use I am told.

Which is why I had to chisel off 3 layers of the bds when I did my kitchen, the bathroom isn't looking right good either (tiles shouldn't be flush with door architrave should they?)

We've had that sort of fun in our place too. One classic was nasty woodchip paper painted yellow which came off to reveal 1/4" of plaster over nasty woodchip paper painted yellow...

Our kitchen got so much bigger once we'd removed the layer upon layer of tiles and vinyl that they had to measure it again before the new one went in.

[callmedave]

RizzoTheRat said:

Not knowing how to play a specific card game is a classic?

She knows how to play the game, the fact i had JUST asked her for fives only a second befor and it didnt trigger a spark.


Its the same as her asking whats for dinner having just finished a conversation about what to eat tonight.

[marshalla]

callmedave said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Not knowing how to play a specific card game is a classic?

She knows how to play the game, the fact i had JUST asked her for fives only a second befor and it didnt trigger a spark.


Its the same as her asking whats for dinner having just finished a conversation about what to eat tonight.

Surely that means that you did have 5s even if she didn't - so strategically she could try to mess up your hand by taking them from you ? Or am I missing something ? I don't know these American games - I prefer Happy Families.

[driverrob]

onyx39 said:

Went into Tesco's in Sandhurst ...

POI: More than cosmetic work; the roof was leaking.

[callmedave]

marshalla said:

callmedave said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Not knowing how to play a specific card game is a classic?

She knows how to play the game, the fact i had JUST asked her for fives only a second befor and it didnt trigger a spark.


Its the same as her asking whats for dinner having just finished a conversation about what to eat tonight.

Surely that means that you did have 5s even if she didn't - so strategically she could try to mess up your hand by taking them from you ? Or am I missing something ? I don't know these American games - I prefer Happy Families.

You can only ask for a card if you have one of them in your hand, If you are asked for a card you have, you must hand over all of that value.

When I explained to her that i had just asked for them, she realised her mistake.

It was funny at the time. I think having to explain the game rules has made the situation loose its comedy value. Nevermind, there will be more....

[onyx39]

driverrob said:

onyx39 said:

Went into Tesco's in Sandhurst ...

POI: More than cosmetic work; the roof was leaking.

ah ok... I assumed it was just painting.
Cheers for that.

[blinkythefish]

Watching the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and presenter mentions pitcairn islands, settled by the crew of the Bounty. My wife's response:

"The Bounty? Was that real then?"

[BHC]

Talking about a guy at work named Dan Hill.

"I wonder if he was named after the singer."
"I don't know, maybe. What's the singer called?"

[Hooli]

HereBeMonsters said:

Hooli said:

mister_ee said:

OlberJ said:

Seemingly if they are up there good and solid then it's a perfectly good base to use I am told.

Which is why I had to chisel off 3 layers of the bds when I did my kitchen, the bathroom isn't looking right good either (tiles shouldn't be flush with door architrave should they?)

We've had that sort of fun in our place too. One classic was nasty woodchip paper painted yellow which came off to reveal 1/4" of plaster over nasty woodchip paper painted yellow...

Our kitchen got so much bigger once we'd removed the layer upon layer of tiles and vinyl that they had to measure it again before the new one went in.

We could gain 4" of headroom if we removed the floor that is over the original floor...

[zollburgers]

Our holiday place didn't have a toaster and so I suggested she used the grill on the oven instead. She was genuinely surprised and a little angry that the grill had only toasted one side when she took it out.