Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

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Vipers

32,901 posts

229 months

Thursday 13th February 2020
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If anyone has seen the vid of a fireman undoing his kit, and pushing it through an opening between two rungs on a ladder laid on the floor, to demonstrate he can his gear and himself through a small opening.

Showed it to the OH, she said "Why doesn't he just walk over it".

Steamer

13,866 posts

214 months

Thursday 13th February 2020
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Vipers said:
If anyone has seen the vid of a fireman undoing his kit, and pushing it through an opening between two rungs on a ladder laid on the floor, to demonstrate he can his gear and himself through a small opening.

Showed it to the OH, she said "Why doesn't he just walk over it".
Sorry I really thought you were talking about a male stripper routine when I read that for the first couple of times boxedin

Doofus

25,853 posts

174 months

Thursday 13th February 2020
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Steamer said:
Vipers said:
If anyone has seen the vid of a fireman undoing his kit, and pushing it through an opening between two rungs on a ladder laid on the floor, to demonstrate he can his gear and himself through a small opening.

Showed it to the OH, she said "Why doesn't he just walk over it".
Sorry I really thought you were talking about a male stripper routine when I read that for the first couple of times boxedin
I'm not actually sure what he's talking about. Whether or not you can fit your 'kit' through a ladder was never a measure of endowment when I was younger...

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

101 months

Saturday 22nd February 2020
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A reminder today of a few years ago when my wife forgot the term ‘national anthem’ and asked me the question ‘is that the Irish theme tune they are singing?’

SCEtoAUX

4,119 posts

82 months

Saturday 22nd February 2020
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kowalski655 said:
Johnspex said:
Frank! It's 'if I were' not if I was'. As in ' if I were a carpenter and you were a lady'
Unless you're Midge Ure...

..If I was a soldier
Captive arms I'd lay before her
If I was a sailor
Seven oceans I'd sail to her
Should be "If I were.." of course. Poor grammar from Midge.

Doofus

25,853 posts

174 months

Saturday 22nd February 2020
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SCEtoAUX said:
Should be "If I were.." of course. Poor grammar from Midge.
Did you actually read any of the posts you quoted?

Johnspex

4,343 posts

185 months

Sunday 23rd February 2020
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Doofus said:
SCEtoAUX said:
Should be "If I were.." of course. Poor grammar from Midge.
Did you actually read any of the posts you quoted?
I imagine he did and, of, course he is entirely correct.

Did you?

Doofus

25,853 posts

174 months

Sunday 23rd February 2020
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Johnspex said:
Doofus said:
SCEtoAUX said:
Should be "If I were.." of course. Poor grammar from Midge.
Did you actually read any of the posts you quoted?
I imagine he did and, of, course he is entirely correct.

Did you?
Yes I did.

He quoted a post pointing out exactly the same thing that he then pointd out.

john_1983

1,419 posts

149 months

Sunday 23rd February 2020
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What is it with them and not understanding the whole left/right thing when it comes to directions?

I'm pretty sure by about 5 years old I'd worked out what was left and what was right, Mrs 1983 is 35 and still doesn't know the difference

Order66

6,728 posts

250 months

Sunday 23rd February 2020
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john_1983 said:
What is it with them and not understanding the whole left/right thing when it comes to directions?

I'm pretty sure by about 5 years old I'd worked out what was left and what was right, Mrs 1983 is 35 and still doesn't know the difference
Yup, my 40yr old sister in law still uses "to the window" and "from the window" for directions, as this is what her driving instructor had to resort to 20yrs ago.

blueg33

36,015 posts

225 months

Sunday 23rd February 2020
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john_1983 said:
What is it with them and not understanding the whole left/right thing when it comes to directions?

I'm pretty sure by about 5 years old I'd worked out what was left and what was right, Mrs 1983 is 35 and still doesn't know the difference
I’m male. I often get left and right mixed up.

Edited by blueg33 on Sunday 23 February 22:00

vaud

50,623 posts

156 months

Sunday 23rd February 2020
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john_1983 said:
What is it with them and not understanding the whole left/right thing when it comes to directions?

I'm pretty sure by about 5 years old I'd worked out what was left and what was right, Mrs 1983 is 35 and still doesn't know the difference
My dad always has. It was always "your side" or "my side" with directions from my mother. He is also dyslexic, so there may be a connection.

