Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

[Hooli]

northwest monkey said:

Nimby said:

Wife half-watching the recent Lance Armstrong interview on TV and she asks me "Who did he play for?".

Pffft.

When he was all over the TV last year, my mother in law commented on how young he looked considering it was years since he went to the moon. I asked her if he went on his bike, but apparently no, he went in a rocket. I can't help but take the piss out of her & since my father in law died I see it as my duty.

[TorqueVR]

I ordered a new plastic garden shed for my mother last week. She phoned me to say that it's arrived and "is it OK to leave it outside or shall I ask them to put it in the conservatory"

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Watching Athletico Madrid on telly, they're sponsored by "Azerbaijan....Land of Fire."

Personally, not being aware that it had lots of volcanoes etc, I said "I wonder why they call Azerbaijan, "land of fire?"

And the reply...."Maybe they can't afford decent emergency services."

To be fair, she has this knack of saying things really seriously when she's joking, so I suspect she was having a laugh. Can't be sure though.

[simoid]

Pretty sure Azerbaijan has some sort of massive hole that used to be a coal mine or something that's been on fire for eternity

Eta this badger: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanar_Dag

[kowalski655]

Gargamel said:

NickGibbs said:

You thought you were joking but you were right! (Not the Torquay bit). Going back 500 years or so us Brits thought they came from Turkey, hence the name. They did, but originated in the US

What ? Before America was discovered?

What did the Turkish call them ?

Lunch?Good business

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_%28bird%29#His...

[RobinBanks]

kowalski655 said:

Gargamel said:

NickGibbs said:

You thought you were joking but you were right! (Not the Torquay bit). Going back 500 years or so us Brits thought they came from Turkey, hence the name. They did, but originated in the US

What ? Before America was discovered?

What did the Turkish call them ?

Lunch?Good business

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_%28bird%29#His...

"When Europeans first encountered turkeys in America, they incorrectly identified the birds as a type of guineafowl – i.e., as members of a group of birds which were thought to typically come from the country of Turkey. The name of the North American bird thus became "turkey fowl", which was then shortened to just "turkey".[3][4][5] In 1550, the English navigator William Strickland, who had introduced the turkey into England, was granted a coat of arms including a "turkey-cock in his pride proper"."

[R8VXF]

RobinBanks said:

"turkey-cock in his pride proper"."

[Vipers]

Watching Foyles War the other night, young lad says :-

"I am going to join the Air Force"

OH pipes up "He can't join the Air Force"

"Why" I said.

OH says "He can't fly a plane"..............

[onyx39]

Driving to work with the Mrs this morning, snow coming down at a fair rate.
Suddenly she says: Oh good it's stopped.
To which I reply, I think you will find we have stopped under a tree

[vx220]

Playing scrabble with a lad we look after from time to time, she puts down "fowl", and tells him...

"it's a baby horse"

We're supposed to be helping him with his words and reading!!!

[simoid]

vx220 said:

Playing scrabble with a lad we look after from time to time, she puts down "fowl", and tells him...

"it's a baby horse"

We're supposed to be helping him with his words and reading!!!

That's truly offal...

[marshalla]

vx220 said:

Playing scrabble with a lad we look after from time to time, she puts down "fowl", and tells him...

"it's a baby horse"

We're supposed to be helping him with his words and reading!!!

Did you correct her, or did you chicken out?

[vx220]

marshalla said:

Did you correct her, or did you chicken out?

He's 9, functioning a few years less than that, HE corrected her!

[FRMATT]

My fiance just sent me a screenshot of an email in which one of her colleagues asks:

"how long do you mean with 1.5 hours ?"



No idea how to reply to it

[ApOrbital]

65 minutes?

[Brian Fantana]

My enthusiastic attendance at a gig a couple of weeks ago left me with a very deep voice the next day.

According to my fiancee I sounded "like Barry Manilow"...

[v8250]

ApOrbital said:

65 minutes?

I'll correct that for you, "90 minutes?"

[Fake7]

v8250 said:

ApOrbital said:

65 minutes?

I'll correct that for you, "90 minutes?"

have another

[kowalski655]

Me:I see Australia are competing in this year's Eurovision.
Her:Don't they usually?

I'm amazed she manages to find her arse with both hands!

[Skyedriver]

FRMATT said:

My fiance just sent me a screenshot of an email in which one of her colleagues asks:

"how long do you mean with 1.5 hours ?"



No idea how to reply to it

Equates to "just a minute" in female time