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There was a thread on Twitter on Monday, where everyone discussed situations in which they misheard or misunderstood a word or phrase, and this resulted in hilarious and often embarrassing miscommunications.
Examples?
A)Man sits by P in a train.
Man: Loads of psychopaths around here.
P: Really?
Man: Loads of them.
P: How'd you know?
Man: There's signs, aren't there?
P: I guess?
Man: I love them.
[47 minutes of awkward silence]
Man gets off the train with a bicycle, and P realizes he's talking about cycle paths.
b) "At a friends wedding many years ago. The bride walked down the aisle & the Scottish girl I was sat next to whispered to ask me if the bride had “herpes”. Shocked, I repeated Herpes? We stared at each other for a few seconds then she whispered HAIR PIECE!! I blame the accent."
c) "My daughter & I had a cake business. We were working 18 hr days. She shouted, I need a life! I said Don't we all!! Turns out she needed a knife... 🤣🤣🤣 we still remind each other when we moan about life being crap... we need a knife!"
d) "Went for yearly mammogram, nurse said nice boobs, where did you get them? Me looking perplexed said oh they’re all mine, penny dropped for both of us…she said boots!"
e) "Me, debut author, first time at a posh restaurant (with my publisher).
Maitre D*: Your card?
Me *panicking*: I can't afford to pay for the meal I thought my editor was paying
Maitre D: I'm sure they are. Your COAT madam?"
f) "At a wedding..thought the man next to me said he was a farmer. Lots of puzzles looks all meal whilst I asked him about foot and mouth disease, crops etc.. turns out he was actually a firefighter."
g) "First day at University and met my neighbour in Halls. She introduced herself as “a vet,” so, slightly confused but going with the flow, I said I was “a lawyer”. Turns out her name was Yvette. We never really spoke again. She probs thought I was totally weird."
h.) "Me to work colleague “did you have a nice evening? What did you do?”
Him “I was busy ironing while my girl was have sex on the settee”
Me “ummm I am not even sure how that works”
Me realising he said “she was watching sex in the city”
Please note - these aren't my experiences, I'm just copying them off Twitter.
Kind of reassuring in a way. Makes me feel better about the day I've had. Also made me smile. Hopefully it will do the same for you?
***
Memage
1. On National Poetry Day do you have a favourite poet or poem (link if you want to)?
The only one that I remember off the top of my head is Dorothy Parker's ... Resume. Which I've always found to be clever.
2. Do you have any lights in your house that are on a timer so they come on automatically?
Live in an apartment, so no. Although the apartment building has lights outside the building that appear to come on at various times, whether I want them to or not - for safety reasons.
3. It’s Kate Winslet’s birthday - have you seen her in James Cameron’s Titanic? (Well it isn't today, but it was whenever this Meme happened?)
Yes, unfortunately. Mother and I saw that movie...in the theater. It was long. You know there's a problem with a movie when you start rooting for the lead character to drown already, so you can go to the bathroom. There's this insanely long section where they are hanging off of boards in the freezing water waiting for rescue. And I knew the male romantic lead was going to die. But it took forever. Seriously, I had to pee. I finally gave up rushed to the bathroom to pee, and returned.
Me: Did I miss anything?
Mother: No, they are still in the water, he's just passed out is all. I think he might finally be dead.
And I'm sorry, but that Celine Dione Theme Song, My Heart Will Go On? Is the mother of all earworm songs...it popped into my head just thinking about that movie.
***
Trying to get my hair to dry on its own before bed, but it's not happening.
Hurricane Milton
Concerned for family members in Florida - mother and I have decided they are most likely out of harms way. Aunt M and Uncle The Priest live north of the track, and inland. So should be outside of the storm surge. (They are both outside of Tampa, but North, one is further inland.) The other relative, Aunt K, is thankfully in California visiting family.
Mother is in South Carolina, and well outside of the hurricane's track.
Which is good considering I'm visiting her next week. A co-worker had vacation plans in Florida next week - but isn't sure what she's going to do yet. I feel for her.
People on Twitter: Who calls a hurricane Milton?
Me: They ran out of names, and that one popped up?? (also, hello, we had Hugo?)
Apparently Kirk tried to go to France, he didn't make it that far and petered out in the Atlantic, as did Leslie. For a while, we thought he'd go to the British Isles...which would have been interesting (albeit not for the British Isles). They dodged a bullet there. (They are running out of cool names to call hurricanes, hence the reason we have Milton, Leslie and Kirk. They retire the name if it's a major one.)
There's another depression. I don't know about anyone else? But I'm ready for hurricane season to be over with?
