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    RUB THE LAMP!

    in The Lighter Side

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    My hubby knows and he understands - sort of. 

    He realises that the forum keeps me occupied when he's not around and knows most of you lot now.


    Don't think I'll mention the rubbing of the lamp though[:-))]

    How do les Anglais Make You Wince?

    in The Complete France Post Bag

    Posted

    [quote user="Dick Smith"]I know I'll get stick about this, but I agree about the Welsh. About a year ago my wife and I went into the restaurant on the Mont St Michel. The waiter sat us down next to a table of four people who were speaking English. As soon as Julie and I spoke English the people on the next table switched to Welsh. Now either they were discussing state secrets or that was an incredibly crass and rude thing to do, and calculated to insult. And so it so often goes...
    [/quote]

    I am the only Welsh girl in the village!

    I have been for the last 17 years and the ongoing joke with people new to the village is "Go and ask Nicky where in England she's from"  They know that I am proud of my "roots" and that NOBODY should call me an 'Anglaise'. 

     There are many English people living here and also visiting during the Summer, and they are noticible by the distance they put between themselves and the locals.  However the Welsh embrace the village life and are warm and friendly.   I apologise for the idiots you and Julie dined next to.

      I'm sure there are some very nice English people living in France but they are a rarity in these parts.

    RUB THE LAMP!

    in The Lighter Side

    Posted

    [quote user="Will "]

    Ooh err missus - I'll certainly give it a bit of a polish [:D]

    I'm certainly missing his repartee. It's not the same with Dick on his own.

    [/quote]

    This must be how Ronnie Corbett feels[:(] And Ernie Wise[:-))]!

    Satnav Plonkers

    in The Lighter Side

    Posted

    [quote user="Ian Horn"]

    If someone can tell me why you would need a satnav to find your way home, or to your friend's house (who was with you in the car), then I'll stand corrected. Otherwise, it sounds completely 'barking' to me.

    Just proves my point.

    The 'Mail' (I only buy it for my wife) has apparently asked for more silly satnav stories. There'll be an American looking for the Channel Tunnel terminal in the middle of Folkestone / London / Birmingham + someone from Kent wondering why he wasn't in the States when he's in Co. Durham + someone driving the wrong way down the M40 or some other motorway (I've witnessed that once - really scary).

    I'll duck now, awaiting the brickbats from the US and Kent!  

    [/quote]

    KKK was driving me to our home town and she wanted to avoid the main route due to the hour of my arrival (rush hour) so she asked the satnav for an alternative "shortcut".  Freakiest ride of my life[:-))]

    Now - if someone can tell me what -  "I only buy it for my wife" is meant to imply -  I shall also 'stand corrected'[;-)]

    HAREM SEEKS MASTER!

    in The Lighter Side

    Posted

    [quote user="KatieKopyKat"]

    Got get im widow Twinkie.

    I've got the big man and his missus in da house at the moment.  Giving it some welly as usual.  She's in a quandri (sp).

    KILL THE MONSTER

    [/quote]

    Do you mean QUILL the mANster?

     

    Satnav Plonkers

    in The Lighter Side

    Posted

    I was picked up from Bristol airport not long ago and the driver (KKK) had one of those annoying things in her car.  I was trying to recount my flight and lengthy wait in the airport bar (hic!) and this rude woman kept interrupting me.  Well that's what it felt like to me anyway.  By the end of the journey home I was screaming "Shut the **** up will you woman!!!" 

    I know[:$]  -   you can't take me anywhere!

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