Skyedriver

17,906 posts

283 months

Sunday 23rd February 2020
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Around 1958/9 I broke a jam jar in art class at school, while washing it out. I was left with a scar on my left palm. Whenever anyone said left or right, I looked at my hands and knew which way it was.....
I'm 66 now and have fathomed it out without looking.

Frank7

6,619 posts

88 months

Monday 24th February 2020
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I don’t know if this should count as a classic from her, or if she has a point, and I haven’t been keeping up.
I was watching a programme about the truck bombing of the WTC in New York in 1993, she was, (it appeared) looking at stuff on her phone.
Suddenly, without looking up from her phone, she said, “If the Soviet Union hadn’t broken up, that wouldn’t have happened, neither would 9/11.”
I began to form the word “How”, then decided that it was no good asking a question that I couldn’t argue about her answer to, so shut my mouth.
I love her to bits, but has she got any kind of point, or can I safely tell her that she’s nuts?

sparkyhx

4,152 posts

205 months

Monday 24th February 2020
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vaud said:
john_1983 said:
What is it with them and not understanding the whole left/right thing when it comes to directions?

I'm pretty sure by about 5 years old I'd worked out what was left and what was right, Mrs 1983 is 35 and still doesn't know the difference
My dad always has. It was always "your side" or "my side" with directions from my mother. He is also dyslexic, so there may be a connection.
Dyspraxia, very common link

john_1983

1,419 posts

149 months

Monday 24th February 2020
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Today's revelation came from her desire to not buy new clothes, due to the impact of fashion on the environment etc. Although what this actually meant was buying a heap of stuff from charity shops, when she rarely buys clothes in the first place.

Anyway, talking about an upcoming foreign holiday, she announces she will need 'holiday clothes'. I asked what this meant, and pointed out she has lots of shorts/t-shirts that she wears in the summer already. It's a city break, not a beach holiday so we're not discussing bikinis etc.

Apparently 'holiday clothes' shorts/t-shirts are different from normal shorts/t-shirts you would wear here when it's warm, and she couldn't explain why.

HTP99

22,602 posts

141 months

Monday 24th February 2020
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john_1983 said:
Today's revelation came from her desire to not buy new clothes, due to the impact of fashion on the environment etc. Although what this actually meant was buying a heap of stuff from charity shops, when she rarely buys clothes in the first place.

Anyway, talking about an upcoming foreign holiday, she announces she will need 'holiday clothes'. I asked what this meant, and pointed out she has lots of shorts/t-shirts that she wears in the summer already. It's a city break, not a beach holiday so we're not discussing bikinis etc.

Apparently 'holiday clothes' shorts/t-shirts are different from normal shorts/t-shirts you would wear here when it's warm, and she couldn't explain why.
Welcome to my world, I think it is just an excuse to purchase more clothes.

john_1983

1,419 posts

149 months

Monday 24th February 2020
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HTP99 said:
Welcome to my world, I think it is just an excuse to purchase more clothes.
I would get that if Mrs 1983 was a regular clothes buyer, but she's not - she really doesn't buy that many clothes in an average year. It was more the line of reasoning I didn't get...

vaud

50,623 posts

156 months

Monday 24th February 2020
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sparkyhx said:
Dyspraxia, very common link
Ahh, thank you. I will read up.

PositronicRay

27,051 posts

184 months

Monday 24th February 2020
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HTP99 said:
john_1983 said:
Today's revelation came from her desire to not buy new clothes, due to the impact of fashion on the environment etc. Although what this actually meant was buying a heap of stuff from charity shops, when she rarely buys clothes in the first place.

Anyway, talking about an upcoming foreign holiday, she announces she will need 'holiday clothes'. I asked what this meant, and pointed out she has lots of shorts/t-shirts that she wears in the summer already. It's a city break, not a beach holiday so we're not discussing bikinis etc.

Apparently 'holiday clothes' shorts/t-shirts are different from normal shorts/t-shirts you would wear here when it's warm, and she couldn't explain why.
Welcome to my world, I think it is just an excuse to purchase more clothes.
Mine purchases for me too.

I've demonstrated by large amounts of hardly worn shirts, trousers and tshirts that I don't need anymore clothing gifts for several yrs.