Classic from the Mrs! Vol 2

[Antony Moxey]

If my wife told me that someone was going to London to look at visas for going on holiday, I would say the same thing. I already know they’re going to London but don’t know where they’re going on holiday so it’s pretty obvious that I’m asking about their holiday, I shouldn’t need to spell everything out to the nth degree as though I’m asking a five year old a question.

[singlecoil]

havoc said:

May be try being more precise with the question you are asking then. Spouses aren't mind-readers (as I remind my wife regularly)...

Thank you for your advice on how I should conduct conversations with my wife, I'm sure it was well intentioned.

[Arnold Cunningham]

That'd be a nice place to be wouldn't it.

Currently my wife moans about anything I do. So we've have smart meters booked in to be installed today, for a few weeks. She knew at the time that the chap would arrive between 8am and 6pm. So the guy phones me earlier and says I'll be with you at 8:15. Apparently this is not good enough and is my fault.

FFS.

[Alex@POD]

Antony Moxey said:

If my wife told me that someone was going to London to look at visas for going on holiday, I would say the same thing. I already know they’re going to London but don’t know where they’re going on holiday so it’s pretty obvious that I’m asking about their holiday, I shouldn’t need to spell everything out to the nth degree as though I’m asking a five year old a question.

You both baffle me...

Conversation 1:
-These guys are off to London then on holiday
-Where are they going?
-London
-Where are they going?
-The embassy
-Where are they going?
-Lambeth
-Where are they going?
-Princes Street
-Where are they going?
etc.

Conversation 2:
-These guys are off to London then on holiday
-Where are they going?
-London
-I mean where are they going on holiday, you div.
-Oh, Tenerife.

Which is the classic here?

[PositronicRay]

Different people interpret things differently. Conversation at work, girl going to the sandwich shop.


'Anyone want anything?'

'Oh yes please an egg and cress sandwich'
Fishes around for some change and hands it over. 'will that be enough?'

The answer comes back

'I don't know you've got to eat it'

See how confusing stuff gets. Of course she may have just been an awkward smart arse, we'll never know.

[singlecoil]

PositronicRay said:

Different people interpret things differently...

[sociopath]

Hasbeen said:

thepawbroon said:

This reminds me of my Great Auntie Margaret, god rest her soul. We all lived in a small village in the Inner Hebrides, the kind of place where you leave the keys in your car all the time.

Anyway, Margaret's habitual Monday was a trip to the shops in the car, hairdresser for a blue rinse, pub for egg & chips and a few sherries, drive home and have an afternoon nap.

One Monday she did that, then went to get the shopping in for the car, only to find the boot empty. She call the constable who popped down immediately (couple of hours later) and rapidly solved the "crime":

"Mrs Brown, that's not your car."

It can happen to anyone. Many years ago, when you could still find parking in the street, probably early 70s I parked my white company Holden in front of a store I wanted to visit. Shopping done I came out, unlocked my white Holden, started the engine, then just as I was about to drive off, I noticed a jacket & a bag that were not mine on the passengers seat.

I shut the car down, got out, walked 2 cars forward, unlocked my car, started it all with the same key I had used in the first car & drove off wondering how many other Holdens my key would work with.

I used to open my flatmates Cortina mk3 with an RAC telephone box key.

I'm not sure which part of the sentence above ages me the most, the car or the key

[generationx]

sociopath said:

Hasbeen said:

thepawbroon said:

This reminds me of my Great Auntie Margaret, god rest her soul. We all lived in a small village in the Inner Hebrides, the kind of place where you leave the keys in your car all the time.

Anyway, Margaret's habitual Monday was a trip to the shops in the car, hairdresser for a blue rinse, pub for egg & chips and a few sherries, drive home and have an afternoon nap.

One Monday she did that, then went to get the shopping in for the car, only to find the boot empty. She call the constable who popped down immediately (couple of hours later) and rapidly solved the "crime":

"Mrs Brown, that's not your car."

It can happen to anyone. Many years ago, when you could still find parking in the street, probably early 70s I parked my white company Holden in front of a store I wanted to visit. Shopping done I came out, unlocked my white Holden, started the engine, then just as I was about to drive off, I noticed a jacket & a bag that were not mine on the passengers seat.

I shut the car down, got out, walked 2 cars forward, unlocked my car, started it all with the same key I had used in the first car & drove off wondering how many other Holdens my key would work with.

I used to open my flatmates Cortina mk3 with an RAC telephone box key.

