Classic from the Mrs!

[Cliftonite]

Cotty said:

How mind numbing must that be.

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You cannot just cherry-pick your jobs in this day and age.

[simoid]

Cliftonite said:

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You cannot just cherry-pick your jobs in this day and age.

Poor guys' eyes are probably glaced over.

[Hooli]

Dr Jekyll said:

Had a good one this afternoon, I was driving, she was giving me directions to a pub she knows but I don't.

"Straight on here, then turn left where the yellow Volkswagen is usually parked."

I get that too, but it tends to be 'turn where the so n so pub that shut years before I moved to the area used to be.

[RobinBanks]

Hooli said:

I get that too, but it tends to be 'turn where the so n so pub that shut years before I moved to the area used to be.

I get that.

"It's just before the Vauxhall dealer."
"I can't think of a Vauxhall dealer around here...."
"It's a Renault dealer now."
"Right, thanks...."

[Hooli]

RobinBanks said:

Hooli said:

I get that too, but it tends to be 'turn where the so n so pub that shut years before I moved to the area used to be.

I get that.

"It's just before the Vauxhall dealer."
"I can't think of a Vauxhall dealer around here...."
"It's a Renault dealer now."
"Right, thanks...."

[Moonhawk]

s p a c e m a n said:

Bird behind the bar, so someones missus.

'We don't have any apple flavoured cider, we've only got pear and original'

That reminds me - I was in a pub a few weeks back and they had a fruit flavoured cider "passion fruit and apple"......

......aren't all fruit flavoured ciders technically "- and apple"? (pear cider/perry notwithstanding)

Edited by Moonhawk on Monday 20th October 14:54

[slopes]

RobinBanks said:

Hooli said:

I get that too, but it tends to be 'turn where the so n so pub that shut years before I moved to the area used to be.

I get that.

"It's just before the Vauxhall dealer."
"I can't think of a Vauxhall dealer around here...."
"It's a Renault dealer now."
"Right, thanks...."

The one i used to get from my ex future mil when directing which exit to take on a roundabout.

"Over there"
"What?"
"Over there!!!"
"There are four flaming exits, which one is over there????"

[Tyre Tread]

slopes said:

The one i used to get from my ex future mil when directing which exit to take on a roundabout.

"Over there"
"What?"
"Over there!!!"
"There are four flaming exits, which one is over there????"

Or one I get frequently:
"Turn left here" (no left turning apparent)
"Do you mean right"
"no, left, There, THERE!" she says pointing at the right turn

[plasticpig]

Vaud said:

It's semantics. Yes perry is perry and cider is cider.

But from a "slightly fizzy alcoholic drink perspective" made from pears or apples, asking for pear cider is technically wrong but not unreasonable.

Babycham killed the chance of perry ever being a marketable drink in the UK. Presumably people still drink the stuff because it's still for sale but I have never met anyone who admit's to drinking it.

[Nom de ploom]

chuck a slug of brandy in it....

a while ago whilst listening to the classified results the team from Wales "Nowy Cefn Druids" was announced to which my wife said "who? The fafawy chewits?"

to which I said (whilst trying to control the car) "yes love, the "fafawy chewits" they play in a funny place called wales..."

so to this day she looks out for the "fafawy chewits" scores....

wimmin, can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em.

[Moonhawk]

plasticpig said:

Babycham killed the chance of perry ever being a marketable drink in the UK. Presumably people still drink the stuff because it's still for sale but I have never met anyone who admit's to drinking it.

Lambrini is a perry. Presumably it picked up when Babycham became unfashionable.

[Hooli]

Nom de ploom said:

chuck a slug of brandy in it....

a while ago whilst listening to the classified results the team from Wales "Nowy Cefn Druids" was announced to which my wife said "who? The fafawy chewits?"

to which I said (whilst trying to control the car) "yes love, the "fafawy chewits" they play in a funny place called wales..."

so to this day she looks out for the "fafawy chewits" scores....

wimmin, can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em.

