Things that make you :)

[Sidecar Racer]

 

 I put this on the fear Australia thread but thought it might be worth putting here too .

 

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Edited May 12, 2023 by Sidecar Racer

[KeithMacdonald]

On 10/05/2023 at 19:30, MartynJPearson said:

From the Hereford Models sale referenced in the Bargain Hunters thread....

 

 

Hats off to Nelson Piquet for winning in that. The aerodynamics don't look up to much!

 

True, built like the proverbial brick out-house. But it went round corners like it was on rails.

[RJS1977]

On 10/05/2023 at 20:56, The Johnster said:

My vacuum cleaner sucks.

Mine's only gathering dust....

[kevinlms]

The exception to the usual rule!

[kevinlms]

40 minutes ago, kevinlms said:

The exception to the usual rule!

Perhaps the teacher should have a go at left handed kids? 😱

[jcredfer]

1 hour ago, kevinlms said:

Perhaps the teacher should have a go at left handed kids? 😱

 

Umm...  why would she want to do that, I wonder?

 

[kevinlms]

35 minutes ago, jcredfer said:

 

Umm...  why would she want to do that, I wonder?

 

Did you miss an icon? I'm not serious. 

[jcredfer]

1 hour ago, kevinlms said:

Did you miss an icon? I'm not serious. 

 

TY.  Well, yes, I did think that you were joking initially, but then I rather overthought the meaning of the Icon. 

 

I was one of those, persuaded to use the "right" hand for writing, as I had been just using whichever hand was nearest the pencil, so was pointed to the...  err...  "right" way to do it.  However, it was kindly done, but I do remember it being something of a teacher religion, elsewhere and less kindly done, too!  It was still happening by the time I got to teacher training, although common sense had, by then, got through to the majority.

 

I'm going to have to stop thinking too much, probably less painful, too!   👴 

 

[Chrisr40]

[6990WitherslackHall]

Just now, Chrisr40 said:

Well, that's one way of getting the council's attention 

[6990WitherslackHall]

On 12/05/2023 at 12:33, RJS1977 said:

Mine's only gathering dust....

Isn't that what it's supposed to do?

[kevinlms]

2 hours ago, 6990WitherslackHall said:

Well, that's one way of getting the council's attention 

It would appear that council attention was well overdue!

[Vistisen]

2 hours ago, jcredfer said:

 

I had been just using whichever hand was nearest the pencil,

 

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous! 

[kevinlms]

2 hours ago, jcredfer said:

 

TY.  Well, yes, I did think that you were joking initially, but then I rather overthought the meaning of the Icon. 

 

I was one of those, persuaded to use the "right" hand for writing, as I had been just using whichever hand was nearest the pencil, so was pointed to the...  err...  "right" way to do it.  However, it was kindly done, but I do remember it being something of a teacher religion, elsewhere and less kindly done, too!  It was still happening by the time I got to teacher training, although common sense had, by then, got through to the majority.

 

I'm going to have to stop thinking too much, probably less painful, too!   👴 

 

Sorry for putting you through that.

[franciswilliamwebb]

7 minutes ago, Vistisen said:

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous! 

 

I am ambidextrous, but only in my right arm...

[Steamport Southport]

This is all a bit sinister......

 

 

One of the best scenes in Carry On Cleo is when the Roman soldiers are marching whilst saying SINISTER DEXTER, SINISTER DEXTER!

[big jim]

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by big jim

[96701]

I think I've found a black head buffer............

 

[Hroth]

8 hours ago, 96701 said:

I think I've found a black head buffer............

 

 

I'm puzzled as to why blokes who are going grey don't try out these alternative products, rather than trying to cling on to their former hair colour.....

 

[phil_sutters]

On 05/05/2023 at 13:49, Chrisr40 said:

