Chubber Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 This morning in Hobbycraft [i know, but free parking instead of Multi-storey nightmare...]buying Humbrol Acrylic I struggled to choose a colour with the pots all mixed up. As it was, I've come home with gloss instead of satin...At the checkout I asked why they no longer had free Humbrol colour charts to take away..." 'Cos they are on-line now...."" But that means I've got to use expensive printer ink to have one as a reference...""Oh yeah...""and beside, each printer prints a slightly different colour...""yeah, I suppose, yeah, no, but, but you could save ink by printing it out in black and white...."I still don't know if she was extracting the bladder-water!Doug 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 They ceased to be really useful when they stopped using actual paint samples on them - I still treasure my early 70s Humbrol one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Davis Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Yeah but, no but....... it wasn't Matt Lucas/ Vicky Pollard was it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guius Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 It sounds like it could be the same person who operates a tattoo parlour in my home town, a hand written card in the window reads " Ears pierced while U weight" .... Bless Guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted June 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2017 It sounds like it could be the same person who operates a tattoo parlour in my home town, a hand written card in the window reads " Ears pierced while U weight" .... Bless Guy. I hope they just stick to doing pictorial tattoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 I hope they just stick to doing pictorial tattoos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted June 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2017 Yeah but, no but....... it wasn't Matt Lucas/ Vicky Pollard was it? As someone who worked in a Hobbycraft store for 9 years, in the model shop, the stereotype doesn't just apply to shop assistants. Me "Can I help you?" Customer " I want some paint" Me "What do you want it for?" Customer " I want to paint something!" Me "What are you painting, there are various types for various jobs" Customer "Oh!" Other similar scenerios are available. Perhaps Basingstoke has more "Pollards" than other towns? Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) Not just greengrocers: https://goo.gl/maps/9xXHmBPLmot Like the many signs on Indian takeaways advertising "Curry's" Keith Edited June 6, 2017 by melmerby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guius Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I wonder if tattooists carry insurance for this type of mistake, apart from calling your first born R E G E R T S, or at a stretch referring the inquisitive to Great Eastern Railway Train Services, what would you do? Best Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 ...many signs on Indian takeaways advertising "Curry's" Should strictly read "PC World" these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted June 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2017 Should strictly read "PC World" these days. The plural of curry is curries. So two errors there then. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 It sounds like it could be the same person who operates a tattoo parlour in my home town, a hand written card in the window reads " Ears pierced while U weight" .... Bless Guy. So even if the spelling was correct, how else would you do it, leave your ear while you nip to the pub? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted June 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2017 So even if the spelling was correct, how else would you do it, leave your ear while you nip to the pub? As Gaugin said to Van Gogh, 'What's all this ear then?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 As Van Gogh said to Gaugin, "Pardon?" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guius Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 So even if the spelling was correct, how else would you do it, leave your ear while you nip to the pub? Every time I pass by this place a mental image pops into my head of racks full of pairs of severed ears neatly pierced and waiting for collection. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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