Classic from the Mrs!
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Surely that's more for the Non Petrolheads thread than here though. To many (probably the majority of) people a car is just a tool. My Mrs wouldn't have a clue how much RAM her laptop's got, if we have a conventional or combi boiler, or what make the fridge is. Why would a non enthusiast see a car as any different?
irocfan said:
I'll just leave this here, classics from many mrsesseses...
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonabl...
Bet they'd like this...http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonabl...
http://www.lingscars.com/scrappage.php#models
simoid said:
mike-r said:
But doesn't turning a light off an on repeatedly break it? What I've always been told.
Lights have only a certain number of times you can turn them on, so if you turn them on and off it brings them closer to the end of their life.
I've been enjoying reading this thread for ages but have been told that if I were to post anything that Mrs BL says, there would be no more, ahem, intimacy between us. 
However, our two youngest boys have been practicing singing that they have learned at school: I had to point out that I am sure the words are "Sing Hosanna!", not "Sing lasagne".
However, our two youngest boys have been practicing singing that they have learned at school: I had to point out that I am sure the words are "Sing Hosanna!", not "Sing lasagne".
prongy said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Tractor tyres are amusing, the standard equipment for breaking the bead is a length of angle iron and a sledge hammer 
Only if you like doing things the hard way? An air or hydraulic powered bead breaker and a pair of levers is far simpler! Playing Eve Online, and the Mrs asked if the voice announcements for events ever get annoying. I answered yes but help when playing the game. So far so good, then she continues......... I suppose its a good idea as it means blind people can play the game too. I stop and stare at her expecting some sort of realization to dawn but nope. I then continue, yeah but those Braille monitors aren't really compatibly with many PC games and are a nightmare to install.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Wife: Have octopuses got 8 brains?
Son (quick as a flash) well if they have, that's 8 more than you!
Much laughter all round.
Not actually such a ridiculous question as it turns out:Son (quick as a flash) well if they have, that's 8 more than you!
Much laughter all round.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus#Intelligence
"An octopus has a highly complex nervous system, only part of which is localized in its brain. Two-thirds of an octopus's neurons are found in the nerve cords of its arms, which have limited functional autonomy."
Driving to Italy a couple of weeks ago we had just entered Italy from Austria and were heading over the Brenner Pass down to Lake Garda when 'her indoors' states with that wonderfully naive quizzical tone she sometimes uses, 'there's lots of Irish cars here isn't there?'.....it provided ammo for two weeks!
Moonhawk said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Wife: Have octopuses got 8 brains?
Son (quick as a flash) well if they have, that's 8 more than you!
Much laughter all round.
Not actually such a ridiculous question as it turns out:Son (quick as a flash) well if they have, that's 8 more than you!
Much laughter all round.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus#Intelligence
"An octopus has a highly complex nervous system, only part of which is localized in its brain. Two-thirds of an octopus's neurons are found in the nerve cords of its arms, which have limited functional autonomy."
But in fact then an Octopus has 9 brains, so she was wrong!
crostonian said:
Driving to Italy a couple of weeks ago we had just entered Italy from Austria and were heading over the Brenner Pass down to Lake Garda when 'her indoors' states with that wonderfully naive quizzical tone she sometimes uses, 'there's lots of Irish cars here isn't there?'.....it provided ammo for two weeks!
Hope you went through Switzerland too 
The past couple of days my OH has had a bad back and leg, so had been thinking about not going in to work today. Personally, I don't like to do this, and would turn up to work to prove how bad you are and let them send you home, so I suggested that to her.
This morning the alarm goes off at 6am so she can get the bus (she hates driving, and parking in the area is bad anyway).
She rolls over, tries to reach the alarm, and then asks me to turn it off because she can't reach.
10 minutes later she's still not up, so I think that maybe she decided to not going today after all.
30 minutes after that, she shakes me and points at the clock.
"Yes, it's 6:40 - what's up?"
"I fell asleep - can you drop me in, please?"
"Okay"
So we get up, have breakfast, and while stuck in traffic (another reason not to drive in) she says "Did the alarm go off? I didn't hear it".
Grrr.
This morning the alarm goes off at 6am so she can get the bus (she hates driving, and parking in the area is bad anyway).
She rolls over, tries to reach the alarm, and then asks me to turn it off because she can't reach.
10 minutes later she's still not up, so I think that maybe she decided to not going today after all.
30 minutes after that, she shakes me and points at the clock.
"Yes, it's 6:40 - what's up?"
"I fell asleep - can you drop me in, please?"
"Okay"
So we get up, have breakfast, and while stuck in traffic (another reason not to drive in) she says "Did the alarm go off? I didn't hear it".
Grrr.
I read that Mumsnet thread last week and it amazed me how many clueless women are on our roads. Personally I think learning how to check oil, water, tyres etc should be part of the driving test but perhaps I'm harsh.
I am female. I can change a tyre, do an oil change and my own brakes. I don't expect every woman out there to be able to do this but to only know your car is purple is a whole new level of ridiculous.
I am female. I can change a tyre, do an oil change and my own brakes. I don't expect every woman out there to be able to do this but to only know your car is purple is a whole new level of ridiculous.
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