Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

[Alfa numeric]

This morning I decided to empty the dishwasher whilst waiting for the kettle to boil. At the end I was left with a pyrex bowl without a home (things got moved when our toddler daughter worked out how to open the cupboards) so I left it on the side. When the OH came down I asked her where I should have put it.

Her: With the baking stuff.
Me: Where's the baking stuff?
Her: Where it's always been.
Me: And where exactly is that?
Her: *points In there, under the cooker.


I'm not sure why the last sentence couldn't have been said first, but there you go...

[PositronicRay]

Evangelion said:

I had a girlfriend who used to come out with some odd turns of phrase like that.

One of the more memorable ones being, "I've had enough as I can take."

I'm struggling with this one.

Is it relating someone giving her a tough time?

[illmonkey]

OH mixes phrases or sayings up, most recently "I'm not taking any passengers". I forget them, but she does it quite frequently!

[PositronicRay]

illmonkey said:

OH mixes phrases or sayings up, most recently "I'm not taking any passengers". I forget them, but she does it quite frequently!

Is she a bus driver?

[Doofus]

A mate's wife got quite upset when none of us could tell her what you would win if you got all six main lottery balls and the bonus ball.

[Frank7]

PositronicRay said:

Evangelion said:

I had a girlfriend who used to come out with some odd turns of phrase like that.

One of the more memorable ones being, "I've had enough as I can take."

I'm struggling with this one.

Is it relating someone giving her a tough time?

I think so, I guess that she meant to say, “I’ve had as much as I can take.”

[Evangelion]

Frank7 said:

PositronicRay said:

Evangelion said:

I had a girlfriend who used to come out with some odd turns of phrase like that.

One of the more memorable ones being, "I've had enough as I can take."

I'm struggling with this one.

Is it relating someone giving her a tough time?

I think so, I guess that she meant to say, “I’ve had as much as I can take.”

Yes, she was (she was referring to the builders in the shop below her flat making a lot of noise).

I used to send her up by saying things like, 'it's not rocket surgery' (which someone on The Apprentice actually said once) and she'd never correct me!

[kowalski655]

Evangelion said:

Yes, she was (she was referring to the builders in the shop below her flat making a lot of noise).

I used to send her up by saying things like, 'it's not rocket surgery' (which someone on The Apprentice actually said once) and she'd never correct me!

Seems popular

[TwyRob]

Evangelion said:

Yes, she was (she was referring to the builders in the shop below her flat making a lot of noise).

I used to send her up by saying things like, 'it's not rocket surgery' (which someone on The Apprentice actually said once) and she'd never correct me!

A fella at a place I worked at once said "It's not rock science!"

For a long time we then used to say "It's not Geology" instead to take the mick.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Evangelion said:

I used to send her up by saying things like, 'it's not rocket surgery' (which someone on The Apprentice actually said once) and she'd never correct me!

"It's not rocket surgery" has been said deliberately for years now, as a joke. Same as "does the pope st in the woods" or "are bears catholic?".

[blearyeyedboy]

Off topic, but reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I

[Frank7]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

"It's not rocket surgery" has been said deliberately for years now, as a joke. Same as "does the pope st in the woods" or "are bears catholic?".

I like those twisted bear and Pope ones, a Catholic friend of mine used to say, with a completely straight face, if you asked if he wanted a drink, “Does the Pope wear a funny hat?”

[ChrisnChris]

To put it in context, there's an article, on a tab, on the PC, been there all day......"www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.html"

Me: OK, tell me, why do you procrastinate?
Christine: Don't know, haven't read it yet...

I know...PC etc....but it made me laugh..

[stuttgartmetal]

Standing outside next to a cement mixer continuing work laying a patio, I pass the power lead to the mixer through an open window to her.

SGM: Plug that in for me please
Wifelet : what’s that for ?

[sparkyhx]

Frank7 said:

PositronicRay said:

Evangelion said:

I had a girlfriend who used to come out with some odd turns of phrase like that.

One of the more memorable ones being, "I've had enough as I can take."

I'm struggling with this one.

Is it relating someone giving her a tough time?

I think so, I guess that she meant to say, “I’ve had as much as I can take.”

my mum used to say that a lot, particularly when I was around for some reason

[sparkyhx]

CanAm said:

Not Mrs C, but a young lady in the office.
"Oral sex? Does that mean just talking about it?"

bless

[V8mate]

Frank7 said:

I like those twisted bear and Pope ones, a Catholic friend of mine used to say, with a completely straight face, if you asked if he wanted a drink, “Does the Pope wear a funny hat?”

He was only quoting half the saying. It came about during the time of Pope John Paul II and went: 'does the Pope wear a funny hat and kiss runways?'

[Blown2CV]

V8mate said:

Frank7 said:

I like those twisted bear and Pope ones, a Catholic friend of mine used to say, with a completely straight face, if you asked if he wanted a drink, “Does the Pope wear a funny hat?”

He was only quoting half the saying. It came about during the time of Pope John Paul II and went: 'does the Pope wear a funny hat and kiss runways?'

not very current the kissing runways thing; think that was just a JP2 peculiarity. You'd never get away with it these days what with sexual harassment etc. Runways have rights too.

[CanAm]

Mrs C today, "The River Severn? Is that the one with the wild bore?"

[Sycamore]

CanAm said:

Mrs C today, "The River Severn? Is that the one with the wild bore?"

The most boring of all pig-like creatures