People saying stupidly obvious things

[Chunkymonkey_71]

A couple of weekends ago, I was in Whitehaven in Cumbria (no, I'm not sure why either); with my good lady.

We were in a Chinese takeaway which had one of those waving lucky Chinese cats.

My better half thought out loud 'I like them. I wonder where I could get one?'

A lady sitting beside us leaned over, and with a face of pure ancient wisdom said 'you can buy them online'.


Given you can buy anything online, from shoes to Albanian children; what's the last blatantly obvious thing that someone has said to you?

[Jonmx]

I have a good friend from HK who insists on having one of those stupid things as it apparently brings good luck. She didn't have an answer when I asked her how long plastic cats with a mechanical inside have been lucky. Someone somewhere has made a fortune out of those things.

[bigandclever]

Chunkymonkey_71 said:

We were in a Chinese takeaway which had one of those waving lucky Chinese cats.

fk it, I'm going in. They're Japanese not Chinese.

[JimbobVFR]

bigandclever said:

fk it, I'm going in. They're Japanese not Chinese.

They're not waving either, it's actually a beckoning motion not a wave.

[Triumph Man]

JimbobVFR said:

bigandclever said:

fk it, I'm going in. They're Japanese not Chinese.

They're not waving either, it's actually a beckoning motion not a wave.

Ah that’s alright then, next time I go to a Chinese and buy even more, I can say to my wife the lucky wavy not actually Chinese cat beckoned me to add spring rolls and prawn toasts to the order… honest…

[Blakewater]

The pier at Llandudno has kiosks selling them, and pretty much every tourist place that's not Chinese or Japanese.

A lot of seaside places have kiosks selling ornaments made from shells that have been made in China, so you're not even buying local mementos in reality.

[Geffg]

They’re lucky for the sellers. Make the sellers good money.

[zetec]

Used to work in retail. On those rare winter days where everything outside was white and frozen, every single customer would have to tell me that 'it's cold outside'.

[cliffords]

I was first in a queue outside a barbers today. It shuts for lunch and I got there early to get in first.
Three fellows eventually got in a polite British queue behind me.

A chap walked up to us all and said :
Are you blokes all waiting for a haircut?

I didn't actually answer him however one of the other chaps said. No we are waiting for a hot air balloon ride and they can only take four passengers.

The fellow who asked us said fine, I will come back tomorrow then.

[Dog Biscuit]

cliffords said:

I was first in a queue outside a barbers today. It shuts for lunch and I got there early to get in first.
Three fellows eventually got in a polite British queue behind me.

A chap walked up to us all and said :
Are you blokes all waiting for a haircut?

I didn't actually answer him however one of the other chaps said. No we are waiting for a hot air balloon ride and they can only take four passengers.

The fellow who asked us said fine, I will come back tomorrow then.

Well, you could have been waiting for a beard trim or a nostril hair removal tbf

Or perhaps something for the weekend?