[RobbieKB]

Can anyone fluent in woman decipher this?

A group of us were discussing billionaires and consequently Donald Trump. My girlfriend chimes in "Ahh yes - Donald Trump - the turkey guy!". She received enough blank looks that she decided to qualify her outburst with "the guy who made all that money from turkeys."

Not only can I not think of any major involvement Trump has had with turkeys, I'm not even sure who she incorrectly thinks he is.

Anyone?

[tribbles]

RobbieKB said:

Can anyone fluent in woman decipher this?

A group of us were discussing billionaires and consequently Donald Trump. My girlfriend chimes in "Ahh yes - Donald Trump - the turkey guy!". She received enough blank looks that she decided to qualify her outburst with "the guy who made all that money from turkeys."

Not only can I not think of any major involvement Trump has had with turkeys, I'm not even sure who she incorrectly thinks he is.

Anyone?

Getting confused with Bernard Matthews?

[RobbieKB]

tribbles said:

RobbieKB said:

Can anyone fluent in woman decipher this?

A group of us were discussing billionaires and consequently Donald Trump. My girlfriend chimes in "Ahh yes - Donald Trump - the turkey guy!". She received enough blank looks that she decided to qualify her outburst with "the guy who made all that money from turkeys."

Not only can I not think of any major involvement Trump has had with turkeys, I'm not even sure who she incorrectly thinks he is.

Anyone?

Getting confused with Bernard Matthews?

That was our first thought but that's quite the mistake. He's A) Dead B) never been a 'celebrity' really C) no where NEAR billionaire status.

[mel]

Even if you Google "Turkey Billionaires" nothing of interest comes up.....oooops hold on

Rahmi Mustafa Koç

What a superb name, and his wiki page is covered with childish giggle inducers, such as "The Koc Holding Corporation" and "Mustafa Koc"

Doubt it has anything at all to do with your wifes thought process but it made me giggle.

[RizzoTheRat]

Hooli said:

I get that too, but it tends to be 'turn where the so n so pub that shut years before I moved to the area used to be.

The usual description/directions I'll give to get to my house involve "where the driving test centre used to be" (moved 5 or 6 years ago), and "where the Boots depot used to be" (closed at 9 or 10 years ago, and had been redeveloped in to housing before I bought my place).

In my defence people who are relatively local and over the age of 25 generally did their driving test there and know the area reasonably well.

RobinBanks said:

"It's just before the Vauxhall dealer."
"I can't think of a Vauxhall dealer around here...."
"It's a Renault dealer now."
"Right, thanks...."

So it's after the Vauxhall dealer then...

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Tuesday 21st October 11:14

[RobinBanks]

RobbieKB said:

That was our first thought but that's quite the mistake. He's A) Dead B) never been a 'celebrity' really C) no where NEAR billionaire status.

He's a household name though, so I can only assume she meant Bernard Matthews.
How many other people are famous for selling turkey?

[Hooli]

Nom de ploom said:

chuck a slug of brandy in it....

a while ago whilst listening to the classified results the team from Wales "Nowy Cefn Druids" was announced to which my wife said "who? The fafawy chewits?"

to which I said (whilst trying to control the car) "yes love, the "fafawy chewits" they play in a funny place called wales..."

so to this day she looks out for the "fafawy chewits" scores....

wimmin, can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em.

[Silver Smudger]

Hooli said:

Nom de ploom said:

chuck a slug of brandy in it....

a while ago whilst listening to the classified results the team from Wales "Nowy Cefn Druids" was announced to which my wife said "who? The fafawy chewits?"

to which I said (whilst trying to control the car) "yes love, the "fafawy chewits" they play in a funny place called wales..."

so to this day she looks out for the "fafawy chewits" scores....

wimmin, can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em.

Assuming you can understand this, as you are ROFLing - Could you help with the translation?