I'm not sure which part of the sentence above ages me the most, the car or the key

A friend of mine during my technical training years had an ex-police Morris Minor (with a zip in the head-lining to access the blue lights unit wiring above). You could unlock and start that with anything you liked - keys (various), screw-drivers, pencils, twigs, whatever.

[Blown2CV]

singlecoil said:

My wife has some Eastern European friends. They've been living in England for years, She tells me they are going to London tomorrow to renew their daughter's passport because they need it to go on holiday later this summer.

So I say "Where are they going?"

Her "London"

Me "Where are they going?"

Their embassy or consulate I expect"

Me "Where are they going?"

Her "Lanzarote"

This is a typical conversation for us.

i think if it was me, at least, after the first misunderstanding i would have said "no, i mean where are they going on holiday" rather than being a bell about it.

[SpeckledJim]

...."so shall we do that then?"

...

...

Do you mean the thing you've been thinking about whilst I've been in another room?

[Cotty]

SpeckledJim said:

...."so shall we do that then?"

...

...

Do you mean the thing you've been thinking about whilst I've been in another room?

I wonder if she had an imaginary conversation with you in her head, proper back and forth discussion, so she thinks you know what she is talking about.

[Mallard126]

Sounds plausible.

I was once sitting in the boozer with the ex in-laws and the SiL recounted a tale of how a woman in a shop had really annoyed her so

"I gave her a right mouthful."

Her husband said "No you didn't."

"I did in my head."

[vetrof]

Mallard126 said:

Sounds plausible.

I was once sitting in the boozer with the ex in-laws and the SiL recounted a tale of how a woman in a shop had really annoyed her so

"I gave her a right mouthful."

Her husband said "No you didn't."

"I did in my head."

[singlecoil]

Blown2CV said:

i think if it was me, at least, after the first misunderstanding i would have said "no, i mean where are they going on holiday" rather than being a bell about it.

This thread really isn't the place for you.

[Teddy Lop]

Alex@POD said:

You both baffle me...

Conversation 1:
-These guys are off to London then on holiday
-Where are they going?
-London
-Where are they going?
-The embassy
-Where are they going?
-Lambeth
-Where are they going?
-Princes Street
-Where are they going?
etc.

Conversation 2:
-These guys are off to London then on holiday
-Where are they going?
-London
-I mean where are they going on holiday, you div.
-Oh, Tenerife.

Which is the classic here?

There's a lot in repeating the same action in anticipation of a different outcome no?

[Caddyshack]

singlecoil said:

Caddyshack said:

singlecoil said:

My wife has some Eastern European friends. They've been living in England for years, She tells me they are going to London tomorrow to renew their daughter's passport because they need it to go on holiday later this summer.

So I say "Where are they going?"

Her "London"

Me "Where are they going?"

Their embassy or consulate I expect"

Me "Where are they going?"

Her "Lanzarote"

This is a typical conversation for us.

That sounds a bit more of a two sided issue, when someone asks a question I was always taught that it is a request for more information, I think your questions needed to ask for more info…."what is their holiday destination?" Would have gleaned the answer.

That wasn't the point. She had already said they were going to London, and the embassy was pretty obvious. I'm trying to help her explain things more clearly. We've been working on this for 33 years.

Maybe she is trying to train you to ask better questions?

[singlecoil]

Caddyshack said:

Maybe she is trying to train you to ask better questions?

I'm training her to answer questions properly. It hasn't worked so far but I keep trying

[SpeckledJim]

Cotty said:

SpeckledJim said:

...."so shall we do that then?"

...

...

Do you mean the thing you've been thinking about whilst I've been in another room?

I wonder if she had an imaginary conversation with you in her head, proper back and forth discussion, so she thinks you know what she is talking about.

Exactly that. Conversations fall into and escape from her labyrinthine internal monologue without notice or reason.

This is related to the phenomenon that gets me in trouble for my transgressions that happen in her dreams.

[vaud]

sociopath said:

I used to open my flatmates Cortina mk3 with an RAC telephone box key.

I'm not sure which part of the sentence above ages me the most, the car or the key

If it was last week at a motor rally at the East Anglia Transport Museum then not so much.



Otherwise...

[singlecoil]

SpeckledJim said:

Cotty said:

SpeckledJim said:

...."so shall we do that then?"

...

...

Do you mean the thing you've been thinking about whilst I've been in another room?

I wonder if she had an imaginary conversation with you in her head, proper back and forth discussion, so she thinks you know what she is talking about.

Exactly that. Conversations fall into and escape from her labyrinthine internal monologue without notice or reason.

This is related to the phenomenon that gets me in trouble for my transgressions that happen in her dreams.

I can validate that emotion.