Being typically BRITISH:
🇬🇧 Having to shout “weyhey” if someone spills a drink or drops a glass in the pub. 
🇬🇧Saying “Aaaaaah” after taking the first sip of a cold beer.
🇬🇧 Having to have a beer at the airport, even though it is before 6am.
🇬🇧Staring at your phone in silent horror until the unknown number stops ringing
🇬🇧Hearing a recording of your own voice and deciding it’s perhaps best never to speak again
🇬🇧The relief when someone doesn’t answer their phone within three rings and you can hang up.
🇬🇧 Being obsessed with the weather.
🇬🇧Filming an entire fireworks display on your phone, knowing full well you’ll never, ever watch it again
🇬🇧 Mishearing somebody’s name on the second time of asking, meaning you must now avoid them forever.
🇬🇧 Leaving everything til the last minute.
🇬🇧Obsession with the traffic.
🇬🇧Asking people “How their journey was?”
🇬🇧 Leaving it too late to correct someone, meaning you must live with your new name forever
🇬🇧 Running out of ways to say thanks when a succession of doors are held for you, having already deployed ‘cheers’, ‘ta’ and ‘nice one’
🇬🇧 Wearing shorts and sunglasses the moment the sun comes out.
🇬🇧 Having a Barbecue the moment the sun comes out.
🇬🇧 Insisting the barbecue will still go on despite the rain.
🇬🇧 Changing from ‘kind regards’ to just ‘regards’, to indicate that you’re rapidly reaching the end of your tether
🇬🇧 Realising you’ve got about fifty grand’s worth of plastic bags under your kitchen sink
🇬🇧"You’ll have to excuse the mess” – Translation: I’ve spent seven hours tidying in preparation for your visit
🇬🇧 Indicating that you want the last roast potato by trying to force everyone else to take it.
🇬🇧Knowing that putting the kettle on in a crisis will calm the situation down.
🇬🇧 The overwhelming sorrow of finding a cup of tea you forgot about
🇬🇧 Turning down a cup of tea for no reason and instantly knowing you’ve made a terrible, terrible mistake
🇬🇧 Suddenly remembering your tea and necking it like a massive, lukewarm shot.
🇬🇧Forming a queue for almost anything.
🇬🇧 Finding queue jumping as a serious crime 🤣
🇬🇧 "I’m off to bed” – Translation: “I’m off to stare at my phone in another part of the house”
🇬🇧 Waiting for permission to leave after paying for something with the exact change
🇬🇧 Saying hello to a friend in the supermarket, then creeping around like a burglar to avoid seeing them again
🇬🇧 Watching with quiet sorrow as you receive a different haircut to the one you requested, whilst nodding approvingly as they hold the mirror up behind you, to show you what you can not see at the back.
🇬🇧 Being unable to pay for something with the exact change without saying “I think that’s right”
🇬🇧 Starting a controversial statement with “I’m not being funny, but...”
🇬🇧 Overtaking someone on foot and having to keep up the uncomfortably fast pace until safely over the horizon
🇬🇧 Being unable to turn and walk in the opposite direction without first taking out your phone and frowning at it
🇬🇧 Deeming it necessary to do a little jog over zebra crossings, while throwing in an apologetic mini wave
🇬🇧 Punishing people who don’t say thank you by saying “you’re welcome” as quietly as possible
🇬🇧 Loudly tapping your fingers at the cashpoint, to assure the queue that you’ve asked for money and the wait is out of your hands
🇬🇧 Looking away so violently as someone nearby enters their PIN that you accidentally dislocate your neck.
🇬🇧 Finding nothing better than a Danish bacon sandwich.
🇬🇧 Being squashed on the train by a larger person and pretending you don’t notice when they are half sitting in your seat.
🇬🇧 Being sure to start touching your bag 15 minutes before your station, so the person in the aisle seat is fully prepared for your exit
🇬🇧 Repeatedly pressing the door button on the train before it’s illuminated, to assure your fellow commuters you have the situation in hand
🇬🇧 Having someone sit next to you on the train, meaning you’ll have to eat your crisps at home
🇬🇧 The huge sense of relief after your perfectly valid train ticket is accepted by the inspector
🇬🇧 The horror of someone you only half know saying: “Oh I’m getting that train too”
🇬🇧 “Sorry, is anyone sitting here?” – Translation: Unless this is a person who looks remarkably like a bag, I suggest you move it
🇬🇧 Worrying you’ve accidentally packed 3 kilos of cocaine and a dead goat as you stroll through “Nothing to declare”
🇬🇧 Being unable to stand and leave without first saying “right”
🇬🇧 Not hearing someone for the third time, so just laughing and hoping for the best
🇬🇧 Saying “anywhere here’s fine” when the taxi’s directly outside your front door.
🇬🇧 Getting in a taxi and trying your hardest not to say it, but you know you will eventually say “you been busy mate?”
🇬🇧 Saying “Sorry” for absolutely everything even though it was not your fault.

Making lists?

[phil_sutters]

On 13/05/2023 at 10:36, kevinlms said:

Perhaps the teacher should have a go at left handed kids? 😱

My A level physics teacher suddenly asked our class of fifteen boys to stop writing and hold up our pens. He had noticed that seven were left-handed, which is well above the usual ratio. Is there a correlation between physics and left-handedness. It's all a bit sinister.

[PhilJ W]

My late brother was left handed. When he had to have a canula fitted they discovered that his arteries and veins were transposed.

[skipepsi]

Not only are we not wired up all the same but we are not all plumbed up the same either as I learned the painful way when they did the angiogram.

[Steamport Southport]

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

 

I'm puzzled as to why blokes who are going grey don't try out these alternative products, rather than trying to cling on to their former hair colour.....

 

 

Pfft. I can't wait until I go white as then I'll look like a wizard!

 

And a proper one, not any of that Harry Potter or Merlin rubbish where they look about twelve.

[MJI]

51 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

Pfft. I can't wait until I go white as then I'll look like a wizard!

 

And a proper one, not any of that Harry Potter or Merlin rubbish where they look about twelve.

 

More like Gandalf?