And pistonheads said.....

[BliarOut]

Does this ever happen to you? You are working through something and so you post it on here..... and then somehow, the conversation in the real world goes something like

"Well I posted this on Pistonheads and they reckon....."

Or is it just me?

[cotty]

Yep often quote things from PH

[FrenchTVR]

oh

Then I find myself having to explain to the bemused looking 3rd party what and who pistonheads are....

[fer]

My wife already accepts that to me this is the font of (almost) all knowledge.

I still start conversations with "We were discussing X on PH the other day."

[Plotloss]

fer said:

My wife already accepts that to me this is the font of (almost) all knowledge. I still start conversations with "We were discussing X on PH the other day."

oh

[vixpy1]

I just spoke to my father...

Well, I asked on PH and they said....

[v8thunder]

Yes, all the time.

[Lois-PIE]

yup! lol! Think mum's getting used to it now..."PH...what? Oh petrol heads", well almost!

Still thinks I'm mad and doesn't quite grasp the concept...adding insult to injury today she said the DB9 looked like a ford puma or cougar!!!!!

[KITT]

Trouble is when I try to explain, I think they think that PH are just a bunch of !

[wedge girl]

Try telling people you're going to meet other pistonheads, whom you've never met but who you speak with via an internet forum
The look on the womens face from the hockey club do, which was in the other function room at BTaP was priceless, she couldn't believe that we hadn't all met before.

[BliarOut]

Oh Trying to explain to my real world mates that I was going to BTaP

Well, it's this internet site and it has a forum where..... You can guess the rest, they think I'm barking!

[Plotloss]

Yeah that is the strange thing about PH

If you say to your real world mates, oh I'm just going to a car park to meet loads of people off the internet they look at you as if you've taken up dogging...

[little me]

My work collegues think I am daft when i say about my friends on the forums I use!! I class you all as friends!!

Jane x

[Lois-PIE]

wedge girl said:

The look on the womens face from the hockey club do, which was in the other function room at BTaP was priceless, she couldn't believe that we hadn't all met before.

I had a similar thing from the old woman getting changed after the pool!

[The Wiz]

Plotloss said:

Yeah that is the strange thing about PH If you say to your real world mates, oh I'm just going to a car park to meet loads of people off the internet they look at you as if you've taken up dogging...

Too true ...

[yertis]

Mrs Y used to moan/piss-take everytime I mentioned anything discussed on PH. But nowadays I'm regularly updated on the state of the world from the perspective of k-9community.com (or "dogheads" as it's become known in our house)

[waynester]

little me said:

My work collegues think I am daft when i say about my friends on the forums I use!! I class you all as friends!! Jane x

(((((((((group hug))))))))))))

[Plotloss]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

As opposed to people who you respect for their contributions on PH but you havent actually met yet.

Or is your real name Billy No Mates?

[JonRB]

"There was this one time, on PistonHeads"

(Reference: "There was this one time, at Band Camp" in the 'American Pie' films)

[v8thunder]

Plotloss said:

Yeah that is the strange thing about PH If you say to your real world mates, oh I'm just going to a car park to meet loads of people off the internet they look at you as if you've taken up dogging...