Oh, the irony...

[calibrax]

My doorbell just rang, and I opened the door to find a bloke in his 50s. He was selling stickers which you can put onto your door, and the stickers read... "NO DOOR TO DOOR SALES"...

[anonymous-user]

calibrax said:

My doorbell just rang, and I opened the door to find a bloke in his 50s. He was selling stickers which you can put onto your door, and the stickers read... "NO DOOR TO DOOR SALES"...

I'd say his timing was perfect seeing as you do not have one yet!

[Fer]

Well he has identified a niche in the market. And it is a great way of qualifying the lead, if you don't have one of his stickers, you may need one.

[GTIR]

Fer said:

Well he has identified a niche in the market. And it is a great way of qualifying the lead, if you don't have one of his stickers, you may need one.

[Steamer]

I hope he gets round this way soon - We seem to be getting inundated with the feckers recently!

[Nolar Dog]

Did you purchase one?

[calibrax]

Nolar Dog said:

Did you purchase one?

No... they wouldn't work, because these days nobody is selling door to door... instead they all claim to be doing a "survey" with "no obligation"...

[Tiggsy]

calibrax said:

Nolar Dog said:

Did you purchase one?

No... they wouldn't work, because these days nobody is selling door to door... instead they all claim to be doing a "survey" with "no obligation"...

Nobody...aprat from the guy that knocked on your door today to sell you something?

[DWP]

The original post is only a slight drift from Bill Bailey's line, " Worst job I had , was selling doors, door to door. Knock Knock, oh you've got one bye, I had whole streets like that."

[Driller]

Can I have one of those in French please?

[Lord Flathead]

Driller said:

Can I have one of those in French please?

Yes, therein lies the problem. To be of any use in our area the sticker would need to have the message written in at least 64 languages so would be bigger than the door itself!

[Chuffer]

Fer said:

Well he has identified a niche in the market. And it is a great way of qualifying the lead, if you don't have one of his stickers, you may need one.

Ok I have a question. 90% unrelated

Why do some Americans call it a niche (nitsh) and some call it a niche (neesh). It's all 'american english' but why the difference? don't get me started on 'american' English

It's been puzzling me for the last couple of weeks.

[jimmystratos]

It's a French word - we pronounce it the same way as the French. the Americans, well, they're American, which says it all!

[Dixie68]

jimmystratos said:

It's a French word - we pronounce it the same way as the French. the Americans, well, they're American, which says it all!

Ah but the Septics do say "Erbs" while we say "Herbs" - that annoys me too but in that instance they say it the French way.

[GTIR]

There is already one language American bashing thread already.

Don't discolor this thread with your so called authorized knowledge thru wit!

Arfff

[acf8181]

DWP said:

The original post is only a slight drift from Bill Bailey's line, " Worst job I had , was selling doors, door to door. Knock Knock, oh you've got one bye, I had whole streets like that."

When i get windows salesman my response it 'no thanks we already have windows' as i slam the door

[King Herald]

calibrax said:

My doorbell just rang, and I opened the door to find a bloke in his 50s. He was selling stickers which you can put onto your door, and the stickers read... "NO DOOR TO DOOR SALES"...

That's not irony. Irony would be if there was already one stuck on your door, but the guy still disturbed you to try and sell you another.

[SkinnyBoy]

King Herald said:

calibrax said:

My doorbell just rang, and I opened the door to find a bloke in his 50s. He was selling stickers which you can put onto your door, and the stickers read... "NO DOOR TO DOOR SALES"...

That's not irony. Irony would be if there was already one stuck on your door, but the guy still disturbed you to try and sell you another.

Irony would be if he had no door at all to stick it on, maybe he had 10,000 spoons arranged like a beaded curtain perhaps...

[Jimbeaux]

Dixie68 said:

jimmystratos said:

It's a French word - we pronounce it the same way as the French. the Americans, well, they're American, which says it all!

Ah but the Septics do say "Erbs" while we say "Herbs" - that annoys me too but in that instance they say it the French way.

So Jimmy, you got it wrong; don't despair, keep stereotyping, you'll get lucky sooner or later!

[Jasandjules]

We have one on our door, but people still knock........