There was a thread on Twitter on Monday, where everyone discussed situations in which they misheard or misunderstood a word or phrase, and this resulted in hilarious and often embarrassing miscommunications.
Examples?
A)Man sits by P in a train.
Man: Loads of psychopaths around here.
P: Really?
Man: Loads of them.
P: How'd you know?
Man: There's signs, aren't there?
P: I guess?
Man: I love them.
[47 minutes of awkward silence]
Man gets off the train with a bicycle, and P realizes he's talking about cycle paths.
b) "At a friends wedding many years ago. The bride walked down the aisle & the Scottish girl I was sat next to whispered to ask me if the bride had “herpes”. Shocked, I repeated Herpes? We stared at each other for a few seconds then she whispered HAIR PIECE!! I blame the accent."
c) "My daughter & I had a cake business. We were working 18 hr days. She shouted, I need a life! I said Don't we all!! Turns out she needed a knife... 🤣🤣🤣 we still remind each other when we moan about life being crap... we need a knife!"
d) "Went for yearly mammogram, nurse said nice boobs, where did you get them? Me looking perplexed said oh they’re all mine, penny dropped for both of us…she said boots!"
e) "Me, debut author, first time at a posh restaurant (with my publisher).
Maitre D*: Your card?
Me *panicking*: I can't afford to pay for the meal I thought my editor was paying
Maitre D: I'm sure they are. Your COAT madam?"
f) "At a wedding..thought the man next to me said he was a farmer. Lots of puzzles looks all meal whilst I asked him about foot and mouth disease, crops etc.. turns out he was actually a firefighter."
g) "First day at University and met my neighbour in Halls. She introduced herself as “a vet,” so, slightly confused but going with the flow, I said I was “a lawyer”. Turns out her name was Yvette. We never really spoke again. She probs thought I was totally weird."
h.) "Me to work colleague “did you have a nice evening? What did you do?”
Him “I was busy ironing while my girl was have sex on the settee”
Me “ummm I am not even sure how that works”
Me realising he said “she was watching sex in the city”
Please note - these aren't my experiences, I'm just copying them off Twitter.
Kind of reassuring in a way. Makes me feel better about the day I've had. Also made me smile. Hopefully it will do the same for you?
***
Memage
1. On National Poetry Day do you have a favourite poet or poem (link if you want to)?
The only one that I remember off the top of my head is Dorothy Parker's ... Resume. Which I've always found to be clever.
2. Do you have any lights in your house that are on a timer so they come on automatically?
Live in an apartment, so no. Although the apartment building has lights outside the building that appear to come on at various times, whether I want them to or not - for safety reasons.
3. It’s Kate Winslet’s birthday - have you seen her in James Cameron’s Titanic? (Well it isn't today, but it was whenever this Meme happened?)
Yes, unfortunately. Mother and I saw that movie...in the theater. It was long. You know there's a problem with a movie when you start rooting for the lead character to drown already, so you can go to the bathroom. There's this insanely long section where they are hanging off of boards in the freezing water waiting for rescue. And I knew the male romantic lead was going to die. But it took forever. Seriously, I had to pee. I finally gave up rushed to the bathroom to pee, and returned.
Me: Did I miss anything?
Mother: No, they are still in the water, he's just passed out is all. I think he might finally be dead.
And I'm sorry, but that Celine Dione Theme Song, My Heart Will Go On? Is the mother of all earworm songs...it popped into my head just thinking about that movie.
***
Trying to get my hair to dry on its own before bed, but it's not happening.
Hurricane Milton
Concerned for family members in Florida - mother and I have decided they are most likely out of harms way. Aunt M and Uncle The Priest live north of the track, and inland. So should be outside of the storm surge. (They are both outside of Tampa, but North, one is further inland.) The other relative, Aunt K, is thankfully in California visiting family.
Mother is in South Carolina, and well outside of the hurricane's track.
Which is good considering I'm visiting her next week. A co-worker had vacation plans in Florida next week - but isn't sure what she's going to do yet. I feel for her.
People on Twitter: Who calls a hurricane Milton?
Me: They ran out of names, and that one popped up?? (also, hello, we had Hugo?)
Apparently Kirk tried to go to France, he didn't make it that far and petered out in the Atlantic, as did Leslie. For a while, we thought he'd go to the British Isles...which would have been interesting (albeit not for the British Isles). They dodged a bullet there. (They are running out of cool names to call hurricanes, hence the reason we have Milton, Leslie and Kirk. They retire the name if it's a major one.)
There's another depression. I don't know about anyone else? But I'm ready for hurricane season to be over with?
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Date: 2024-10-10 02:26 pm (UTC)